According to Spaceflight Now, SpaceX plans to launch three Falcon 9 rocket flights in a span of about 72 hours before 2021 draws to a close. Looks like SpaceX wants to end the year with a bang. Each of the three missions will blast off from a different orbital launch pad, with all three of SpaceX’s […]
Images shared to Twitter by Tesla enthusiast Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer) give us our first up-close view of some of the battery cell production equipment Tesla will be using at its Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. Giga Texas Battery Cell Close Images … I see there is a lot of interest in these images … here are […]
According to Tesla tipster Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt), Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Thursday had a virtual meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to discuss issues related to the country’s electric vehicle (EV) and satellite & space technology industries, among other things. NEWS: Elon Musk had a meeting with the Turkish president Erdoğan. […]
YouTuber and automotive expert Sandy Munro took delivery of his Tesla Model S Plaid earlier this month. Munro shared his first impressions of the all-electric luxury sedan and took it out for a couple of test drives, and also assured that a teardown would be coming soon. Before the auto industry veteran takes the Model […]
When asked about Ford’s ongoing rivalry with electric vehicle (EV) pioneer Tesla in a recent interview with Bloomberg, President and CEO Jim Farley said they “really have a chance to get to #1.” Ford’s goal moving forward is pretty straightforward: double EV production to 600,000 units by 2024 and become #2 by volume, and then […]
In a recently published YouTube video, CGP Grey put a Tesla Model 3 Long Range with the Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta to the test on the ‘Tail of the Dragon’ — one of the twistiest, deadliest roads in the U.S. The Tail of the Dragon is 11 miles (17.7 km) of road that stretches through […]
Hyundai has revealed pricing for its IONIQ 5 electric vehicle (EV), slated to go on sale in the U.S. in late December — reports Automotive News. The new all-electric compact crossover starts at $40,925 USD and goes all the way up to $55,725 USD for the dual-motor ‘Limited’ variant. Hyundai prices Ioniq 5 EV from […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday said that Canada would be willing to “align” its electric vehicle (EV) incentives with the tax credits proposed under U.S. President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act, provided that its southern neighbor expands those credits to Canadian-built vehicles — reports CTV News. President Biden’s bill proposes tax credits of up […]
TIME Magazine on Monday named Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk 2021’s ‘Person of the Year’. This year saw Musk soar through the ranks of the world’s billionaires to reach the top as Tesla broke a whopping $1 trillion USD in market capitalization for the very first time, joining the likes of Apple and Microsoft […]
Here’s a list of all the new Supercharger locations that went live across the globe this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Dec. 6, 2021 2 Via Leopardi, Grandate, Como, Italy 8 250 kW Tesla Dec. 8, 2021 Hirsimäenkatu 1, Lappeenranta, Finland […]
Thomas Massie, U.S. Representative for Kentucky’s 4th congressional district since 2012, revealed in a recent tweet that his entire house has been running on a battery salvaged from a totalled Tesla Model S, 24 hours a day for the last four years with zero interruptions. 24 hours per day, with zero interruptions for four years, […]
Wu Wa, a long-time follower of Tesla’s progress at Gigafactory Shanghai, recently shared a 4K drone flyover of the site from Friday, December 10, on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o84jhQPijUA The video shows the factory operating like a well-oiled machine, piping out Model 3s and Model Ys by the boatload. It’s almost hard to believe Giga Shanghai was […]
Lena Gonzalez, chair of the California Senate’s Transportation Committee, on Tuesday sent a letter to California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Director Steve Gordon, raising concerns over Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta and urging him to investigate — reports The Los Angeles Times. Full Self-Driving is Tesla’s suite of advanced driver assistance features, available as […]
Rivian and the state of Georgia plan to announce the company’s second electric vehicle (EV) factory in the U.S., which will be located in Atlanta — reports The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Citing sources close to the matter, the publication says Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Rivian officials will be holding a ceremony next Thursday to announce the […]
Ford Motor Co. has pushed back production of all-electric versions of the Explorer and Lincoln Aviator crossovers from mid-2023 to December 2024 in order to significantly increase Mustang Mach-E output and meet growing demand — reports Automotive News. According to the publication, Ford informed suppliers in a recent memo that production for the new electric […]
