Stories by Nehal Malik

Tesla’s Former Autopilot Chief Gives Rare Interview [VIDEO]

Tesla’s former Director of Artificial Intelligence, Andrej Karpathy, recently sat down for an interview with MIT researcher Lex Fridman on the latter’s podcast. The engineer, also one of the founding members of OpenAI, talked about everything from aliens and the universe to Tesla Autopilot and working with Elon Musk. According to Karpathy, he learned “how […]

Rivian Delays Max Pack R1T Deliveries to Spring 2023

Rivian has pushed back deliveries of R1T electric trucks configured with Max packs, the automaker’s largest battery option, to Spring 2023 at the earliest for Dual-Motor variants, and 2024 for top-of-the-line Quad-Motor versions (via @klwtts). “Your delivery window estimate has been updated in your account. R1T Quad-Motor + Max pack deliveries are now planned to […]

Tesla Becomes One of the Biggest Tenants in San Antonio with New Lease

According to a report from MySA, Tesla has become one of the largest tenants in all of San Antonio, Texas, after signing a lease for a 439,809-square-foot industrial park space at Foster Ridge 2, located at 7015 Lancer Blvd. on the Far Eastside. Dallas-based real estate company CBRE said in a separate report that Tesla accounted […]

General Motors ‘Pauses’ Twitter Advertising Following Elon Musk Takeover

General Motors is “pausing” all paid advertising on Twitter after Elon Musk completed his $44 billion USD acquisition of the social network and assumed corporate control on Thursday — reports CNBC. The veteran automaker told the outlet that it will maintain a presence on the platform and continue to interact with customers as it evaluates […]

Elon Musk Reveals Plans for ‘Content Moderation Council’ at Twitter

Newly minted Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Friday announced plans for a “content moderation council” at the social media company. Musk said in a tweet that the company will form a “content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints.” It appears this council will be responsible for developing and enforcing content rules at Twitter. According to […]

New Tesla Superchargers Global Overview: October 17–23, 2022

Here’s a list of all the new locations Tesla added to its global network of Superchargers this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing October 17, 2022 The Jianji Shopping Center at Yuewang Avenue, Dongpu Street, Yuancheng District, Heyuan City, Guangdong, China 3 […]

Neuralink ‘Show & Tell’ Event Delayed to Nov. 30

Celebrity billionaire Musk announced in a tweet on Sunday morning that Neuralink has delayed its “show & tell” event by a month, moving it to November 30. Neuralink show & tell now on Nov 30 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 23, 2022   Neuralink is a neurotechnology company working on computer-brain interfaces that will allow […]

SpaceX Falcon Heavy to Launch for First Time Since 2019 [VIDEO]

SpaceX is scheduled to launch the USSF-44 mission aboard its super heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Falcon Heavy, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:54 a.m. ET/6:54 a.m. PT on Monday, October 31. The mission will mark Falcon Heavy’s first launch since 2019 and fourth overall. Since Falcon Heavy’s […]

SpaceX Starlink Kits are Being Smuggled into Iran: Report

With SpaceX having activated Starlink service in Iran last month, activists have started smuggling Starlink user terminals into the country as the conflict between Iran’s theocratic government and its people rages on — reports TIME. Starlink is a high-speed internet service that is powered by a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit and doesn’t need […]

Tesla 4680 Battery Pack Q&A With Munro Live [VIDEO]

In a recently published YouTube video, the automotive experts over at “Teardown Titan” Sandy Munro’s Munro & Associates fielded some of the many questions they received over the course of more than half a dozen videos featuring Tesla’s next-generation 4680 battery pack. Over the past few months, Munro & Associates took apart a Model Y […]

SpaceX in Talks with White House for Starlink Service in Iran: Report

According to a report from CNN, the U.S. government has approached SpaceX to discuss the possibility of setting up Starlink, the company’s high-speed satellite internet service, inside Iran. The information comes from several government officials with knowledge of the discussions. It remains unclear what the nature of these talks was and whether or not the […]

SpaceX Starlink Reverse-Engineered into Navigation System, Claim Researchers

A group of researchers led by Professor Todd Humphreys out of the University of Texas claims it has reverse-engineered SpaceX’s Starlink internet service, successfully turning it into a global navigation system — reports MIT Technology Review (via Yahoo Finance). SpaceX was approached by the U.S. military in 2020 to explore Starlink’s potential as a navigation system, […]

New Tesla Superchargers Global Overview: October 10–16, 2022

Let’s take a look at all the new Tesla Superchargers that went live across the globe this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing October 10, 2022 F1, Xiongfeng City, State Road 105, Zhongcun Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong, China 15 250 […]

YouTuber Trains With SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Astronaut Team [VIDEO]

In a recently published video, Tim Dodd from the YouTube channel Everyday Astronaut met and trained with the crew of SpaceX’s upcoming Polaris Dawn mission. SpaceX’s Polaris Program is a series of missions funded by billionaire Jared “Rook” Isaacman that will culminate in the first crewed flight of SpaceX’s Starship. The company is currently hoping […]

Tesla’s Vegan Leather Supplier Touts Growing Popularity of Product

The vegan leather Tesla uses for the interior seating in its electric vehicles (EVs) is supplied by Japan-based Ultrafabrics Holdings Co., which is betting the material is going to make it big (via Automotive News). As the automotive industry moves toward sustainability in everything from propulsion to manufacturing and interior design, carmakers are swapping out organic […]