New Tesla Superchargers Global Overview: Nov. 8-14, 2021
Courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, let’s take a look at all of the new Supercharger locations that went live across the world this past week: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Nov. 8, 2021 No. 3, Lane 9, Qingnian Rd, Yangmei District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan 3 250 kW Tesla […]
Tesla FSD Beta 10.4 in Canada: Drives Off B.C. Ferry to Victoria Superchargers [VIDEO]
Tesla Full Self-Driving beta tester and Canadian James Locke (@arctechnic) normally works and resides in Santa Clarita, California, but his latest video shows him testing FSD beta 10.4 back in Victoria on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. Locke, the former President of the Vancouver Island Tesla Owners, shares a video of his Model 3 […]
Elon Musk Says Stock Sale is to Pay More Taxes; Taunts Bernie Sanders
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Saturday that the way he went about liquidating around $7 billion USD worth of Tesla stock this week was “closer to tax maximization than minimization.” Musk was responding to a Twitter user who asserted the CEO would benefit more financially from exercising options and selling the common stock he already […]
SpaceX Starlink Maritime Coverage by Mid-2022, Says Elon Musk
Responding to a tweet that inquired about Starlink coverage at sea, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Saturday that the satellite internet service should achieve global maritime coverage “by roughly middle of next year.” Should work everywhere for global maritime by roughly middle of next year (enough sats with laser links launched). Until then, it […]
Tesla Rolling Out Starlink Wi-Fi at Superchargers in the U.S.
After Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter last month that the entirety of the company’s Supercharging network would be getting its own Wi-Fi, Reddit user HollywoodSX on Saturday spotted a Starlink terminal at a Supercharger location in Lake City, FL — the first discovery of its kind. When a couple of Twitter users noted the absence […]
Tesla Model Y in China Now Includes Trunk Cargo Cover [VIDEO]
Tesla has added a new feature to the Model Y, but only for vehicles made at Gigafactory Shanghai in China. The Model Y now comes with a factory cargo cover, as shown in a video shared by @EVOffer_HK. MIC Model Y now comes with OEM Cargo Cover!Car delivered in Hong Kong starting from yesterday comes […]
Elon Musk to Talk SpaceX Starship at Space Studies Board Joint Meeting Nov. 17
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is set to speak at an upcoming joint meeting of the Space Studies Board and Board on Physics and Astronomy. Open virtual sessions are set to take place from November 15-18, 2021, with Musk speaking on November 17 at 6pm to 6:30pm ET, about the SpaceX Starship program. “Explore the […]
Tesla Hires and Promotes Veterans, Urges Others to do the Same [VIDEO]
Tesla makes hiring veterans a priority, and hopes that other companies will follow in its footsteps — reports KPIX-TV’s Len Ramirez (@lenKPIX) from the company’s Fremont factory in California (via @WholeMarsBlog). Why Tesla makes hiring veterans a priority $TSLA @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/lZaaCVnml0 — Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) November 11, 2021 Not only does the world’s fastest-growing […]
SpaceX Launches 53 Starlink Satellites into Orbit [VIDEO]
SpaceX launched 53 more Starlink satellites into orbit on Saturday, with Falcon 9 taking off at 7:13am EST from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was the ninth launch and landing of this particular Falcon 9 booster, onto the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. […]
SpaceX Tests First Ever Starship 6-Engine Static Fire [VIDEO]
On Friday, SpaceX’s fully reusable Starship SN20 spacecraft successfully achieved static fire, with thrust, on all six of its engines in a multi-engine test that will prove instrumental in getting the rocket company the regulatory approval it needs to attempt Starship’s first orbital launch (via @NASASpaceflight). Good static fire with all six engines! — Elon […]
Tesla Model 3/Y Delivering Without USB-C Due to Chip Shortage
After picking up their 2022 Model 3, Reddit user CalligrapherNo4617 made a peculiar discovery — the car had no wireless charging functionality, and the two USB-C ports in the front center console were outright missing. Upon calling Tesla support, CalligrapherNo4617 was informed that Tesla is aware of the problem. Both wireless charging and the front center […]
GM to Launch 10 Electric Vehicles in South Korea by 2025
General Motors announced on Friday it will launch 10 electric vehicles in South Korea by 2025, according to Steven Kiefer, the head of GM’s international operations, reports Automotive News. Despite the launch of new EVs in South Korea, GM has no plans to build cars in the Asian nation yet, said Kiefer at a media […]
Watch: Tesla Model S Plaid vs. Autocross Circuit [VIDEO]
In a recently published YouTube video, Brent Ely documented his Model S Plaid’s performance at an Autocross event. Autocross, also known as AutoX or Autoslalom, is a timed competition in which drivers are required to navigate a course, defined by traffic cones, that consists of several turns, twists, lane change maneuvers, slaloms, and more. Participants […]
Elon Musk Crowned Wealthiest ‘Green Billionaire’ by Bloomberg
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has handily scored the top spot in Bloomberg‘s recently published list of the wealthiest ‘green billionaires’ — billionaires who have amassed a significant portion of their fortune from businesses that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in the world. As of the list’s publication, Musk’s total net worth weighs in at a whopping […]
Tesla 2021.36.5.8 Software Update Rolling Out
Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.36.5.8 software update, as noted by @Teslascope and detected in Pennsylvania in the United States. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2021.36.5.8 on a Model S Performance (2020) in Pennsylvania, United States. View the rollout of this update here: https://t.co/j8vlma3rfO — Teslascope (@teslascope) November 12, 2021 The 2020 […]