SpaceX launches are happening often right now (there’s a Falcon 9 launch happening as we speak for Starlink), and if you’re waiting for the next Starship prototype test, it could come as soon as next week. According to @BocaChicaGal (Mary), SpaceX will be rolling the Starship SN15 to the Boca Chica, Texas launch site on […]

Warren Buffett-backed Chinese automaker BYD has outsold fellow Chinese vehicle manufacturers Xpeng Motors and NIO in March, according to CNBC, as the race for EV supremacy in China heats up. On Wednesday, BYD disclosed that it sold 16,301 battery electric vehicles in March, compared to just 7,257 deliveries from NIO in the same month, and […]

Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) are outfitted with many cameras and sensors for Autopilot, and recently they came under fire from the Chinese military for concerns over privacy and security. On Wednesday, Tesla China said that the cameras on its EVs aren’t activated outside of North America, in an apparent defence against recent claims of privacy […]

Image credit: Michael Sheetz/@thesheetztweetz Earlier today, SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell spoke on a panel at the Satellite 2021 LEO (Low Earth Orbit) Digital Forum, joined with other top executives from satellite companies SES, Viasat, Hughes and Eutelsat. The digital event session was titled, LEO/MEO/GEO: The New World Order, which would include “top influencers from the satellite […]

Shanghai-based electric automaker, NIO, has reached a milestone and produced its 100,000th electric vehicle. The company delivered 7,257 cars in its recent first quarter, a 373% year-over-year increase, while for the quarter ending March 31, 2021, 20,060 vehicles were delivered, a record increase of 423% year-over-year and up 16% from Q4 2020. As for total […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.4.13 software update to the fleet, detected on numerous vehicles in the United States, such as Model Y and Model S, while others in Australia are also seeing this update. Software version 2021.4.13 was just detected on a Tesla Model Y Long Range in Washington United States on https://t.co/uh4cmhSoAQ. […]

General Motors on Tuesday announced it plans to build a new Chevrolet Silverado electric pickup truck, at the company’s Factory ZERO assembly plant in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan. The company says the full-size pickup will be designed “from the ground up” as an electric vehicle, leveraging the Ultium Platform. “The vehicles coming from Factory ZERO […]

SpaceX has announced on Tuesday it plans to launch 60 more Starlink Satellites on Wenesday, April 7, at 9:34 a.m PDT/12:34 p.m. EDT, from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Launch of 60 Starlink satellites is targeted for tomorrow, April 7 at 12:34 p.m. EDT from SLC-40 in Florida → https://t.co/bJFjLCzWdK — SpaceX […]

After German Tesla enthusiast drove 745,645 miles (1.2 million km) and was congratulated by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the 2014 Model S owner is, amazingly, still not done yet. Hansjörg von Gemmingen-Hornberg has now driven his 2014 Tesla Model S P85 a total of 807,782 miles (1.3 million km), according to Teslamag. Gemmingen-Hornberg announced the […]

In a video uploaded by YouTube channel AI DRIVR on Monday, the host navigates around Pittsburg, California using Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta to get around. While the FSD system is still in a limited beta format, a number of Tesla owners have begun doing their own tests of the system, many of which were […]

SpaceX’s operations are vast, to be sure, but among its rapidly expanding Starlink low-Earth orbit satellite internet project, the company is looking to move into several new countries this year. In March, SpaceX formed SpaceX Portugal, which is set to be headquartered in Lisbon and give satellite internet access to 16,000 users in the country […]

After being delayed again earlier this year, Tesla’s Model 3 HW3 update is finally here, and European customers are already getting excited. Tesla is set to begin rolling out its Hardware 3.0 (HW3) retrofit for its Model 3 in Europe, according to reports from Model 3 owners in Germany (via Tesmanian; save 10% off floor […]

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell received the award for Satellite Executive of the Year 2020 from Via Satellite Tuesday at the Satellite Awards Ceremony in DC (via Michael Sheetz). This marks the second time Shotwell has won this award with SpaceX, which is actively launching its Starlink low-Earth orbit internet satellites, expected to cover the whole […]

On Saturday, Sergio Rodriguez, 41, began receiving death threats from Tesla fans on social media after driving his Ford Mustang Mach-E across the US, according to the Detroit Free Press. Rodriguez, a Tesla owner himself, had positive things to say about the experience, despite the fact that fans of Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) didn’t share […]

Tesla notified its California customers to ‘Charge for Less’ on Monday morning, sending a notification within its mobile app. “Avoid the rush and save 50% on your charging fees before 10 a.m. and after 7 p.m. at all Superchargers in California’s major metro areas,” wrote Tesla. “For specific rates and eligible sites, tap the Supercharger […]