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Hardware
Tesla Picks Brookshire Texas for First Solar Panel Factory in 100 GW Push
Electrek reported on 19 May 2026 that Tesla is building its first solar panel manufacturing operation at Empire West Business Park in Brookshire, Texas, about 35 miles west of Houston and co-located with its Megapack Megafactory. Tesla already leases Buildings 9 and 10 totalling 1.65 million sq ft and is planning a further 600,000 sq ft. It is the first concrete site tied to Musk's January 2026 Davos target of 100 GW per year of US solar manufacturing capacity at Tesla.
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Hardware
Tesla Semi's Dual-Screen Cockpit Breaks With the Single-Display Tesla Playbook
New cabin footage of the production Tesla Semi reveals a two-display cockpit unlike any other Tesla — a dedicated instrument cluster on the left, and a navigation and media display on the right. The split is a clean break from the single-centre-screen layout Tesla has stuck to since 2012.
The footage surfaced 5 May 2026, two weeks before Tesla kicked off high-volume production at its Sparks, Nevada plant on 18 May 2026.
7h ago
Hardware
Tesla Parental Controls Will Soon Block In-Car Browser, Arcade, and Theater
An app decompile spotted by Not a Tesla App reveals Tesla is preparing per-profile toggles to block the in-car web browser, Arcade games and Tesla Theater. The new flags — a browser flag, an Arcade flag, a Theater flag — sit alongside the existing Parental Controls system and the recently added rule that disables Track Mode whenever Parental Controls are engaged.
16h ago
Hardware
Tesla Revives Laser Windshield Wiper Patent — and Lists FSD Cameras as Cleaning Targets
The USPTO granted Tesla a divisional patent on 31 March 2026 for a pulsed-laser system that vaporises debris off glass. The filing names the FSD camera array — not just the windshield — as a cleaning target, hinting at a future without rubber wipers and with self-cleaning sensors.
Yesterday
Hardware
Tesla Patent: Electromagnetic Suspension Seats Aim at Semi and Roadster
Tesla has won a US patent for a sliding suspension seat that uses electromagnetic springs and a built-in belt retractor, with the Tesla Semi and the next-generation Roadster as the most likely target vehicles.
Yesterday
Fleet Data
Europe's EV Market Tops 1 Million in Q1 2026 With Tesla Second and BYD Surging 155%
Europe registered 1,083,241 plug-in passenger cars in Q1 2026 (+28% YoY), the first time the region has cleared one million in a single quarter. Tesla took second place among EV brands with 78,642 units (+45.4% YoY), trailing Volkswagen's 96,601 but ahead of BYD's 73,535. The Model Y was Europe's best-selling battery EV at 51,395 units. The data, published by Autovista Group on 15 May 2026, also shows BYD growing 154.7% YoY and three Chinese brands — BYD, Leapmotor and Xpeng — capturing measurable share across all five major markets.
Yesterday
FSD & Autopilot
Tesla Launches Europe's First FSD Shuttle Pilot in Germany's Eifel Region
Two Grünheide-built Tesla Model Y vehicles are running Europe's first public FSD (Supervised) shuttle service in Germany's Eifel region, ferrying students and seniors for free between schools, doctors and home. The pilot operates ahead of any German FSD type approval.
Yesterday
Hardware
Tesla Model Y Premium LR RWD: How the 4680 Battery Pulls Range and Charging Speed Down
European reviewers warn that the Model Y Premium Long Range RWD silently switched to in-house 4680 cells in early 2026: WLTP range fell from 661 km to 609 km and DC fast-charging now starts tapering at 31% state of charge, leaving a 10–80% stop noticeably slower than the outgoing supplier-cell pack.
2d ago
Hardware
Kazakhstan's State Guard Service Puts Tesla Cybertruck Into Field Use at Turkic States Summit
Kazakhstan's State Guard Service deployed a Tesla Cybertruck as a mobile command-and-staff vehicle for the Informal Organization of Turkic States summit in Turkistan on 15 May 2026 — one of the first known uses of the electric pickup in an official state security role.
2d ago
Hardware
Tesla Raises US Model Y Prices by Up to $1,000 — First Hike in Two Years
Tesla lifted US Model Y Premium and Performance prices by up to $1,000 — the first US Model Y hike in about two years.
2d ago
Hardware
Tesla Quietly Halts US Cybertruck Deliveries Until Trucks Run Firmware 2026.14.6
Tesla halted US Cybertruck handovers this week until each truck is flashed from 2026.14.3 to mandatory firmware 2026.14.6.
