New Entry Tesla Model S/X Orders Showing Estimated Delivery in…March 2023
Tesla demand appears to be getting out of hand, as new orders for entry Model S and Model X vehicles in the U.S. have reached estimated delivery dates of March 2023, which is a whopping 16-month wait (via @SawyerMerritt). For the Dual Motor All-Wheel Drive Model S with entry 19-inch Tempest Wheels and the same […]
Elon Musk Sells Tesla Shares After Exercising Stock Options, Reveal Filings [UPDATE]
Update Nov. 10, 2021, 10pm PT: New SEC filings have revealed Musk has sold nearly $5 billion in Tesla shares this week–read more here. Our original story follows below. ==== Tesla CEO Elon Musk followed through on this Twitter poll, when he asked if he should sell 10% of his shares in the company. According […]
Watch Live: SpaceX NASA Crew-3 Mission to Space Station [VIDEO]
SpaceX and NASA are set to launch its Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). You can watch the live video of tonight’s launch, set for 6:03pm PT/9:03pm ET, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This will be SpaceX Dragon’s third long duration crew mission to the ISS, […]
Hertz Wants to Lead Adoption of EVs, Starting with Tesla Deal: CEO
After Hertz’s $4.2 billion USD deal to buy 100,000 Tesla vehicles, the company’s head is hoping to help lead the efforts to move towards electric vehicles (EVs) with the purchase. Hertz Interim CEO Mark Fields said the company’s strategy was geared towards being the company to “lead the adoption of EVs” on a recent segment […]
SpaceX Starlink Customer Sets Up Incredible Mobile Office at Park [VIDEO]
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet has officially dropped the word “beta” on its website, and with the company’s userbase growing around the globe, one user has decided to try the satellite internet out from a local park. A new video shared by MegaLag on Wednesday shows the host using Starlink internet to work from the park, […]
Automakers Divided on Climate Pledge to End Gas Cars By 2040
As climate change becomes more and more of a prevalent reality, many of the world’s governments, companies and cities on Wednesday signed the Glasgow Declaration to end fossil fuel use by 2040 – though holdouts include some of the world’s top automakers and auto markets. Toyota and Volkswagen, the world’s two top two automakers did […]
Washington State Governor Orders Fleet Shift to Electric Vehicles
Following Washington State’s announcement of its goal to ban new gas car sales by 2030, the state is enacting other changes into law to help fulfill the decade-long goal, even taking it a step further in some areas. Washington plans to switch its statewide vehicle fleet over to EVs by 2040, as per a new […]
Tesla’s Model Y Tops High-End SUV Sales in China: October 2021
Immediately following the news that the Tesla Model Y Standard is sold out in China until early 2022, new data has come out showing that the electric vehicle (EV) was the country’s best-selling high-end SUV in October. The Tesla Model Y was October’s top-selling high-end SUV in China, according to data from the China Passenger […]
Tesla Beats Mercedes in U.S. Luxury Registrations, Reaches No. 3 Spot
Tesla has surpassed Mercedes-Benz to land the number three spot for U.S. luxury-vehicle registrations from the beginning of this year to September, according to data from research firm Experian’s Market Trends Review Q2 2021 presentation, reports Automotive News. The news comes after Tesla was nearing Mercedes’s sales numbers in August, but was still sitting behind […]
Rivian IPO Raises $11.9 Billion, Shares to Trade Under Ticker RIVN
Rivian announced on Wednesday its upsized initial public offering of 153,000,000 shares of Class A common stock was set at $78 per share, raising $11.93 billion for the company. The electric automaker backed by the likes of Amazon and Ford, is set to trade under the ticker symbol “RIVN” on the Nasdaq today. The offering […]
Tesla’s Entry Model Y in China Now Sold Out Until Early 2022
Tesla’s entry Model Y compact crossover SUV in China is now sold out until 2022. The rear-wheel drive Model Y, priced from RMB 276,000 ($43,172 USD), is now showing an estimated delivery date of 10 to 14 weeks (previously from 6-10 weeks), pegging its arrival beyond 2021 and into early 2022. Even if you upgrade […]
NASA Delays SpaceX Lunar Landing to 2025, Blames Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Lawsuit
NASA announced on Tuesday its human lunar mission has been delayed from 2024 to 2025. The major reason? Litigation from Blue Origin, which fought NASA for awarding the lunar contract to SpaceX. Back in August, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sued NASA over awarding Elon Musk’s SpaceX a lunar contract to send humans back to the […]
Tesla Drops 16% Over Two Days After Elon Musk’s Stock Sale Proposal
After rolling up 29% for the past month, shares of Tesla have come falling back down, as the stock has dipped 16% over the past two days. After closing Friday at $1,221 per share, Tesla’s stock price has come tumbling down to $1,023.50 at the end of Tuesday’s trading sessions. That’s a 16% drop over […]
Watch Tesla’s Model 3 Drive on Goodyear Airless Tires [VIDEO]
Tesla uses Goodyear tires on some of its Model 3 cars, and in a recent announcement, the tire maker has shared plans to develop an airless, completely-sustainable tire within the next decade. Goodyear plans to produce airless tires for electric vehicles, in a move to reach its target of making a completely sustainable and maintenance-free […]
Tesla Approved to Sell Electricity in Texas, Reveals Filing
After a filing in August revealed that Tesla was looking to become an electricity provider in Texas, the state has now made it an official utility provider, as revealed by a new document. The Texas Public Utility Commission has certified Tesla as an electricity provider in Texas, according to The Texan, in a filing last […]