Following reports that Gigafactory Shanghai would be taking a two-day break amidst China’s strengthening Covid restrictions, Tesla noted on Thursday that it was doing its best to keep production going at its electric vehicle factory. The two-day pause in Giga Shanghai’s operations was related in a notice that was sent both internally and to the…
After rapidly stacking Ship 20 and Booster 4 the evening prior, SpaceX appears to have begun testing a fully stacked Starship rocket for the first time ever. Though the test SpaceX subjected Starship to was by no means ambitious and in spite of the fact that it no longer appears that Ship 20 and Booster…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently revealed something extremely exciting: he is currently working on Master Plan, Part 3. Musk’s Master Plan, two of which have already been published over the years, outlines his primary long-term goals for Tesla, as the company evolves from a simple startup automaker to something much more. Musk’s first Master Plan…
Tesla owners in Taiwan turned to the country’s Consumer Foundation for alleged issues with their electric vehicles’ batteries. On Wednesday, March 16, the Foundation held a press conference with Tesla owners present, discussing some of the findings in their investigation. The Consumer Foundation’s Secretary-General, Hsu Tse-yu, stated that several Tesla owners bought their all-electric vehicles to…
Tesla Giga Berlin seems ready to open next week despite missing some requirements. Economics Minister Jörg Steinbach (SPD) is confident Tesla will process all its requirements and ancillary conditions soon. “We have no indication that there will be any delay in the processing of these requirements and ancillary conditions within these 14 days,” said Steinbach…
Volkswagen’s Herbert Diess took the time to shout out Tesla Giga Texas during his visit to Austin for the South by Southwest festival this weekend. Tesla Gigafactory Texas has been getting a lot of attention lately as it prepares to start production on the Model Y. Tesla’s Austin factory has recently received a few notable…
Tesla’s online approach of selling direct-to-consumer is inspiring others. According to the Wall Street Journal, “As car companies go electric, some are trying to wrest control from dealers on how those vehicles will be priced and sold, aiming to make the experience closer to the direct-selling model used by Tesla.” “We looked at the competition that had…
The US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has confirmed that its next spy satellite is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the same day the company is planning to launch four NASA and ESA astronauts. Following SpaceX’s flawless NROL-87 spy satellite launch last month, the NRO has announced that the company is…
Former Tesla President of Heavy Duty Truck Jerome Guillen has found his new calling as an “Investor, Advisor” at Los Gatos, California-based Full Speed Automation, after leaving the electric automaker last Summer. In June 2021, Tesla announced the departure of Guillen in an 8-K filing with the SEC. “As of June 3, 2021, Jerome Guillen, President, Tesla…
A Tesla hacker has discovered language in Software Update 2022.8.2 that seems to indicate a Model Y Standard Range+ variant will be rolling out from Gigafactory Texas initially, as deliveries are set to begin soon. Last week, it was confirmed that a new Model Y variant packing just 279 miles of range was added to…