Elon Musk thinks we'll have AI smarter than any one human by next year. (Were already far beyond that.) | Continue reading
In a video posted on YouTube, a custom e-bike drag races a Ford Mustang and shows that electric modification is the future! | Continue reading
The Biden administration posted a fact sheet suggesting the non-Tesla Supercharger Pilot program will be available in the US later this year. | Continue reading
Eleven months after SpaceX submitted several applications, the FCC has given the company permission to connect moving vehicles to its constellation of Starlink internet satellites. The license means that all United States Starlink users will now be able to legally receive interne … | Continue reading
Tesla’s mass layoffs reached the Autopilot team in San Mateo. Autopilot workers have started posting the news on LinkedIn. | Continue reading
SpaceX has successfully completed three Falcon 9 launches in just over 36 hours, highlighting the company’s continuous push towards ever-higher launch cadences in 2022. In February, shortly after a NASA oversight panelist revealed that SpaceX was targeting 52 launches in 2022, CE … | Continue reading
GM said it would hike Hummer EV prices by $6,250 starting Saturday. Orders placed before Saturday will be exempt from the price increase. | Continue reading
Teslas may be among the most technologically-advanced vehicles on the road, but they are also extremely tough. Despite their sleek looks, their trademark components such as their glass roofs have been proven to be extremely durable. The Tesla Model S, for example, made headlines … | Continue reading
IDRA has posted a video showcasing the assembly process of its 9,000-ton Giga Press, arguably one of the largest casting machines in the market. The 9,000-ton Giga Press is expected to be used in the production of the Tesla Cybertruck’s single-piece rear underbody. IDRA has been … | Continue reading
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed the first technical details about the company’s next-generation Starlink ‘Gen2’ satellite design, confirming that it will far outmatch the current generation of satellites by almost every measure. Speaking in an onsite interview and Starbase tour … | Continue reading
SpaceX now offers Starlink for RVS, connecting customers traveling to remote locations in quite a few areas around the world. “Starlink now available for RVs, campers & other large vehicles users (note antenna too big for cars),” tweeted Elon Musk recently. Starlink for RVs will … | Continue reading
Starlink added a portability option for an additional $25 per month. The feature allows users to bring their satellite dishes with them to use Starlink’s internet service in areas where the company actively provides coverage. “For an additional monthly fee of $25.00, you can move … | Continue reading
Tesla is normally confronted with plenty of interesting and challenging metrics from competitors, especially in terms of range and speed. With the Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX accomplishing a major feat of over 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) driven on a single charge earlier this week … | Continue reading
As everyone at Tesla’s Cyber Rodeo settles down to listen to Elon Musk’s talk at Giga Texas, the anticipation builds in the air. The Tesla community is eager and excited to hear about any updates and details Elon Musk will announce to the world at Giga Texas Cyber Rodeo. Welcomin … | Continue reading
Kyte, a company that delivers rentable cars straight to your door, has announced the launch of its new Tesla subscription product. Available in San Francisco in California, Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York, and Jersey City, New Jersey, on April 15, the Model 3’s Long Range All- … | Continue reading
SpaceX Falcon 9 booster B1051 has become the company’s ‘fleet leader’ after acing its 12th orbital-class launch and landing – a new record for the rocket family. After a roughly 90-minute weather delay, Falcon 9 lifted off without issue around 12:48 am EST, March 19th. Booster B1 … | Continue reading
NASA says its first complete Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is less than a week away from its first rollout and the start of its first East Coast ‘wet dress rehearsal’. Teams have begun retracting work platforms surrounding the fully stacked rocket, slowly revealing the launch … | Continue reading
Toyota appears to be exploring the idea of using manual transmission (MT) systems for modern electric vehicles, at least based on several patents with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Toyota’s manual transmission patents hint at the company’s next move in th … | Continue reading
Tesla and other electric vehicles are beginning to dominate the roads in Norway, leaving very few internal combustion engine (ICE) cars to tax. The “problem” has been long foreseen by those supporting the EV revolution. As one of the first countries to face the challenge, Norway … | Continue reading
Tesla has officially displaced Mercedes-Benz as the third-most-popular luxury automotive brand in the United States, quickly approaching BMW and Lexus, which took first and second place, respectively. The data comes from Automotive News, which reported the story earlier this week … | Continue reading
Something strange is happening in a San Francisco street. As per residents in the area, their Richmond District dead-end street has become the location of some extremely bizarre behavior from Waymo’s self-driving vehicles. Every day, one Waymo after another ends up on the street’ … | Continue reading
SpaceX has rolled the Falcon 9 rocket that will launch the historic Inspiration4 private astronaut mission to its NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) launch facilities. Part of a vistor’s center bus tour of the NASA center, Reddit and YouTube user whiterice98 caught the SpaceX rocket … | Continue reading
Tesla quietly debuted a set of service subscriptions that could help owners work on their own vehicles. The service subscriptions could pave the way for Tesla to allow owners to repair their own cars. Tesla offers two service subscription packages. The first subscription is the S … | Continue reading
Germany’s players in the utility sector are starting to feel quite nervous about Tesla’s expansion into the country’s energy market. This is especially true when it comes to the deployment of Autobidder, which could very well make Tesla a serious utility provider. In a statement … | Continue reading
