When considering the transition from gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles to electric, it is easy to see the disruption this will bring to the auto industry, where fewer workers are required to construct an electrical motor than a fossil fuel powered engine. But it goes further than that. We won’t need people (or machines) who make…
General Motors CEO Mary Barra says the Detroit automaker is “absolutely” capable of catching Tesla’s EV market share in the United States by 2025. The GM CEO said the company’s expanding lineup of electric vehicles would help it accelerate its sales and ultimately catch Tesla’s dominating sales figures for the U.S. market. With the GMC…
Lucid Group has confirmed that it will deliver the first Air Dream Edition all-electric sedans on Saturday, October 30, with an exclusive Dream Delivery event in California. After starting production of the Lucid Air last month at its production facility in Casa Grande, Arizona, Lucid has now confirmed that it will launch the rollout of its first-ever…
In a recent appearance at CNBC’s Squawk Box, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) bull and legendary long-term investor Ron Baron explained several key aspects of Tesla’s business and why the company’s stock is worth holding for a very long time. He also shared what he believes are the biggest short-term risks being faced by Musk’s companies today. Baron’s namesake…
Seven years after Russian bureaucrat and oligarch Dmitry Rogozin – faced with economic sanctions in response to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine – suggested that the US send its astronauts to orbit with a trampoline, Rogozin – now head of Roscosms – says that his space agency has deemed that ‘trampoline’ safe enough to carry…
Tesla Megapacks will store power for the 50MW/75MWh Wallgrove battery in New South Wales (NSW). Transgrid subsidiary Lumea will build the Wallgrove battery in western Sydney. Tesla Megapacks will enable the Wallgrove battery to deliver “synthetic inertia” to the local grid. The big battery will also operate in virtual machine mode, according to Renew Economy. The…
Tesla Giga Berlin’s paint colors were recently revealed via the company’s mobile app. Tesla App update 4.2.1 teased the first three paint colors available for Giga Berlin vehicles. Tesla plans to produce the Model Y first at Giga Berlin. Within the source code of the Tesla App’s recent update were also references to three new…
In a recent appearance at CNBC’s Squawk Box, NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy doubled down on her criticism of Tesla’s driver-assist systems. The head of the US National Transportation Safety Board’s recent comments came just a day after Homendy sent a letter to Tesla CEO Elon Musk about why the EV maker has not responded to recommendations issued by…
The future of autonomous vehicles is almost a certainty, but for people with seizures and epilepsy who are dependent and reliant on having transportation for their day-to-day activities, it is anything but. The self-driving cars of the future could offer independence and freedom for those who are not legally able to obtain a driver’s license…
Right on schedule, SpaceX has rolled a new Crew Dragon spacecraft to the pad for its first astronaut launch. Known as Crew-3, the mission – SpaceX and NASA’s third operational astronaut launch and second ‘crew rotation’ – is scheduled to launch as early as 2:21 am EDT (06:21 UTC) on Halloween (Sunday, October 31st) after…