Model S
Discontinued
Firmware
2026.32.7
FSD
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Release History
Jun 2012 Model S launch — Tesla's first luxury sedan launch 5240d ago
Oct 2014 Dual motor AWD and P85D performance variant introduced variant 4388d ago
Apr 2016 Model S facelift — new front fascia, HEPA filter refresh 3840d ago
Apr 2019 Raven update — adaptive suspension, longer range update 2745d ago
Jan 2021 Plaid refresh — new interior, yoke steering, 1,020 hp tri-motor refresh 2104d ago
Sept 2023 Plaid becomes sole variant after Long Range discontinuation update 1131d ago
Oct 2025 Refreshed Model S returns to Europe for a final run update 348d ago Nov 2025 Model S and Model X return to Europe — final inventory allocation update 334d ago Jan 2026 An honourable discharge — Tesla signals end of Model S and X era update 249d ago Apr 2026 Production officially ended — only limited inventory remains discontinued 186d ago Apr 2026 Final Signature Series run — 250 units in Garnet Red update 175d ago Apr 2026 Spring Update 2026.14 reaches Model S — Hey Grok, Pet Mode, 24-hour Dashcam update 172d ago May 2026 Final Model S rolled off Fremont line — production fully ended update 148d ago May 2026 Tesla 218,868-vehicle NHTSA recall — rearview camera blank up to 11s on 2026.8.6; OTA fix 2026.8.6.1 already pushed globally update 148d ago May 2026 2026.14.6 update — Self-Driving app, Premium Immersive Sound, rear-display navigation update 146d ago May 2026 Signature Edition delivery event rescheduled to 20 May after Trump-Xi summit invite update 144d ago May 2026 FSD v14.3.3 with 2026.14.6.6 — live intervention-free streak counter, Smart Summon 6→8 mph, full Spring Update bundle update 141d ago May 2026 Final Signature Edition delivery event at Fremont — 250 Garnet Red units handed over to invited owners update 137d ago Jun 2026 Around 20 Signature Edition units allocated to Europe by private invitation update 100d ago Jul 2026 Fremont Model S/X line torn down in 46 days to be converted for Optimus robot production update 83d ago Aug 2026 Surplus new Model S/X parts auctioned by the pallet on B-Stock update 49d ago Aug 2026 FSD v14.3.8 ships in firmware 2026.26.6.5 — first build pairing the Summer Update with a current 14.3 release; North America only, EU cars stay on v14.2.2.6 update 40d ago Aug 2026 US registrations rose 64% to 6,876 in H1 2026 as buyers rushed the final cars update 38d ago Sept 2026 FSD v14.2 Lite reaches HW3 Model S in 2026.27.10/.11 — first v14 branch on those cars; redesigned only, North America update 12d ago Latest News about Model S
FSD & Autopilot
Volkswagen's Self-Driving Van Took Its First Riders. It Picked a City Tesla's Robotaxi Already Serves.
MOIA America and Beep began carrying invited passengers in autonomous VW ID. Buzz vans in Lake Nona, Orlando on 5 October 2026 — six vehicles, three fixed routes, an attendant aboard. Orlando is also one of six US metros where Tesla's robotaxi runs.
12m ago
Fleet Data
Europe Now Has More Than 150 Electric Models. Tesla Sells Two of Them.
Transport & Environment counts nearly 40 new battery-electric models launched in Europe in the first half of 2026, taking the mass-market total past 150 and lifting model choice by 50% in a year. The number of sub-EUR 25,000 models has doubled — a segment Tesla does not compete in.
12m ago
Fleet Data
Petrol-Only Cars Fell Below Half of Global Sales. Most of What Replaced Them Still Burns Fuel.
Gasoline-only vehicles were 49% of global new-car sales in the first half of 2026, the first time on record below half, down from 73% in 2021. But hybrids outsold battery-electric cars 7.27 million to 6.87 million, and about 83% of the world's new vehicles still have an engine. Europe's BEV sales grew 32% while Tesla's own quarter fell 2.1%.
