Archive: Tesla News

By Eric Ralph Posted on November 11, 2019 SpaceX is set for Falcon 9’s first orbital launch in more than three months. Known as Starlink-1, the mission will launch the company’s heaviest satellite payload ever and feature an impressive array of Falcon 9 booster and fairing reusability milestones. Starlink vertical on the pad pic.twitter.com/WuiB1piKcK — […]

By Eric Ralph Posted on November 11, 2019 For the first time ever, SpaceX has successfully launched and landed the same Falcon 9 booster on four separate orbital-class missions, pushing the rocket’s Block 5 upgrade one step closer to realizing its ambitious design goals. Falcon 9 first stage has landed on the Of Course I […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on November 10, 2019 It is pretty interesting to note that the Tesla Model 3 Performance is actually the electric car maker’s most conservative Performance-branded vehicle in its lineup. Without a special launch feature like Ludicrous Mode, the Model 3 Performance relies on its raw power in straight-line races. Yet, despite […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on November 10, 2019 When Elon Musk unveiled the next-generation Tesla Roadster back in 2017, he stated that the all-electric supercar, for all its speed and specs, will be a practical vehicle. A recently-shared unboxing video of the new Tesla Roadster’s 1:18 diecast model suggests that Musk’s words may actually ring […]

By Joey Klender Posted on November 8, 2019 The Rivian R1T pickup truck and R1S sport-utility vehicle will be on display for public viewing at the Fully Charged LIVE North America event in Austin, Texas on February 1-2. Fully Charged is a well-known YouTube channel focusing on electric vehicles and sustainable energy. While the show […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on November 8, 2019 George Hotz of comma.ai sees his open-sourced driver-assist system openpilot as the Android of the full self-driving market. While Tesla’s Autopilot system is much like Apple’s iOS in the way that it is confined to the electric car maker’s parameters, openpilot allows owners to dig deeper into […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on November 8, 2019 Following a note to his investors alleging that Elon Musk continues to commit fraud, prominent TSLA short and hedge fund manager David Einhorn has received a response from the Tesla CEO. Musk’s letter, which he shared on Twitter, appears to be a snarky olive branch that offers […]

By Eric Ralph Posted on November 8, 2019 In anticipation of SpaceX’s imminent Starlink-1 launch, drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) departed Port Canaveral on November 7th and is now on its way out into the Atlantic Ocean for Falcon 9’s first booster landing attempt in months. In a possible first, the […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on October 3, 2019 Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) third-quarter results set new production and vehicle delivery records for the electric car maker. With a total of 96,155 electric cars produced and about 97,000 delivered between July and September, as well as an update that revealed that the company achieved record net orders in […]

By Joey Klender Posted on October 3, 2019 An owner of a Tesla Model X tested the distance that he would be able to utilize the new “Smart Summon” feature from, and the results were quite impressive. Smart Summon is turning into a rather most polarizing feature of the V10 software update. People have been […]