User blog comment:Zero15/Code Geass R3/@comment-217.42.94.236-20140503134121/@comment-1348186-20140924192915

First off, Lelouch receiving Charles's Code is and always has been mere speculation. Speculation that doesn't actually add up. The prime theory is that Code's activate after death, but that isn't likely. People seem to assume that when Lelouch ordered Charles to die, that it worked, and then his code activated. But in actuality, when we are shown the usual "brainwave" scene of a Geass taking effect, we are not shown the part where the patterns changes to signify that the order takes hold. This is the same thing as done in the episode where C.C. went to go meet Mao and Lelouch tried to Geass C.C. to stay. We are shown the brainwave scene but not the part of the pattern changing.

Second and most importantly, no, he is NOT shown alive in any release of the series. Not the original televised airing, not in the "first run" DVD release, not any DVD release, not the blu-ray release, etc. Those images and videos that show him driving the cart are all shops. The scene in question is exactly the same in all versions. There is no version that shows him as the cart driver.