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Illustration of an electric crossover in a Halloween driveway with glowing pumpkins, sound waves and trick-or-treaters, for Tesla Halloween Mode in update 2026.38.3

Tesla Halloween Mode arrives in update 2026.38.3: four Paint Shop wraps, a new lock sound and Trick or Treat

Tesla's Halloween Mode started rolling out on October 6 in software update 2026.38.3, with four Halloween wraps in Paint Shop, a new lock sound, a scary Boombox voice, Ghost Costume, Trick or Treat, a Fright Show and a Photobooth. Here is what is in it and who gets it.

Max Calder · Oct 8, 2026 · 6 min read

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July 2026

Jul 18, 2026Tesla's best Q2 ever, 480,126 deliveries and a 25% jump
Jul 18, 2026FSD 14.3.5 lands with always-on camera view and a 20% faster brain
Jul 18, 2026Robotaxi goes bicoastal-ish, unsupervised rides launch in Miami
Jul 18, 2026Cybercab production ramps at Giga Texas, employee rides begin

June 2026

Jun 12, 2026Tesla Semi enters mass production with a 50,000-truck factory
Jun 12, 2026Robotaxi turns one and now covers the entire Austin metro, unsupervised
Jun 12, 2026Model Y just became the first car ever to hit 100,000 registrations in Norway
Jun 12, 2026FSD 14.3.4 starts rolling out, and Cybertruck finally gets Smart Summon
Jun 12, 2026SpaceX went public at $1.75 trillion, the largest IPO ever
Jun 12, 2026FSD crossed Canada with zero interventions (so we made it a wrap)
Jun 12, 2026Elon Musk is the world's first trillionaire. Here's the math
Jun 3, 2026Stellantis joins the Supercharger network. NACS is now the de facto standard.
Jun 3, 2026Tesla Robotaxi cities: where it runs now, and how it got there
Jun 3, 2026Optimus V3 arrives this summer, and Fremont production starts within weeks
Jun 3, 2026FSD v14.3 shipped wide, and Europe finally said yes
Jun 3, 2026Model Y Juniper at six months: the range claims hold up
Jun 3, 2026EV incentives in 2026: the deductions and credits still on the table
Jun 3, 2026Cybertruck in 2026: the Q1 numbers and a cheaper AWD trim
Jun 3, 2026Personalization is the new EV battleground, and Tesla owners are already ahead

Tesla Halloween Mode arrives in update 2026.38.3: four Paint Shop wraps, a new lock sound and Trick or Treat

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Tesla Q3 2026 deliveries: 486,532 cars, about 24,500 ahead of estimates

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Tesla update 2026.38: dynamic headlight leveling, Supercharger site maps and sharper car visuals

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Tesla's US Supercharger network passes 40,000 stalls, and Canada hits 3,000

Tesla moves the Roadster event to October 15 so the outdoor demo gets clear skies

Tesla Q3 2026 delivery estimates: what Wall Street expected before the October 2 report

Tesla FSD Supervised is approved in Croatia, the eighth country in Europe

SpaceX Starship reaches orbit for the first time on Flight 14

Tesla Semi launch recap: a 50,000-truck factory, two ranges and a line of customer trucks

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Tesla Semi picked for a 2,500-truck order, the biggest electric truck deal in US history

Tesla reopens Roadster reservations ahead of the October 15 reveal

Tesla app 4.61: Supercharger Site Maps, passkey sign-in, and a camera share for support

Optimus V3 moves toward mass production as Tesla audits its first robot suppliers

Grok Bot arrives in Tesla cars: order coffee, clear your inbox and book dinner by voice

FSD Supervised is approved in Czechia, the seventh EU country, as the EU-wide vote moves to December

Tesla update 2026.32.3: pick your wheels on the screen, plus Apple Music

The six-seat Model Y L reached its first US driveways in September

Tesla says 24/7 Robotaxi rides are a month away, riding on FSD v15

The Cybertruck is the only pickup with an IIHS Top Safety Pick+ for 2026

Tesla shows the Cybercab's unboxed assembly line: one car every 10 seconds

The Tesla Semi got its own launch party on September 24

Go for launch: Tesla sets the Roadster reveal for October 1

Tesla app 4.60.5: wheel covers, a Robotaxi loaner, and the wrap upload that makes the phone the whole workflow

You can now ask Claude or ChatGPT for a Tesla wrap

Paint Shop is on every Tesla now, Model S and Model X included

FSD is logging 35 million miles a day. Here is what that pace means

Cybercab rides are live in Austin, and the Robotaxi app just hit number one

Wrap upload from the Tesla app is live, and it works exactly like you hoped

Tesla FSD crosses 14 billion miles, and the pace keeps steepening

FSD 14.3.8 sharpens city driving while 14.1 Lite spreads across HW3

Nevada clears Tesla for up to 5,000 robotaxis, and Las Vegas is first in line

Franz said the Roadster was coming "very soon," and reports said the reveal may include a hover

Tesla's $80 adapter turns the Model Y into a rolling power outlet

Giga Shanghai just had the biggest export month in Tesla history

The Cybercab's public debut is weeks away, and Austin goes first

FSD 14.3.7 rolls out with a smarter brain, and HW3 cars get their next Lite upgrade

Tesla just built its 10 millionth car, and it's a Model Y in Diamond Black

Robotaxi adds Orlando and Tampa, and Florida becomes a three-city state

Megapack 3 is in production, 16 months after the factory was a field

Summer Update 2026.26 is hitting cars now, and it makes every Tesla more yours

Reports pointed to an August Roadster reveal, with the thrusters

50 countries just set EV sales records in the market Tesla built

6.7 million public chargers later, range anxiety is running out of road

Tesla's Summer Update kills the USB drive: custom wraps now upload from the app

The six-seat Model Y L is here, and it starts at $61,990

Megapack 3 and Megablock: Tesla's energy business is quietly becoming the main event

FSD v14 Lite goes wide, and 4 million older Teslas just got new brains

US fast charging hits 75,000 plugs, and the reliability era begins

Tesla wrapped a Cybercab for America's 250th, and it rules

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