Archive: Tesla News

By Gene Posted on March 23, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Elon Musk has deleted Tesla and SpaceX’s company Facebook pages after the serial tech entrepreneur was prompted by a viral movement on Twitter to stop using Facebook and deleting the app from people’s personal devices. What first started as a sarcastic response […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 23, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Details of the pre-production variant of Porsche’s rival to the Tesla Model S, the Mission E, was recently revealed in the German carmaker’s Annual & Sustainability report for 2017. The images of the Mission E pre-production units reveal similarities and changes […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 22, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Tesla’s 100 MW/129MWh Powerpack system near Jamestown in South Australia is proving to be so quick in providing backup power to the energy grid that 30-40% of the services it provides end up unpaid. The electric car and energy company claims […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 22, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Tesla CEO Elon Musk just shared what could very well be the Model X’s most impressive and most insane feat yet — pulling roughly 250,000-pounds (125 tons) worth of muck and rail cars out of a Boring Co. tunnel. Musk’s video […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 22, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave a brief update on the Model 3 in right-hand-drive (RHD) configuration for the UK, stating that the variant would likely be available mid-2019. During Musk’s early Thursday Twitter session, Tom Kiss, one of his followers, asked […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 22, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Tesla has made it to LinkedIn’s list of top companies that American professionals want to work for, placing 5th and outranking massive firms such as Apple and The Walt Disney Company. Companies who were considered in LinkedIn’s rankings were evaluated based […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 20, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Elon Musk’s The Boring Company has outlasted all but one of its competitors in its bid to create a downtown Chicago-O’Hare tunnel system. All that remains between what could potentially be the tunneling startup’s first big contract is O’Hare Xpress LLC […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 20, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Would-be Tesla owners can now use Apple Pay to reserve or place a downpayment on their vehicles. The new mobile payment option allows prospective Model 3 buyers to place a reservation through an iOS or Mac device. Model S and X […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 21, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Shareholders voted to approve Tesla’s new performance award for CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday, allowing the electric car maker and energy company to keep the billionaire entrepreneur as its head for the next decade. With Musk’s $2.6-billion pay plan approved, Tesla […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 21, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Tesla has deployed its Powerpack batteries to the Philippines, helping a local solar company construct a 2MW/2MWh micro-grid for the town of Paluan, which has been suffering from notorious power outages for years. The project went online back in December, giving […]