Nicole Feist over at Royal Caribbean Blog, took a weekend trip on the one cruise ship currently trialing SpaceX Starlink Wi-Fi on the open sea. She recently shared speed tests from her time aboard Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas (via Reddit). Royal Caribbean earlier this month announced its partnership with SpaceX to bring Starlink Wi-Fi […]
According to a report from Electrek, Tesla’s new Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, is currently capable of producing “at least 2,000” Model Y units per week. Sources told the publication that Giga Texas has ramped up production to several thousand vehicles per week. People familiar with the developments at the site also said the plant is making […]
Hyundai on Tuesday unveiled the design of its upcoming IONIQ 6 electric vehicle (EV). The company called it an “electrified streamliner with mindful interior design.” The IONIQ 6 is going to be the latest entry in Hyundai’s all-electric IONIQ line. It will follow the IONIQ 5, which has garnered significant success in the market. Hyundai […]
According to Autoblog, a federal judge in San Francisco, California, has ruled in favor of a new trial for an ex-Tesla employee’s race bias lawsuit against the company. The decision came after the plaintiff, Owen Diaz, last week refused a $15 million settlement proposed by the judge. U.S. District Judge William Orrick granted Tesla’s motion […]
Volkswagen AG has sold minority ownership in its electric vehicle (EV) charging subsidiary, Electrify America, to the financial services arm of Siemens AG. The news comes after we reported on Monday that the two parties were inching closer to a deal. Volkswagen AG confirmed a $450 million equity investment by Siemens to support Electrify America’s […]
Volkswagen AG CEO Herbert Diess said in an address to employees this week that the company could overtake Tesla to become the top electric vehicle (EV) maker in the world by 2025 — reports the Financial Times. Diess said Tesla is “weakening” as it tries to ramp up production at its new Gigafactories in Austin, […]
Amazon is the latest competitor to oppose SpaceX’s application to expand its constellation of Starlink satellites — reports PCMag. Starlink is a high-speed broadband internet service from SpaceX powered by satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). The service aims to provide affordable internet with viable speeds and global coverage. As of last month, SpaceX said Starlink […]
Volkswagen AG has negotiated an agreement to sell minority ownership in its electric vehicle (EV) charging subsidiary, Electrify America, to the financial services arm of Siemens AG — reports The Wall Street Journal. According to the publication’s sources, the deal would value the EV charging network at more than $2 billion USD. The two parties […]
Let’s take a look at all of the new Tesla Superchargers that went live across the globe this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing June 21, 2022 4 Am Leitz-Park, Wetzlar, Germany 12 250 kW Tesla June 22, 2022 1 Prästvägen, Halmstad, […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s almost authoritarian mandate for executive employees to return to the office or “pretend to work somewhere else” is facing a bit of a hiccup, at least at the company’s Fremont factory. According to a report from The Information, workers who have returned to the corporate offices in Tesla’s Fremont complex since […]
According to a report from Electrek, Hawaii is building a massive new battery energy storage system (BESS) on the island of Oahu using 158 Tesla Megapacks. The project will replace the state’s last remaining coal-burning power plant. Dubbed the Kapolei Energy Storage (KES) facility, the project will store excess solar power generated during the day […]
Volkswagen on Monday unveiled a concept for its first all-electric limousine, the ID. AERO, in China. The car will be the German automaker’s first global, fully-electric sedan and the sixth member of the ID. family after the ID.3, ID.4, ID.5, ID.6, and ID. Buzz. “With the ID. AERO show car, we are revealing a preview […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Saturday sat down for an interview with CleanTechnica‘s Johnna Crider (@JohnnaCrider1) at the company’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. The interview was for Crider’s podcast, Getting Stoned, and will be released “soon.” “Getting Stoned is a podcast about gems, minerals, and fun conversations that may go off-topic,” reads the podcast’s description on […]
Polish developer Michał Gapiński (@mikegapinski)’s hacky workaround for bringing Apple CarPlay to a Tesla, dubbed the ‘Tesla Android Project,’ has announced a new update with improvements and support for more Tesla cars. The update, version 2022.25.1, offers “100% functional CarPlay integration for any Tesla.” According to Gapiński, version 2022.25.1 also comes with an abundance of […]
According to the latest statistics from elbilstatistikk.no, Tesla’s Model Y has dominated new passenger car sales in Norway so far this month and this year (via InsideEVs). The all-electric crossover had a lull in sales for the past couple of months, but it appears to be rebounding. As of June 25, Tesla has sold nearly […]
