SpaceX has completed a wet dress rehearsal (WDR) for its Starship 24 and Super Heavy Booster 7, signs it is moving one step closer to the rocket’s first orbital launch. A wet dress rehearsal (WDR) is a type of rocket launch test in which all systems are activated and checked, including fueling the rocket, but […]
One major fan of Elon Musk has earned a long-awaited moment with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO for his own YouTube channel. Fidias Panayiotou hugged who he considered to be the world’s top 100 celebrities in a new video shared on Monday, including Musk. The video shows all 100 hugs with a number of YouTube […]
Zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) reached a milestone of making up 18.8 percent of all new cars sold in California in December 2022, as detailed in a press release shared by the state on Friday. A total of 1,399,913 cumulative ZEVs were sold in California in 2022, marking as much as 40 percent of ZEVs sold in […]
@Alec Corum launched StockGPT on Sunday, which he describes as an AI financial search tool. This particular tool was trained on Tesla’s quarterly earnings call transcripts dating as far back as the second quarter of 2011. Corum says the tool is great for finding specific commentary on topics during a certain quarter or evaluating performance […]
As Tesla continues to expand its network of stores, service centers and delivery centers, the company is continuing to deploy new locations across the world — including a recent construction project completed in Florida. Tesla has completed a new sales, service and delivery center in St. Petersburg, Florida, as seen in a photo of the […]
Image via WSJ Following a rough year in the market for the technology sector, most investors have stopped buying the dip on most stocks, except for one–Tesla. Tesla’s stock is still being purchased at its low price, while other retail investors have largely stopped buying the dip in various tech stocks, according to The Wall […]
Tesla began offering sales of the Model Y in Australia and New Zealand last June, so far comprised only of the single-motor rear-wheel-drive variant. Now, however, Tesla has developed the first of its Model Y Performance units for the New Zealand market, with Australia soon to follow, according to a report from The Driven. The […]
Tesla’s Model S and Model X electric vehicles (EVs) are sold out in Europe for the entirety of the first quarter of 2023, with estimated delivery dates for new orders being pushed to April-June from January-March (via @Tslachan). $TSLA• Model S/X Europe's estimated delivery date has been changed from April to June. (Previously from January […]
Some SpaceX Starlink subscribers are complaining of latency spikes and rampant packet loss on the service since earlier this week (via Reddit). The kind of lag this causes is most noticeable in online games, especially multiplayer titles. “I have been gaming on starlink for a while now and have for the most part not had […]
Tesla’s ever-growing Supercharging network may soon be open to electric vehicles (EVs) from other companies in the U.S., judging by an upcoming change to Superchargers that was recently discovered within the company’s mobile app. The Tesla app recently let slip an image detailing what the company’s “Magic Dock,” which will adapt Tesla’s now-open North American […]
Image via @MarcoRPTesla Tesla is planning a new 30,000 square-foot centre in London, England, shows new permits. That’s according to Supercharger researcher @MarcoRPTesla on Sunday. “A new Tesla Centre is coming soon to London, England!!”, said Marco. “Permits have been filed for a 30,000 sqft building in the Ravenside Retail Park in Enfield. Additionally, the […]
PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay was the first customer to receive Tesla’s Semi truck and now the snack maker has showcased its green technologies at its Modesto, California, facility. Frito-Lay says it is near completion of its Modesto facility’s transformation into a green facility that uses zero and near zero-emission technologies. The project was started in 2019 and […]
Tesla plans to release a software update in Germany to bring its camera-based speed limit detection feature, according to TeslaMag. The upcoming software update 2023.2 will bring Speed Assist features that will detect speed limit signs using Tesla’s vehicle cameras, including support for the German Autobahns. Normally, speed limit signs would be based on map […]
Tesla has created a dedicated Twitter account for its Optimus robot, following other company projects such as Tesla Charging and more. “A general purpose, bi-pedal, humanoid robot capable of performing tasks that are unsafe, repetitive or boring,” is the description of the Twitter account for Tesla Optimus, which links to the company’s website to apply […]
High-end vehicle tuner NOVITEC, headquartered in Bavaria, Germany, recently launched a customized sports modification program for the Tesla Model Y (via @Berlinergy). NOVITEC is traditionally known for modifying Italian makes such as Ferrari, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, and Lamborghini. The company created a unit dedicated to Maserati tuning in 2007, and it will now be working […]