2d ago
RUMOUR FSD & Autopilot
Tesla Patent Explains the Human-Like Driving Behind FSD v14 — and the Compression Tricks Powering v14-Lite
A newly surfaced Tesla patent details a hierarchical nodal-graph decision tree that explains how FSD v14 plans complex manoeuvres like human drivers. The same filing hints at how v14-Lite gets a stripped-down version of the same model to run on the older HW3 computer.
2d ago
FSD & Autopilot
Tesla FSD v14.3 Pulls Over Safely Instead of Stopping in Lane When Drivers Stop Paying Attention
Tesla's latest FSD release changes how the system handles inattentive drivers — instead of slowing to a stop in the live lane, the car now actively looks for a safe place to pull over and park. Tesla also relaxes the strike lockout so drivers can re-engage FSD immediately after the car parks.
2d ago
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Tesla FSD v14.3.3 (fastvare 2026.14.6.6) legger til live streak-teller og smartere Summon
Tesla startet utrullingen av FSD (Supervised) v14.3.3 i fastvare 2026.14.6.6 den 17. mai 2026. Oppdateringen legger til en live teller for inngrepsfri kjøring i Self-Driving App, samler backend for Actually Smart Summon med FSD og Robotaxi, øker maksfarten fra 6 til 8 mph og pakker hele Spring Update 2026 for både HW3- og HW4-kjøretøy.
17 May 2026
4.57
Tesla App 4.57: animerte Performance-merker, strammere Parental Controls og Grok i appen
Tesla rullet ut mobilappversjon 4.57.0 den 15. mai 2026 med tre hovedendringer: animerte merker for Performance- og Signature Edition-biler, en strengere Parental Controls-flyt som låser Track Mode, og første opptreden av AI-assistenten Grok inne i telefonappen.
15 May 2026
2026.14.6
Tesla 2026.14.6 rulles ut med sikkerhetsfikser og feilrettinger
Tesla startet utrullingen av fastvare 2026.14.6 den 12. mai 2026. Utgivelsen fokuserer på feilrettinger og sikkerhetsforbedringer, og Tesla sender enkelte installasjoner via mobilnett for å fremskynde distribusjonen.
13 May 2026
2026.14.6
Tesla 2026.14.6 legger til Self-Driving-app, immersiv lyd og navigasjon på bakskjermen
Tesla 2026.14.6 introduserer en Self-Driving-app for abonnement med ett trykk, Premium Immersive Sound, interaktiv navigasjon på bakskjermen for passasjerer og utvidet avatartilpasning, i tillegg til det videreførte funksjonssettet fra våroppdateringen 2026.14.
12 May 2026
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En Tesla Model 3 med 380 000 mil holder på originalbatteriet — til en pris
En Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus fra 2019 har tilbakelagt 380,000 miles (610,000 km) på sitt originale NCA-batteri — et reelt datapunkt om Tesla-levetid, ikke en produsenttest. Pakken viser nå 158 miles rekkevidde mot opprinnelige 240 miles ifølge EPA — et kapasitetstap på 34,2 % — men bilen oppfyller fortsatt sine dynamiske spesifikasjoner og er fortsatt brukbar som dagligbil.
Vehicles
Slik lufter du kjølesystemet på din Tesla og stopper overoppheting av Autopilot
Autopilot-datamaskinen (Autopilot ECU) sitter nesten på det høyeste punktet i Teslaens kjølekrets, slik at innestengt luft samler seg rett rundt den — foruminnlegg beskriver temperaturer på 80–90 °C som slår ut kameraer, GPS og cruisekontroll. Service Mode inneholder en 15 minutters fabrikkluftingsprosedyre som fjerner luften; slik kjører du den selv.
Ownership
SAE J3016 automatiseringsnivåer for kjøring — En guide for Tesla-eiere
SAE J3016 er den internasjonale standarden som definerer seks nivåer av kjøreautomatisering — fra nivå 0 (ingen) til nivå 5 (full). Alle Tesla-er som selges i dag, inkludert kjøretøy med FSD (Supervised), er nivå 2. Denne guiden forklarer hva hvert nivå betyr, hvor de juridiske grensene går i Europa og USA, og hva som endres i praksis for deg som sjåfør.
Energy
Fire beste praksiser for å holde LFP-batteriet friskt i årevis
En fersk studie fra Jeff Dahns laboratorium ved Dalhousie University viser at sykling av LFP-batterier nær toppen av ladingen (75–100%) forårsaker mest degradering, mens lavere bruksvinduer bevarer kapasiteten. Her er fire praktiske regler — støttet av vitenskap — for å få lengst mulig levetid ut av elbilen din med LFP-batteri.