Stories by Peter McGuthrie

2022 Hyundai IONIQ 5 Electric Car Unveiled: Specs, Pricing and More

Electric vehicles (EVs) are quickly gaining traction in the world auto market, and 2021 could be the field’s most robust year yet. On Tuesday, Hyundai launched its IONIQ 5 mid-sized electric compact utility vehicle (CUV) at a virtual world premiere event. The model is one of many IONIQ EVs set to be announced within the […]

Tesla Now Installing Solar Roof and Panels, Powerwall in Atlanta

Solar roofing from Tesla is set to expand to Canada later this year confirmed Elon Musk yesterday. But now there’s further expansion of the solar product in the United States. Tesla is officially installing its solar roof and panels in Atlanta, Georgia, according to a post on Reddit Tuesday. The post, which was shared by […]

Tesla Profiles Moving Online to the Cloud, Hints Software Code

A number of discoveries have been made within Tesla’s internal software, including our favorite animal animation, “Quadrupeddie,” with the most recent discovery having wide-reaching implications. On Monday, Tesla hacker @greentheonly discovered and shared new information from an internal Tesla software script, which claims that Tesla user profiles may someday be uploaded to the cloud, which […]

This is NIO’s 2nd-Generation Battery Swap Station in China [PICS]

It wasn’t long ago that China’s electric vehicle (EV) startup NIO released the ET7, its flagship sedan, while sharing that its battery swap program would be receiving major upgrades. Monday, in a series of photos from Tesla enthusiast @42how_ on Twitter, we gain a first look at NIO’s second-generation battery swap station being demonstrated. The […]

New Tesla Model Y Prototype Spotted Near Fremont Factory

Just a few days after Tesla Fremont filed for expansion to develop a permanent Model Y assembly space, a strange Model Y variant has been spotting driving around the California factory. Tuesday, the well-known Tesla enthusiasts known as The Kilowatts shared photos on their Twitter account depicting some sort of lifted Model Y at Tesla’s […]

Tesla Model S Refresh Has Larger Side Repeater Cameras [PICS]

Tesla’s most recent Model S refresh has been out for a few weeks now, and it’s starting to pop up in the wild more regularly. In a Model S refresh sighting from the weekend, @CodingMark pointed out the updated larger, new side repeaters on the sedan. The original images were taken by @nickrgeorge on the […]

First Tesla Deliveries in Israel Set to Arrive This Week

Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) can now be purchased in Israel, as of the last few weeks. And soon, the first customers’ purchases will already be arriving, according to a new update. Globes reported Monday that Tesla’s first 70 cars are headed for Ashdod, Israel, aboard the Grand Mediterraneo carrier, set to be unloaded Saturday, February […]

Sprinting Woman Saves ‘Runaway Tesla,’ Actually in Summon Mode [VIDEO]

Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) have begun to develop a mind of their own through Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD). The only problem is that humanity is still catching up to the idea, quite literally. In a video uploaded Sunday to YouTube channel Thyhack, we see a very well-meaning citizen sprinting after someone’s Tesla, apparently thinking […]

Final Tesla Cybertruck Design is Looking Good, Says Elon Musk

For many electric vehicles (EVs), the design goal has to make them look as close to traditional gas cars as possible. However, among some of the world’s more unique EVs is the Tesla Cybertruck, a futuristic electric pickup truck, set to be the company’s very first of its kind. In a tweet responding to Tesla […]

Inspiration4 Names First Civilian Crew Member to Board SpaceX Dragon

Space travel has become an exciting topic in this day and age, with a brand new rover on Mars, NASA’s moon oupost set to launch in a few years, and the very first all-civilian space crew already appointing two members. In a press release Monday, Inspiration4, the world’s first all-civilian space mission, announced its first […]

Canada’s Telesat Lightspeed Satellite Internet Gets $400M Investment

Canadian satellite operator Telesat has claimed that its satellites are more advanced than those from SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet constellation. In a press release Thursday, Telesat announced that it has entered an agreement with the Québec’s government to receive an investment of $400 million (CAD) to help develop its Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) network. The […]

Elon Musk Says Bitcoin is ‘Almost as BS’ as Fiat Money

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been making headlines with the company’s recent decision to invest $1.5 billion (USD) into Bitcoin. In response to a Twitter news story in which Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said he was “surprised” Musk was so keen on Dogecoin, Musk replied that he is “not an investor,” but rather an engineer. […]

Apple in Talks with Suppliers over Self-Driving Car Sensors: Report

In recent months, news of an upcoming Apple Car has had the internet speculating widely, and in a new update, it appears the technology has begun evaluating driving sensor companies. Apple is currently in talks with a number of self-driving car sensor suppliers which produce lidar, as it considers which route to go for its […]