[Media Report] Tesla Halloween Mode Update Full Analysis: Ghost Car, Trick or Treat Mode, and Four Themed Wraps Summary: The professional media o…
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🔴 [Media Report] Tesla Halloween Mode Update Full Analysis: Ghost Car, Trick or Treat Mode, and Four Themed Wraps
Summary: The professional media outlet Not a Tesla App has broken down all the features of Tesla's Halloween Mode, which is released with software update 2026.38.3 and includes content such as the ghost car avatar, graveyard parking scene, Trick or Treat mode, four themed wraps, new lock sound, owl turn signal, and spooky light show.
Content Summary:
Halloween Mode is released with software update 2026.38.3, is located in the Toybox menu, can be enabled year-round, and includes two toggles: Ghost Costume and Trick or Treat; when enabled, the screen plays a short animation with a full moon and Halloween title, and the interior ambient lighting turns orange.
Ghost Costume, while parked, overlays the vehicle avatar with a white bedsheet with eye holes, and the background switches to a graveyard scene including a haunted house, full moon, dead trees, jack-o'-lanterns, and zombie hands reaching out of the dirt; Cybertruck has its own separate parking scene; while driving, the bedsheet flutters with vehicle speed, other vehicles emit green light, pedestrians become skeletons, trash cans become orange pumpkin faces, traffic lights become colorful pumpkins, and FSD and Autopilot paths and lane lines become purple.
Trick or Treat mode plays scary sound effects through the external speaker and flashes interior and exterior lights when visitors approach the parked vehicle; this mode keeps the cameras awake and consumes extra battery, and automatically turns off when the vehicle is shifted into Park or enters low-power mode; when enabled, Sentry Mode, the security alarm, and walk-away door lock will be disabled, and the two cannot be used at the same time.
Four new themed wraps are added: an orange pumpkin carving pattern version, a black base with white ghosts and bats version, a candy-covered "Trick or Treat" jack-o'-lantern version, and a dark textured red stripe version; a Halloween lock sound and owl turn signal chime are also added.
The spooky light show can be scheduled, and video records show Model 3 flashing exterior lights to music, opening and closing the trunk, and cycling interior lights, with better effects when multiple Teslas participate at the same time; Photobooth adds Polaroid-style Halloween frames and stickers; when speaking through the Tesla app's Boombox, the vehicle repeats it in a scary voice.
Halloween Mode is fully featured on vehicles equipped with the AMD infotainment unit; Intel platform vehicles only get the wraps and lock sound, and do not support the parking scene and extra Photobooth features.
The poster @TheNewGrid posted a video yesterday, and it has already gotten over 420,000 views: His Model Y drove up to a four-way stop intersecti…
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The poster @TheNewGrid posted a video yesterday, and it has already gotten over 420,000 views:
His Model Y drove up to a four-way stop intersection, with FSD v14.3.10 enabled at the time, and the speed mode was "Hurry" (aggressive). A car was coming from the cross direction, and it looked like it would stop before the stop sign, so the car drove into the intersection. But the other party did not stop at all, and FSD suddenly braked in the middle of the intersection, while the other car sped past in front.
The poster said: "Thank you Tesla FSD for saving my life. If I had been driving manually at the time, I definitely would have crashed."
📌 A few details
At the time it was in "Hurry" mode, and FSD's driving style is already somewhat aggressive
The poster confirmed this was a four-way stop intersection, but the stop markings on the ground had faded very badly
The comments were almost unanimously praising it, and some also took the opportunity to call for buying more $TSLA
[Media report] South Korean National Assembly audit will summon Tesla and BYD to testify on the 8th Summary: According to media reports, Tesla an…
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🟡 [Media report] South Korean National Assembly audit will summon Tesla and BYD to testify on the 8th
Summary: According to media reports, Tesla and BYD together account for 40% of South Korea's imported car market, and the two companies will attend a South Korean National Assembly audit held on the 8th, with topics involving repair difficulties and incomplete FSD functionality.
Content summary:
Tesla and BYD together account for 40% of South Korea's imported car market, and the two companies will attend a South Korean National Assembly audit held on the 8th.
Topics involved in the audit include "repair hell" and "half-finished FSD".
Silicon Valley 101's latest in-depth video interviewed multiple former Tesla software and hardware engineers, and shared quite a few internal sto…
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Silicon Valley 101's latest in-depth video interviewed multiple former Tesla software and hardware engineers, and shared quite a few internal stories that have rarely been made public:
🔹 Musk believed "humans only have two eyes," cut one front-facing camera, and slammed the table and cursed at people during meetings. Later, a blind spot appeared at the front of the car, so it was added back 🔹 The three-chip motherboard was already made, but one or two months before mass production it was changed back to dual-chip because it was "too expensive" 🔹 The real reason for removing radar is said to be that suppliers ran out of stock during the pandemic, not that the technology was already mature 🔹 The end-to-end overhaul reduced 300,000 lines of code to 2,000 lines 🔹 The AI5 chip project was reportedly concealed by its lead for a long time; "two more months" was said for almost a year, after which Musk fired a batch of people 🔹 The cost of the entire HW4 autonomous driving hardware is roughly equivalent to an iPad
📍 At the beginning of the video there is also an on-site test ride of the Cybercab in Austin: two seats, no steering wheel, and no pedals.
💡 The video's conclusion: 13 years later, Tesla and Waymo's two approaches still have not produced a winner. Autonomous driving has entered the second half, where what is compared is safety, cost, and scale; the technical route is no longer the key.