Tesla typically catches flak among critics because its Autopilot system and FSD Beta are still classified as SAE Level 2 driver-assist systems. This means that while the vehicles are able to handle most driving tasks, drivers must have their hands at the steering wheel so they co … | Continue reading
Tesla’s FSD Beta 9.1 software recently accomplished another milestone. Without using radar data, the advanced driver-assist system was able to complete a trip from Los Angeles to the San Francisco border with zero disengagements. This shows that Tesla’s bold shift to a pure visio … | Continue reading
Current US statistics state that about 10,000 people die every year due to drunk driving. That’s roughly one fatality from a drunk driving-related crash every 52 minutes. Even in Norway, where roads are significantly safer, a report from the International Transport Forum in 2019 … | Continue reading
SpaceX has unexpectedly filed regulatory documents requesting permission to perform at least half a dozen polar Starlink satellite launches from its East Coast facilities, hinting at a two-pronged approach as work continues to reactive SpaceX’s lone West Coast launch pad. Known a … | Continue reading
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has mentioned that he now lives in a ~$50K house at Starbase, Texas, where his private space company, SpaceX, is manufacturing its Starships. Based on images of the home, it appears that the Tesla and SpaceX CEO is indeed living modestly in a prefabricated hou … | Continue reading
Among the many changes that Tesla implemented in the new Model S Plaid, a new, 12-volt lithium-ion battery is one of the most subtle yet significant improvements the company made to its flagship sedan. The new 12V li-ion battery replaces the conventional lead-acid battery that ha … | Continue reading
While destined to remain on the ground, SpaceX has rolled Starship booster hardware to its Boca Chica, Texas launch pad for the first time. Back in March, SpaceX completed the process of stacking Super Heavy booster number 1 (BN1), creating what amounted to the largest rocket boo … | Continue reading
Under the hollow pretense of concern for the environment, Starlink satellite internet competitor ViaSat has asked the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to force SpaceX to stop Starlink launches and threatened to take the matter to court if it doesn’t get its way. A long-time … | Continue reading
Volkswagen is claiming that it can profitably sell a self-driving system to owners of its vehicles, and it will sell it for as little as €7 an hour. Since 2018, Volkswagen has been developing its Modular Electric Drive, or MEB, platform for electric vehicles. After pledging to tr … | Continue reading
Ford patented a system that uses a vehicle’s cameras to detect billboards and pull them up on a car’s infotainment systems. While billboards have been used for advertisements for quite some time, they do not necessarily provide much information to those driving by them. Ford pla … | Continue reading
Via FCC regulatory filings, SpaceX has revealed the first concrete details about Starship and Super Heavy’s first orbital flight test. Earlier this year, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed a shocking NASASpaceflight.com report that the company was working to launch Starship into orbi … | Continue reading
Tesla CEO Elon Musk roasted the Wall Street Journal for their coverage of the crash that killed two men involving a 2019 Model S. Mainstream media reports claimed that the vehicle was “driverless” in an attempt to cast bad press on Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems. … | Continue reading
It appears that Tesla’s touchscreen-based gear selector system for the Model S refresh does not violate any federal motor vehicle rules. The update was related by a spokesperson from the National Highway Traffic Safety Agency (NHTSA). In classic Tesla fashion, the new Model S’ t … | Continue reading
A group of NASA astronauts appear to have taken an agency-sanctioned trip down to SpaceX’s Boca Chica Starship facilities, including a visit with a prototype scheduled to fire up and launch as early as this week. Seemingly in lockstep with the accelerating pace of Starship produc … | Continue reading
Rivian’s all-electric Amazon Delivery van has started making deliveries in San Francisco, California. San Francisco is now the second city to experience package delivery sustainably with Rivian’s new delivery van, joining Los Angeles as the only locations to currently receive Ama … | Continue reading
Update: Less than five days after Starship serial number 10 (SN10) briefly became the first prototype to launch and land in one piece, SpaceX has rolled its successor – Starship SN11 – from factory to launch pad. The goal: complete cryogenic proof and static fire testing within t … | Continue reading
With FAA approval in hand, weather rapidly improving, and the latest rocket prototype seemingly rearing to go, the stars are aligning for SpaceX’s third high-altitude Starship launch and first triple-engine landing attempt. As of March 1st, publicly-available FAA “temporary fligh … | Continue reading
Tesla's General Assembly 4.5 tent is being added onto the South portion of the company's Fremont factory in Northern California, documents reveal. | Continue reading
As Tesla reaches new heights and Wall Street firms start acknowledging the electric car maker’s potential, CEO Elon Musk has blazed the trail for a new breed of billionaires across the globe. Interestingly enough, Musk and his fellow billionaires are making their fortune not thro … | Continue reading
A Tesla Model 3 owner is thanking his vehicle's Autopilot system for saving his vehicle from fishtailing out of control after contact with a driver who was texting and driving. | Continue reading
Tesla China’s factory has reached a production capacity of 8,000 per week, according to a recent study published by China Industrial Securities. Tesla’s Gigafactory Shanghai set a high bar for 2021 last year by setting a 550,000-vehicle production goal, comprised of 300,000 Model … | Continue reading
Tesla has released a new video that shows the company's battery cell manufacturing lines that use techniques that were inspired by other industries. | Continue reading
An eco-assessment report for Gigafactory Shanghai recently provided a teaser about a third Tesla that will be produced at the China-based electric car factory. The documents hint that Tesla is looking to produce a new car at Giga Shanghai as early as 2022, and it will be priced b … | Continue reading