Tesla FSD Beta 10.69 Release Still Coming ‘Later Today’ Says Elon Musk
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.69 release is still slated for August 20, 2022, says CEO Elon Musk. Some FSD beta releases have been released just after midnight PT, with many eager testers expecting FSD beta 10.69 to hit in the early hours of August 20. But that never happened. Just moments ago, Musk confirmed […]
Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas Hits Milestone: 1,000 Cars Made in a Week
Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, has reportedly hit a milestone of producing 1,000 cars in a week. That’s according to a photo shared by @WholeMarsBlog, showing employees signing a poster with an outline of the factory and “1,000” in the middle. The electric automaker started limited production of the Model Y at the Gigafactory in […]
SpaceX Aces 130th Falcon 9 Rocket Landing in Starlink Mission [VIDEO]
SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites on Friday afternoon, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, at 3:21pm ET. After launching Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit, the Falcon 9 first stage aced its landing on the SpaceX droneship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’ located in the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX says this […]
Acura ZDX Electric SUV to Launch in 2024, with Type S Variant
As automakers continue to announce their first lineup of electric vehicles (EVs), Honda-owned Acura has shared plans to join the industry. Acura announced the upcoming electric SUVs the ZDX and ZDX Type S, its first EVs which are set to hit the market in 2024, according to a press release shared by the automaker on […]
Tesla Closes Semi Reservations, Shares More Details on Revamped Website
With the Tesla Semi set to ship next year, the electric automaker has updated the semi truck’s website and share more stats and photos. Tesla has closed reservations for the Semi, instead adding a button for users to “Get Updates” as seen on the company’s website (via @SawyerMerritt). The redesigned Semi page includes several new […]
First Look: Lucid Air Sapphire Goes 0-60 in Under 2 Seconds, Costs $249,000 USD [VIDEO]
Lucid Motors has announced the Lucid Air Sapphire, calling it the “world’s first luxury electric super-sports sedan.” It comes with a new exclusive Sapphire Blue paint color. The Sapphire has three motors, carbon-ceramic brakes, an aerodynamic package, new sport seats, and track-tuned suspension “for a sublime driver-focused sporting experience,” says the company on Friday. As […]
SpaceX Starship to Launch Sky Perfect JSAT Satellite in 2024
SpaceX is continuing its trend of launching hardware for others, this time securing a contract to launch satellites from one Japan-based broadband company. Sky Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. has selected SpaceX’s Starship to launch its Superbird-9 communications satellite, as detailed in a press release on Thursday (via @SpaceX). The launch of Superbird-9 is set for […]
Hyundai Ioniq 5 Wins 2022 ‘EV of the Year’ from Car and Driver
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 earned the 2022 EV of the Year award from Car and Driver, as announced on Thursday. In the write-up, the publication noted the Ioniq 5’s design aesthetic as part of its reason for victory, and even called it “confidently weird.” Car and Driver writes, “If you want to know why the […]
Tesla Needs to Make Cars in Indonesia, Not Just Batteries: President
President of Indonesia Joko Widodo, dubbed Jokowi locally, has asked Tesla to build EVs in the country, rather than just batteries, according to a report from Bloomberg on Thursday. The country also says it’s willing to wait until Tesla CEO Elon Musk is convinced that the country is more than its resources. In the interview […]
Tesla FSD Beta 10.69 Download Coming to Only 1,000 Owners First, Says Musk
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.69 will start to deploy this weekend, but only to a select few according to the company head. The FSD beta update 10.69 contains “many major code changes,” said CEO @Elon Musk in a tweet on Thursday night. The tweet also detailed plans to release Tesla’s FSD beta 10.69 gradually […]
Tesla Cabin Camera Role Raises Questions from NHTSA Probe
According to Reuters, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is demanding Tesla provide answers related to the role of the in-cabin camera within its vehicles, as part of the safety regulator’s probe into Autopilot. The NHTSA launched a probe into Tesla’s advanced driver assistance system called Autopilot last year. In June of this year, […]
DeLorean Alpha5 EV Prototype Revealed at Pebble Beach [VIDEOS]
DeLorean Motor Company unveiled its Alpha5 electric vehicle prototype at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance car show in Monterey, California on Thursday. The Alpha5 is estimated to have a 100 kWh battery and range of 300 miles and also a 0-60 time of 2.99 seconds and a 155 mph top speed, to go with a […]
Tesla to Add Automatically Adjusting Side Mirrors Feature, Says Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Friday the company will be adding a feature that will automatically configure side mirrors. Responding to a question from James Stephenson, asking “will Teslas ever be able to automatically adjust the side mirror settings for new drivers?”, based on the 3D position of the driver’s eyes and comparing against the […]
Kia EV6 vs Mustang Mach-E vs VW ID.4 Drag Race and Regen Test [VIDEO]
YouTube channel carwow shared a video on Thursday featuring a drag race between the Volkswagen ID.4 GTX, Ford Mustang Mach-E and Kia EV6 electric vehicles (EVs). The video, as hosted by Mat Watson, shows the three vehicles performing relatively similarly though one of the EVs is the clear winner. In the UK, the VW ID.4 […]
Elon Musk Reiterates Tesla’s Export and Local Delivery Plans in China on Weibo
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s account on the Chinese social network Weibo, reiterated that the automaker makes its cars for export in the first half of each quarter, while making local deliveries in the second half, explained a message on Thursday (via CnEVPost). “Tesla makes cars for export in first half of quarter & for local […]