(Note: The internal stories come from the interviewees' personal accounts)
[Official X Update] Tesla releases a video of a Model Y L owner quoting their experience using FSD Supervised Summary: Tesla's official X account…
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🟡 [Official X Update] Tesla releases a video of a Model Y L owner quoting their experience using FSD Supervised
Summary: Tesla's official X account posted a quoted content, mentioning using FSD Supervised inside a Model Y L, and calling it the most incredible technology they have ever experienced in a car.
Content summary:
The post quotes a statement: I am sitting in a Model Y L, using FSD Supervised, this is the most incredible technology I have ever experienced in a car I have sat in.
The post includes a video link, with the source labeled as @Tesla.
[Analyst wording] Tesla rolls out 2026.38.3 update, launching Halloween mode Summary: Not a Tesla App reports that Tesla has rolled out Halloween…
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🔴 [Analyst wording] Tesla rolls out 2026.38.3 update, launching Halloween mode
Summary: Not a Tesla App reports that Tesla has rolled out Halloween mode with software update 2026.38.3, including a ghost car avatar, graveyard parking scene, Trick or Treat mode, Halloween light show, and spooky sound effects, confirmed to support AMD infotainment system vehicles.
Content summary:
After teasing last week, Tesla has now officially rolled out Halloween mode with the 2026.38.3 update. In its announcement on X, Tesla said the update turns the vehicle into a "haunted house on wheels."
When enabled, the vehicle avatar becomes a ghost draped in a white sheet; when parked, the full-screen visualization switches to a graveyard scene, including a full moon, haunted house, dead trees, glowing jack-o'-lanterns, and zombie hands reaching out of the ground; when a door opens, the ghost car opens its door in sync, and a skeleton climbs into the vehicle.
While driving, the vehicle keeps its ghost form in the navigation visualization, surrounding vehicles turn green, and pedestrians become walking skeletons; when using FSD (Supervised), the path ahead changes from blue to purple.
Trick or Treat mode is like an enhanced version of Sentry Mode: when someone approaches after you leave the vehicle, it plays spooky sound effects and flashes the lights, while still recording as usual; it also adds a new Halloween light show, new lock sound, Halloween-themed wraps, a Polaroid-style photo booth, and spooky Boombox voice lines.
This mode is confirmed to support AMD infotainment system vehicles; support for Intel vehicles is unconfirmed; due to graphics performance limitations, Intel vehicles will not get the full-screen parking scene and new photo booth stickers, but custom wraps and lock sounds should carry over, while the Halloween driving visuals remain uncertain.
The same version update also brings Emergency Drive Away (immediately disconnecting from a Supercharger and driving away in an emergency) and Powershare Home Backup for the new Model 3 and Model Y.
[Regulatory filing] Tesla Robotaxi app opens for download in more countries, but ride service still limited to seven US cities Summary: Not a Tes…
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🔴 [Regulatory filing] Tesla Robotaxi app opens for download in more countries, but ride service still limited to seven US cities
Summary: Not a Tesla App reports that the Tesla Robotaxi app is now available on the Apple App Store and Google Play in the UK, Australia, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Singapore and other places, for tourists to install in advance before traveling to the US; but the actual Robotaxi ride service is still limited to seven US cities.
Content summary:
The app is now available for download in the UK, Australia, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Singapore and other places, and the list is still growing.
The main purpose of the overseas listing is to make it convenient for tourists to install before traveling to the US, so that they can hail a ride within the service area after arriving in the US.
At the initial launch of the Robotaxi service, the app was limited to iOS and required joining a waitlist; the Android version launched this spring, ending nearly a year of iPhone exclusivity.
Currently, actual Robotaxi operations are still limited to seven US cities; Cybercab only provides ride service in Austin, but has already appeared in active markets such as Miami and Dallas.
Tesla last week extended Robotaxi operating hours in Austin, with commercial operations continuing until 11 PM.
Regarding international expansion, the article says Musk stated last month that Cybercab may soon enter Europe, but the article characterizes this as illustrative rather than a timetable; European regulators have not yet reached agreement on region-wide approval of supervised FSD.
📊 Ticker: TSLA 🧭 Market stance: Neutral
Source: Not a Tesla App · 10-06 02:21 (Beijing time)
[Regulatory filing] Tesla FSD becomes a sales driver, luxury real estate agent gives each of 10 employees a Tesla Summary: Tesla Oracle reports t…
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🔴 [Regulatory filing] Tesla FSD becomes a sales driver, luxury real estate agent gives each of 10 employees a Tesla
Summary: Tesla Oracle reports that American reality show host and luxury real estate agent Jason Oppenheim, after trying Tesla FSD for the first time, decided to give each of his 10 employees a Tesla with FSD activated, and said he will no longer use his Bentley.
Content summary:
Jason Oppenheim recently experienced Tesla FSD for the first time, with most driving on the streets of Los Angeles, California handled by FSD, and he said he was shocked by its safety.
After trying it for a period of time, Jason decided to give each of 10 employees a Tesla with FSD activated, and also persuaded his brother to buy a Tesla with FSD, and plans to buy Teslas for older family members to improve road safety.
In his Instagram video, Jason said FSD is 8 times safer than an ordinary driver and 25 times safer than a distracted driver, and admitted that he texts and makes phone calls while driving; he said that after using FSD daily he feels safer than when he previously drove a Bentley, and for safety reasons he will no longer use the Bentley.
The report reminds that the current FSD AI version 14 and its branch versions still require human supervision, and FSD (Supervised) requires the driver to pay attention to the road and be ready to take over at any time.
Tesla continuously iterates and improves through OTA software updates, and has billions of miles of real driving data generated by millions of vehicles for training FSD AI vision; traditional automakers have already fallen behind in this technology field.