Teslas and other electric cars may very well enter a golden age of sorts in the United States, if a newly-proposed bill makes it through. Dubbed as the Electric CARS Act, the bill aims to update the EV tax credit by extending it for ten years and removing the number of eligible vehicles per manufacturer.…
During the Q4 FY 2020 earnings call, Elon Musk remarked that the Tesla Model X refresh would be released a little later than the Model S refresh, which would be delivered sometime in February. If recent sightings around Tesla’s electric vehicle plant in California are any indication, however, it appears that the flagship SUV may…
A leaked Elon Musk email recently revealed that parts supply issues gave Tesla the opportunity to bring the Fremont Factory’s production down. There were rumors that Tesla shut down production lines in Fremont before the email’s leak, which may have worried people who were closely watching the company. The recently leaked Elon Musk email provided…
According to recent Twitter comments from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, SpaceX’s satellite internet service, Starlink, could be launched in a more portable form in the future. During a recent conversation on the social media platform, Musk acknowledged that the idea of a Starlink “Mini” that’s designed around portability would be a good idea. Spaceflight photographer…
Elon Musk says that “much higher download speeds” will be seen by SpaceX’s thousands of Starlink users as the company starts introducing “system updates.” The upgrade is a sign that Starlink consumers can see the dividends of infrastructure upgrades, just the latest of the many ways that SpaceX’s first consumer-facing offering continues to leapfrog stalwart,…
From February 22nd to March 7th, Tesla stopped its Model 3 production line at its California production facility, more commonly known as the Fremont factory, according to a recent report. Someone familiar with the matter suggested that for about two weeks, Model 3 lines would be shut down, with the stop starting this past Monday…
Tesla’s efforts to produce the Model S refresh seem to be making some headway, with recent videos of the Fremont Factory showing what could very well be the first production units of the all-electric flagship sedan. While Tesla’s deliveries for the Model S refresh are looking to be a bit later than Elon Musk’s February…
Tesla seems to have begun to make some preparations that will make it easier for drivers to enter multiple vehicles. Latest findings from noted Tesla owner-hacker @greentheonly, who discovered that the EV manufacturer is looking to move user profile items to the cloud. Users may effectively access any Tesla with such a system in place…
In the fight against climate change, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Tesla CEO Elon Musk may be aligned, but the two visionaries are known to disagree on different topics. Among these is the viability of large all-electric vehicles such as the Tesla Semi, which, due to factors such as battery weight, Gates thinks is impractical.…
This coming October, four civilians will launch in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket. 38-year-old Jared Isaacman, an experienced pilot and the founder and CEO of Shift4Payments, a credit card processing company, will command the mission. Three other civilians, the first of which was recently verified, will join the entrepreneur in…