Stories by Alex Diaz
Poland Calls Starlink Ground Station Fire Sabotage
An overnight fire at Exatel's Starlink uplink station in Wola Krobowska, Poland, was an act of sabotage, digital minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said Thursday. Speaking to TVP Info, the minister said the fire was intended to disrupt a station he described as vital to the security and continuity of internet services in Ukraine, according to Politico...
Tesla to Livestream Semi Rollout Event September 24 at 6pm PDT
Tesla will stream its September 24 Semi Rollout event live from Sparks, Nevada, giving the public a front-row seat to the opening of the company's first high-volume Semi factory. Announced Wednesday by Tesla Semi, the livestream will begin at 6pm PDT on Thursday. The event is an invite-only inauguration of the dedicated Semi plant, with...
Tesla Builds First Cybercab Using In-House Cathode Material
Tesla has built the first Cybercab using cathode material produced in-house, marking a manufacturing milestone for the company's robotaxi program. The company's Robotaxi account said Wednesday the gold Cybercab is the first vehicle built with Tesla's own cathode material, sourced from what it described as the first cathode plant in the Americas. A photo shared...
Tesla Adds New Superchargers in Terrace and Vanderhoof, BC
Tesla has flipped the switch on two new Supercharger stations in northern British Columbia, Canada, bringing 8 stalls to Terrace and 4 more to Vanderhoof. Tesla Charging announced the new sites Tuesday, sharing a photo of a Model 3 charging at the Terrace station. The two openings add 12 stalls to the network in northern...
Tesla Tops 100,000 Vehicles in Denmark as Fleet Doubles in Three Years
Tesla Europe said Wednesday that 100,000 of its vehicles are now on the road in Denmark, doubling the country's Tesla fleet in just three years. The company marked the moment with a graphic showing a Model Y under a glowing 100K. Much of that growth came from the electric SUV, which broke Denmark's single-year sales...
Tesla Cybercab Drive Units Now Roll Off Factory Line Every 10 Seconds
Tesla said Tuesday the Cybercab is the most efficient EV ever certified and built, and that the robotaxi's drive units are rolling off the production line every 10 seconds. The two-seat robotaxi, built at Giga Texas without a steering wheel or pedals, started carrying passengers in Austin in June 2026 as part of Tesla's Robotaxi...
SpaceX Targets October 1 for NASA Crew-13 Falcon 9 Launch
SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Thursday, October 1 for the Falcon 9 launch of NASA’s Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station, the company said Tuesday. NASA said Tuesday it is targeting 11:10 a.m. EDT on October 1 as the earliest launch opportunity, with liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space...
Tesla Brings FSD v14.2 Lite to Hardware 3 Model S and X
Tesla has started pushing FSD (Supervised) v14.2 Lite to Hardware 3 Model S and Model X vehicles, marking the first time the flagship sedan and SUV have received any v14 software. Zack shared the news Tuesday, posting a photo from an owner in China showing the update installed on a Model S. The center...
Starlink Dishes Spotted on BC Ferries as Crew Wi-Fi Testing Begins [Update]
A photo posted on Reddit shows Starlink high-performance dishes installed on a BC Ferries vessel, the first visible sign the British Columbia, Canada ferry operator's satellite internet rollout for crews is underway. Reddit user panuvic shared the image in r/bcferries on September 18, showing the vessel's mast with its large traditional satcom dome and flat...
Tesla Engineers Are Using Grok 4.7 to Ship FSD and Cybercab Features Overnight
Elon Musk said Tuesday that Grok 4.7 is already doing real engineering work inside Tesla, highlighting a post from a senior staff engineer on the company's AI team describing how the model's new Build harness helped ship features overnight. Yun-Ta Tsai, a senior staff engineer on Tesla's AI team, said Grok Build teams spent the...
Starlink Expands Free Mini Rentals to More Residential Customers
SpaceX has expanded its free Starlink Mini hardware rental to customers on every Residential plan in select countries, opening a perk that was previously reserved for top-tier Residential Max subscribers. Invited customers receive an email with a "Claim Mini" button and a short survey, and the offer is limited to one kit per customer. According...
Boring Company Invites Engineers on All Expenses Paid Vegas Loop Tour Oct 18
The Boring Company is inviting exceptional engineers on an all expenses paid, behind the scenes tour of the Vegas Loop in Las Vegas on Sunday, October 18, with applications due by October 1. Monday brought the announcement of the behind the scenes tour. The Boring Company said Monday the tour will go behind the scenes...
NVIDIA Names Tesla Megapack Among First DSX Ready Picks for AI Factory Power
NVIDIA launched DSX Ready on September 21 to qualify power and cooling products for AI factories, and Tesla Megapack is among the first qualified battery energy storage solutions. Megapack is Tesla's utility-scale battery system designed for grid-scale energy storage projects. DSX Ready is NVIDIA's new qualification program that vets power and cooling products for use...
SpaceXAI Drops Grok 4.7, Its Smartest AI Yet for Writing Code
SpaceXAI launched Grok 4.7 on Monday, September 21, calling it the company's most powerful model yet for coding and knowledge work, available now in Cursor, Grok Build, and the Grok API. The new model uses a larger base model than Grok 4.6 and was trained with a longer reinforcement learning run on a harder mix...
Tesla and Sunrun Batteries Set US Record Sending 580 MW to California Grid
Sunrun and Tesla announced Monday, September 21, that their fleets of home batteries dispatched more than 580 megawatts of peak power to California's grid on the evening of September 9, the largest residential distributed power plant dispatch on record. The companies coordinated 580 megawatts of residential battery capacity, combining 517 megawatts from 110,000 Tesla Powerwalls...
