Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has revealed just how closely the company has been studying Tesla as it develops its own electric vehicles. Speaking at the Beijing National Convention Center last week, Lei said Xiaomi bought three Tesla Model Ys earlier this year, tearing them down piece by piece to analyze every component. “We bought 3 […]

Tesla owners in Australia and New Zealand have collectively logged more than one million kilometers (621,000 miles) using Full Self-Driving (Supervised) in less than two weeks since the feature’s public launch. The milestone was announced Monday by Tesla Australia & New Zealand (@TeslaAUNZ) on X. According to Tesla, that figure is roughly equivalent to 67 […]

SpaceX capped off September with a Sunday evening Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, sending another 28 Starlink satellites into orbit. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East occurred at 7:04 p.m. PT/10:04 p.m. ET, with the Falcon 9 rocket climbing southeast into the evening sky. This mission, designated Starlink 11-20, […]

Tesla’s Summon feature may soon work seamlessly in multi-level parking garages, according to CEO Elon Musk. When a Tesla owner shared on X how he used Summon to locate his Model Y in a mall parking lot after forgetting where he parked, another chimed in to note that while Summon works well in surface lots, […]

BBC’s Top Gear has published its first video review of Tesla’s refreshed Model Y Performance, which launched late last month in Europe and has since expanded to Australia and New Zealand. The review highlights Tesla’s incremental yet meaningful upgrades that set this new Performance trim apart from its predecessor. On the outside, the refreshed Model […]

The Boring Company has officially opened its new Global Operations Control Center in Bastrop, Texas, the tunneling startup announced on X. According to the company, engineering and operations teams can now remotely monitor and control multiple Boring Machines simultaneously across the U.S. from this single room. This marks a major step forward for The Boring […]

Elon Musk recently met with Abdulla Mohammed Butti Alhamed (@AMB_Alhamed), Chairman of the UAE’s National Media Office, at Tesla’s Engineering Headquarters in Palo Alto, California. The two toured Tesla’s Optimus Lab, where they checked out a gold version of the company’s humanoid robot, Optimus. At Tesla’s headquarters in California, I was delighted to meet the […]

Tesla has officially begun deliveries of the Model Y in India, marking a major milestone for the company’s long-awaited entry into one of the world’s biggest auto markets. The news was shared today by Tesla India (@Tesla_India) on X, celebrating the handover of its first customer vehicles. First deliveries of Model Y in India 🎉Congrats […]

Tesla shares have been on the rise lately, and Wall Street is taking notice. Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives has raised his price target for Tesla to $600, up from his previous $500 target set in May. At the time, Ives said he believed Tesla could hit a $2 trillion valuation by 2026. Now, he […]

Tesla Energy has reached a major milestone in Australia, delivering 224 Megapacks for the Orana Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) near Wellington, New South Wales. That marks the halfway point for the project, which will eventually see 448 Megapacks installed with a total capacity of 415 MW and four hours, or 1,660 MWh, of storage […]

United Airlines has received approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its first mainline aircraft equipped with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet, with the inaugural customer flight scheduled to depart from Newark/New York on October 15. The FAA recently approved an amendment to Starlink’s Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Boeing 737-800, clearing the […]

  Tesla has officially opened its new direct delivery center at Giga Texas, with cars already being handed over to customers. The new delivery hub is located on the north end of the factory’s West End-of-Line building and is designed to streamline the pickup experience for buyers in the region. As part of Tesla’s end-of-quarter […]

Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite-based broadband internet service, is now using Grok to power its customer support chatbot. Grok is a large language model developed by Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, and is designed to provide fast, contextual, and conversational assistance across a wide range of queries. The AI assistant is integrated directly into Starlink’s support channels, […]

WestJet has announced that it will begin rolling out free in-flight Wi-Fi powered by SpaceX’s Starlink starting in late 2025. The Canadian airline is working with Telus to provide Starlink connectivity across its Boeing 737-800 and 737-8 MAX fleet by the end of the year, with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner installations following in 2026. “Through our […]

Tesla has urged the Trump administration not to move forward with a proposal to repeal federal vehicle emissions standards or eliminate the long-standing U.S. conclusion that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health. According to a new report from Reuters, the electric vehicle maker said in comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the proposal […]