Tesla’s Referral Program Now Pays for FSD Signups, Not Car Sales
Tesla's new U.S. referral offer rewards paid FSD conversions instead of new-car sales, turning existing owners into a subscription-growth channel.
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Tesla's new U.S. referral offer rewards paid FSD conversions instead of new-car sales, turning existing owners into a subscription-growth channel.
Tesla says paid FSD signup came with more than 75% of new North American deliveries in Q3 as the active global base reached a record 1.74 million.
Tesla generated $1.53 billion in Q3 free cash flow instead of the expected multibillion-dollar burn, but profit fell and its 2026 spending plan was cut.
Tesla reports Q3 after the bell with strong deliveries behind it and Wall Street focused on negative free cash flow, Cybercab economics and Optimus revenue.
Tesla software 2026.38.5 is expanding with FSD v14.3.12, a unified FSD/Summon/Robotaxi model, new intervention stats, owner tools and Halloween Mode.
Tesla extended Austin Robotaxi service to 11 p.m. as Elon Musk identified low-contrast pets as a key nighttime autonomy challenge.
Czechia recognized Tesla FSD Supervised under the Dutch provisional approval after months of review, opening a seventh EU market while drivers remain responsible.
Tesla's first full year of FSD Supervised in Australia and New Zealand produced 160 million kilometers of driving and a 40% lower collision rate than manual Tesla driving with active safety features.
Tesla says FSD (Supervised) is approved in Slovenia and will begin rolling out soon, opening a sixth European Union market while drivers remain responsible.
Tesla's new Automatic Collision Evasion feature can activate FSD during manual driving when braking alone may not avoid a crash, adding steering to the emergency response.
France is independently testing Tesla FSD Supervised on local roads with two production cars, targeting results before Europe's next approval decision.
Tesla software 2026.26.6.5 combines FSD v14.3.8 and v14.1 Lite with the 2026 Summer Update, while giving Grok practical control over calls, music, climate and vehicle settings.
Tesla can launch driverless passenger service along the Las Vegas Strip, but Nevada's first permit keeps the fleet small, supervised and away from faster roads and airport pickups.
Tesla says most of its 195,000 French test kilometers were driven on urban and rural roads without a notable incident—and it is opening the passenger seat to the public.
The new HW4 patch carries the same release notes as v14.3.6, but early drives disagree sharply on whether the rough behavior is gone.
A team says its Model 3 finished 2,886 miles in 47 hours, 15 minutes. The zero-intervention claim is the bigger milestone.
Tesla's supervised-driving fleet has passed 12 billion cumulative miles. The scale is enormous, and the milestone matters most when paired with what the system still needs to learn.
Tesla FSD v14.3.5 is reaching owners with smoother early drives, sharper awareness, useful new tools, and a few parking rough edges still showing.
A dog darted into the lane as another vehicle closed from the opposite direction. The Model 3's response is difficult to watch, but the full outcome matters.
Tesla Insurance renewals in Florida and Maryland now move to Safety Score 3.0, which gives every mile driven with FSD (Supervised) a score of 100.
Tesla says a phone accidentally left on a Model Y tailgate stayed put for 4.3 miles under FSD Supervised, including at highway speeds. It is a fun snapshot of how smooth the software has gotten.
A small but genuinely useful change arrived with software update 2026.20.6.1: when your Tesla is running FSD (Supervised), the Tesla app can now show the active route in blue. It landed alongside the FSD v14 Lite wave for HW3 and AI3 owners, and trackers show it moving through the fleet across several days and multiple models.
Tesla just opened orders on the larger, six-seat Model Y L in the United States, starting with a loaded Launch Series trim that bundles a full year of FSD, Supercharging, and Premium Connectivity.
Texas DPS now lists the Cybercab Robotaxi on its Connected Autonomous Vehicles page, and the new first responder guide reveals fresh details about how the steering-wheel-free car behaves in an emergency.