A Space Force spokesperson has said an issue with its U.S. military payload has caused SpaceX to delay the next Falcon Heavy launch to early 2022, according to Spaceflight Now. The launch was formerly set to happen on October 9, though the spokesperson claimed the Space Force USSF-44 Mission was being pushed back to “accommodate […]
Rivian may be looking to begin a subscription autonomous driving service, according to new filings that surfaced on Monday. A Form S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from Rivian alludes to an autonomous driving feature that will reportedly cost about $10,000 USD, according to Teslarati. The filing shows the company’s estimated lifetime […]
The Tesla Model 3 surpassed 1 million cumulative sales in August, and it hasn’t stopped growing to be one of the most purchased electric vehicles (EVs) in the world – especially in the United Kingdom. The Tesla Model 3 landed the UK’s number one spot for the best-selling car in September, with a total of […]
An internal company memo at Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, originally sent in 2018, reveals that the company hired a management consultant from Avascent to evaluate SpaceX’s strengths and weaknesses in order to hopefully follow suit, according to details seen by ArsTechnica. The internal memo is dated November 1, 2018, and offers a blunt picture of […]
Tesla is still pressing Rivian over trade secrets in the courts, but a new case’s jury has found the company guilty of failing to prevent racially-based harassment, as seen in the jury’s decision. On Monday, former Tesla contract worker Owen Diaz, 53, was awarded over $130 million USD in damages, after the jury decided that […]
On early Monday an embargo was lifted on the first prototype 2022 GMC Hummer EV reviews. You can check out a roundup of the first drives and reviews below. It’s worth pointing out GMC paid for travel for some automotive journalists to go review the electric truck (it’s common practice for auto reviews). Overall, reviewers […]
An apparently stolen Tesla was speeding in the area of Route 60 and Route 21 in Vernon Hills in Lake County, Illinois, and the alleged thieves were tracked down by the Lake County Sheriff Canine, Dax. According to Lake & McHenry County Scanner, a Lake County sheriff’s sergeant was passed by a red Tesla at […]
Courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, here’s a list of all the new Superchargers that went live across the globe this past week. There are quite a few, that appear to have gone online to meet Tesla’s Q3 end-of-quarter push: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Sept. 27, 2021 Ellyway Incheon, […]
SpaceX’s Inspiration4 crew and mission successfully returned to Earth a few weeks ago, and the four members were reportedly surprised by the company with an acknowledgement of their status as astronauts over the weekend. The @Inspiration4 crew was awarded SpaceX Dragon Wings highlighting them as astronauts in a visit to the company’s Hawthorne, California headquarters […]
After losing Apple Car Chief Doug Field to Ford last month, the Apple Car project is hiring for a new position, even amidst the rocky ground. Apple shared a new job description over the weekend for a Radar Test Engineer on its Sensors team, which will develop new radar tech for its “Project Titan” autonomous […]
On Monday, NIO announced its drivers had reached a total of over 3 billion kilometers (1.86 billion miles) driven by its drivers, according to CNEVPost. The company also said that there were shorter intervals between each billion milestone, saying it took 846 days for drivers to reach the first billion, with 229 between the first […]
Supply chain issues and key electronic component shortages have prevented many automakers from growing in Q3, though Tesla wasn’t among them. Tesla has managed to continue growing despite an ongoing semiconductor chip shortage, unlike traditional automakers, according to Barron’s. While General Motors (GM) and other automakers saw steep drops, many of them were due to […]
After Tesla gained approval to continue fighting Rivian for trade secrets in March, the company is upping the game, saying that Rivian has continued to poach its employees and to steal “highly proprietary” electric vehicle (EV) battery technology. Tesla is claiming that Rivian is still taking Tesla’s intellectual property and employees, saying that the company […]
A federal agency has rejected a 2019 petition over non-crash-related Tesla fires, which the automaker later released an update to fix, as shown on Monday in a filing. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) declined a petition to open a formal investigation into non-crash-related fires in China, according to a Reuters report syndicated on […]
In a recent Reddit post, user “todd2fst4u” shared images of a Model S refresh they spotted at a Supercharger, which had the regular, plain circular steering wheel instead of Tesla’s new yoke steering system. The refreshed Model S in question was a non-commercial vehicle with manufacturer license plates, which most likely means that the unit was a […]
