SpaceX’s Inspiration4 crew and mission successfully returned to Earth a few weeks ago, and the four members were reportedly surprised by the company with an acknowledgement of their status as astronauts over the weekend. The @Inspiration4 crew was awarded SpaceX Dragon Wings highlighting them as astronauts in a visit to the company’s Hawthorne, California headquarters […]
After losing Apple Car Chief Doug Field to Ford last month, the Apple Car project is hiring for a new position, even amidst the rocky ground. Apple shared a new job description over the weekend for a Radar Test Engineer on its Sensors team, which will develop new radar tech for its “Project Titan” autonomous […]
On Monday, NIO announced its drivers had reached a total of over 3 billion kilometers (1.86 billion miles) driven by its drivers, according to CNEVPost. The company also said that there were shorter intervals between each billion milestone, saying it took 846 days for drivers to reach the first billion, with 229 between the first […]
Supply chain issues and key electronic component shortages have prevented many automakers from growing in Q3, though Tesla wasn’t among them. Tesla has managed to continue growing despite an ongoing semiconductor chip shortage, unlike traditional automakers, according to Barron’s. While General Motors (GM) and other automakers saw steep drops, many of them were due to […]
After Tesla gained approval to continue fighting Rivian for trade secrets in March, the company is upping the game, saying that Rivian has continued to poach its employees and to steal “highly proprietary” electric vehicle (EV) battery technology. Tesla is claiming that Rivian is still taking Tesla’s intellectual property and employees, saying that the company […]
A federal agency has rejected a 2019 petition over non-crash-related Tesla fires, which the automaker later released an update to fix, as shown on Monday in a filing. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) declined a petition to open a formal investigation into non-crash-related fires in China, according to a Reuters report syndicated on […]
In April, sales of the Tesla Model 3 in Japan surged 1,300 percent year over year, and, subsequently, that trend has apparently continued as the company has also announced plans to open its first delivery center in the country. Tesla is set to open its first dedicated vehicle delivery center in Japan, according to an […]
Many of China’s growing electric auto manufacturers reported their delivery numbers on Friday, and as Tesla usually waits a day or two to post its delivery numbers, analysts are wondering if the U.S. company will follow suit with the upward market trend for Chinese automakers in September. Xpeng Motors, NIO and Li Auto all reported […]
Tesla posted the second consecutive quarter citing year-over-year decreases in miles driven per accident in its quarterly safety report on Friday, showing yet another steady decrease in accidents with Autopilot engaged (via InsideEVs). In the Q2 report, Tesla said it recorded one crash for every 4.41 million miles driven with Autopilot engaged (Autosteer and active […]
With October 8 set as the new Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.2 release date, after being delayed from the original release date set for today, some Tesla customers are wondering if the expansion of the beta program to more users will still happen Friday, or if it will be pushed back too. On Friday, […]
After purchasing an Ohio factory from General Motors (GM), Lordstown Motors saw its two top executives leave earlier this summer, with new plans unveiled to sell the factory entirely – but not without forging a partnership first. Lordstown Motors has agreed to a $280 million USD partnership deal that has the company selling its Ohio […]
The Tesla Model Y arrived in Europe over the past couple of months, and one major adopter of the electric SUV is seeing its zero-emission sales increase as a result of the new range Tesla has helped drive up electric vehicle (EV) sales in Norway, to help them achieve a milestone of almost 80 percent […]
Following the release of Netflix’s Inspiration4 launch team documentary, the streaming service has now shared its final episode of the series. Netflix has now made its fourth part in the documentary series on the Inspiration4 missions available to watch. The series came out just days before the crew’s SpaceX launch in the Dragon spacecraft with […]
Amidst Nissan’s other light commercial vehicles (LCVs), the company has introduced a new variable model that’s set to replace some of the company’s older offerings. Nissan announced a variable powertrain called the Townstar, offering both gas or fully-electric powertrains for Europe, according to a press release from the company on Monday. The announcement explains plans […]
The first Tesla Model 3 deliveries began arriving in Singapore in July, with just one Tesla Supercharger available on the island city-state – and now, a second Supercharging station has begun construction. Tesla has begun establishing its second Supercharger in Singapore at an undisclosed location that some users have speculated to be the island’s Millenia […]
