Competition in the world’s largest auto market is heating up for the future generation of vehicles, and with companies like NIO, Xpeng Motors and Li Auto – among many others – seeing sales surges even amidst the ongoing chip shortage, one minister thinks the country has “too many” electric vehicle companies. On Monday, Industry and […]

Starlink on Monday evening launched its first west coast Starlink satellite mission, with its Falcon 9 rocket sending the 16th Starlink mission of the year, and 32nd to date overall, into orbit. Check out the launch below of Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 4E, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This is booster […]

Courtesy of data from Supercharge and the TMC Forums, here’s an overview of all the new Tesla Superchargers that went live across the globe this past week: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Sept. 6, 2021 The Classic Burgers at 6525 West Inyokern Road, Inyokern, CA, USA 12 250 kW Tesla Sept. 8, 2021 […]

Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin, located in Grünheide in Germany’s Brandenburg province, is set to begin producing and delivering electric vehicles (EVs) as soon as the end of this year – and with the construction site well on its way to completion, the company has reportedly received a new round of approvals from the German government. On […]

Yesterday, SpaceX officially stacked the Crew Dragon spacecraft on top of the Falcon 9 booster to prepare for the upcoming Inspiration4 launch – signifying that the team’s nearly ready for takeoff, even as its Netflix special is just getting started. @SpaceX announced on Monday that it had completed a static fire test of the Falcon […]

Tesla released its Full-Self Driving beta 10 last week, a long-anticipated update to the semi-autonomous driving software that was expected to make major improvements upon previous versions of the software. On Sunday, AI DRIVR shared a new video breaking down Tesla’s most recent Full Self-Driving (FSD) release, FSD beta version 10, showing how it performs […]

It’s no surprise that Tesla’s vehicles remain the world’s top-selling electric vehicles (EVs), even as the number of EVs on the road continues to grow in many countries across the world. The Tesla Model 3 sold the most EVs in France in August, outselling the Renault Zoe and Peugeot e-208 combined, according to data from […]

As buyers across the world begin slowly switching to emission-free or emission-reduced vehicles, a new website has surfaced offering prospective buyers a detailed look at how moving from a gas car could affect their day-to-day lives. On Wednesday, one user shared a website they made that effectively compares various elements of an electric vehicle’s (EV’s) […]

Following news that Tesla’s vehicles won’t qualify for a proposed increased federal tax credit, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made comments noting another company’s electric vehicle (EV) factory in Mexico. On Sunday, Tesla CEO @Elon Musk noted that a recent Bloomberg article had been written by lobbyists from Ford and the United Auto Workers union, […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.32.10 software update to more users, according to @Teslafi. The software update was first seen back on September 9, 2021. Software version 2021.32.10 was just detected on a Tesla Model Y Long Range in Nevada United States on https://t.co/uh4cmhSoAQ. Follow the release at https://t.co/JvLSo9EWqj — TeslaFi (@teslafi) September 13, […]

According to the National Post, U.S. Democrats have recently proposed an increase in tax credits for electric vehicles (EVs) that will offer much higher incentives to union-made zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) assembled locally. The beefed up tax credits will serve to further President Joe Biden’s ambition of EVs making up 50% of all vehicles sold in the U.S. by […]

According to a tweet from @SpaceXthe Crew Dragon vessel that is supposed to embark on the Inspiration4 mission on September 15 has been successfully stacked atop a Falcon 9 booster rocket. The assembled spacecraft now rests, vertical, at historic Launch Complex 39A at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Falcon 9 and Dragon […]

According to CBC News, the École de Conduite Taauchiiwaatin – Driving School in Chisasibi — a village in northern Quebec located some 1,700 km north of Montreal, recently installed its first electric vehicle (EV) charger. Not only that, the institution even scored government funding to supplement the purchase and modification of its first-ever all-electric car. […]

According to a recent tweet from SpaceX (@SpaceX), the space exploration company is currently targeting Monday, September 13, at 8:55 p.m. PDT for its next launch of Starlink satellites from its home state of California. These are V1.5 Starlinks with laser inter-satellite links, which are needed for high latitudes & mid ocean coverage — Elon […]

As promised, Tesla released Full Self-Driving beta 10 last night, offering some changes to the autonomous system. Early access beta testers have received the update and have already started sharing first drive videos to YouTube. AI Addict shares a video of FSD beta 10, Tesla software version 2021.14.15, tackling San Francisco’s iconic Lombard Street at […]