SpaceX’s 23rd cargo resupply to the International Space Station (ISS), which was scheduled for Saturday, August 28 at 3:37 a.m. ET, has been called off due to unfavorable launch weather. T-1 hour until Falcon 9 launch of Dragon. Team is keeping an eye on weather, which is 40% favorable → https://t.co/bJFjLCzWdK — SpaceX (@SpaceX) August […]
According to a recent tweet from Aloha Tesla (@AlohaTesla), Tesla Model S Plaid units have finally made their way to Hawaii — a little over 2 months after Tesla delivered the first 25 units to customers at the Model S Plaid delivery event in Fremont, California. The PlaidS are here in Hawaii!! Only got to […]
The Random Thought Project recently published a guide on replacing the air filters in a Tesla Model 3 or Tesla Model Y, which is pretty easy to do on your own and doesn’t necessarily require a visit to a Tesla service center. Like pretty much all air-conditioned cars ever, Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) are equipped with […]
In a recently published YouTube video, AI DRIVR takes their Tesla down to the narrow streets of Berkeley Hills in California and puts Full Self-Driving beta 9.2 to the test. FSD beta 9.2 started rolling out with software update 2021.12.25.15 late last week. Beta 9.2 handled the narrow, obstacle-ridden streets exceptionally well. Obstacle detection throughout the test […]
SpaceX’s Starlink internet service has officially launched in Chile, with a ‘Better Than Nothing Beta’ pilot program in Sotomó, a hamlet located 1,000 km (620 miles) south of the capital Santiago in the Los Lagos region — reports Market Screener. Starlink is a high-speed satellite broadband service designed specifically to close the digital divide across the […]
According to The New York Times, General Motors Co. (GM) is expanding a previously issued vehicle recall for the Chevrolet Bolt over battery fire risks. The recall now covers every single Bolt EV produced to date. Late last year, GM recalled 68,667 Chevy Bolt units manufactured between 2017 and 2019, admitting to a manufacturing defect […]
Jeff Roberts, who has closely followed construction on Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin since the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer broke ground on the massive project, recently published yet another update for the site on YouTube, covering day 394 of construction. This week was busier than most at the 2,481-acre Gigafactory site, located in southeastern Travis County […]
In a recently published YouTube video, DragTimes takes Croatian electric vehicle (EV) startup Rimac Automobili’s all-electric hypercar, the Rimac Nevera, to a proper drag strip for the first time, setting a new world record for fastest 0-60mph time in a production car. The Nevera went 0-60mph in 1.90 seconds, narrowly beating out Tesla’s Model S […]
In a meeting with Tesla Inc. earlier this month, the Indian government asked to see detailed sourcing plans and manufacturing roadmaps for the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s operations in the country before it considers granting Tesla any tax breaks — reports Bloomberg. The information comes from a person with knowledge of the meeting between Tesla and […]
Tesla recently announced the time, format and location for its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on its website. The 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is slated to take place at 2:30 p.m. PDT on October 7. The event is currently set to take place in-person at Tesla’s Fremont Factory, located at 45500 Fremont Boulevard, Fremont, […]
After pre-orders went live earlier in the year, SpaceX Starlink customers in France are now getting deliveries of the required ground equipment, and results from the very first Starlink speed tests in the region are in. Starlink is the satellite internet offering from SpaceX, which targets customers in rural areas that have long lacked high-speed […]
According to a recent tweet from Tesla owner @greentheonly, the built-in Trip Planner for Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) has become significantly more accurate in late 2021.4.XX software updates — update 2021.4.22, for example. Tesla hacker ‘green’ shares both the good news and bad news when it comes to their discoveries from the company’s software, and at […]
On Friday, Tesla Inc. revealed that Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk took home $0 as compensation for the year 2020 — reports Yahoo! Finance. In comparison, Musk was paid $23,760 USD in 2019. In stark contrast, Tesla’s finance chief Zachary Kirkhorn was paid an increased salary of $46.6 million USD for 2020, as revealed in a […]
The Tesla Model Y has finally made landfall in Europe — reports Teslarati. Tesla’s all-electric CUV has been available in the U.S. since March 2020, and in China since January of this year, but European deliveries kept facing delays due to backlogs in other regions. The Model Y was originally expected to arrive in Europe during […]
In a recently published YouTube video, Grind Hard Plumbing Co documents their experience modifying a Tesla Model 3 into a proper off-road vehicle. While the Model Y is an admittedly better candidate for an off-road vehicle than a Model 3, the guys at Grind Hard Plumbing Co were up for the challenge of turning the safest […]