4h ago
Charging
Honda Built a Road That Charges EVs at 150 kW While They Drive Over It
Honda R&D, with Taisei Corporation and Taisei Rotec, announced an in-motion wireless charging road on 5 October 2026 delivering up to 150 kW. It claims the world's first ground unit integrating inverter and coil, linked by DC distribution and designed to retrofit into milled existing pavement rated for 20-tonne trucks. Public-road demonstrations start in Japan's 2027 fiscal year.
4h ago
Fleet Data
Tesla Overtook Mercedes-Benz in India's Luxury EV Segment. BMW Still Has More Than Half of It.
Tesla registered 291 cars in India in September 2026, a record and a 322% rise on a year earlier, moving it past Mercedes-Benz into second place in the country's luxury EV segment behind BMW on 502. In July it was third on 16%. Cumulative registrations crossed 1,000 in early October, helped by a sixth showroom and a line-up narrowed to two cars.
8h ago
RUMOUR Hardware
Musk Says TSMC and Terafab Are Talking. The Likeliest Version Undoes Terafab's Whole Point.
Elon Musk confirmed on 3 October 2026 that Tesla and SpaceX's Terafab chip project is in discussions with TSMC, saying only 'Just discussions, but something may come of it'. The report behind it, by Tim Culpan, says the likeliest outcome is TSMC owning and operating the fab - which would reverse the vertically integrated design Terafab was announced with. Nothing is agreed and TSMC has not commented; its earnings call is on 15 October.
8h ago
FSD & Autopilot
BMW Is Turning On Hands-Off Motorway Driving in Sweden. Tesla's FSD Has No Approval There at All.
BMW will enable Highway Assistant in Sweden with software release 11/26 in November 2026, allowing hands-off driving to 130 km/h with lane changes confirmed by looking at the door mirror. It works because BMW holds UN R171 DCAS approval, which is recognised across 18 European markets. Tesla's FSD Supervised rides on a Dutch national exemption recognised in eight countries, and Sweden is not one of them.
12h ago
FSD & Autopilot
Tesla Put the Robotaxi App in European App Stores. The Nearest Car You Can Hail Is in Texas.
Tesla's Robotaxi app went live in at least 14 European app stores over the weekend of 3-5 October 2026, localised and showing both Cybercab and Model Y. Opening it in Europe lists seven American service areas and offers only a notification sign-up. FSD Supervised is approved in eight European countries under a Dutch exemption; a driverless service is approved in none.
12h ago
Hardware
Order a Model Y in Europe Today and Tesla Quotes 2027. Grünheide Is Still Behind Its Ramp Target.
Tesla's European configurator is quoting Model Y delivery in the first quarter of 2027, with entry trims at January–February and no immediate-delivery inventory. France's delais.fr tracker put the average wait near 98 days on 5 October 2026. The 7,500-a-week Grünheide rate behind the shortage is a mid-October target the plant was about 1,000 cars a week short of in early September.
16h ago
Fleet Data
Germany's Electric Registrations Nearly Doubled in September. Petrol Lost Almost a Third.
The KBA counted 88,599 new battery-electric cars in Germany in September 2026, a 34.5% share of a 256,774-car market and 94.7% up on the 45,495 of September 2025. Petrol fell 29.2% and plug-in hybrids were exactly flat. The brand-level breakdown that would show Tesla's figure is not published yet.
16h ago
FSD & Autopilot
Tesla Added an Hour to Austin Robotaxi. Musk Says Night Driving Is Blocked by Pets.
Tesla's Robotaxi account said on 3 October 2026 that Austin service now runs until 11 PM, an hour later than the 10 PM finish in place since August. Musk gave the first reason Tesla has offered for the night ceiling: the cars cannot reliably see pets in the dark. The window is still three hours shorter than the 20-hour day Tesla ran until August 2026, and 24/7 operation remains tied to FSD v15.
Yesterday
Fleet Data
One in Four Norwegian EV Owners Would Avoid Tesla on Politics. A Year Ago It Was Four in Ten.
The Norwegian EV Association's Elbilisten 2026 survey, fielded 31 March to 3 May among close to 15,000 electric-car owners, found 24% would avoid Tesla for political reasons against 43% a year earlier. Scepticism toward Chinese brands moved the other way, from 23% to 31% — while Chinese-owned brands took 20,566 of Norway's 81,041 new EV registrations in January-July.
