CNNBusiness recently took to analyzing the niche cottage industry that has sprung up around space exploration and transportation company SpaceX, which focuses on documenting progress on the company’s prototypes and plans, as well as streaming launches and developments. The industry has grown almost as exponentially as SpaceX itself, peddling content captured directly from SpaceX’s launch facilities […]

Tesla owners have been fined by traffic police for some weird shenanigans, but Calgary, Alberta-based resident Scott McKay was hit with a $373 ticket for speeding, when a Calgary police officer pulled him over after estimating he was going 120 km/h in an 80 km/h zone — reports Livewire Calgary. Issuing speeding tickets based on speed […]

According to a recent thread from Reddit user citing a conversation they had with a Tesla employee working on a new Supercharger location in Beaver, Utah, Tesla has started using ‘prefabricated’ setups to speed up Supercharger construction. A prefabricated Supercharger slab consists of Tesla Supercharger stalls already set up on concrete slabs, ready to start […]

Image via @tobyliiiiiiiiii Tesla appears to be ready to open its new Supercharger in North Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, after being under construction since early March. The fence around the Superchargers came down today and Toby Li visited the location on Friday evening to share an update. “I’m the first ever Tesla to be […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Friday the company’s version 9.0 of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta is nearly complete. Responding to a FSD beta video shared by @WholeMarsBlog, Musk responded to say, “almost ready with FSD Beta V9.0. Step change improvement is massive, especially for weird corner cases & bad weather.” He also added, “Pure […]

Tesla has revealed its first public Supercharger coming to Hawaii, set to be located at Pearlridge Center in Aiea, the state’s largest indoor mall located on the island of Oahu. The discovery was made by Tesla Motors Club (TMC) forum member ‘TerranApart’ (via @MontrealTesla). According to the Tesla Supercharger site permit dated April 8, 2021, […]

Tesla announced on Friday afternoon it will share its Q1 2021 earnings after market close on Monday, April 26, 2021. The company will hold its live question and answer webcast at 2:30 p.m. PDT to discuss its financials from Q1 and its future business outlook. Investors can tune into the Tesla Q1 2021 earnings call […]

Earlier this week, Chinese electric vehicle automaker, NIO, recently celebrated producing its 100,000th electric vehicle, a black ES8 7-seater SUV that rolled off the line. NIO is known for opting for battery swaps in China for its electric vehicles. On Friday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk congratulated NIO on its achievement, responding to a CleanTechnica story […]

Back on New Year’s Day, Tesla unveiled upgrades for its Model 3 in China, in the form of heating steering wheel and revised door trim, alongside the launch of the Model Y in the country. At the time, the new door trim was exclusive to Tesla vehicles in China, but now it appears it has […]

British Columbia, Canada, is one of many regions looking to make increase its electric vehicle (EV) customer base and infrastructure, and its new emissions report details how it did in 2020. According to British Columbia’s 2020 annual emissions report released this week, the province’s light-duty zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) made up 9.4% of all light-duty vehicle […]

Tesla’s V3 Superchargers are great for fast-charging on the go, but it can also be inconvenient to show up for a charge only to find out that the single open stall is actually out of order. Luckily, Tesla has added a new feature to the Supercharger information on the car’s infotainment screen that should help […]

Elon Musk’s Boring Company shared new pictures of the company’s underground “Hyperloop” tunnels in Las Vegas earlier this year, and in a new update from CNBC TV, we can see inside the 43-foot underground tunnel with more than just photos. The underground tunnel is part of a “Convention Center Loop” in Las Vegas, where it will […]

SpaceX’s low-Earth orbit satellite company Starlink is now live with a limited beta service in certain parts of central Victoria and southern New South Wales, according to Tech AU. The satellite internet service is expected to expand across the remainder of the country in later months. Last year, Australia granted a carrier license to SpaceX […]

Chart via @Cinco971 Tesla China delivered 35,478 vehicles in March 2021, a whopping 93.69% increase over its 18,318 deliveries in February, according to numbers from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) (via @ray4tesla). The news comes on the heels of a major, worldwide semiconductor chip shortage, which affected production for most electric vehicle (EV) companies […]

Panasonic is betting on Tesla’s 4680 battery cell, announced last year at Tesla’s Battery Day event and which resembles a small beer or soda can, to bring the rumored $25,000 electric vehicle (EV) to the forefront, according to Bloomberg. While the battery cell was initially announced with the intent to increase battery cell supply and […]