Jan Smid

Tesla new car registrations in Germany quadrupled for the best March ever Vielen Dank, Deutschland 🇩🇪

To clarify, Rivian will begin charging for Autonomy+, its enhanced driver assistance package, in April. It’s priced at $50/month or a $2,500 one time (life of vehicle) fee. All Rivian’s standard will include: - Adaptive Cruise Control (hands on) - Lane Keep Assist - Co-Steer - Lane Change Assist Autonomy+ adds: - Universal Hands Free (on laned roads) - Lane Change on command - Auto parking (coming soon) Future features like point to point autonomy expected later this year will likely require Autonomy+.

Once FSD is widespread across Europe, sales are going to boom. Can’t wait for all the European Tesla owners to finally experience it for themselves. It’s going to change your life.

For Q1 2026, Tesla is also a clear winner. 7402 Teslas, nearly 3x more than the rest of the top 10 combined.

Tesla FSD vs Competition in China Tesla is the only one with pure vision, meaning no LiDAR or radar sensors.

Společně s RDW jsme oficiálně dokončili závěrečnou fázi testování vozidel pro Full Self-Driving (Supervised) a předali veškerou požadovanou dokumentaci pro schválení podle UN R-171 + výjimky podle článku 39. Tým RDW nyní interně kontroluje dokumentaci a balík výsledků testů. Sdělili nám očekávané datum schválení pro Nizozemsko 10.4., což je posun oproti předchozímu termínu 20.3., a těšíme se na úspěšné dokončení této spolupráce. Po schválení v Nizozemsku budou moci evropské země toto schválení uznávat na národní úrovni. Očekáváme možnost celoevropského schválení během léta. Během posledních 18 měsíců tento schvalovací proces zahrnoval řadu intenzivních dokumentací, vývoje, testování, výzkumu a auditů. Mimo jiné: – více než 1 600 000 km testování FSD (Supervised) na evropských silnicích – více než 13 000 jízd s účastí zákazníků (ride-alongs) – více než 4 500 provedených scénářů testů na polygonu – tisíce stran písemné dokumentace pro více než 400 požadavků na shodu – desítky výzkumných studií zaměřených na bezpečnostní výkonnost/výsledky Jsme extrémně hrdí na práci, kterou jsme s týmem RDW do tohoto bodu odvedli. Velmi se těšíme na schválení v dubnu a na sdílení FSD (Supervised) s našimi trpělivými evropskými zákazníky!

Together with RDW, we have officially completed the final vehicle testing phase for Full Self-Driving (Supervised) and have submitted all documentation required for the UN R-171 approval + Article 39 exemptions. The RDW team is now reviewing the documentation and test results package internally. They have communicated the expected approval for Netherlands date of 4/10, shifting from 3/20 previously and we look forward to successful completion of this cooperation.  Following the Netherlands’ approval, European countries will be able to recognize this approval nationally. We are anticipating a possible EU-wide approval during the summer. Over the past 18 months, this approval has involved a series of intense documentation, development, testing, research & audits. Including but certainly not limited to: – 1,600,000+ km of FSD (Supervised) testing on EU roads – 13,000+ customer sales ride-alongs – 4,500+ track test scenario executions – Thousands of pages of written documentation for 400+ compliance requirements – Dozens of research studies into safety performance/results We're extremely proud of the work conducted with the RDW team up until this point. We very much look forward to the approval in April, and sharing FSD (Supervised) with our patient EU customers!

Together with RDW, we have officially completed the final vehicle testing phase for Full Self-Driving (Supervised) and have submitted all documentation required for the UN R-171 approval + Article 39 exemptions. The RDW team is now reviewing the documentation and test results package internally. They have communicated the expected approval for Netherlands date of 4/10, shifting from 3/20 previously and we look forward to successful completion of this cooperation.  Following the Netherlands’ approval, European countries will be able to recognize this approval nationally. We are anticipating a possible EU-wide approval during the summer. Over the past 18 months, this approval has involved a series of intense documentation, development, testing, research & audits. Including but certainly not limited to: – 1,600,000+ km of FSD (Supervised) testing on EU roads – 13,000+ customer sales ride-alongs – 4,500+ track test scenario executions – Thousands of pages of written documentation for 400+ compliance requirements – Dozens of research studies into safety performance/results We're extremely proud of the work conducted with the RDW team up until this point. We very much look forward to the approval in April, and sharing FSD (Supervised) with our patient EU customers!

Rivian EDV in Germany ⚡️

Here we go again Waymo. Now you’ve found your way onto a train track. Even the passenger knows better and retreats. What’s it going to take for them to ban these things? Probably something really bad and a class action.

WATCH: A Waymo vehicle blocked traffic as first responders raced to the Austin bar mass shooting, where three were killed and 14 injured.

The best-selling BEVs in Europe for the full 2025: 1. Tesla Model Y: 151,016 2. Škoda Elroq: 94,154 3. Renault 5: 92,221 4. Tesla M3: 85,935 5. VW ID.4: 93,332 6. VW ID.3: 79,541 7. Škoda Enyaq: 78,654 8. VW ID.7: 76,704 9. BMW iX1: 69,914 10. Kia EV3: 67,212 11. Audi Q4 e-tron: 62,125 12. Audi Q6 e-tron: 57,416 13. Volvo EX30: 50,305 14. BMW i4: 46,529 15. Ford Explorer BEV: 44,751 16. Cupra Born: 43,376 data and viz by José Pontes for Cleantechnica

Unfortunately the value of Tesla’s brand has been reduced to a negative. Tesla would sell more cars if they changed their name and sold the EV business to Rivian. $TSLA $RIVN