US Tesla owners on 14.3.13, how's it handling long highway stretches? Down under that's the bit we're keenest to see sorted.
18 A350s done in 33 days. Long-haul flights to Australia with proper Wi-Fi can't come soon enough. Which airline flying down under should be next?
BREAKING: British Airways has completed its @Starlink rollout across all Airbus A350s in just over a month.
Full rollout across its entire fleet of 300+ aircraft is targeted for March 2028.
Ohhh my goddd!!! Yea boi @TeslaAUNZ Everyone else getting the update??
Sounds like Tesla is building its own maps for FSD over the next few months. Could be the fix for country highways down under. Aussie owners, where does FSD still trip up for you?
Aussie owners, biggest takeaway from the Tesla Q3 call? Cybercabs to customers by year end, Unsupervised FSD in customer cars around Q2 2027, or an Optimus video in a month or so
FSD Unsupervised in US customer cars by Q2 2027. Down under I'd settle for a supervised build that nails country highways first. Still on 14.3.5 but the timeline is getting real
Tesla's @aelluswamy says FSD Unsupervised could start rolling out to customer cars in select areas the U.S. in Q2 2027. Those customers could then add their cars to the robotaxi network.
Tesla added a record 260K FSD subscribers in Q3, now 1.74M active. People really are buying FSD with a car attached. Aussie owners just waiting on the next build
Record deliveries in Australia got a shout out in the Q3 update. Yea Boi. Now just send the country highway FSD improvements down under next
Q3 Shareholder Update → ir.tesla.com
Highlights
– FSD Supervised attach rate grew to over 75% of new vehicle deliveries in NA
– Unveiled the next-gen Roadster
– Record deliveries in Canada, Australia, Japan & Taiwan
– Tesla Semi now in volume production. Top variant can go up to 500 miles at a full 82,000 lbs while achieving efficiency of 1.7 kWh/mile – about a third of the energy a comparable diesel truck burns for the same load
– Ended the quarter with the largest backlog for our passenger vehicles in 4 years!
FSD Supervised
– 4 new approvals since Q2 (Croatia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Slovakia)
– FSD is now live in nine EU countries & used by over 100,000 customers logging more than 160 million kilometers since initial approval
Robotaxi
– Deployed Cybercab into our Austin fleet
– Hit nearly 2 million cumulative unsupervised miles, 8x growth in the quarter
– Austin service now runs 6 am to midnight, with wait times continuing to come down as we add cars & improve the orchestration algorithms
– Added Grok to Cybercab with Grok Bot & Connectors, letting you interface with your inbox, calendar, files, chats and tasks, all by voice.
Transport, office & living room in one
Robotics
– Started production of @Tesla_Optimus on our high-volume lines in Fremont.
These are the first production-quality bots we've built, proving that the current manufacturing process for Optimus is suitable for a commercial product
SI Compute
– On track for 400 MW of training compute by year end, feeding both vehicle & humanoid autonomy
– Austin Fab construction continues, equipment commissioning planned for 2027
Battery
– Battery supply is still the limiter on how fast we ramp vehicles globally, so we're expanding on every front: pack capacity in Berlin, cathode and lithium refining in Texas, LFP cells in Nevada
– Shipped the first Megapacks built entirely with our own LFP cells
– Increasing 4680 output to support ramp of Cybercab, Semi & Model Y
Energy
– Megafactory Texas is up & running, with Megapack 3 production started
– Highest-ever order rate & backlog for energy storage
Grid constraints & power availability are making Megapack the answer for SI infrastructure demand: it excels at supplying large data center loads, smooths out demand spikes, helps new projects meet grid connection rules & makes the grid itself more stable
All with less local fossil fuel generation
Supporting Infrastructure
– Added 2,100+ net new Supercharger stalls, up 14% year over year
Tesla Q3 call in a few hours. What's the one question you want Elon to answer?
Mine: when does FSD handle Aussie country highways as well as it does in town
Starship catch attempt on Flight 15. Aussies, set the alarms now.
Hey @TeslaANZ, love seeing FSD updates roll out down under 🇦🇺 but it feels like influencers and early access people always get them first while the rest of us FSD owners get nothing. Bit unfair we keep watching everyone else get updates before us. When do regular Aussie owners get some love? ⚡
Tesla sending a speed mode called Mad Max to Australia. Someone on the release team has definitely seen the films. Still on 14.3.5 here, waiting patiently-ish.
