A report on the latest in a long line of SpaceX launches significantly delayed by customer payload readiness has been updated to confirm that the satellite in question will launch on Falcon Heavy, not Falcon 9. Hughes revealed that it had selected SpaceX to launch its Maxar-built Jupiter-3 geostationary communications satellite during an industry conference on…
Twitter’s acquisition for $44 billion cannot move forward, at least until the social media company can properly provide proof of its claim that fake or spam accounts comprise less than 5% of its users. In a filing with the SEC, Twitter noted that its bot estimate came from an internal review of a sample of…
Elon Musk may be looking for a better deal with his Twitter acquisition and $44 billion may now be sounding like a price that is just a bit too high. During a tech conference called “All In” in Miami on Monday, Musk remarked that he believes 20 percent of users on the platform are fake…
Twitter stock (NYSE: TWTR) has lost all of the gains it once had during the peak of the Elon Musk acquisition saga, now trading at the same levels it did before the Tesla CEO disclosed a massive 9.1 percent ownership stake in the social media company. On April 1, 2022, Twitter shares closed at $39.31,…
Ride-sharing service Uber has launched ‘Comfort Electric,’ a new way for users to get around in style and be part of the company’s global commitment to become a zero-emissions mobility platform by 2040. Last year, Uber announced that it would be partnering with rental company Hertz to make up to 50,000 Teslas available for drivers…
Since his offer to acquire Twitter was accepted by the social media company’s board, Elon Musk has given his two cents on several issues, from the war in Ukraine to woke politics and lately, to Disney’s copyright issues. In a recent tweet, Elon Musk took a side in the somewhat controversial debate on the protection of authors’…
In a post on Sunday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk admitted that Twitter’s legal team called him out for allegedly violating a nondisclosure agreement. Musk’s update came not long after he revealed that Twitter’s sample size when it estimated the number of bots in its platform was just 100 accounts. Last week, Musk announced that he…
Electric vehicles are gaining ground in the United States despite the ongoing semiconductor shortage. Data from financial firm Experian indicates that EV registrations rose 60% in the United States in the first quarter of 2022. During Q1 2022, EV registrations hit 158,689 units, taking a record 4.6% of the overall light vehicle market. This was despite total vehicle…
Tesla appears to have gained enough Cybertruck reservations to keep its hands full for the foreseeable future. As indicated by recent observations from the Tesla community, the Cybertruck could no longer be ordered in areas such as Europe and China. The option to order the all-electric pickup truck still appears to be available for potential…
Tesla China has initiated a “recall” for over 107,000 vehicles that were produced in Gigafactory Shanghai. The recall is being done to address an issue with the affected vehicles’ infotainment systems. Vehicles affected by the recall include 107,293 Model 3 sedans and Model Y crossovers that were produced in Giga Shanghai from October 19, 2021,…