Yesterday
Fleet Data
Diesel Hit a Record Price in Britain. Used EV Enquiries Rose Nearly a Third in a Month.
Auto Trader's 30 September 2026 commentary shows the used-EV share of enquiries for cars up to five years old rising from 20.0% on 28 August to 25.8% on 27 September, while diesel's share more than halved from 6.6% to 3.2%. Diesel reached a record 199.18p a litre. The average used diesel now takes 34 days to sell against 28 for an electric car — though EVs slowed too.
Yesterday
Policy
Euro 7 Gives Electric Cars the Tightest Brake-Dust Limit. The Rule That Would Bite Them Has No Number.
From 29 November 2026 Euro 7 sets the EU's first legal limits on brake particulate emissions: 3 mg/km for battery-electric cars against 7 mg/km for combustion and hybrid ones. Regenerative braking already delivers it. Tyre abrasion, where heavy electric cars genuinely lose, is measured but not capped.
Yesterday
FSD & Autopilot
Nissan Will Put a Driverless Leaf on Cambridge Streets. It Is Researching the Service, Not the Car.
Nissan announced ADventure on 28 September 2026: a GBP 3 million UK government-backed project with WMG at the University of Warwick and PAVE UK, putting an autonomous 2022 Leaf on public roads in Cambridge. The research object is how an autonomous passenger service should be designed, ahead of the Automated Vehicles Act regime expected in late 2027.
Yesterday
Hardware
Renault Will Put Another 10 Billion Euros Into France. The Last Five Years Got 13.
Renault CEO François Provost told France Inter on 3 October 2026 that the group will reinvest more than EUR 10 billion in France over five years in electric and more affordable cars. The previous five years got EUR 13 billion, and the new pledge carries a political condition the old one did not.
Yesterday
Fleet Data
Ford Sold 289 F-150 Lightnings in Three Months. Its US EV Sales Fell 80%.
Ford registered 6,047 electric vehicles in the United States in Q3 2026, down 80.2% year on year, against a Q3 2025 inflated by buyers rushing the expiring $7,500 federal credit. GM and Hyundai report the same shape. The American EV market has settled at 5-6% of new-car sales rather than collapsed.
2d ago
Fleet Data
Kia Is the Fastest-Growing Brand in Europe's Top Ten. Tesla Still Sells More Electric Cars.
Kia registered 377,078 cars across the EU, EFTA and the UK in January-August 2026, up 9.0% for a 4.1% share and ninth place - the best growth in the top ten on ACEA's own tables. Kia says its electric registrations rose 58% to 4.8% of the European EV market. Tesla, at half Kia's total volume, still took about 9% of European battery-electric registrations.
2d ago
Hardware
Tesla Upgraded the US Model 3 and Left the Price Alone. Europe Still Has No Date.
Tesla updated its North American configurator on 1 October 2026: every Model 3 in the US, Puerto Rico and Mexico now has a 16-inch centre screen, the Premium AWD drops from 4.2 to 3.8 seconds to 60 mph, and the Performance gains 18 hp and 7 miles of range. Prices did not move. Canada and Europe were not included, and vehicle-to-load still did not cross the Pacific.
2d ago
Charging
France's Cheapest Public Charging Is Now 17 Cents. Three Limits Decide If It Helps You.
E.Leclerc cuts AC charging to €0.17/kWh from Monday 5 October 2026, one cent below Lidl, at 22 kW points in 330 French stores via the Charge E-Lec app with no subscription. The rate excludes rapid charging and covers a minority of Leclerc's 3,000-plus charge points, and a European Model 3 or Model Y can draw only 11 kW from a 22 kW post.
2d ago
RUMOUR Hardware
A Rival Just Ordered a Taller 4680. It Would Be Built in Poland.
South Korean outlet The Elec reports LG Energy Solution will build a new 46100 cylindrical cell — 46 mm by 100 mm, 20 mm taller than Tesla's 4680 — at its Wrocław plant in Poland, with lines set up in 2027 and Mercedes deliveries from 2028. The format was not in LGES's disclosed line-up, and neither company has confirmed the customer.
