One of the most exciting developments from Tesla eagerly awaited by the electric car community is the company’s use of its giant casting machines. Dubbed by its maker IDRA as the “Giga Press,” the house-sized monster machines are capable of producing single-cast pieces for Tesla’ … | Continue reading
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta seems to be getting cooler by the week. In a recent set of updates, noted Tesla hacker-owner @greentheonly found what could very well be one of the coolest features of the advanced driver-assist suite to date: augmented reality view. With the AR vie … | Continue reading
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is set to join the S&P 500 after being snubbed from the index in early September. The electric automaker will officially join the S&P 500 on Monday, December 21st, 2020. The S&P announced: “On November 16, 2020, S&P DJI announced that TSLA will be added to th … | Continue reading
Tesla has officially launched Tesla Tequila: an exclusive, small-batch premium 100% de agave tequila. In what started as a joke on April Fools 2018, Tesla Tequila has been an idea in the making for over two years. A photograph of CEO Elon Musk jokingly declaring “Chapter 14 and a … | Continue reading
Update: Head of Digital Transformation at Daimler AG Sascha Pallenberg has noted on Twitter that the report from RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) is false, and that Mercedes-Benz’s autonomous program is still ongoing. A quote previously misattributed to the Mercedes-Benz head … | Continue reading
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving suite is poised for a wide-release by the end of 2020 to all drivers who purchased the capability, Elon Musk said, during its Q3 Earnings Call. “We’re starting very slow and very cautiously because the world is a very complex and messy place,” Musk said … | Continue reading
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) will be posting its Q2 2020 financial results on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. After the closing bell, the company will release a brief advisory with a link to its Q3 2020 Update Letter. TSLA will hold its regular Q&A session for the third quarter at 2:30 PM P … | Continue reading
Just a week after news broke that SpaceX was gifting Starlink internet service to Washington State’s Emergency Management department, the state has revealed SpaceX’s satellites are also benefitting the Native American Hoh Tribe. On October 6th, a Falcon 9 rocket successfully laun … | Continue reading
The Boring Company has a lesser-known tunnel being dug out in Adelanto, California. The location of the tunnel lies between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and both of those locations already have Boring Co. projects that are completed or underway. However, the joining between the two … | Continue reading
The Tesla Model Y crossover is a marvel of electric automotive engineering. While its compact SUV design has been geared by other automakers toward grocery-getting and hauling the family around, Tesla took a much different approach with their car. Not only would the versatility o … | Continue reading
Tesla’s Battery Day has been hyped so much that the event will have to include something truly amazing to live up to its expectations. In the lead up to the highly-anticipated event, a leaked image featuring what is supposedly a cell from Tesla’s “Roadrunner” line has emerged. An … | Continue reading
Doubts may still linger about the potential of battery electric vehicles for mainstream transportation, but EVs are getting progressively better. And if the data from the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y fleet is any indication, it appears that these improvements could result, at least … | Continue reading
Sometimes, the events that transpire inside a company could be just as exciting and nail-biting as the most popular thrillers in fiction. In Tesla’s case, such a scenario recently played out, as a worker in Gigafactory Nevada ended up turning down a $1 million incentive, working … | Continue reading
Elon Musk’s brain-machine interface company, Neuralink, has an event scheduled for later this week to update the public on its progress since last year’s presentation. While the agenda is speculative for the most part, one expectation is a live demonstration of neuron activity. “ … | Continue reading
CEO Elon Musk has revealed that SpaceX crushed a global rocketry record during a recent Raptor engine test, pushing the crucial Starship component past years-old performance targets. On August 17th, the SpaceX CEO unexpectedly released a photo of a Raptor test and a corresponding … | Continue reading
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is one of four billionaires that could be forced to pay a one-time multi-billion dollar tax if a bill introduced by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is passed through the United States’ Senate. The “Make Billionaires Pay Act” was introduced by Sanders, an Indepe … | Continue reading
