In a recently published YouTube video, automotive inventory and information resource Edmunds compares the Tesla Model Y Performance — the higher-powered trim of the gold standard for all-electric crossovers, against Hyundai’s latest e-CUV — the IONIQ 5. The host noted at the very beginning of the video that this is “not an apples-to-apples comparison” between […]
Jeff Roberts shared a new construction update for Tesla’s American Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, with drone footage captured on Saturday, January 22, which turned out to be quite the busy Saturday at the site. Saturday marked day 549 of construction at Giga Texas. The video showcases some excavation work taking place in the North “cyber […]
YouTube channel and drone pilot, the_wolfpack_berlin, has shared a new construction update for the Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin, Brandenburg, with drone footage from Saturday, January 22. We can see Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg’s parking lot teeming with fully assembled Model Y Performance units throughout the video, but we’ve seen dozens of those parked outside the production facility […]
An apparent internal email sent out by Tesla to employees and shared on the German TFF forums (via @tesla_adri) suggests that the company has started accepting orders for Gigafactory Berlin-made Model Y Performance cars, with deliveries expected to start sometime in March. Screenshot of the internal mail for employees regarding the 2022 model changes for […]
SpaceX has filed plans for a new 320,000 sq. ft. (29,728 sq. m) building at its “Roberts Road On-Site West” project in Cape Canaveral on the “Space Coast” of Brevard County, Florida (via @Harry__Stranger). The plans also propose two smaller, 20,400 sq. ft (1895 sq. m) buildings, along with a proposed 192,000 sq. ft. (17,837 […]
Elon Musk has offered to send over SpaceX Starlink terminals to the South Pacific island nation of Tonga in order to restore internet connectivity in the wake of a tragic natural disaster. Last week, a massive underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga and the resulting tsunami caused massive damage to local agriculture and industry, and also […]
Automotive publication Car and Driver on Friday published the results of a cabin heating test between a 2019 Tesla Model 3 Long Range and a gas-powered 2022 Hyundai Sonata N-Line, that sought to determine how long both cars could keep their cabins heated in subfreezing temperatures. The test was spurred on by a recent cold snap […]
Tesla’s camera-based in-cabin driver monitoring system for its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) advanced driver assistance systems have not been recognized in the latest Consumer Reports’ recent safety test. The consumer organization recently tested driver monitoring systems from BMW, Ford, General Motors, Tesla, and Subaru on a closed course. Out of the five, only GM’s […]
General Motors Co. President Mark Reuss, in a LinkedIn post published Thursday, said the Cadillac LYRIQ all-electric SUV will start shipping to customers “in a few months” (via Jalopnik). Reuss congratulated the Cadillac division and the team at Spring Hill Manufacturing, the $2 billion USD facility where the Cadillac LYRIQ is being fabricated, on the […]
According to The San Antonio Report, The Boring Company’s proposal to build a pair of tunnels 9 miles long, 30 feet below ground to connect the San Antonio International Airport to downtown is currently being reviewed by the Alamo Regional Mobility Authority (RMA). Back in October 2019, the Alamo RMA started considering a direct transportation route […]
The “Teardown Titan” Sandy Munro is finally getting started on the Tesla Model S Plaid teardown he teased last month. @live_munro on Thursday shared a closer look under the hood of the Model S Plaid on Twitter, after removing the front trunk or “frunk” of the vehicle in what is presumably the beginning of Munro’s […]
SpaceX has won a five-year logistics contract worth $102 million USD from the U.S. Air Force, not to launch cargo into space, but to develop and demonstrate technologies that could viably be used to transport military cargo and humanitarian aid anywhere on the planet on a heavy rocket — reports SpaceNews. The contract was awarded […]
General Motors Co. on Wednesday announced plans for electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers and mobile power generators (MPGs) powered by its hydrogen fuel cell technology, known as HYDROTEC. In addition to HYDROTEC-powered retail DC fast-charging stations for EVs, GM will be working on MPGs capable of providing fast-charging for EVs outside of permanent charge points […]
When a Wednesday tweet from Tesla Club – San Diego (@sdteslaowners) suggested that all Tesla owners with basic Autopilot functionality, which comes standard on Tesla cars as of 2019, should have access to the Safety Score feature, Tesla CEO Elon Musk approved of the idea. Ok — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 19, 2022 Replying with […]
Kevin George Aziz Riad, whose Tesla Model S struck another car at a high speed in the Los Angeles suburb of Gardena on December 29, 2019, killing two people, has been charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter by California prosecutors — reports MarketWatch. In the crash, police said Riad’s Model S was moving at […]
