A 30-foot long, 12,000 lb metal sculpture featuring Elon Musk’s face atop the body of a goat riding a rocket has been spotted on the streets of Austin, Texas (via Fox Business). The statue was commissioned by a group of cryptocurrency enthusiasts who created a project called the “Elon Goat Token.” They wanted the sculpture […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Saturday that the company has successfully completed its first 500-mile test drive of a Semi truck with a full load. With its haul, Musk noted that the vehicle weighed in at a whopping 81,000 lbs (or 40.5 tons). Tesla team just completed a 500 mile drive with a Tesla […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.44 and 2022.40.8 software updates, as noted by @Teslascope on Thanksgiving Thursday. According to Teslascope, “2022.40.8 is confirmed to not be V11, as it is going out to vehicles on 2022.40.1.” V11 referring to Full Self-Driving beta version 11, which is starting to roll out slowly, with a wide […]

In a recently published YouTube video, Brad Sloan gives us a high-fidelity aerial tour of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, on the morning of Friday, November 25. While most of the workers had the day off for Thanksgiving, some contractors can still be spotted on the site. A fair amount of ready-to-deliver Model Y units […]

SpaceX today launched its Cargo Dragon capsule’s 26th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-26) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 2:20 p.m. ET/11:20 a.m. PT from the Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/FcVOep82eo — SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 26, 2022 CRS-26 was originally slated […]

Electric vehicle (EV) startup Aptera recently confirmed plans to adopt Tesla’s charging connector and port design, which Tesla recently open-sourced and renamed the North American Charging Standard (NACS), for its upcoming solar car (via Electrek). Aptera is a California-based company that’s working on a battery- and solar-powered electric car with a claimed range of 1,000 miles. […]

Image credit: u/MRizkBV Last month, SpaceX obtained a license in Qatar to offer its satellite internet service in the Middle Eastern nation, ahead of the current World Cup being hosted in the country. Now, we see SpaceX has debuted an on-street demo of Starlink, operating a trailer showcasing the satellite internet service’s capabilities. You can […]

Tesla’s latest version of the Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta can detect certain kinds of Autopilot-defeat devices and the company plans to adapt the version according to new methods discovered over time, reports @Teslascope. If detected using such devices, the FSD beta’s software version 10.69.3.1 will force Autopilot disengagement and it will result in strikes against […]

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) startup NIO has been a key player in the country’s emerging EV industry in the past few years, and the company has just surpassed an important milestone. NIO reached its eighth anniversary on Friday, and the company says it has roughly 270,000 worldwide users, according to a report from CnEVPost. It’s […]

Automakers are shifting toward offering subscription-based feature upgrades like Tesla, with Mercedes now selling a boost feature for a yearly charge. Mercedes-Benz announced a $1,200 per year upgrade for what it calls an “acceleration increase,” cutting up to a second off of its EQ vehicles’ acceleration times, according to a report from The Drive. The […]

VinFast held a delivery ceremony on Friday, officially exporting its first batch of VF 8 electric vehicles (EVs) to the U.S., according to a press release on Friday. The event oversaw 999 VF 8 units which are expected to arrive in California in roughly 20 days, while customers can expect to receive their first deliveries […]

Tesla is ‘recalling’ roughly 80,000 vehicles in China due to seatbelt and software issues, according to the State Administration for Market Regulation in a statement on Friday (via The Wall Street Journal). The regulator said that a recall filing had been for Tesla’s vehicles, which is currently the second largest automaker in the country. The […]

Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink recently shared a cryptic teaser for its upcoming “Show and Tell” event, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET on Wednesday, November 30. The 14-second video posted by the neurotechnology startup on Twitter served as an invitation to the event, depicting the phrase “please join us for […]

Thanksgiving weekend is here and that means Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping extravaganzas are ready to go Here are some Tesla Black Friday 2022 deals on accessories and more. The Tesla Model S, Model 3, Model X and Model Y fans in your life will like some of the following gifts for Christmas, so […]

Tesla is gearing up for the grand opening of a new two-storey sales center at Ole Rømers Vej 11 in Ribe, Denmark on Saturday, November 26 (via @TSLA_Ownrs_DK).  Grand Opening of @Tesla’s new two-storey center in Ribe, Denmark on saturday, November 26 at 11 am at Ole Rømers Vej 11 🇩🇰⚡️ Come by and test […]