2d ago
Fleet Data
Volvo Pulled Its 2026 Forecast. Its Electric Sales Rose 29% in the Same Quarter.
Volvo Cars withdrew its full-year 2026 volume and cash-flow guidance on 2 October 2026 after third-quarter sales fell 10.7 per cent to 141,609 cars. Greater China dropped 40.6 per cent and the Americas 14 per cent, while Europe and rest of world grew 2 per cent. Fully electric sales rose 28.6 per cent to 45,060 cars, 32 per cent of the total, with electrified models at 53 per cent. The full report is due 23 October 2026.
3d ago
Charging
Polestar Will Sell You 30% Off European Fast Charging. Not at a Supercharger.
Polestar launched two Polestar Charge subscriptions on 2 October 2026: Plus at EUR 7.99 a month for 15 per cent off fast charging at EnBW, Shell Recharge, Vattenfall, Mer and Fastned, and Pro at EUR 14.99 for 30 per cent plus Ionity and Allego. The discounts cover 104,000 and 118,000 points in Europe, out of a 1.25 million-point roaming network that includes Tesla Superchargers at no discount on any tier.
3d ago
Hardware
Mercedes Confirmed the EQE Is Dead in America. Europe Has Had Only a Rumour for 13 Months.
A Mercedes spokesperson confirmed to Car and Driver on 2 October 2026 that the EQE sedan, in both Mercedes-Benz and AMG form, leaves the 2027 US model-year line-up, together with the Maybach EQS 680 SUV and the AMG S63 E Performance. The EQS sedan and SUV continue. Mercedes has still not confirmed the globally reported end of EQE production.
3d ago
Charging
Six 400 kW Stalls Opened on the Brenner Route. The Megawatt Part Is Phase Two.
Siemens and OMV commissioned the first SICHARGE FLEX system on 29 September 2026 at an OMV station in Kufstein, Austria, on the Brenner corridor. Six DC points are live — four for cars, two for trucks, each up to 400 kW — with four Megawatt Charging System points at 600 to 1,200 kW to follow in a later, undated phase.
3d ago
Policy
Tesla Takes 16% of Germany's EV Grant. DIW Says the Industrial Policy Behind It Is Not Working.
DIW Wochenbericht 40/2026 analyses Germany's electric car grant across 52,473 approvals worth 230 million euros to 1 September 2026. Tesla is the biggest brand beneficiary at 16 per cent of subsidised battery-electric cars, German brands take 21 per cent of subsidies against 47 per cent of the market, and the authors say roughly a third of the cars would have been bought anyway.
3d ago
RUMOUR Hardware
Tesla Halved the AI5's Memory, Then Gave Some Back. Optimus Is the Reason.
Elon Musk has cut the memory on Tesla's AI5 and AI6 chips to secure supply and lower cost for Optimus mass production. AI5 was to drop from 144GB to 72GB before being nudged back up to 96GB; AI6 goes from 216GB to 144GB. Musk says bandwidth, not capacity, is the limit.
3d ago
Fleet Data
Britain Registered More Electric Cars Than Ever in September. The Model 3 Led Them All.
The UK registered 99,199 battery-electric cars in September 2026, its highest monthly BEV volume on record and 36.3% more than a year earlier, for a 28.3% share. The Tesla Model 3 was the best-selling BEV with 9,929 units. Year to date the share is 26.2%, still short of the 33% mandate.
3d ago
Fleet Data
Switzerland Crossed a Third Electric for the First Time. One Model Took a Fifth of Them.
Switzerland and Liechtenstein registered 7,833 battery-electric cars in September 2026, up 51.2% year on year, for a record 35.7% share of a 21,948-car market. The Tesla Model Y led all models on 1,679 units, more than five times the runner-up.
3d ago
Fleet Data
Tesla Beat Every Published Bank Estimate. It Still Sold Fewer Cars Than a Year Ago.
Tesla delivered 486,532 vehicles in the third quarter of 2026 and built 464,391, clearing the company-compiled consensus of 461,974 by about 24,500 cars. It is still 2.1% below the 497,099 of Q3 2025. Energy storage deployment reached 13.7 GWh.
3d ago