Tesla Raises Model Y APR to 2.49%, Its Fourth Hike Since August
Tesla raised Model Y financing to 2.49% APR on October 22, its fourth hike since August 1, a day after claiming its largest backlog in four years.
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Tesla raised Model Y financing to 2.49% APR on October 22, its fourth hike since August 1, a day after claiming its largest backlog in four years.
France's EV share hit 42% in September as Macron touted four gigafactories. The top EV was a Tesla Model Y, and only the Renault 5 is French-built.
A 20-year car-business veteran and driving instructor swapped a 911 GTS and a Taycan for three Teslas. The 510 hp he quotes is 50 more than Tesla lists.
A camouflaged Lucid Cosmos prototype was photographed on US-101 in Morgan Hill, California, two months after Lucid pushed the SUV to the second half of 2027.
The Selling Sunset broker ditched his Bentley and is buying 10 employees Teslas with FSD. One of his safety numbers is Tesla's own. The other two are not.

Emergency Drive Away lets a plugged-in Tesla shift into Drive after the Twin Falls shooting. It wrecks the charge port, and repairs can hit $25,000.
Tesla's German factory operated at 54% capacity in 2025 and built fewer vehicles, yet its net profit rose 36% to EUR 77.1 million, according to the annual report of Tesla Manufacturing Brandenburg SE.

Tesla's Texas robotaxi tracker jumped by 58 vehicles on July 15, pushing the company's registered fleet in the state to 175 and marking its biggest one-day increase in the public Texas DMV-based tracker yet.
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