A London-based satellite internet company has been granted rights to resume launching its internet constellation as soon as this year. OneWeb announced on March 21 that it had officially reached a deal with SpaceX, effectively letting the company continue to launch its low-Earth orbit (LEO) internet constellation, according to Space News. In a press release […]
A taxi driver in Paris is taking legal action against Tesla, after an accident in his Model 3 resulted in a fatality back in December, according to Reuters. The taxi was off-duty and collided with metal posts, a handful of rental bicycles and a recycling bin before crashing into pedestrians and a van, then finally […]
In Q4, Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway, boosted its positions in both NIO and Li Auto, while trimming shares in Xpeng Motors, according to a 13F filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), reports CNEVPost. The bank increased shares in NIO by 31 percent and Li Auto by 990 percent, while […]
After Rod Copes retired as the Chief Operations Officer of Rivian last year, the company has officially selected a replacement to fill the position. Rivian has hired new COO Frank Klein, who is the former President of Austrian automotive manufacturer Magna Steyr, a subsidiary of Canada automotive supplier Magna International, according to a press release. […]
Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives says Tesla could pass inflation costs off to the customer, with expectations that the automaker will raise their prices within the next two weeks, according to Yahoo Finance. In a statement on Yahoo Finance Live, Ives said, “I think they will announce in the next two weeks probably another price increase. […]
Elon Musk’s space exploration company SpaceX has officially reached two decades as a company, as depicted in a new post on Monday. @SpaceX shared a post celebrating 20 years as a company on Monday, featuring a post with a video depicting some of the company’s greatest accomplishments. In the post, SpaceX said, “Today we celebrate […]
After Ford revealed plans to divide its company into branches dedicated to electric vehicle (EV) and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, the automaker has doubled down on its EV agenda with several new announcements. Ford has unveiled concepts for nine all-electric vehicles it plans to release for the European market by 2024, as detailed in […]
In one of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s stranger politically-related encounters on Twitter, the billionaire has reached out to the Kremlin about a potential solution to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Musk challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to single combat on Monday, wagering that the stakes of the fight are Ukraine. In a tweet using Russian […]
Automakers are moving toward a direct sales business model like the one Tesla uses amidst a transition to electric vehicles (EVs). Ford, Volkswagen, Stellantis and others are considering how to shift their businesses to become as valuable as Tesla’s, with many moving towards a direct sales model, according to a report from The Wall Street […]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) unveiled rules for self-driving vehicles on Thursday, officially doing away with requirements for automated vehicles to include certain controls, according to CNBC. The ruling is the first of its kind, with the NHTSA’s 155-page document detailing the rules and new requirements for automakers and companies deploying autonomous vehicles. […]
Rivian plans to change the types of electric vehicle (EV) battery cells it uses, the company said on Thursday in a Q4 2021 shareholder letter. Rivian is switching to lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells for its standard vehicles, foregoing the use of nickel and cobalt and following in Tesla’s footsteps, according to CNBC. Beyond […]
After the Tesla Model 3 and Y were ranked Q4 2021’s top luxury cars, the automaker has officially earned the same title and a few others for the 2022 model year. Tesla was ranked 2022’s Best Overall Luxury Brand by Kelley Blue Book (KBB) on Thursday, marking the automaker’s third year in a row earning […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla have aided Ukraine in its defense against invading Russian forces, and a new instructional video has surfaced that was apparently made by Tesla. A mysterious unlisted video thought to have been made by Tesla was shared on Tuesday, detailing how to use a Powerwall in mobile scenarios to power Starlink […]
Tesla seems to have removed the unsafe following criteria from its Full Self-Driving (FSD) safety scores in the software update 2022.4.5.16, according to one driver who installed the new update on their Model 3 (via Reddit). The user shared a screenshot of the safety score in the Tesla app, showing other previously included criteria hard […]
Designer @deleet.design shared a concept on Wednesday that expands turn signals to take up the whole side of the infotainment screen. In the post, @deleet.design wrote, “Maybe now I’ll stop leaving my blinker on accidentally. Anyone else have this problem?” The post also went on to ask what other features users would like to have, […]
