NIO Owners Need to Pass Quiz Before Using Driver Assist

Following a fatal accident in a NIO ES8, China’s NIO has decided to start requiring users to take a test before using its Navigate on Pilot (NOP) and NIO Pilot advanced driver assistance systems (ADASs). On Monday, NIO began deploying what it calls the NIO Pilot exam, which includes a six-minute video and a ten-question […]

SpaceX Hits Milestone: 100,000 Starlink Terminals Shipped

SpaceX announced on Monday afternoon it has hit a milestone of 100,000 Starlink terminals shipped, as detailed by CEO Elon Musk. Currently, the company’s low-Earth orbit satellite internet solution is now available in 14 countries including: Canada USA United Kingdom Germany France Austria The Netherlands Ireland Belgium Switzerland Denmark Portugal New Zealand Australia Starlink also […]

First Look: Underneath the Tesla Model S Plaid [VIDEO]

Tesla’s vehicles are typically tougher to have maintained than the average internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle unless you know the right person for the job – and have access to supportive right-to-repair laws, which are tough to find. Rich Rebuilds shared a video on Sunday depicting Rich’s first look under the Tesla Model S Plaid. […]

SpaceX Says Starlink Nears 600,000 Prospective Customers

Just days after SpaceX launched its Starlink pilot program in Chile, the company’s head alluded to 600,000 prospective users on its Starlink satellite internet, before the service has even been launched to the public. At the Space Warfighting Industry Forum last week, SpaceX COO and President Gwynne Shotwell said that Starlink has received over half […]

Supercut: Watch Tesla’s AI Day in Just 35 Minutes [VIDEO]

Tesla’s AI Day event last week has the technology industry buzzing, due to its announcement of the Tesla Bot and the D1 chip, both set to change the AI industry for years to come. A new video shared by Remo Uherek on YouTube offers a supercut of Tesla’s AI Day video that takes out all […]

Deutsche Bank Maintains ‘Buy’ Rating on Tesla After Seeing AI Day

Tesla revealed a number of new technology updates last week during its AI Day event, and the updates have boosted the company’s general outlook from one investing firm. Deutsche Bank analyst Emmanuel Rosner maintained a Buy rating on Tesla (TSLA), following Tesla’s AI Day announcements last week (via @Sawyer Merritt). A note written by Rosner […]

First Look: 2022 Tesla Model Y Review in Europe [VIDEO]

Just a few days after Tesla confirmed it had shipped the first batch of Model Y units to Europe, one of the first German reviews of the electric vehicle (EV) has surfaced. A new review of the Tesla Model Y Long Range (LR) was shared by Autogefühl on Sunday, detailing the Shanghai-made electric SUV’s features. […]

Tesla Model S Plaid Deliveries Land in Hawaii

According to a recent tweet from Aloha Tesla (@AlohaTesla), Tesla Model S Plaid units have finally made their way to Hawaii — a little over 2 months after Tesla delivered the first 25 units to customers at the Model S Plaid delivery event in Fremont, California. The PlaidS are here in Hawaii!! Only got to […]

How to Replace Tesla Model 3/Y Air Filters [VIDEO]

The Random Thought Project recently published a guide on replacing the air filters in a Tesla Model 3 or Tesla Model Y, which is pretty easy to do on your own and doesn’t necessarily require a visit to a Tesla service center. Like pretty much all air-conditioned cars ever, Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) are equipped with […]

Tesla FSD Beta 9.2 Test Impresses on Narrow Streets [VIDEO]

In a recently published YouTube video, AI DRIVR takes their Tesla down to the narrow streets of Berkeley Hills in California and puts Full Self-Driving beta 9.2 to the test. FSD beta 9.2 started rolling out with software update 2021.12.25.15 late last week. Beta 9.2 handled the narrow, obstacle-ridden streets exceptionally well. Obstacle detection throughout the test […]

SpaceX Launches Starlink Internet Pilot in Chile

SpaceX’s Starlink internet service has officially launched in Chile, with a ‘Better Than Nothing Beta’ pilot program in Sotomó, a hamlet located 1,000 km (620 miles) south of the capital Santiago in the Los Lagos region — reports Market Screener. Starlink is a high-speed satellite broadband service designed specifically to close the digital divide across the […]