Tesla Full Self-Driving Subscriptions Coming Early 2021 Says Elon Musk
When will Tesla release Full Self-Driving subscriptions? According to the latest update from CEO Elon Musk, customers can expect them in early 2021. When asked by @padgeuk about annual FSD subscriptions for leasing customers, Musk replied, “Absolutely. We will release FSD subscription early next year.” Absolutely. We will release FSD subscription early next year. — […]
New Tesla Superchargers in the U.S. Overview [Dec. 14-19]
Let’s take a look at the newest Supercharger locations in the U.S., courtesy of data from Supercharge and the patrons of the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing Dec. 14, 2020 The Wawa at 970 Baltimore Pike, Glen Mills, PA 8 250 kW Tesla Dec. 16, 2020 The Wawa at 548 […]
Tesla Completes 600 Superchargers in China With Time to Spare
Tesla’s entry into the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) market is relatively recent, so its operations in China are just starting to ramp up versus other automakers. It would seem that Tesla’s Greater China arm is working overtime, however, with a recent tweet announcing that China’s 600th Supercharger just went live. China Supercharger Update: yesterday 5 […]
Elon Musk Makes Another $9 Billion Ahead of S&P 500 Inclusion
Tesla Inc.’s stock hit yet another all-time high of $695 USD per share on Friday ahead of its addition to the S&P 500 index, and according to Yahoo Finance, so did CEO Elon Musk’s net worth. $TSLA's entry in the S&P 500 is “a feather in the cap for Musk and Tesla,” @Wedbush Managing Director […]
SpaceX Completes Record 26th Launch of 2020 [VIDEO]
SpaceX today completed its record 26th launch of the year, sending a secret NRO satellite into space via its Falcon 9 booster. On Saturday morning, SpaceX successfully completed its NROL-108 mission and also completed its 70th recovery of its first stage boosters. Check out the Falcon 9 launch below: Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/AG4rAR6qNp — SpaceX (@SpaceX) December […]
Canada Wants North American Ban on New Gas Cars, with U.S. Help
According to Reuters, Canada is in talks with the United States to improve environmental ties, which could potentially introduce a ban on new gas-powered passenger cars and trucks across North America. Canada floats idea of North American ban on new gasoline-powered cars https://t.co/nHcSALKPXi pic.twitter.com/vWtXfDdkKm — Reuters (@Reuters) December 17, 2020 The climate plan President-elect Joe […]
Jay Leno Talks Elon Musk and Tesla, and Why There’s Genius Behind Them
Former The Tonight Show host and current host of CNBC‘s Jay Leno’s Garage recently talked about Tesla, noting that he thinks the secret to CEO Elon Musk’s success is that “he was building the infrastructure as he was building the vehicle.” Jay Leno reveals what he thinks is the genius behind Elon Musk and Tesla https://t.co/kQbEJVUJeR — CNBC […]
Tesla Rallies to Record All-Time High Ahead of S&P 500 Inclusion
Investors in Tesla saw the company’s stock rally to an all-time high of $695 per share to close out the Friday trading day, ahead of the electric automaker’s inclusion in the S&P 500, set to begin on Monday. Shares of Tesla dipped below $637 per share at 3:45pm ET, only to rally in its final […]
Tesla Giga Berlin Halts Construction, Over Unpaid €100 Million Security Deposit
A new hold-up has occurred in Tesla’s operations in Germany, and this time there are no snakes. According to a report, released by Zeit Online (via Reddit), Tesla has halted construction at its new Grünheide factory, due to missing final approval and deposit of €100 million to the State office for the Environment (Landesamt für […]
Tesla Hits All-Time High Ahead of S&P 500 Entry, Traders Brace for Impact
Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Tesla (TSLA) will enter the S&P 500 on Monday, set to be the most dramatic entry in the index’s nearly 64-year history. According to CNBC, the trading volume shift at Friday’s close is expected to be so great, due to Tesla’s upcoming S&P entry on Monday, that $85 billion in the […]
Tesla Owns 12 GigaPress Casting Machines Says Sandy Munro [VIDEO]
We all know about Tesla’s GigaPress casting machine by this point, but according to auto expert Sandy Munro, Tesla has more of them than just the one – in fact, they have eleven more of them. In a recent interview with Munro, host All Things EV Podcast host Sean Mitchell asked Munro about Tesla’s GigaPress […]
Amazon Unveils ‘Project Kuiper’ Satellite Internet to Take on SpaceX Starlink
Amazon space hardware company Project Kuiper hopes to go head-to-head with SpaceX’s Starlink, and they have a new, low-Earth orbit user interface prototype reaching speeds up to 400 Mbps to show forth, as reported by Ars Technica. Amazon was approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch 3,236 low-Earth orbit satellites. The company utilizes […]
‘Teslanaires’ Detail How Tesla Vaulted Them into Millionaires
A new wave of millionaires have risen out of Tesla’s (TSLA) stocks this year, and many, like Brandon Smith, are cashing out after Tesla’s biggest year yet. Smith, according to Bloomberg, put $10,000 of his own savings into Tesla’s stock in late 2017, marking his first time investing in a company. Then, he would take […]
Toyota President Criticizes “Excessive Hype” Over Electric Vehicles
As legacy automakers brace themselves for the inevitable onset of sustainable transportation, many auto companies are resisting changes to the current industry – and likely to their own detriments. Thursday, Akio Toyoda, Toyota’s President, said that electric vehicles (EVs) are overhyped, including that Japan would run out of electricity in the same summer if every […]
SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch of NROL-108 Now Targeting Saturday
SpaceX has announced it is now targeting a Saturday Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-108. The undisclosed payload for the National Reconnaissance Office was close to getting off the ground today, but was scrubbed. Now, SpaceX has provided an update on the next Falcon 9 launch attempt. “To allow additional time for checkouts, now targeting […]