Key Points 🚀 SpaceX is preparing for its 80th mission of the year, launching a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. 📅 The launch is scheduled for no earlier than 11:31 p.m. ET on November 7, 2023. 🛰️ This mission will carry 23 V2 mini Starlink satellites into a 43-degree orbital…
Key Points 🚗 General Motors (GM) is pausing production of the Cruise Origin self-driving van due to safety concerns and incidents involving their driverless taxis. 🚦 The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) suspended Cruise’s license to operate driverless vehicles after a self-driving Cruise taxi was involved in an accident. 🎙️ Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt…
Key Points 🚗 Lucid Motors has adopted Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) for its electric vehicles (EVs). 🛠 Lucid will integrate Tesla’s charging port into its EVs starting in 2025 and plans to offer adapters for current charging system hardware. 😬 Tesla CEO Elon Musk believes that Lucid’s adoption of NACS may have been…
Key Points 🇸🇪 Tesla is facing an expanded strike in Sweden, with more unions joining the conflict. 🏭 The strike initially began at major ports in Malmö, Trelleborg, Gothenburg, and Södertälje and could potentially affect “all Swedish ports.” 🤝 The strike is related to a demand for Tesla to sign a collective agreement, with union…
Key Points 👁️ Elon Musk’s Neuralink is developing a “Vision Chip” to address eye conditions causing blindness. 🧠 Neuralink is known for its work on implantable brain-computer interfaces and is moving toward human trials for its v0.9 chip to address various health issues. 🌐 The vision chip aims to tackle rising eye health issues as…
Key Points 🚗 The Venetian resort in Las Vegas is offering employees a chance to win a Tesla Model 3 for working during the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix. 💼 Employees are eligible for the prize if they work all scheduled or on-call shifts from November 12, 2023, to November 20, 2023. 💰 Other prizes…
Key Points 🚗 An apparent Tesla Model 3 Highland Performance unit was spotted in the wild, featuring red brake calipers. 🔍 Deliveries of the updated Model 3, known as Project Highland, have begun, but so far, Gigafactory Shanghai produces the base RWD and Long Range AWD versions. 🏁 Hints and references to a Model 3…
Key Points 🚗 A more affordable Chevrolet Bolt is hinted at in a tentative agreement between General Motors (GM) and the United Auto Workers (UAW). 💰 The agreement includes nearly $2 billion in electric vehicle investments, with specific investments in GM’s facilities in Michigan, Kansas, and New York. 🏭 The Kansas plant is expected to…
Key Points 🔥 A fire occurred in a Tesla Megapack at the Bouldercombe big battery in Queensland, Australia during its commissioning process in late September. 🚫 The fire did not start at the Megapack’s battery modules but initially occurred on the AC side of the Megapack unit. 🔍 The analysis conducted by Tesla, Genex, and…
Key Points 📈 Tesla China experienced a 29.63% increase in vehicle insurance registrations in the week ending November 5. 🚗 The rise in registrations may be attributed to the delivery of the updated Tesla Model 3 (Highland) in late October. 📊 Vehicle insurance registration data provides insight into Tesla’s domestic sales in China. 🏭 Gigafactory…