In a recent tweet, SpaceX CEO and celebrated visionary Elon Musk asked his supporters and the public to “please add” their voice to the comments (open to everyone) on the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for SpaceX’s proposed Starship/Super Heavy project in Boca Chica, Texas. The space exploration pioneer said […]
TV host, comedian, and avid car enthusiast Jay Leno appeared as a guest on a recent episode of CNBC‘s The News with Sheperd Smith to talk about electric vehicles (EVs), plus tout the upcoming new season of his show ‘Jay Leno’s Garage’. During the show, Leno said he believes “the electric car is here to stay.” […]
Courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, here’s an overview of all the new Tesla Superchargers that went live across the globe this past week: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Sept. 6, 2021 The Classic Burgers at 6525 West Inyokern Road, Inyokern, CA, USA 12 250 kW Tesla Sept. 8, 2021 […]
According to the National Post, U.S. Democrats have recently proposed an increase in tax credits for electric vehicles (EVs) that will offer much higher incentives to union-made zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) assembled locally. The beefed up tax credits will serve to further President Joe Biden’s ambition of EVs making up 50% of all vehicles sold in the U.S. by […]
According to a tweet from @SpaceXthe Crew Dragon vessel that is supposed to embark on the Inspiration4 mission on September 15 has been successfully stacked atop a Falcon 9 booster rocket. The assembled spacecraft now rests, vertical, at historic Launch Complex 39A at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Falcon 9 and Dragon […]
According to CBC News, the École de Conduite Taauchiiwaatin – Driving School in Chisasibi — a village in northern Quebec located some 1,700 km north of Montreal, recently installed its first electric vehicle (EV) charger. Not only that, the institution even scored government funding to supplement the purchase and modification of its first-ever all-electric car. […]
According to a recent tweet from SpaceX (@SpaceX), the space exploration company is currently targeting Monday, September 13, at 8:55 p.m. PDT for its next launch of Starlink satellites from its home state of California. These are V1.5 Starlinks with laser inter-satellite links, which are needed for high latitudes & mid ocean coverage — Elon […]
In this week’s edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman talks about how Apple and Tesla are a clear synergistic match on paper, but their products don’t integrate into each other as well as they theoretically should. Gurman says Tesla and Apple should be working more closely (or at all) with each other to make […]
Mercedes-AMG, the high-performance subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz, has just unveiled the 2022 AMG EQS (branded as the EQS53 in Europe) — its first all-electric production car. The EQS is designed as a luxury sedan, with an electric motor at each axle for a dual-motor powertrain. The AMG EQS doesn’t look terribly different as compared to the Mercedes-Benz […]
In a recently published video, YouTuber Bjørn Nyland puts the Tesla Model Y Long Range through his custom-designed 1,000 km challenge during a trip from Norway to Sweden and back. Tesla’s Long Range Model Y is equipped with a 75 kWh battery and has an estimated EPA range of 525 km (326 miles) on a […]
Last month, Netflix announced a new documentary series covering SpaceX’s Inspiration4 mission —, the first private spaceflight to carry civilian passengers into orbit, in “near real-time” (the only Netflix documentary to ever do so). The first two episodes of the docuseries are now available to stream on Netflix, and cover the selection of each of […]
According to a recent tweet from Tesla owner and hacker @greentheonly, the electric automaker’s Full Self-Driving beta is reportedly being tested in Europe at the moment, most likely by people who have signed Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) and are therefore not at liberty to divulge information pertaining to the testing campaign or its progress. I see […]
Courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, here’s a global overview of all the new Superchargers that went live this past week: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Aug. 30, 2021 The Fair Oaks Farms at 856 N. 600 E., Fair Oaks, IN, USA 12 250 kW Tesla Sept. […]
In his recent recap of space industry events on YouTube, Marcus House detailed SpaceX’s installation of the Quick-Disconnect (QD) swing arm to its Starship launch tower. Back in July, SpaceX successfully erected the roughly 475 ft (145m) tall launch tower, designed to support orbital launches of its Starship spacecraft, at its Boca Chica, Texas launchpad […]
As we previously reported, Cathie Wood — founder, CEO, and CIO of investment firm ARK Invest, reaffirmed her institution’s 2025 price target of $3,000 USD per share for Tesla in a recent interview. According to a tweet from Tesla investor and sleuth Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt), the company’s eccentric visionary of a CEO happens to be […]
