For two decades now, the mainstream press has been feeding peoples’ natural skepticism about new technology, dismissing electric vehicles as a quaint fad that will never “catch on.” Now that EV sales are soaring in Europe, Volkswagen and GM are getting serious about electrification, and a new US president has put protecting the environment on the priority list, national newspapers and TV…
The prospect of a revised design of the Model S and Model X is one of the more common Tesla rumors that has made its way through the community. Since their launch in 2012 and 2015, the two cars have seen very slight cosmetic changes. Although they contribute to the quarterly sales and distribution figures…
Former Industry Minister Miao Wei said when Tesla was planning to join the electric vehicle market with a wholly-owned factory in China that the American EV manufacturer’s influence would result in a “Catfish Effect” on the electric car industry in the region. It seems like Miao’s comments are turning up to be precise, just over…
Economic Development Queensland (EDQ) recently announced a landmark deal with Tesla for the use of its Powerwall 2 batteries in a massive sustainability community project. The initiative aims to establish the first government-backed community in Australia that is 100% powered by solar energy and batteries. The project would involve 80 homes in the Brisbane suburb…
Tesla has added several employment opportunities related to the production of the all-electric Semi to its Careers website at Gigafactory 1 in Sparks, Nevada. The jobs, a Supervisor of Maintenance and Manufacturing Equipment Engineer, are both located at Gigafactory 1, Tesla’s production facility in Nevada. Gigafactory 1 is Tesla’s first production facility, and builds electric…
While delayed from Friday to Saturday, SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 launch still appears to be on track to obliterate the world’s current record for most satellites launched on a single rocket. Currently set at 104 satellites by an Indian PSLV rocket launch in 2017, all signs point to SpaceX beating that record by almost 50% on its…
Elon Musk has announced a new $100 million prize to whoever can provide the “best carbon capture technology,” the Tesla CEO Tweeted on Thursday night. Musk’s Tesla has aimed to reduce carbon emissions through passenger transportation, a project that has resulted in the adoption of electric vehicles and over 3.6 million tons of CO2 saved by the…
A recent flyover of Tesla’s Fremont production factory in Northern California has revealed the first looks at the all-too-elusive Giga Press as it was spotted in action. The Giga Press is a machine Tesla is installing at its manufacturing plants to increase production efficiency and improve vehicle build quality. A flyover of the plant from…
SpaceX’s reign as the only privately funded American spaceflight company to reach and successfully deploy small satellite payloads into orbit ended on January 21, 2018, when Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket delivered three customer CubeSats to orbit for the first time. SpaceX and Rocket Lab have since been the only private American companies to offer dedicated…
Tesla has taken the top prize in consumer intelligence company J.D. Power’s first-ever Electric Vehicle Ownership Study. The study dove into the top electric vehicles available in the U.S. and aimed to “set the standard for benchmarking EV owner satisfaction.” After diving into the quickly-growing electric vehicle community by noting that 27% of U.S. consumers were…