The Royal Caribbean Group’s first solar-powered cruise terminal will have eight EV charging stations. The cruise line plans to open the world’s first zero-energy cruise terminal at the Port of Galveston in Texas on November 9. The new cruise terminal will generate 100% of its energy from 30,000 square feet of on-site photovoltaic solar panels. Royal Caribbean…
Tesla “is a solution to the economy,” Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood said in an interview with Yahoo! Finance today. Wood noted that innovation will help solve the problems with supply chain issues as well as the food and energy crisis. “There’s been an accelerated consumer preference towards electric vehicles, like Tesla, because of oil prices. And we think there’s…
A new material used in the Cadillac Lyriq and made by Ascend Performance Materials is designed to make electric vehicles 80% quieter. Noise Vibration and Harshness (NVH) material has long been used in the automotive industry to limit the factors that make up its name; noise, vibration, and harshness. Automakers can make their vehicles significantly…
Mercedes Benz, Stellantis, Siemens, and TotalEnergies have agreed to a joint venture to construct three gigafactories in Europe to aid electric vehicle manufacturing. Since the recent European energy crisis, electric vehicles have grown in demand from consumers, corporations, and even governments. And this deal, worth roughly 7 billion euros ($6.79 billion), looks to address that.…
European Union (EU) officials are set to discuss the “discriminatory” Inflation Reduction Act with the U.S. this week, hoping to gain access to potential tax breaks or subsidies for European-built vehicles that are only available to automakers that build their vehicles in North America. EU officials have called the Inflation Reduction Act discriminatory because it disqualifies foreign…
SpaceX announced the first two crew members of Starship’s second commercial spaceflight around the Moon. Entrepreneur Dennis Tito and his wife, Akiko, purchased seats on a private trip on Starship. The couple joined SpaceX’s mission to contribute to its long-term goal of advancing human spaceflight and helping to make life multi-planetary, SpaceX said in its update. https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1580187420015722496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1580187420015722496%7Ctwgr%5Ea8103167a515b499b9b49b2a9af036dc49939c8f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.teslarati.com%2Fspacex-starship-2nd-commercial-spaceflight%2F…
Tesla saves an estimated $114 per car by removing ultrasonic sensors (USS) and switching to its Tesla Vision, according to a cost breakdown analysis by Munro Live’s Mike Lane. In October, Tesla announced that it is replacing its USS with Tesla Vision by removing them from the Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. “With today’s software, this approach gives Autopilot high-definition…
For the first time in more than six months, SpaceX has stacked both stages of its next-generation Starship rocket, creating the largest and most powerful launch vehicle ever fully assembled. It’s not the first time. SpaceX has conducted three other ‘full-stack’ Starship demonstrations: once in August 2021 and again in February and March 2022. But…
As it turns out, Elon Musk was not kidding when he stated that the Tesla Model Y could be the world’s best-selling vehicle, period. Despite its premium price and its lack of traditional luxury amenities, the all-electric crossover continues to make an impact in several key automotive markets, including China, the world’s largest electric vehicle…
Noted political scientist and Eurasia Group founder Ian Bremmer claimed on Tuesday that Elon Musk had spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ways to resolve the Ukraine war not long before he posted a controversial and much-criticized public proposal on how to end the conflict. Musk, however, has denied Bremmer’s claims. Bremmer’s claims were…