According to the New York Post, SpaceX will start selling existing shares to a select group of buyers on Tuesday. The publication’s sources say company CEO Elon Musk is among the sellers.It is possible Musk is looking to sell a portion of his stake in privately-held SpaceX to help finance his $44 billion USD acquisition […]
Elon Musk’s $44 billion USD marriage to Twitter appears to be on the rocks. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO said on early Tuesday morning that the deal “cannot move forward” until Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal provides evidence supporting the company’s claims of fake/spam accounts comprising fewer than 5% of its monetizable daily active users (via CNBC). […]
Kelley Blue Book‘s Brand Watch report, a consumer perception survey that attempts to gauge how much mindshare and consideration a specific brand or model commands from buyers in its segment, has Tesla dipping a couple of places down to fifth and BMW sitting pretty in first. The survey also incorporates consumer shopping behavior and assesses […]
It’s no secret that Tesla is held as the gold standard for success in the electric vehicle (EV) market, both outside the automotive industry and within. Rival automakers often test and benchmark Tesla’s EVs to guide the development of their own (usually in secret, of course). Automotive publication GM Authority recently spotted General Motors Co. doing […]
Cadillac on Monday announced pricing for its upcoming all-electric SUV, the 2023 Lyriq, as it gears up to open mass orders for the electric vehicle (EV) later this week on Thursday, May 19 (via Roadshow by CNet). The 2023 Lyriq will start at $62,990 USD for a rear-wheel drive (RWD) configuration capable of delivering 340 […]
Tesla occupied the top three spots for electric vehicle (EV) registrations in the United States during the first quarter of the year according to Experian data — reports Automotive News. The EV pioneer boasted 52,051 Model Y, 47,682 Model 3, 9,250 Model S, and 4,899 Model X registrations between January and March, for a total […]
Here’s a list of all the new additions to Tesla’s global network of Superchargers over the past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing May 9, 2022 The H-E-B at 1701 West Alabama Street, Houston, TX, USA 8 250 kW Tesla May 10, 2022 […]
Tesla China has issued a ‘recall’ for 107,293 Model 3 and Model Y units manufactured at Gigafactory Shanghai (via @cyfoxcat). The cause of the issue is related to AMD Ryzen chips Tesla switched to last year for the infotainment systems in its cars. Apparently, the microprocessors that units made in China were fitted with may […]
Tesla on Sunday exported a new shipment of more than 4,000 vehicles from its Shanghai Gigafactory — reports local publication Knews (via CnEVPost). This was Giga Shanghai’s second shipment, both this week and since the factory resumed production on April 19 following a protracted suspension of operations as the city went into a COVID-19 lockdown. […]
Everyday Astronaut recently went on a tour of SpaceX’s ‘Starbase’ launch site in Boca Chica, Texas, guided by company CEO Elon Musk. Musk gave Everyday Astronaut‘s Tim Dodd a tour of the High Bay, where SpaceX assembles Starships, and a glimpse of the under-construction MegaBay at the site. The 45-minute video is chock full of intricate details […]
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker NIO recently achieved a new milestone when it delivered its 200,000th production vehicle, to a customer in the city of Chongqing in southwestern China — reports CnEVPost. NIO’s 200,000th delivery was an ET7 electric sedan, which began deliveries in late March. The company is set to raise pricing for the […]
Image credit: @jokowi Tesla CEO Elon Musk met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, on Saturday to discuss a potential investment in Indonesia, reports Reuters. Widodo was visiting the U.S. to attend a meeting with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), but made a trip out to […]
Toyota’s first mainstream entrant into the electric SUV market, the bZ4X, has some rather disappointing weather-dependent issues with EPA-rated range and DC fast charging. According to MotorTrend’s hands-on, the bZ4X suffers from absolutely crippled DC fast charging speeds in colder climates. In a recent press release that highlighted five things to know about the bZ4X, […]
According to Electric Autonomy Canada, Vietnamese automaker and new entrant to the North American automotive market VinFast unveiled its VF 8 and VF 9 electric SUVs for Canada during a private event earlier this week in Mississauga, Ontario. The VF 8 is expected to arrive in Canada by the end of 2022, and it will be […]
After successfully launching 53 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday, May 13, SpaceX is now aiming for back-to-back Starlink missions on consecutive days. Elon Musk’s space exploration and satellite internet company plans to deploy another 53 Starlink satellites into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from […]
