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 […]
Tesla is preparing to enter the U.K.’s household energy market, with plans to launch a new electricity supplier under the “Tesla Electric” brand in the coming months — reports The Telegraph. The company has reportedly applied to the U.K.’s energy regulator, Ofgem, on July 25 for a license to supply electricity, potentially competing with established […]
Tesla has quietly rolled out a new AI-powered support tool inside its mobile app, giving owners a faster way to get answers to product-related questions without needing to call or email customer service. The new feature is called “Tesla Assist” and can be accessed by opening the app’s menu and tapping the question mark in […]
Tesla has updated the estimated delivery timelines on its online configurator for new orders of both Model Y variants and select Model 3 trims in many parts of the U.S., extending them from 1–3 weeks to 4–6 weeks. The longer wait times are likely driven by a surge in orders from customers hoping to secure […]
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft has safely returned the Crew-10 mission to Earth after nearly five months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The mission carried NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov. The crew began their journey home when Dragon autonomously undocked from the ISS at 6:15 […]
Tesla appears to be preparing a major graphical overhaul for its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) visualizations, with signs pointing to a move from the lightweight Godot engine to Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. The change was first spotted by well-known Tesla firmware sleuth @greentheonly, who noted that Unreal Engine binaries started shipping with software update […]
Tesla has officially unveiled the Cybertruck Terrestrial Armor Package, a $3,500 upgrade designed to give owners extra protection when venturing off-road. The kit includes an underbody battery shield, plus left and right side structural rock sliders — offering a stronger defense against rocks, debris, and scrapes on challenging terrain. The rock sliders are made from […]
Tesla has quietly increased the starting lease price for the Model Y Long Range Rear-Wheel Drive (RWD) in the U.S., bumping it up to $399 per month from the previous $349, according to new figures spotted on the company’s website. The move comes as Tesla prepares for what’s likely to be a busy end-of-quarter push. […]
