RSS-Linked Group Urges India to Block Starlink Over Security
Image: Starlink/X Swadeshi Jagran Manch, an economic-nationalist group affiliated with the RSS, urged India's central government on Tuesday to deny Starlink permission to launch commercial satellite broadband, citing national-security concerns and condemning Elon Musk's recent attacks on Mukesh Ambani. The call came in a statement from SJM national co-convenor Ashwani Mahajan, carried by the PTI...
The FAA Just Put Nearly Daily Starship Flights on the Table
Image: SpaceX The Federal Aviation Administration intends to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement for SpaceX's plan to run as many as 456 Starship launches and 912 landings a year from Starbase, Texas. That is according to a notice filed for publication in the Federal Register on Tuesday (document 2026-20963, docket FAA-2026-12808). The agency is...
Tesla Plans Australia’s Biggest Supercharger on the Hume Highway
Image: Tesla Tesla has filed plans for a 37-stall Supercharger in Albury, on the New South Wales and Victoria border, which would become the largest public EV charging site in Australia if it's approved. That's according to ABC News, which says the $3.5 million development application was lodged with Albury City Council for a vacant...
Starlink Beats EE, Three and Vodafone in Rural UK
Image: Starlink Starlink is now the fastest and most consistent home internet option in rural parts of the UK, beating the 5G and 4G home broadband services from EE, Three and Vodafone. That's according to a new Opensignal study comparing fixed wireless access and Starlink across 14 European markets, using data collected between April and...
Korea Is Giving Forest Workers Starlink Backpacks for Rescue
Image: Starlink South Korea's Korea Forest Service is buying 74 Starlink kits so forest workers can call for rescue in the large stretches of mountain forest where mobile networks don't reach. That's according to a report from Edaily, which says the roughly 1.8 billion won project will put the kits in national forest offices across...
Tesla Still Sells Over Half of America’s EVs
Image: Tesla Tesla sold an estimated 144,094 electric vehicles in the US in the third quarter, good for 54% of the market even as its own sales fell almost 20% from a year earlier. That's according to the latest Kelley Blue Book EV sales report from Cox Automotive, which pegs total US EV sales for...
Korean Fire Crews Are Testing Starlink for Wildfire Blackouts
Image: Starlink South Korea’s Gyeongbuk Fire Headquarters has started a pilot that puts Starlink on a fire-command vehicle, so crews can keep video and command links running in remote mountain areas when cell towers go down during wildfires, heavy rain or typhoons. The headquarters announced the trial on Sunday, according to a report in the […]
Tesla’s PG&E Deal Lets Superchargers Open Before the Grid Is Ready
Image: Tesla Tesla is using Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s Flex Connect program in California to open new Superchargers on spare grid capacity before multi-year utility upgrades are finished, letting sites run at full power when there’s room and throttle down when the local grid is tight. That’s according to Tesla’s charging account on X, […]
Tesla Canada Pauses Model 3 Premium Orders Until 2027
Image: Tesla Tesla has stopped taking new orders for the Model 3 Premium in Canada, with both the rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive versions now grayed out in its online configurator. That’s according to a banner on Tesla’s Canadian design page, which points to the company’s import quota as the reason. The banner reads: “Model […]
X Now Sells Grok, Cursor and Premium as One Plan
Image: SpaceXSI SpaceXSI launched The X Subscription on Monday, a single plan that bundles Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor and X Premium into five tiers ranging from free to $200 a month, with new customers able to sign up starting today. The company announced the plans in a thread on X and a matching post on...
Tesla Offers Free Supercharging in Northwest Florida After Isaias
Image: Tesla Tesla is making Supercharging free at three Supercharger sites in northwest Florida from October 13 through October 18, giving drivers in Gulf Breeze, Destin and Pensacola a break as the region recovers from Hurricane Isaias. That’s according to Tesla’s charging account on X, which posted the news on Monday afternoon, calling it “Free […]
Germany Arrests Two Suspects in Poland’s Starlink Station Fire
Credit: Starlink German police have detained two Turkish nationals suspected of setting fire to the Starlink ground station in Poland's Masovia region last month, and Poland intends to put them on trial at home. The arrests were carried out at the request of Polish security services, nearly three weeks after the blaze at the site...
Taiwan Power Firm Orders 260 Tesla Megapacks
Image: Tesla Taiwan's Apollo Power has signed a deal with Tesla's Taiwan arm to buy 260 Megapack 2XL units, adding up to roughly 1 GWh of battery storage. That's according to a filing Apollo Power made with the Taiwan Stock Exchange on October 11, which says the contract with Tesla Motors Taiwan was signed on...
Leak Shows X Bundling Premium, Grok and Cursor From $8
Image: Grok Update: SpaceXSI has now made it official, with five plans from free to $200 a month. X may be getting ready to fold X Premium, Grok and Cursor into a single subscription, with four tiers that share one usage pool across all three products, according to leaked screenshots and recordings that surfaced on...
NHTSA Opens School Zone Review of Tesla Robotaxis
Image: Tesla Robotaxi/X U.S. safety regulators have opened a defect petition review into claims that Tesla's driverless robotaxis go faster than the posted limit in active school zones, according to a public NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation resume. The case is labeled DP26010 and was opened on October 9, 2026. It covers model-year 2026 Tesla...