In a recent lighthearted post, Tesla CEO Elon Musk referenced the Cybertruck’s potential amphibious capabilities once more. Musk’s tweet was a response to a rather humorous concept video featuring the all-electric pickup being used as a boat. And while such a concept may be farfe … | Continue reading
In a rare instance of some connection to reality, a European Union commissioner overseeing the space industry has acknowledged the elephant in the room, admitting that SpaceX has changed the game for commercial rockets and that the upcoming Ariane 6 rocket may already be outdated … | Continue reading
SpaceX’s mysterious Starlink ‘user terminals’ have been spotted in public for the first time ever at the company’s South Texas Starship factory. Offering a first-ever glimpse of the hardware that individual customers will use to connect to SpaceX’s growing satellite internet netw … | Continue reading
SpaceX’s Starship rocket development program has returned to its early-2020 roots as teams work to assemble the first new ‘test tank’ built in South Texas in more than three months. Just like its three predecessors, the newest test tank’s purpose is relatively simple: demonstrate … | Continue reading
Travis County, Texas officials, are currently in the process of working out the details of an incentive deal with Tesla. The incentives are geared toward bringing the electric automaker’s next production facility to the city of Austin. The Travis County Commissioners Court is rep … | Continue reading
SpaceX’s nascent Starlink user terminal technology – the consumer hardware that will connect customers to a vast space-based internet constellation – is being put through its paces in a series of closed tests with employees, board members, and investors. This news comes around th … | Continue reading
SpaceX appears to have won NASA’s approval to launch astronauts on reused Falcon 9 rockets and Crew Dragon spacecraft a matter of days after the company’s astronaut launch debut went off without a hitch. Ever since SpaceX began landing and reusing orbital-class Falcon 9 boosters … | Continue reading
Tesla is poised to expand its Solar Roof product into international markets. The California-based company has submitted a Solar Roof patent with the European Patent Office. The patent, titled “Packaging for Solar Roof Tiles,” outlines the casing structure of a single solar roof t … | Continue reading
SpaceX has successfully launched and landed the same Falcon 9 booster five times for the first time ever while simultaneously debuting an upgraded drone ship formerly stationed on the West Coast. With this launch under SpaceX’s belt, the company has fully proven that the March 20 … | Continue reading
SpaceX has successfully fired up a full-scale Starship rocket for the second time in barely 30 hours and removed the ship’s Raptor engine to perform an additional suite of “cryo testing”. Around 7pm CDT on May 6th, SpaceX technicians began loading the fourth full-scale Starship w … | Continue reading
Tesla’s Autopilot recently helped a driver to recognize and avoid a bicyclist who was traveling on the shoulder of a road. YouTuber and Model 3 Long Range All Wheel-Drive owner Dirty Tesla displayed his vehicle’s impressive ability to identify and warn him of the bicyclist befor … | Continue reading
A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster had all four of its landing legs successfully retracted after a flawless fourth launch and landing, highlighting the impressive margins and durability of the rocket’s upgraded Block 5 design. On April 22nd, Falcon 9 booster B1051 lifted off on its fourth … | Continue reading
Tesla has begun the wide release of Software Update 2020.12.6 within the United States, which includes the highly-anticipated Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control for Autopilot. The update is available for Tesla owners under the latest hardware 3 that have also purchased the Full … | Continue reading
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft has delivered cargo to the International Space Station, but soon it will carry goods to an orbit higher than the International Space Station: the lunar Gateway. Agency officials announced Friday (March 27) that NASA selected SpaceX as the first commerci … | Continue reading
The transition of the automotive sector to sustainable solutions will not only affect the mainstream transportation industry. As the adoption of electric cars like Teslas continue, branches of the US government such as the US Army would need to embrace electrification as well. Th … | Continue reading
It is no secret that Tesla is ahead of everyone in the electric vehicle race, and other manufacturers will likely be playing catch up with the Elon Musk-headed company for years to come. This is something that was admitted recently by a Volkswagen board member, who stated that Te … | Continue reading
