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SpaceX’s Starship Mk1 rocket already has three Raptors installed, says Elon Musk

By Eric Ralph Posted on September 23, 2019 In a few late-night tweets, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk offered a rare view inside the company’s Boca Chica Starship fabrication building and revealed that technicians had already installed all three Raptor engines on Starship Mk1. SpaceX is in the midst of a frenetic few weeks of activity […]

Tesla’s Dog Mode helps Model S owner win animal cruelty charge

By Joey Klender Posted on September 23, 2019 A man in Ireland has recently been cleared of animal welfare charges thanks to Tesla’s Dog Mode after local police were called on him for leaving his dog in his Model S on a hot day. Ross Hunt, of Blackrock, Dublin left his Poodle, Loki, in his […]

SpaceX begins launch pad upgrades for Starship flight tests in Texas and Florida

By Eric Ralph Posted on September 23, 2019 Beneath the buzz of Starship Mk1’s glamorous wing installation, SpaceX has begun installing new launch pad hardware meant to support the spacecraft’s first flights, several components of which have been in Boca Chica for more than a year. Simultaneously, SpaceX broke ground on a complimentary Starship launch […]

Tesla vs Porsche: Inside the emerging Nurburgring EV arms race

By Simon Alvarez Posted on September 22, 2019 The results of Tesla’s brief time in Germany’s famed Nürburgring racetrack were impressive. During their stay, Tesla’s two Model S “Plaid” powertrain prototypes showcased great potential, at one point finishing a hand-timed lap of 7 minutes 23 seconds, about 20 seconds faster than the Porsche Taycan, a […]

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk dubbed ‘most inspiring’ leader in tech

By Simon Alvarez Posted on September 21, 2019 A recent survey involving over 3,600 workers in the tech sector has revealed that SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is the “most inspiring” leader in the industry for 2019. Following Musk were other tech titans from some of the world’s largest companies, including Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, […]

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is pushing the envelope of parachute engineering, says NASA

By Eric Ralph Posted on September 20, 2019 On September 17th, a NASA blog post praised the progress SpaceX has made with Crew Dragon’s parachute system, indicating that the company is actually pushing the state of the art forward with improved modeling after dozens of tests. Both before and after SpaceX completed Crew Dragon’s flawless […]

Tesla invites UFOs to Supercharge amid day of Area 51 raid

By Joey Klender Posted on September 20, 2019 Humans and extraterrestrials in the vicinity of the top-secret government facility Area 51 will have access to a special Tesla Supercharger in Nevada today, the company stated in a Twitter announcement. After social media movement over the past few months suggested that a raid would take place […]

First look at Tesla’s Caraoke in action

By Simon Alvarez Posted on September 20, 2019 Tesla’s V10 update is filled with new features, and a number of them are designed to enhance a car’s fun factor. From Netflix and YouTube streaming through Tesla Theater to a cool new run and gun game in the form of Cuphead, the electric car maker appears […]

Tesla owner shares best look yet at Model 3’s Pedestrian Warning System

By Joey Klender Posted on September 20, 2019 Tesla’s recently added noisemaker is beginning to get its first looks as a YouTuber recently gave an in-depth look at his Model 3 and the sounds his vehicle emits when moving forward and backward at low speed. The noisemakers have been fitted on the Silicon Valley-based company’s […]

Daimler abandons internal combustion engine development to focus on EVs

By Simon Alvarez Posted on September 19, 2019 In a rather surprising announcement, German automaker Daimler has revealed that it will be stopping its internal combustion engine development initiatives as part of its efforts to embrace electric vehicles.  The update was announced by Daimler development chief Markus Schaefer. According to a recent report from veteran […]