After helping electric vehicle (EV) drivers of Ukraine and surrounding areas with free charging since March, Tesla officially plans to reinstate fees at its Superchargers. Tesla plans to begin charging idling and charging fees once again at Superchargers in Poland and Slovakia, as detailed in a letter to customers shared this month (via Reddit). The […]
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine goes on, Elon Musk’s company SpaceX’s Starlink internet is keeping many connected throughout the country. SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service has around 150,000 active users per day in Ukraine, according to a Ukrainian official on Monday (via Twitter). Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation, @Mykhailo Fedorov, […]
The U.S. Department of Defense is taking notes on SpaceX putting a halt to Russia’s electromagnetic warfare in Ukraine. Pentagon officials said the U.S. government can learn a lot from private companies like SpaceX when it comes to responses against electromagnetic warfare, as detailed during the C4ISRNet Conference on Wednesday. Director of the Air Force’s […]
Ukraine is now using over 10,000 Starlink dishes to stay online amidst Russia’s ongoing invasion of the country. The news comes from Alex Bornyakov, the country’s deputy minister of digital transformation, speaking to the Washington Post earlier on Tuesday in a video interview (via PCMag). “So, right now, it’s more than 10,000 units in Ukraine,” […]
Responding to an article from digital news outlet Slashdot outlining Russia’s apparent hacking of thousands of Ukrainian satellite modems that accompanied its invasion of Ukraine, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Friday said Starlink, the company’s satellite internet service, has so far overcome all hacking and jamming attempts in Ukraine. California-based Viasat, a rival satellite broadband […]
According to unnamed sources familiar with Starlink’s operations in Ukraine, there are now more than 5,000 terminals of SpaceX’s satellite broadband service active in the country — reports The Washington Post. Starlink is a high-speed broadband service from SpaceX that connects to a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) and is designed to […]
Just three days after receiving its third batch of Starlink terminals from SpaceX and Elon Musk, Ukraine has received a fourth shipment of hardware from the latter. Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation, made the announcement on Friday afternoon. “A new batch of Starlink stations! While Russia is blocking access […]
Another batch of SpaceX Starlink terminals have arrived in Ukraine, according to Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation on Tuesday. “A new batch of Starlink stations is already in Ukraine! Technology is our future. Today it helps Ukrainians! It helps the new good to defeat the old evil. Ukraine is […]
Jared Isaacman, commander of the Polaris Program, with the rest of his Polaris Dawn team coordinated the donation of nine SpaceX Starlink terminals to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s humanitarian efforts in Ukraine, the institution said on Monday. We are humbled to share 9 @SpaceX Starlink units were donated to our clinic & foundation partners […]
In one of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s stranger politically-related encounters on Twitter, the billionaire has reached out to the Kremlin about a potential solution to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Musk challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to single combat on Monday, wagering that the stakes of the fight are Ukraine. In a tweet using Russian […]
With SpaceX and Tesla supporting Ukraine with Starlink internet and Powerwalls against the invasion from Russia, one Tesla owner is going all-in their support for the nation under attack. According to David F. from Edinburgh, United Kingdom on Facebook, he has shared pictures of his Model 3 with a custom ‘Free Ukraine’ wrap, turning the […]
Ukrainian Tesla employees who are asked to return to join the defensive against Russian forces will be paid for at least three months, according to a letter sent to employees in Europe, the Middle East and Africa obtained by CNBC. Following the initial three-month period, Tesla will reevaluate the Russian war on Ukraine and their […]
Last month, SpaceX enabled Starlink satellite internet in Ukraine shortly being asked by the government, whose nation is under invasion by Russia. Just days after, the first truckload of Starlink terminals arrived in Ukraine, allowing the country’s officials and more to connect to the SpaceX satellite constellation in the skies. On Wednesday, Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s […]
SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell says the company worked for weeks to get approval for Starlink internet in Ukraine, prior to the country tweeting at CEO Elon Musk just days after Russia began invading, according to Space News. In a talk for the California Institute of Technology on March 7, Shotwell said “We had been working […]
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recently had a video conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during which the latter invited Musk to visit Ukraine after the war is over. Ukraine is currently being invaded by Russia. Tensions heightened on Friday after Ukraine said Russian forces attacked a nuclear power plant in the southeast part […]
