Tesla has announced a price drop for the Model 3 and Model Y in Mainland China. According to Tesla on Weibo, the company said (via Google Translate), “From now on, the price of Model 3 and Model Y sold by Tesla in mainland China will be adjusted. After the adjustment, the starting price of the […]

Celebrity billionaire Musk announced in a tweet on Sunday morning that Neuralink has delayed its “show & tell” event by a month, moving it to November 30. Neuralink show & tell now on Nov 30 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 23, 2022   Neuralink is a neurotechnology company working on computer-brain interfaces that will allow […]

SpaceX is scheduled to launch the USSF-44 mission aboard its super heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Falcon Heavy, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:54 a.m. ET/6:54 a.m. PT on Monday, October 31. The mission will mark Falcon Heavy’s first launch since 2019 and fourth overall. Since Falcon Heavy’s […]

With SpaceX having activated Starlink service in Iran last month, activists have started smuggling Starlink user terminals into the country as the conflict between Iran’s theocratic government and its people rages on — reports TIME. Starlink is a high-speed internet service that is powered by a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit and doesn’t need […]

In a recently published YouTube video, the automotive experts over at “Teardown Titan” Sandy Munro’s Munro & Associates fielded some of the many questions they received over the course of more than half a dozen videos featuring Tesla’s next-generation 4680 battery pack. Over the past few months, Munro & Associates took apart a Model Y […]

According to a report from CNN, the U.S. government has approached SpaceX to discuss the possibility of setting up Starlink, the company’s high-speed satellite internet service, inside Iran. The information comes from several government officials with knowledge of the discussions. It remains unclear what the nature of these talks was and whether or not the […]

A group of researchers led by Professor Todd Humphreys out of the University of Texas claims it has reverse-engineered SpaceX’s Starlink internet service, successfully turning it into a global navigation system — reports MIT Technology Review (via Yahoo Finance). SpaceX was approached by the U.S. military in 2020 to explore Starlink’s potential as a navigation system, […]

Tesla has launched two new paint colors exclusively offered at its Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany, available for Model Y Long Range and Performance trims for customers in Europe and the Middle East. As for why Giga Berlin gains these two new colors only, and not the U.S., for example? Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on […]

Years ago, Tesla’s Elon Musk claimed Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg would have the “world’s most advanced paint shop,” and now some customers are gaining the option for free paint upgrades from the facility. Tesla is offering free paint upgrades for customers in Germany, according to emails to customers receiving their vehicles from Giga Berlin and a dedicated […]

Attorney General Jeff Landry has chimed in on a lawsuit from Tesla against Lousiana car dealers, saying that state laws prohibiting direct car sales protect the consumer (via NOLA.com). The lawsuit was filed by Tesla in the U.S. District Court in Louisiana’s Eastern District in August, claiming that direct-sales laws “effectively shut out of Louisiana […]

This year, Motortrend named the Hyundai Ioniq 5 the 2023 SUV of the Year, citing the EV’s overall design, spacious interior, value and efficiency as what makes it worthy of the title. This is the first all-electric vehicle to win in the SUV of the year category. The news comes after the Hyundai Ioniq 5 […]

Electric vehicles (EVs) are on the rise in most of the U.S., with California leading the charge and Tesla pioneering a new milestone. California reached a milestone of 17.7 percent EV market share during the first three quarters of this year, with Tesla’s vehicles accounting for over half of the record-breaking figure, as Business Journals […]

After Elon Musk’s $44 billion deal to buy Twitter was re-initiated this month, the billionaire entrepreneur has stated plans to make serious job cuts upon taking over. Musk is looking to make substantial job cuts at Twitter if the deal goes through, slashing as much as 75 percent of the company’s 7,500 employees, according to […]

After Europe began talks with SpaceX to avoid using Russia’s rockets, the continent’s space agency has officially selected the U.S. company for two of its upcoming launches. SpaceX is being commissioned by Europe to perform two rocket launches in place of the Russian Soyuz rocket, according to a statement from the European Space Agency (ESA) […]

Tesla has launched new colors for the Model Y in Germany, debuting ‘Quicksilver’ and ‘Midnight Cherry Red’, as spotted by @MilMileBattery (via @SawyerMerritt). Quicksilver is essentially silver and it’s available for a 3,000 euro upgrade, while Midnight Cherry Red is an extra 3,200 euro for the Model Y Long Range and Performance. These new colors […]