According to a recent FCC filing, SpaceX is buying Swarm Technologies, Inc., an operator of small communications satellites in the Internet of Things (IoT) space (via Reddit). Swarm Technologies provides low bandwidth, low power, and relatively inexpensive satellite communications for things like agricultural sensors, GPS trackers, and weather stations to enterprise customers. SpaceX is almost […]
After a rather unsavory experience with charger availability when he took the all-electric ID.3 out on a summer road trip, Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess criticized electric vehicle (EV) charging company Ionity, which is partly owned by the automaker — reports Business Insider. Diess was thoroughly disappointed, citing everything from “too few charging points” to ones […]
In a recently published video on YouTube, Tesla Plaid Channel pits his new Tesla Model S Plaid against a Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 Spyder All-Wheel Drive in a drag race. Well, if you can call what ensued a “race”, that is. The $140,000 USD all-electric sedan absolutely crushed the $238,000+ USD luxury sports car, posting […]
In a recently published YouTube video, Ellie in Space interviews Harvard astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, who has been tracking every single Starlink satellite launched to date. McDowell has been tracking satellites for almost 50 years. Since the 1970s, the astronomer has collected data from institutions like the U.S. Space Force and amateur astronomers, ran it through his […]
June proved to be a record-breaking month for electric vehicle (EV) sales across the globe, with battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) making up approximately 20% of all vehicles registered. Fully electric vehicles saw a total of 407,000 registrations worldwide in June and accounted for 6.1% of […]
Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) sold a record-breaking 118,233 units in the U.S. during Q2 2021, setting a new record and crossing the 100,000 mark for the first time ever — reports InsideEVs. Tesla alone accounted for 64% of all BEVs sold, and every third all-electric car sold was a Tesla Model Y. BEV sales are up […]
According to a recent tweet from TeslaOwnersOnline.com (@Model3Owners), a major design refresh for the Tesla mobile app is currently in the works and is due to start rolling out in the near future. 🚨🚨BREAKING: New Tesla app design coming soon!https://t.co/ElG3vLx7Yt — TREV PAGE (@Model3Owners) July 31, 2021 The update will feature a massive face-lift to the […]
Tesla has filed plans with Louisville Metro Planning and Design Services for its first (electric) vehicle dealership in the state of Kentucky, located in Louisville’s East End — reports the Courier Journal. According to the plans, the site Tesla is eyeing for its first dealership in the state is situated at 11701 Gateworth Way near […]
Back in April, SpaceX won the bidding war for a lunar lander contract from NASA. The $2.9 billion USD contract tasked Elon Musk’s space exploration and transportation company with carrying astronauts back to the moon in its Starship. However, the award was expected to have two recipients — not just one. Rivals Blue Origin and […]
According to Kaushik VR (@kkvr2823), founder of the ByteofWhy podcast, Tesla has enabled the in-cabin camera for the Model Y in Canada with software update 2021.12.25.7, which started rolling out on Wednesday. Canadian Model Y units now join their Model 3 brethren, which had their in-cabin cameras enabled previously in software update 2021.12.25.6. With the […]
A thread posted to Reddit on Friday highlights the possibility of the 2021 Model Y and the 2021 Model 3 getting yet another new icon for the electric door release button — an arrowhead pointing towards the direction the door is supposed to open. Originally, the door release buttons on the Model 3 and Model Y […]
Toronto’s first Tesla V3 Supercharger installation has finally gone live, according to user CanadaGoose on the TMC Forums. The facility features 12 Superchargers capable of a peak power output of 250 kW per car, and is located at the Hotel X, 111 Princes’ Boulevard, Toronto, ON. Plans for the site were uncovered back in January, with construction […]
In a recently published YouTube video, Tesla Raj sets out to determine just how quiet the in-cabin experience is inside a brand new Tesla Model S Plaid on the road, using readings on a decibel meter. The Model S Plaid was from owner @Manic_Marge, who kindly let Raj and Minimal Duck film videos of her new […]
In December of 2019, the Westport Police Department in Connecticut purchased a Tesla Model 3 instead of its daily driver, the Ford Explorer. The electric vehicle (EV) was retrofitted into a police cruiser, and was put into service in February 2020 as a pilot program for the town, becoming the first Model 3 squad car […]
Citadel Outlets (@citadel_outlets) now has a whopping 20 brand new Tesla Supercharger stations on the premises, announced the Los Angeles-based outlet mall in a tweet yesterday. Recharge while you shop ⚡ 20 brand new Tesla Supercharger stations are now located behind Disney Outlet! #Tesla pic.twitter.com/qfd8kATcEy — Citadel Outlets (@citadel_outlets) July 23, 2021 The Superchargers are located […]