Tesla Q3 call is tomorrow morning Aussie time. One question I'd love answered: when does FSD move past 14.3.5 for us down under? What's yours?
First real formal step after months of rumours. Committees formed, Elon stepped aside, no terms yet. I wrote up the odds of a Tesla/SpaceX merger a few days ago and it's looking a lot more real now 👇 xitter.cf/Cryptocop86/status/211…
Elon Musk today on a potential merger between SpaceX and Tesla:
"Both Tesla and SpaceX have formed special committees at the request of shareholders. Because I'm a conflicted party I can't be in on these discussions. I don't think we should assume that a merger is a certainty. Do I think it would be a good idea? Yes. But at the end of the day, shareholders have to be supportive of this. The special committees have not reached an agreement on any transaction, and it doesn't mean they will, but there is a lot of be gained from cooperating on SI, chip design, robots, mass or orbit, connectivity. I think it would be a good idea."
Elon just confirmed Tesla and SpaceX have both set up special committees to look at a merger. He reckons it's a good idea but says it's not a certainty yet. Could be the biggest corporate deal ever. Would you want them combined? 🚀⚡
SpaceX just did $14.6b in one quarter, up 161%, and Starlink is at 13.6 million subscribers, nearly double a year ago. Not bad for the mob people said would never land a rocket @elonmusk
SPACEX $SPCX Q3’26 EARNINGS HIGHLIGHTS
🔹 Revenue: $14.6B; +161% YoY
🔹 EPS: $0.35
🔹 Net Income: $4.4B
🔹 Adjusted EBITDA: $8.8B; +306% YoY
Capital Expenditures:
🔹 Total: $19.6B
🔹 Operating Cash Flow: $13.1B
Segment Revenue:
🔹 Space: $1.8B; +6% YoY
🔹 Connectivity: $5.2B; +69% YoY
🔹 SI: $7.6B; +830% YoY
Announcements:
🔹 First revenue-generating Starship mission successfully launched
🔹 Starbase, Louisiana next-generation spaceport planned
🔹 Grok Bot introduced as an always-on agentic SI system
Other Q3 Metrics:
🔹 Starlink Consumer Subscribers: 13.6M
When Ferrari's CEO is thanking Tesla for the Roadster, you know it's something special. Maranello's taking notes
The Ferrari CEO praised @Tesla's new Roadster unveil today:
"It certainly shows that in the automotive world there's still a lot to be done. We have to keep dreaming. As a European, thank you for showing us how that, even in an old world, you can still innovate and dare."
He gave the Roadster launch 10 out of 10 for technology and 10 out of 10 for presentation.
Bloke leaves South Africa at 17, sells his first company, bets the lot on rockets and EVs, and now gives the Aussie outback proper internet. Wrote up why we should be celebrating Elon, not booing him. Full article below. @elonmusk xitter.cf/Cryptocop86/status/211…
Wall Street wants SpaceX's first profitable quarter since the June IPO. Call's 4:30am down under and the alarm's already set. Reckon they clear it?
Happy SpaceX Q3 earnings day! Wall Street is expecting this to be SpaceX's first profitable quarter on an adjusted basis since going public in June ($0.13/share).
Here are the most voted for questions by retail investors for today's earnings call:
1) Gwynne Shotwell told us Starship HLS hardware is now being produced in Starbase, how much progress has been made so far and when will the test article be shown off?
2) When will SpaceX merge with Tesla?
3) When does SpaceX intend on performing the orbital refueling demo for Starship? and will it be a comination with the long duration demo?
4) Can you provide a detailed update on the Starbase Louisiana project timeline, including the current status of coastal-use and environmental permitting for the supporting infrastructure in Vermilion Parish, whether the March 2027 construction start target remains on track, and SpaceX’s current confidence level in achieving a first Starship launch from the site as early as 2029?
5) Does SpaceX plan to make a larger Starship payload door for non flat-packed satellites in the near future? If so, what is the timeline and current progress?
6) With Artemis 3 in less than a year, a lunar landing demo targeting in Q4 2027 and Artemis 4 lunar landing in roughly 18 months, what progress have you made on HLS and can we see pictures.
The full cabin mockup has been in work for a year in the starfactory and we haven't seen any pictures of it. Do you have an update on it or even pictures?
It's been about a year since your last HLS update and it will be about a year until the uncrewed demo, could we see some progress?
7) What have you learned from the Ship that landed intact that will help future missions?














