A 2021 Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus in Western Australia has reached an impressive 254,619 miles (409,770 km) on its original battery and motor — an achievement that underscores Tesla’s reputation for EV longevity (via EV Central). Used for Uber ridesharing, the rear-wheel-drive sedan’s 60 kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery shows a calculated State […]
SpaceX has rolled out a new “Standby Mode” for its Starlink satellite internet service in the U.S., Canada, and beyond, offering unlimited low-speed data for $5 USD per month. According to Starlink, the new plan is “perfect for backup connectivity and emergency use,” allowing paused users to keep basic connectivity for emergency messaging, easy reactivation, […]
Canada is investing more than $25 million CAD (about $18 million USD) in 33 projects to expand electric vehicle (EV) charging availability, decarbonize freight transportation, and develop innovative technologies for medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Claude Guay, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, made the announcement on Wednesday, noting that the funding […]
Automatic parking at Tesla Superchargers could soon become a reliable, dedicated feature, according to CEO Elon Musk. Spaceflight photographer and longtime Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) user John Kraus recently took to X to ask Musk: “Will automatic parking at Superchargers soon become a dedicated feature? It only works maybe 1/5 of the time for me.” […]
Ukraine’s largest mobile operator, VEON-owned Kyivstar, has successfully completed the first-ever test of SpaceX’s Starlink Direct to Cell technology in Eastern Europe. Conducted in the Zhytomyr region, the pilot saw Kyivstar CEO Oleksandr Komarov and Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, exchange messages directly via Starlink satellites using standard 4G-enabled smartphones — no special […]
Elon Musk is once again taking aim at Apple — this time alleging that the company’s App Store policies are illegally favoring OpenAI’s ChatGPT over competing AI products like those from his own AI startup, xAI. “Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 […]
Tesla has officially launched its longest-range Model 3 yet in China — the new Model 3 Long Range Rear-Wheel Drive, also known as the “Model 3+” that was unveiled in the country last month. The new variant boasts a massive 830 km CLTC-rated range, equivalent to 363 miles on the EPA cycle, the same figure […]
Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) now holds the top spot on the Apple App Store’s “Top Free” news apps chart in the U.S., followed by Nextdoor, Reddit, Substack, NewsBreak, and Watch Duty. Grok — Musk’s AI chatbot integrated into X (and Tesla vehicles, as of last month) — is currently the fifth most popular app […]
SpaceX is offering new Starlink customers in the U.S. a rare discount on monthly fees, cutting the price of its Residential plan to $99 per month, down from $120. The Residential Lite plan is also dropping from $80 to $65. SpaceX sent out emails this week promoting the offer. “Starlink is offering Residential plans from […]
On Monday, August 11, at 8:35 a.m. ET/5:35 a.m. PT, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the KF-02 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, sending 24 more of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites into low Earth orbit. This launch, SpaceX’s second of three planned missions for Kuiper, […]
Tesla has officially opened its second showroom in India, located in the bustling Aerocity district of New Delhi. The new Experience Center is situated at Worldmark 3, IGI Airport (27 Aerocity, Assent Area, New Delhi, Delhi 110037) and debuted today with several Model Ys on display, as spotted by Indian tech and EV enthusiast Ishan […]
Tesla’s driverless ride-hailing service in Austin, Texas, will open to the general public starting in September, CEO Elon Musk confirmed over the weekend. The Robotaxi program, which launched to a small group of invited users in June and has since been expanding its tester pool, will soon be available for anyone in the city to […]
Revel is ending its electric rideshare service in New York City, marking the end of a nearly four-year run for the company’s distinctive blue Tesla Model Y fleet. Moving forward, the company is pivoting its focus entirely toward building out fast-charging infrastructure in major U.S. cities. “At the end of the day, rideshare is a […]
Tesla has officially shut down its long-running Dojo supercomputer initiative, CEO Elon Musk confirmed over the weekend, marking the end of a project first unveiled during the company’s Autonomy Investor Day on April 22, 2019. Dojo, built around Tesla’s custom D1 chip, was designed to train the company’s AI models for Full Self-Driving and other […]
Tesla’s next major Full Self-Driving (FSD) update is nearly here, and CEO Elon Musk says it will be a game-changer. In a Sunday post on X, Musk revealed that the new build — FSD 14 — is going through training and testing now, with a public release expected in about six weeks. The update will […]