There is a storm brewing in Volkswagen’s Wolfsburg plant, and it can very well make or break the career of CEO Herbert Diess, a strong proponent for the company’s transition to electric mobility. As problems continue to pile up for Volkswagen’s electric car program, the ID.3, a v … | Continue reading
Argentinian space agency CONAE says that both its SAOCOM 1B satellite and SpaceX are on track for a type of launch that the United States’ East Coast hasn’t supported in more than half a century. CONAE has revealed that SpaceX aims to launch the ~2800 kg (6200 lb) radar Earth obs … | Continue reading
The Ford Mustang Mach-E has made waves in the electric vehicle sector, thanks to its combination of features, price, and its rather controversial name. Recently, the American automaker formally took a select group of reviewers in London for a brief ride in its newest electric car … | Continue reading
A new teardown of the Tesla Model 3 by Nikkei Business Publications just sent a shiver through the spine of legacy automakers. Based on the findings of the teardown, it is becoming evident that the company’s tech is on an entirely different level compared to the electronics used … | Continue reading
Tesla owner-enthusiast and noted YouTube tech reviewer Marques Brownlee recently sat down with tech tycoon and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates to talk about electric cars like the Porsche Taycan, EV ownership issues like range anxiety, and the general future of the car industry. … | Continue reading
Tesla has updated its refund policy for software upgrades purchased through its mobile app, following a ruckus that had some customers accidentally buying upgrades they had no intention of buying. In what amounts to a “butt-dial”, Tesla owners were accidentally buying software up … | Continue reading
After a busy several days of rocket hardware testing, Elon Musk says that SpaceX may be ready to build the first Starship prototype destined for space. According to Musk, one test in particular – performed in South Texas just yesterday – is an encouraging sign that SpaceX’s Stars … | Continue reading
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has made plenty of progress with its Las Vegas Convention Center people mover. The underground tunnel is now about 50% complete and around six football fields in length, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. The Boring Company of … | Continue reading
Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed that a future update will help protect bicyclists from being the victim of unintended door openings. Car dooring or more commonly referred to as “dooring” happens when a car driver or passenger opens a vehicle’s door while failing to check for cyclis … | Continue reading
An Austrian engineering firm claims they can make the widely popular Tesla Model 3 cheaper with twice the range but at half the cost Obrist Powertrain’s Tesla Model 3 Plug-in Hybrid conversion called the “Obrist Mark II” will support a range of 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) throug … | Continue reading
A New York man plans to use the Tesla Cybertruck as a power source for his “tiny home.” Karl Gesslein, a resident of Ithaca placed an order for the Cybertruck the day of the unveiling after realizing that Tesla’s initial attempt at a pickup truck was exactly what he had been look … | Continue reading
Tesla appears to be closing in on Elon Musk’s bold prediction that the electric car maker’s Full Self-Driving suite will be “feature-complete” by the end of the year. To become feature-complete, Tesla’s FSD suite must have the capability to navigate through city streets on its ow … | Continue reading
Tesla China’s Weibo account has released the first official pictures of the Made-in-China Model 3 produced at Gigafactory 3. The images provide the first close-up glimpse of the locally-made electric sedan, including some design elements that are not present in its US-made counte … | Continue reading
SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell recently provided information about the company’s Starlink satellite internet constellation after a panel at the International Aeronautical Congress in Washington D.C. Shotwell spoke of a partnership with the U.S. milit … | Continue reading
SpaceX has transported (half of) its Starship Mk1 prototype to its South Texas launch pad for the first time ever, signifying that the company is about to enter a major new stage of testing. The move, however, raises the question: why is SpaceX transporting only half of Starship … | Continue reading
As California faces a historic power outage in several Bay Area counties, American electric car maker Tesla appears to have begun making preparations for its customers who are residing in affected areas. Reports from the Tesla community reveal that the company is sending charging … | Continue reading