On Friday, SpaceX announced that the static fire test for NASA’s experimental Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission had been completed successfully and that the pair are now targeting Tuesday, November 23 at 10:21 p.m PT for launch. NASA will intentionally crash the DART spacecraft into an asteroid to see if that is an effective […]
According to a Friday tweet from Karen Baumer (@phibetakitten), who owns both a Model 3 and a Model S, Tesla’s cabin User Interface (UI) has gained a pretty handy new feature: the ability to display exactly which stalls at a Supercharger site are currently ‘out of order’. https://twitter.com/phibetakitten/status/1461824835047153666 Prior to the change, the UI simply […]
According to a tweet from the official Twitter account of Tesla’s Supercharging team (@TeslaCharging), the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s first Supercharger site in Alaska is now online. Supercharging goes to Alaska New Tesla Supercharger: Soldotna, AK (4 stalls) https://t.co/PKX4aoe0lM pic.twitter.com/WTadfeTlsK — Tesla Charging (@TeslaCharging) November 19, 2021 Tesla is rapidly expanding its Supercharger network across […]
Jessica Barraza, 38, has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Tesla, alleging “nightmarish” conditions of unchecked inappropriate behavior from coworkers at the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s factory in Fremont, California — reports Reuters. Barraza, who works night shifts at the Fremont factory as a production associate, says she endured “near-daily” catcalls and inappropriate touching during […]
According to Automotive News, Ford has announced plans to double its projected global electric vehicle (EV) production to 600,000 units within the next 24 months. If Ford succeeds in doing so, the veteran automaker will become the No. 2 manufacturer of EVs in the U.S., behind only Tesla. According to Ford CEO Jim Farley, the carmaker […]
Heading into a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was “a little bit concerned” about the U.S.’s proposed increase in electric vehicle (EV) tax credits for locally assembled, union-built cars — reports Global News. “We are a little bit […]
According to Automotive News, the all-electric 2022 Toyota bZ4X crossover will launch in the U.S. sometime in the spring, with an estimated range of up to 250 miles (~402 km). 2022 Toyota bZ4X to arrive to U.S. in spring with range of up to 250 miles https://t.co/IcpkAJI1Si pic.twitter.com/f1FX8MyLQD — Automotive News (@Automotive_News) November 17, 2021 Toyota […]
Nissan has revealed pricing for its upcoming all-electric CUV, the Ariya — reports Automotive News. The Nissan Ariya will start at $47,125 USD (before potential tax incentives). Nissan prices Ariya EV from $47,125 https://t.co/l7aKLOQR13 pic.twitter.com/KECVuCy9sh — Automotive News (@Automotive_News) November 17, 2021 The Ariya is Nissan’s first new electric vehicle (EV) since the Japanese automaker introduced […]
Courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, let’s take a look at all of the new Supercharger locations that went live across the world this past week: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Nov. 8, 2021 No. 3, Lane 9, Qingnian Rd, Yangmei District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan 3 250 kW Tesla […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Saturday that the way he went about liquidating around $7 billion USD worth of Tesla stock this week was “closer to tax maximization than minimization.” Musk was responding to a Twitter user who asserted the CEO would benefit more financially from exercising options and selling the common stock he already […]
Responding to a tweet that inquired about Starlink coverage at sea, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Saturday that the satellite internet service should achieve global maritime coverage “by roughly middle of next year.” Should work everywhere for global maritime by roughly middle of next year (enough sats with laser links launched). Until then, it […]
After Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter last month that the entirety of the company’s Supercharging network would be getting its own Wi-Fi, Reddit user HollywoodSX on Saturday spotted a Starlink terminal at a Supercharger location in Lake City, FL — the first discovery of its kind. When a couple of Twitter users noted the absence […]
Tesla makes hiring veterans a priority, and hopes that other companies will follow in its footsteps — reports KPIX-TV’s Len Ramirez (@lenKPIX) from the company’s Fremont factory in California (via @WholeMarsBlog). Why Tesla makes hiring veterans a priority $TSLA @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/lZaaCVnml0 — Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) November 11, 2021 Not only does the world’s fastest-growing […]
On Friday, SpaceX’s fully reusable Starship SN20 spacecraft successfully achieved static fire, with thrust, on all six of its engines in a multi-engine test that will prove instrumental in getting the rocket company the regulatory approval it needs to attempt Starship’s first orbital launch (via @NASASpaceflight). Good static fire with all six engines! — Elon […]
After picking up their 2022 Model 3, Reddit user CalligrapherNo4617 made a peculiar discovery — the car had no wireless charging functionality, and the two USB-C ports in the front center console were outright missing. Upon calling Tesla support, CalligrapherNo4617 was informed that Tesla is aware of the problem. Both wireless charging and the front center […]
