Tesla Ramps Up Hiring for Nearly 7,000 Jobs, Despite Recession Fears
Tesla continues to hire in several departments across the company, despite CEO Elon Musk’s multiple warnings of a coming recession. This week alone, Tesla listed over 6,900 jobs on its website, representing around a 50 percent increase in listings since mid-June, according to Reuters, which has been tracking the figure since mid-June. The number of […]
Volkswagen ID Buzz Matrix LED Headlights Test [VIDEO]
As Volkswagen’s ID Buzz electric bus makes headlines upon its first drives, one YouTube host has shared how the vehicle’s headlights work in a video. Bjørn Nyland shared a new video showing off the adaptive matrix headlights on the Volkswagen ID Buzz on Sunday as he drives around back roads in Norway. In the video, […]
New Tesla Superchargers Global Overview: October 10–16, 2022
Let’s take a look at all the new Tesla Superchargers that went live across the globe this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing October 10, 2022 F1, Xiongfeng City, State Road 105, Zhongcun Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong, China 15 250 […]
YouTuber Trains With SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Astronaut Team [VIDEO]
In a recently published video, Tim Dodd from the YouTube channel Everyday Astronaut met and trained with the crew of SpaceX’s upcoming Polaris Dawn mission. SpaceX’s Polaris Program is a series of missions funded by billionaire Jared “Rook” Isaacman that will culminate in the first crewed flight of SpaceX’s Starship. The company is currently hoping […]
‘Track Mode’ for Tesla Model Y Performance? ‘OK’ Says Elon Musk
It appears ‘Track Mode’ will be coming to the Model Y Performance variant, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk. While ‘Track Mode’ is limited to the Model S Plaid and Model 3 Performance, it seems to be expanding now, according to Musk. When asked by @teslaownersSV, “Can we get track mode for Model Y Performance?”, […]
Tesla’s Vegan Leather Supplier Touts Growing Popularity of Product
The vegan leather Tesla uses for the interior seating in its electric vehicles (EVs) is supplied by Japan-based Ultrafabrics Holdings Co., which is betting the material is going to make it big (via Automotive News). As the automotive industry moves toward sustainability in everything from propulsion to manufacturing and interior design, carmakers are swapping out organic […]
Tesla Updates Model S, Model X Range in Europe as First Deliveries Near
Tesla has confirmed the electric vehicle (EV) range for both the Model S and Model X in Europe as the automaker prepares to start delivering the Plaid trims of both vehicles in the region (via @tesla_adri). European orders for the Model S/X Plaid opened up back in August. According to a report from earlier this […]
Tesla Updates Model Y in China with Longer Back Seats, Emergency Rear Door Release [PICS]
Image shared by Chris Zheng Tesla continues to introduce new features for its Model Y, starting for those in China. According to news shared by Chris Zheng (@ChrisZheng001), Tesla told customers they were very excited to introduce two new product updates for the Chinese market, based on feedback. We can see in the pictures there’s […]
Elon Musk Says ‘The Hell With It’: SpaceX Will Keep Paying for Starlink in Ukraine
On Saturday morning, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter his company would continue to fund Starlink satellite in Ukraine, for free. “The hell with it … even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we’ll just keep funding Ukraine [government] for free.” The hell with it […]
2022.36.4 Tesla Update Rolling Out
Tesla started rolling out its 2022.36.4 software update on Saturday, as noted by @Teslascope. A vehicle from the third-party software’s customer base in Australia saw the update, on a 2022 Model 3 Standard Range. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2022.36.4 on a Model 3 SR (2022) in Victoria, Australia. View the rollout of […]
Tesla Still ‘Best Positioned’ on Global Shift to EVs, Says Goldman Sachs
Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs on Friday reaffirmed its bullish stance on Tesla stock (via Yahoo Finance). The institution maintained a “Buy” rating on Tesla shares but did reduce its price target for the stock down from $333 USD per share to $305. Goldman’s new price target would represent a 48% uplift from Tesla’s share price […]
Watch the BBC Elon Musk Documentary Part 1 [Full Video]
BBC on Wednesday premiered the first episode of The Elon Musk Show, a documentary centered on the life and exploits of the Tesla CEO and celebrity billionaire. The synopsis for the episode reads: In 1995, at the start of the Silicon Valley tech boom, Elon arrives with his younger brother Kimbal to join the gold […]
SpaceX Launches Eutelsat Satellite; Dragon Returns Crew-4 from Space Station
SpaceX on Saturday launched the Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F satellite into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/2aK8VZGm3l — SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 15, 2022 The rocket took off at 1:22 a.m. ET/10:22 p.m. PT, with its first stage landing on […]
First Look: Tesla Model S Plaid Ceramic Brake Kit, Now Coming in Fall 2022
We have our first look at Tesla’s Model S Plaid Ceramic Brake Kit, which costs a cool $20,000 USD. A picture of the factory brake kit was shared by Unplugged Performance. You can see the $20,000 brake kit from Tesla in the foreground on the black Model S Plaid. The front part of the brake […]
Tesla App Can Now Unlatch Model 3/Y Driver Doors, Adds iOS 16 Lockscreen Widgets [VIDEOS]
Tesla has update its mobile app on Friday evening, with the iPhone version of the app gaining new iOS 16 lockscreen widgets to show your vehicle’s battery range. To add the Tesla battery range widget to your iPhone running iOS 16, just tap and hold on your lockscreen, then tap ‘Customize’, tap a widget area, […]