Stories by Nehal Malik

Last week, SpaceX successfully launched a cargo Dragon capsule chock-full of supplies and holiday gifts to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a brand new Falcon 9 rocket, B1069, as part of its CRS-24 mission for NASA. The subsequent recovery of the B1069 first-stage booster marked SpaceX’s 100th successful landing of an orbital-class rocket. However, both […]

Elon Musk thinks it is pretty clear that the supersecretive cryptocurrency expert Nick Szabo is Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator of Bitcoin, even though he believes it doesn’t really matter who actually created the digital currency (via Yahoo Finance). “You can look at the evolution of ideas before the launch of bitcoin and see who […]

Tesla plans to start sponsoring student teams participating in the Formula SAE Electric competition with free battery cells, discounted hardware and professional guidance. Formula SAE is an automotive design and racing competition organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International that challenges teams of undergraduate and graduate students from universities across the globe to […]

Electric vehicle (EV) startup Rivian sent out the first deliveries of its Launch Edition R1T pickup truck in October, and its Launch Edition R1S SUV is on its way out the door. Rivian is now shifting its focus to producing Adventure and Explore Package vehicles. The company gave reservation holders an update on estimated delivery […]

Globus, a German retail chain of hypermarkets, last week announced plans to add Tesla Superchargers to all 51 of its stores across the country (via @SawyerMerritt). https://t.co/Tr1rBKDFW3 — Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) December 28, 2021 The retail chain already hosts one 22-stall Supercharger at its Gensingen store and says it could install Superchargers at all 51 […]

Courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, here’s a list of all the new Supercharger locations that went live across the globe this past week: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Dec. 21, 2021 Genova, Italy 8 250 kW Tesla Dec. 21, 2021 Kemptpark 2, 8310 Kemptthal, Switzerland 12 250 kW […]

According to data from research firm JATO Dynamics, the Tesla Model 3 absolutely dominated electric vehicle (EV) sales in Europe in November 2021 reports Tesmanian (use coupon code TESLANORTH10 to save 10% off car mats and more). Tesla registered a total of 10,739 Model 3 vehicles in Europe last month, making it the best-selling EV […]

In a complaint submitted to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs earlier this month, China claims that satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink Internet Services had two “close encounters” with the country’s under-development Tiangong Space Station — one on July 1 and another on October 21, forcing the space station to take evasive action to […]

Last week, the Tesla Model Y was awarded the highest safety ratings possible by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and was named the organization’s 2021 Top Safety Pick+ in the midsize luxury SUV / 4-door SUV category. The Model Y took the crown from the Model 3, which scored exceptionally well in the […]

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker NIO last week posted three job openings in the U.S. for its local replenishment facility, piquing public interest to the possibility of an expansion into the American auto market — reports CnEVPost. “We have had a software development team in San Jose, USA since the inception of our company, and […]

In a recently published YouTube video, Canadian car reviewer Motormouth compares the Tesla Model Y — the gold standard for all-electric crossovers, against Hyundai’s answer to it — the IONIQ 5. Hyundai unveiled the IONIQ 5 electric vehicle (EV) earlier this year in February. It was originally slated to launch earlier but was delayed to […]

With AT&T shutting down its 3G network by February 2022, Tesla was reportedly planning on providing affordable retrofits for older Model S vehicles (manufactured before June 2015) that didn’t have an LTE-capable modem so that they would continue to have access to connectivity features even when not on Wi-Fi. According to reports from July, Tesla […]

Ford has officially started delivering locally-assembled Mustang Mach-E vehicles to customers in China, with a delivery ceremony taking place in Shanghai Hongqiao Tiandi on Sunday — reports Chinese electric vehicle (EV) publication 42HOW (@42how_). The Made in China (MIC) Mustang Mach-E is being produced at a manufacturing plant in Chongqing by Changan Ford, a joint […]

Newer (2021+) Tesla Model 3 and Model Y Performance vehicles feature adaptive headlights with an outer projector lamp that supports a matrix LED. The new headlamps not only allow for a more powerful headlight with better low-light visibility but the matrix LEDs inside can even be programmed to project light in certain shapes or even […]

Reddit user rubiksman has found a pretty sneaky little Easter egg Tesla stashed away in the new ‘Subwoofer Tunability’ feature that was introduced with software V11.0, which started rolling out with firmware update 2021.44.25.2 (and beyond) earlier this week. Subwoofer Tunability gives you more precise control over the audio output from your subwoofer, allowing you […]