SpaceX (@SpaceX) on Saturday announced via Twitter that the company has successfully completed the static fire test for Falcon 9’s upcoming launch of NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, and is now eyeing Thursday, December 9 at 1:00 a.m. ET / 10:00 p.m. PT for liftoff. Static fire test complete – targeting Thursday, December […]
According to The Wall Street Journal, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been invited to speak about ‘Tech’s New Frontier’ and the future of his companies at the publication’s year-end CEO Council Summit, slated for December 6-7, 2021, in Washington D.C. “Tesla has redefined the market for electric vehicles while SpaceX is looking to transform […]
According to a recent post from Reddit user daekwan, Tesla is now delivering the 2022 Model Y Performance with Michelin Pilot All Season 4 tires instead of the Pirelli P-Zero tires the all-electric CUV used to come with. The news comes after Tesla repeatedly hiked the price of the Model Y Performance in the U.S. […]
Looks like Elon Musk sold more than just Tesla stock this week. According to Mansion Global, the billionaire CEO has officially closed on his last remaining property, a luxurious 16,000-square-foot mansion in California’s Silicon Valley. The property, located in Hillsborough, California, just south of San Francisco, sold for $30 million USD. According to the California […]
Veteran Japanese carmaker Toyota has reportedly partnered with Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD, to use the latter’s battery technology in an upcoming all-electric sedan, slated to launch exclusively in China in late 2022 — reports Automotive News. Toyota turns to BYD for new China EV battery tech, report says https://t.co/fqbR0R1UnK pic.twitter.com/2wthRvLviB — Automotive News […]
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Friday announced it intends to engage SpaceX for up to three additional crew flights to the International Space Station (ISS) under its Commercial Crew Transportation Capabilities (CCtCap) contract. The decision comes after NASA issued a request for information to American companies capable of providing safe, reliable, […]
Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.36.8.9 software update, as noted by @Teslascope, detected on a Model Y Long Range in California in the United States. This Model Y was previously running 2021.36.8.8, released back on November 22, that debuted Full Self-Driving beta 10.5. With tonight’s release of 2021.36.8.9, it brings Full Self-Driving beta 10.6. […]
According to the latest Tesla iOS app update, version 4.3.1, assets within the app code has revealed it will soon let you share your car with others, right from the app itself. The discovery was made by @Tesla_App_iOS, which details the assets of every single app update. App code contains lines that read, “share_vehicle_add_driver_success_description”, for […]
Tesla has launched new items in its online store, specifically clothing for men and women. New items include a new Tesla Chill Collection for both men and women, which includes a range of hoodies, sweatshirts and more. New t-shirts also debuted today for women, along with the Chill Collection. Many items are not in stock […]
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced earlier today the company has broken ground on a new, dedicated launchpad for its Starship rockets on Florida’s Space Coast (via CNBC). Construction of Starship orbital launch pad at the Cape has begun — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 3, 2021 Starship is a next-generation, fully reusable spacecraft designed by SpaceX […]
Tesla started rolling out its 2021.36.5.10 software update on early Friday morning, as detected by @Teslascope. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2021.36.5.10 on a Model S Plaid (2021) in Connecticut, United States. View the rollout of this update here: https://t.co/ZHIecQSH5h — Teslascope (@teslascope) December 3, 2021 The software update 2021.36.5.10 was detected on […]
Opus One Solutions, Elexicon Energy, Marshall Homes, and the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) have come together to create one of the first preplanned, nested microgrid residential communities in Canada, powered by solar panels and Tesla Powerpacks — reports The Weather Network. Tesla’s Powerpack is a utility-scale rechargeable energy storage system that’s designed to store […]
After Tesla added heated rear seats and a heated steering wheel to its stock, entry-level Model 3, the company has officially confirmed that newly-delivered Model 3 units in the rear-wheel-drive (RWD) and Standard Range Plus configurations will also include the cold-weather upgrade features. Tesla’s Model 3 RWD and Standard Range Plus units that were delivered […]
According to Reuters, SpaceX’s Starlink head for India said earlier today that the company will apply early next year for a commercial license to provide broadband and other services in the country. “We hope to have applied for a commercial license on or before 31st January 2022 (unless we hit some major roadblock),” Sanjay Bhargava, […]
Tesla has shared some new images of its Cyberquad, next to its recently released Cyberquad for Kids ride-on made by Radio Flyer. The Cyberquad for Kids ATV trailer showed Tesla design chief Franz von Holzhausen riding next to his kids, showing off the new smaller version of the Cyberquad, which has yet to release alongside […]
