Tesla CEO Elon Musk periodically meets with world leaders to discuss global issues, and next week he’ll sit down with a European official at the automaker’s Gigafactory in Texas. Musk is set to meet with European Union Industry Head Thierry Breton in Texas on Monday, in order to talk about supply chain issues, according to […]
Alaska’s long-awaited first Supercharger in Soldotna became operational last year, and the owners celebrated with a grand opening event. The owners of Tesla’s first Supercharger station in Alaska held a grand opening event for the site on April 30 to celebrate the future of renewable energy, according to Alaska’s News Source. The station is owned […]
Let’s take a look at all of the new Superchargers Tesla added to its global Supercharging network this past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing May 5, 2022 The Holiday Market at 20635 Gas Point Road, Cottonwood, CA, USA 12 250 kW Tesla […]
Ford Motor Co. is planning to sell 8 million shares out of its 12% stake in electric truck startup Rivian Automotive — reports CNBC. Ford will sell the shares through Goldman Sachs, sources told the publication. The veteran automaker currently owns a total of 102 million shares in Rivian. The shares will go on sale for […]
According to Automotive News, Tesla has filed a lawsuit against Alexander Yatskov, a former employee, for allegedly stealing confidential information on the company’s supercomputer technology by illegally transferring data to his own computer and turning in a “dummy” laptop for inspection to cover up the theft. Tesla has been developing its own supercomputer technology, dubbed “Project […]
During a recent interview with CNBC, SpaceX President and COO, Gwynne Shotwell, was asked when she thinks her company will be able to transport people to Mars. This is the goal of SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk, and one that the rocketry giant has been working towards ever since it was created. “We should put […]
Back in January, Polish developer Michał Gapiński showed off his Apple CarPlay hack to run the latter software on his Tesla. The workaround was made possible by using a custom build of Android 12, running on a Raspberry Pi. Later in February, Gapiński shared a video with Tesla North showing off the alpha build of his Android 12 […]
A Tesla Supercharger in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been repeatedly vandalized, with someone cutting and stealing charging cables from the Supercharger stalls at the site (via Reddit). The Supercharger in question is located in the parking lot of a Meijer outlet at 4825 Marburg Avenue, and it hosts a total of 10 V2 Supercharger stalls capable […]
Even though Twitter accepted Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s $44 billion USD takeover offer last week, the celebrity billionaire’s plans for the social media platform have been pretty vague. Up until now, the bulk of what we knew was that Musk wants to make Twitter “the platform for free speech around the globe,” and […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a Friday tweet that the next iteration of the company’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta, version 10.12, will “probably” start rolling out next week on Wednesday, May 11, or Thursday, May 12. Musk’s tweet was a response to FSD beta tester @WholeMarsBlog, who commented that they never once had to […]
Automaker smartphone apps are not created equal, especially when it comes to electric vehicles, says a new study. Tesla’s smartphone apps are head and shoulders ahead of those made by EV startups, according to a study from J.D. Power (via InsideEVs). The report, J.D. Power’s OEM EV App Benchmark Study shared on Wednesday, says that […]
As SpaceX expands its Starlink satellite constellation, the company is already gearing up to move to its reusable Starship spacecraft to prepare for future missions. SpaceX launched 53 more Starlink satellites into orbit on Friday, as detailed on the company’s website, with the launch taking place at 5:42 a.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A at […]
After reports came out that Tesla had a supply deal with Brazilian miner Vale, the company has officially announced a supply deal for nickel coming from Canada. Tesla has signed a long-term supply deal with Brazil’s Vale SA as announced by the mining company on Friday, according to Reuters. Vale will provide Tesla with nickel […]
SpaceX’s Texas site, dubbed Starbase, is home to many towering pieces of spacecraft, and now it’s home to one high school prom couple’s memories, too. A couple shared prom photos taken at SpaceX’s Starbase in Brownville, Texas on the SpaceX Facebook page last week (via @Tesla Owners Silicon Valley). The photos show the couple standing […]
As consumers begin to adopt electric vehicles (EVs) en masse, even EV automakers like Tesla can stand to improve sustainability practices, which is why the company releases an annual impact report. Tesla shared its 2021 impact report on Friday, detailing the company’s sustainability efforts for the year on its website (via Twitter). On the website’s […]
