Tesla Plant in Northern Mexico Confirmed, Reveal on Investor Day: President
After Tesla’s Mexico Gigafactory deal was seemingly cast into murky water last week due to water scarcity issues, the company will move forward with the plant in the state of Nuevo León. Tesla will build a Gigafactory in Monterrey, Mexico with added commitments to addressing water supply issues in the region, according to a statement […]
Tesla Launches CCS Retrofit for Model S/X for $450 with Adapter; Model 3/Y Delayed
Back in September, Tesla launched CCS Combo 1 Adapters for purchase, while also said retrofits for vehicles that require hardware upgrades will be coming in 2023. Fast forward to February 2023, and Tesla customers can now place orders for a CCS Combo 1 Adapter Retrofit—that is if you have a Model S or Model X. […]
SpaceX Launches First Batch of Starlink ‘V2 Mini’ Satellites [VIDEO]
SpaceX today launched its first batch of Starlink ‘V2 Mini’ satellites into low-Earth orbit, the next generation of its internet satellites, that offer 400% more capacity than previous iterations of its Starlinks. At 6:13 p.m. ET (23:13 UTC), Falcon 9 launched 21 second-generation Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Regains Title as World’s Richest Man
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has regained the title of the world’s richest man, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which tracks the daily ranking of the globe’s richest people, based on the stock prices of their companies. With Tesla stock rebounding from an ugly 2022 and has surged 24.58% in the past month, and 92% […]
Tesla Giga Berlin Milestone: 4,000 Model Y Builds in 1 Week, Ahead of Schedule
Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany, hit another milestone yesterday as part of its plans to ramp up production of the company’s Model Y compact crossover. The Tesla Europe Twitter account announced on Sunday evening, “[4,000] Model Y built at Giga Berlin this week. Congrats to the Tesla team!”. A picture was shared of the factory […]
Tesla FSD Beta Rollout ‘Paused’ for Canada and USA, Ahead of Software Update Fix
Earlier this month, Tesla launched a voluntary ‘recall’ to ease Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta concerns by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Tesla will issue a software update to address some FSD beta issues that might be unsafe, affecting 362,758 cars consisting of Model S/X and Model 3/Y. Since then, Tesla recently added a […]
Tesla Giga Texas Entrance Nears Completion, Ahead of Investor Day [VIDEO]
Tesla is nearing the completion of a new grand entryway into its Austin, Texas Gigafactory, as spotted by @Jeff Roberts over the weekend. The entry features a geometric concrete pour with multiple different ramps and walkways, all pointing toward the entrance in the center. The angular style of the entrance can be likened to that […]
Starlink Nears 100,000 Customers in Australia, Says SpaceX
SpaceX’s satellite internet service Starlink has nearly reached 100,000 customers in Australia in just two years of operations in the country, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. At a round table discussion earlier in February, SpaceX officials said Starlink had earned 95,000 active users in Australia, according to anonymous sources in the telecommunication sector during […]
Mexican President to Speak with Tesla’s Elon Musk Today: Officials
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is set to speak with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in a call on Monday, according to two officials in a report from Reuters. Lopez Obrador also said he would talk to Tesla’s “owner” in the Monday morning call, later confirmed by the Mexican officials to be referring to Musk. […]
SpaceX Stands Down from Crew-6 Launch and California Starlink Mission [Update]
Just moments before liftoff on late Sunday/early Monday, @SpaceX announced that it was standing down its Crew-6 Mission launch due to a TEA-TEB ground system issue. SpaceX said it’s now shooting for no earlier than Thursday, March 2 for the Crew-6 Mission launch, set for 12:34 a.m. ET, as can now be seen on the […]
Tesla Surpasses Ford in U.S. Brand Loyalty for First Time; Wins 7 Awards
Tesla’s auto brand maintained high levels of brand loyalty despite controversies surrounding CEO Elon Musk, as shown in a recent S&P Global Mobility study, reports Bloomberg. The 2023 study, shared on Monday, looked at 11.7 million new-vehicle registrations and gives out awards based on U.S. household vehicle ownership and whether customers go with the same […]
Mexican States Fighting Over Tesla Ahead of Rumored Factory Announcement
Several Mexican states are falling over each other to try and court Tesla as the electric vehicle (EV) pioneer is rumoured to announce the country as the location of its next Gigafactory, according to a report from The Associated Press. While Tesla hasn’t officially confirmed plans to build a factory in Mexico, the company has previously […]
SpaceX Unveils Starlink ‘V2 Mini’ Satellites with ‘Step Forward’ Improvements
SpaceX on Sunday showed a glimpse at its new ‘V2 Mini’ Starlink satellites, which the company calls a “step forward” in capability for the low-Earth orbit satellite internet. “We call them “V2 Mini”. They represent a step forward in Starlink capability,” said SpaceX, showing two photos today. “V2 minis include key technologies—such as more powerful […]
Tesla Battery Supplier Panasonic Details Challenges Setting Up Giga Nevada
Tesla supplier Panasonic currently produces around two billion cells per year at its large-scale electric vehicle (EV) battery plant, the first of its kind in the U.S., located at the former’s Gigafactory in Nevada. However, the battery plant wasn’t as productive since day one. Panasonic started building this facility in 2015, and it took the […]
Canada Pension Plan Buys Nearly 600,000 Shares of Tesla, Cuts Apple
Canada’s largest pension plan has trimmed its investment in Apple, while also picking up more shares of Tesla plus Chinese electric vehicle makers NIO and Li Auto, in Q4. The Canada Pension Plan manages the largest pension plan for Canadians and an SEC disclosure detailed recent stock trades for the fund that has total assets […]