Tesla will launch the arrival of the Model Y all-electric crossover in the United Kingdom with a special delivery event at the Horizon Cruise Terminal in Southampton on Saturday, February 19. The event will commemorate the delivery of the Model Y for UK residents, as they will be the first in the region to receive the Tesla crossover.
Sources familiar with the matter told Teslarati today that Tesla is planning to launch a “unique delivery event” for Model Y owners to accept delivery of Right-Hand-Drive vehicles that were manufactured at Gigafactory Shanghai. Tesla has been exporting Model Y and Model 3 units from Shanghai to Europe for some time; the Model Y first arrived in Europe in August, while Made-in-China Model 3s have been shipping to Europe since January 2021.
Tesla is communicating to those who hold reservations for the Model Y that it will begin deliveries at the event, advising those who will attend the event to choose a time slot to accept their cars. Tesla relayed this message with Model Y reservation holders earlier this week. The message below was sent to one of the Model Y reservation holders.
“Tesla Update – Your Model Y is ready to be scheduled at our unique delivery event on Saturday, February 19 at Horizon Cruise Terminal, Southampton! Please select your preferred time slot at: https://tesla.com/enGB/schedule/[order number].”
Tesla did not immediately respond to our email asking for confirmation of the event.
Credit: Tesla
While Model Y vehicles have landed in various countries in Europe, the UK has not yet had an official delivery of the all-electric crossover. Tesla built the anticipation for the event by also communicating to those who were invited to the Horizon Cruise Terminal that, “Your wait is nearly over! The very first Model Y deliveries in the UK will take place from a unique location in February. Look out for your invite via SMS in the next 24 hours.”
According to EU-EVs, a website that tracks vehicle registrations in Europe and the UK, there have not been any deliveries of the Model Y. However, the most recent data, which dates back to Q3 2021, does list Tesla as the best-selling brand in the UK, holding 14.4% of the total market share in the region. Sales were led by the Model 3, which spearheaded “the most successful year of EV uptake” in the region, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. The site does state that there have been 28 deliveries of the Model Y in the twelve countries it tracks, but not in the UK.
The Model Y is available in two trims in the UK: the Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive for £54,990 and the Dual Motor Performance for £64,990. Deliveries are slotted for March 2022, but it appears the first batch will arrive in mid-February.
Update 3:44 PM EST: According to Tesla Owners Club UK, Tesla will also hold events on the 15th (Aerospace Centre Bristol, England), 16th (Duxford Imperial War Museum and Rhosneigr, Anglesey, Wales), and 17th (Cairndow, Loch Fyne, Scotland) as well.
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Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) reported its earnings for the first quarter of 2026 on Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what the company reported compared to what Wall Street analysts expected.
The earnings results come after Tesla reported a massive beat on vehicle deliveries for the second quarter, delivering 489,126 vehicles and building 451,758 cars during the three-month span.
This was a major shock for those on Wall Street as they anticipated somewhere around 400,000 deliveries for the quarter, and showed Tesla still has plenty of demand for its vehicles around the world and in the U.S. despite losing the $7,500 EV Tax Credit last year.
Tesla Q2 2026 Earnings Results
- Non-GAAP EPS – $0.33 reported vs. $0.53 expected
- Revenues – $28.236 billion reported vs. $26.4 billion expected
- Free Cash Flow- -$1.092B
- Profit -$ 4.751B
Tesla (beat/missed) analyst expectations, so the market response to the company’s quarter is what we will look for next.
Tesla shares closed today down just over 1 percent, trading at $374.01.
In the past, it has been anyone’s guess with what Tesla shares will do after they report earnings. Strong quarters have resulted in sharp drops, while lackluster quarters have seen the stock shoot up considerably.
Tesla will hold its Q2 2026 Earnings Call in about 90 minutes at 5:30 p.m. on the East Coast. Remarks will be made by CEO Elon Musk and other executives, who will shed some light on the investor questions that we covered earlier this week.
You can stream it below. Additionally, we will be doing our Live Blog on X and Facebook.
Q2 2026 Earnings Call https://t.co/zZS6ii2TWK
— Tesla (@Tesla) July 22, 2026
Tesla is about to make parking in busy parking lots at businesses and other points of interest less stressful than ever by allowing drivers more control over where they park and how, CEO Elon Musk confirmed on X.
Tesla has been working to improve the parking performance of vehicles utilizing the Full Self-Driving suite, but now it is looking to add more customization, allowing drivers to choose the specific space they park in, but also potentially the orientation the car pulls into the spot:
It’s coming soon
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 21, 2026
Musk has reiterated on X twice over the past several weeks that Tesla is working to make things with the FSD suite based more on the driver’s specific preferences and behaviors that were seen in past drives.
Essentially, it sounds like if you tend to park away from a business to avoid other vehicles, Tesla FSD will soon recognize that preference of yours and start parking further away as well. Additionally, the prospect of assigned parking spaces has been something many owners have voiced concerns about.
Living in a community with assigned parking spaces makes using FSD incredibly difficult as it will rarely park in the correct spot when there are so many to choose from. This is also pertinent in work settings where there are sometimes assigned parking spaces.
The updates to Tesla’s Full Self-Driving suite in terms of listening to driver preferences with parking are also extending to routing. Tesla announced yesterday that with the release of its 2026 Summer Update, it was adding Automatic Navigation and Preferred Routes:
Tesla reveals 2026 Summer Update with crazy fixes to Nav and more
Tesla has always maintained the idea that any human input is bad input, and that, ideally, Tesla Full Self-Driving will always make the right decision. Of course, this is all in theory, but the issue is that so many of Tesla’s interventions have come because it does something that is not necessarily wrong, but perhaps not what the driver would prefer.
Taking these preferences into account will help Tesla alleviate some of the potentially unnecessary interventions that drivers perform.
Tesla is starting to prepare for the launch of the Optimus robot in its smartphone app, new coding strings show. Elon Musk has referred to Optimus as what will be the greatest-selling product of any kind of all time, and now, Tesla is getting ready for its launch.
Tesla’s smartphone app had several first-time mentions of the Optimus program, according to Tesla App Updates, who intially reported on the appearance. Here’s what they found:
A Dedicated “Robot” Phone Key Authentication
Tesla is working on a Bluetooth Low Energy, or BLE, authentication that is specifically for robots. This does not only apply to Optimus, though, as Robotaxi, which is Tesla’s autonomous ride-hailing platform, might also identify vehicles within the fleet as robots as well.
Tesla shows rapid teardown of Model S and X lines, paving the way for Optimus at Fremont
Essentially, pairing your phone as a key to anything Tesla identifies as a robot to a “whitelist” of authorized devices. Optimus, Robotaxi, or other products that fall into this category will only respond if the device trying to communicate with it is authorized.
This is a great security feature that will eliminate at least face-value and low-level threats.
Home Data Collection and System Alerts
This appears to be somewhat of a neural network for Optimus within your house. There will be a dedicated screen that asks for consent to collect both video and spatial data while Optimus performs in-home tasks. Everything from vacuuming, washing dishes, dusting, and other activities will be tracked.
There will also be a comprehensive alert system that will track everything from low battery to mechanical issues.
Other Changes
Most of the changes tracked in this particular app update are related to Tesla’s 2026 Summer Update, and include things such as image assets for new features, a preview of the new custom wraps feature, and other unique features.
You can check out our coverage on what is included with the 2026 Summer Update here:
Tesla reveals 2026 Summer Update with crazy fixes to Nav and more
Tesla (TSLA) Q2 2026 earnings results: miss on EPS, beat on revenue
Tesla is about to make parking in busy lots less stressful than ever
