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Atto 3 EVO Hits Showrooms
BYD Atto 3 EVO Australia: deliveries Sep 2026. Dynamic $41,990 +ORC, Premium $46,990 +ORC. Premium RWD, up to 230 kW, 0–100 in 5.5 s, 800 V / 220 kW DC, 74.88 kWh Blade. Carsales 12 Aug.
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BEV Passed Petrol in August
Australia August 2026: 27,078 BEVs, 24.9% of new vehicles — first month battery-electric beat petrol on VFACTS/EVC. BYD 8,231 (#2), Tesla 7,685, Sealion 7 sixth overall. SMH 5 Sep; DriveTech 4 Sep.
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Fremont Builds the First Optimus
Tesla put Gen 3 Optimus on Fremont’s old Model S/X floor at low volume for internal training first, with outside sales still aimed at the second half of 2027.
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Megapack 3 Rolled in Texas
Tesla’s Brookshire Megafactory started Megapack 3 production on 6 August with a designed 50 GWh annual capacity and denser cabinets aimed at late-2026 customer deliveries.
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BYD overseas set the record
August 2026: 440,293 NEVs (+17.84% YoY); overseas record 189,466 (+134.45%), ~43% of month; domestic 250,827; passenger BEV 256,230. JingPost / company materials.
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Sealion took twelve thousand
BYD Sealion 08 launched 2 Sep 2026; Ocean sales said >12,000 orders in 24 hours. PHEV from ~229,900 yuan; EV pack 115.072 kWh, CLTC up to 900 km. Electrek 3 Sep.
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Austin hailed the two-seater
3 Sep 2026: Cybercab commercially hailable via Robotaxi app after Austin invite night. Two seats, no wheel or pedals. NHTSA AQ26002 same day. Electrek/AP/Engadget.
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Sparks opens on the twenty-fourth
Tesla Semi account sets 24 Sep 2026 inauguration for the Nevada Semi factory. About 1.7 million sq ft, 50k trucks/year nameplate. Standard ~325 mi / Long ~500 mi. Electrek 24 Aug.
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Forty-five on the Texas book
Tesla Robotaxi LLC listed 45 purpose-built 2026 Cybercabs on TxMCCS on 31 August. VINs begin 5YJA. Trackers put the Texas robotaxi book above 300. A listing is not a fare.
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Now serving more of Dallas
Tesla Robotaxi posted a bigger Dallas geofence on Friday, 29 August. TeslaNorth filed it Sunday. Hours are 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days, six cities. Still Model Ys.
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Sixteen billion ordinary kilometres, still supervised
Tesla’s safety page showed Full Self-Driving (Supervised) past 16 billion kilometres in early May. In January Elon Musk had named that figure as the training data needed for safe unsupervised driving.