Archive: Tesla News

By Simon Alvarez Posted on January 8, 2020 Longtime Tesla critic and former GM vice chairman Bob Lutz has surprisingly acknowledged the progress of the electric car maker and Elon Musk. As TSLA stock surged to record highs and approached the $500 per share barrier, Lutz finally gave the company and its CEO some recognition, […]

By Randell Suba Posted on January 7, 2020 Tesla officially opened the floodgates in China as it made its first mass delivery of locally-made Model 3 on Tuesday during an event at Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai. The electric car maker also announced the kick-off of its Model Y program in the country. CEO Elon Musk […]

By Eric Ralph Posted on January 8, 2020 SpaceX has kicked off a record-breaking 2020 launch manifest with a spectacular combination of Starlink satellites and a Falcon 9 rocket, the first of perhaps two dozen such launches planned this year alone. Falcon 9 booster B1049 supported the mission, becoming the second SpaceX rocket ever to […]

By Joey Klender Posted on January 7, 2020 Tesla CEO Elon Musk spoke of new “advanced manufacturing technologies” for the Model Y crossover at the company’s Model 3 event in Shanghai. “Model Y will also have some advanced manufacturing technology that we will reveal in the future. I think it will be exciting to show […]

By Joey Klender Posted on January 7, 2020 An owner of both a Tesla Model 3 Standard Range+ and a Chevrolet Duramax pickup truck pitted the two vehicles against each other in a tug-of-war to see what car would come out victorious. YouTuber Michael of the lowlifeduramax YouTube channel decided to continue a string of […]

By Randell Suba Posted on January 7, 2020 “Alexa, let’s do a Tank Turn.” Rivian owners may find themselves uttering such commands in the future while operating their R1T pickup and R1S SUV, as the adventure EV manufacturer announced the integration of Amazon’s voice assistant to its vehicle lineup.  Rivian also announced plans to directly […]

By Joey Klender Posted on January 7, 2020 The German state of Brandenburg is seemingly becoming the target of several auto manufacturers after Tesla announced its plans to build its Gigafactory 4 facility in the region. “We are seeing the traditional German manufacturers, who are opening up more to new technologies, asking whether it is […]

By Randell Suba Posted on January 7, 2020 Tesla started clearing trees on the site where Gigafactory 4 will be built, and while there have been no World War II bombs discovered yet, CEO Elon Musk and his team might encounter an unlikely problem in the forest in Grunheide — endangered bat species that are […]

By Eric Ralph Posted on January 7, 2020 NASA has published a new SpaceX photo of the next Crew Dragon spacecraft scheduled for launch and confirmed that the mission is now scheduled to lift off on a Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than (NET) January 18th. Known as an In-Flight Abort (IFA) test, the exceptionally […]

By Eric Ralph Posted on January 6, 2020 Update: After spinning itself around its vertical axis a bit like a propeller, SpaceX’s expendable Falcon 9 upper stage has successfully released a massive stack of 60 Starlink v1.0 satellites for the second time in two months. Designing to tolerate the occasional bump during their bizarre deployment, […]