SpaceX has expanded its Starlink service map reaching more communities in northern parts of the globe, particularly Alaska and Canada. According to Nunatsiaq News, Starlink reaches all of Nunavut in Canada (Sanikiluaq gained Starlink when the latter launched in northern Quebec in April). Starlink is also available in the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Other areas […]

SpaceX has added Swarm to its Starlink website, officially launching low cost global data for Internet of Things connectivity, for $5 per month, noted CNBC’s Michael Sheetz. Last year, SpaceX acquired satellite data start-up Swarm based in Mountain View, California, which now operates as a subsidiary of the company. As of last year, Swarm had […]

Polestar has secured $1.6 billion in financing from its major shareholders Volvo Car and PSD investment, as reported by Reuters on Thursday. The company said the funding will help the company sustain itself through volatile markets, with $800 million loans coming from both Volvo and PSD investment. Volvo, which co-founded the Swedish electric vehicle (EV) […]

Tesla closed a store in Beijing which was its first offline store in China, as reported by local media outlet Jiemian on Wednesday (via CnEVPost). The store was located in Beijing Parkview Green in the city’s Chaoyang district, and the report noted that callers to the store are now being redirected to a nearby Tesla […]

Fred Krupp, the President of the Environmental Defense Club (EDF), called Elon Musk a “visionary” this week in an interview with Yahoo Finance, also adding that SpaceX is launching a satellite for the non-profit organization. Krupp noted the newly mainstream appeal of electric vehicles as Musk’s doing and the subsequent revolution spanning the entire auto […]

BMW is asking its existing supplier network to make parts for its upcoming electric vehicles (EVs) factory in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, and the project is being led by twenty-year veteran Joachim Post, as Automotive News reports. Post is the company’s head of procurement and supply chain, and he’s been tasked with ensuring 30 million […]

With a new Tesla exhibit coming to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, a new photo was shared showing the Cybertruck’s charge port area. What we’re seeing for the first time is the Cybertruck-themed charge port Tesla logo, instead of the company’s standard logo. The image was shared on the Petersen Museum’s Cybertruck […]

Tesla delivered 71,704 vehicles built at Giga Shanghai in October, marking a 14-percent drop from the previous month in which the automaker had record deliveries, according to figures from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) released on Thursday (via Reuters). In September, Tesla delivered 83,135 cars from Giga Shanghai, setting a record for the highest […]

The coming changes to Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter are happening at a breakneck speed similar to Tesla, according to the latest reports. Twitter’s $8 verification service part of Twitter Blue is said to launch as early as next week, reports Bloomberg. Also coming is the edit button for all users, as this […]

Tesla started rolling out its 2022.40.4 software update yesterday, which brings Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta to its regular testers for the first time. Previously, we reported FSD beta was pushed out for internal employee tester vehicles, hinting at an imminent launch for the wider FSD beta pool. We’re now seeing numerous first drives with FSD […]

Canada has already surpassed the electric vehicle (EV) adoption tipping point, at least according to one study from Google Canada (via Automotive News Canada). Google Canada’s Auto Industry Head Al-Karim Awadia has been tracking EV adoption across countries, including Norway, China and South Korea. The research considers five percent as the tipping point at which […]

Tesla demonstrated its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta for California transportation officials and outside consultants that the automaker previously planned to ban from the event, according to emails viewed by Bloomberg under a public records request. The demonstration took place at the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles headquarters in Sacramento on October 26, including a representative […]

Twitter is working on a feature to allow users to charge for video content, and the company is looking to push the feature out quickly, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post. Additionally, the team in charge of the feature has “identified the risk as high,” according to the email, also adding concern […]

Tesla is hosting an exhibition at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, set to include the most comprehensive collection of Tesla’s vehicles, as well as the Cybertruck and Roadster. Dubbed, “Inside Tesla: Supercharging the Electric Revolution,” the exhibition will kick off with an opening event on November 19, while the event itself will run […]

Tesla’s booth is officially set up at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) as spotted in photos taken by @Yan Chang shared on Tuesday. The photos include multiple angles of a red Model S Plaid and a white Model X Plaid, both of which can be seen in front of Tesla’s area of the conference. […]