Here’s a list of all the new Tesla Superchargers that opened up all over the world this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing March 14, 2022 The Wawa at 2740 North Salisbury Boulevard, Salisbury, MD 8 250 kW Tesla March 15, 2022 […]
SpaceX on Thursday evening successfully conducted its first propellant load test of the full Starship SN20 stack (via @TheFavoritist). Overnight, SpaceX tested the full Starship stack with liquid nitrogen. Meanwhile, an SN8 forward flap was spotted on display at the Brownsville Airport. Video from @BocaChicaGal, @nicansuini, and the NSF Robots. Edited by Nate Shields. 📺 https://t.co/OwyyRtwXST […]
General Motors Co. on Friday announced an additional investment of $3.45 billion USD in its all-electric self-driving subsidiary, Cruise. $2.1 billion of the investment amount will go towards acquiring SoftBank Vision Fund 1’s equity ownership stake in Cruise, while the remaining $1.35 billion is going to be a direct investment in the country. “We are […]
According to unnamed sources familiar with Starlink’s operations in Ukraine, there are now more than 5,000 terminals of SpaceX’s satellite broadband service active in the country — reports The Washington Post. Starlink is a high-speed broadband service from SpaceX that connects to a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) and is designed to […]
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Friday announced an adjustment to the target launch date of the SpaceX Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The Crew-4 mission, previously set to launch Friday, April 15, now has a “no earlier than” launch date of Tuesday, April 19. NASA said the delay […]
Automotive marketing research and product consultation firm AutoPacific recently conducted a study gauging consumer perception of fully-autonomous vehicle technology. The study also surveyed participants on which of 56 automotive and technology companies they would trust the most, and the least, to develop safe and reliable fully-autonomous vehicles. 32% of respondents across all age groups picked Tesla […]
Carl Medlock, who was once a territory manager for Tesla, today owns Medlock & Sons, an aftermarket repair shop in Seattle that exclusively services electric vehicles (EVs). Medlock worked for Tesla from 2009 to 2013, helping Elon Musk’s EV startup deliver and service its first production vehicle, the low-volume Roadster. After his departure from Tesla, […]
As Ford gears up to start shipping the 2022 F-150 Lightning to customers, official fuel economy labels (often referred to as window stickers) issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the upcoming all-electric pickup truck have finally surfaced, revealing the estimated driving range for each trim (via Reddit). The official EPA estimated driving […]
The Alamo Regional Mobility Authority (RMA) has officially entered negotiations with The Boring Company for a potential project to build a pair of tunnels 9 miles long, 30 feet below ground to connect the San Antonio International Airport to the city’s downtown — reports The Austin American-Statesman. The Boring Company has reportedly been in talks with […]
Tesla has successfully established itself as a global leader in the electric vehicle (EV) space, but where will the company’s journey of electrification take it next? Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas believes that one likely possibility is electric aircraft — reports Yahoo Finance. In fact, Jonas thinks Tesla’s entry into the short-haul air transport space […]
Global clean energy enterprise TagEnergy has started construction on a Tesla Megapack-powered 49.5MW/99MWh standalone energy storage facility near Luton, United Kingdom. The development, dubbed ‘Chapel Farm’, “is a joint venture with Yorkshire-headquartered Harmony Energy, following TagEnergy’s acquisition of a 60% stake in the project in November 2021, the company said in a press release. The […]
Recent drone footage from Tesla’s Gigafactory in Nevada, shared to YouTube by Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt), showcases a record 293 Tesla Megapacks being prepared to go out for delivery from the facility. Just uploaded some new Tesla Giga Nevada footage showcasing record Tesla Megapacks, brief Tesla Semi factory footage, and an interesting increase in crash test […]
Lucid Motors is the latest in a series of automakers that have admitted to being under significant inflationary pressures pertaining to raw materials and components. On Thursday, Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson said the company may be forced to raise the prices of its cars due to “huge inflationary pressures,” but promised that any hikes will […]
YouTubers Giga Berlin / GF4Tesla (@Gf4Tesla) and Wu Wa (@bentv_sh) said on Thursday that Tesla had revoked their drone overflight permits for the company’s Gigafactories in Berlin and Shanghai. Hello Folks, I got a shocking message from @Tesla today, my drone overflight permit has been revoked. The reason was " breach of trust " it it […]
Maserati announced a new lineup of all-electric vehicles dubbed ‘Folgore’ at a press conference on Thursday — reports The Verge. The Fiat Chrysler (now Stellantis)-owned luxury automaker’s upcoming range of electric vehicles (EVs) will include a next-generation GranTurismo sports coupe, an electric variant of its best-selling Levante, a new Grecale SUV, and several other all-electric […]
