Archive: Tesla News

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, […]

By Joey Klender Posted on January 6, 2020 Tesla CEO Elon Musk is currently en route to Shanghai to attend the Made-in-China Model 3’s upcoming delivery event at Gigafactory 3. Tesla China has recently announced that the second batch of MIC Model 3 deliveries will be held on Tuesday, January 7. Unlike the first batch […]

By Jamie Groh Posted on January 6, 2020 SpaceX is less than five hours away from kicking off a jam-packed year of rocket launches and landings, a Starlink internet satellite launch that will be both SpaceX and the world’s first orbital launch of the new decade. The company’s second operational Starlink mission – Starlink V1 […]

By Joey Klender Posted on January 6, 2020 The Tesla Cybertruck has been subjected to many nods of both praise and criticism. But as we begin the new year and a new decade, we can mark another tally in the vehicle’s “Praise” section, as Automobile Magazine has named the electric pickup truck from Tesla as […]

By Randell Suba Posted on January 6, 2020 Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrived in Shanghai on Tuesday a few hours before the scheduled Model 3 delivery event at Gigafactory 3. The Tesla chief arrived at the Gigafactory in China on a midnight silver Model X and was welcomed by local executives and staff. The ceremony […]

By Eric Ralph Posted on January 5, 2020 SpaceX has successfully fired up a Falcon 9 rocket for the first time in 2020, setting the company up for the first of potentially dozens of Starlink launches over the next 12 months. On the afternoon of January 4th, SpaceX loaded Falcon 9 with hundreds of tons […]

By Randell Suba Posted on January 5, 2020 Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that a future over-the-air software update for Sentry Mode will enable Model 3’s in-cabin camera to protect against vehicle break-ins. A tiny camera located above the rearview mirror will begin to record video and sound of unauthorized intruders when triggered. The […]

By Joey Klender Posted on January 5, 2020 An Austrian engineering firm claims they can make the widely popular Tesla Model 3 cheaper with twice the range but at half the cost Obrist Powertrain’s Tesla Model 3 Plug-in Hybrid conversion called the “Obrist Mark II” will support a range of 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) through […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on January 5, 2020 It takes a pretty bold company and CEO to create and release such a unique vehicle like the Cybertruck to the market. It also takes an equally bold group of enthusiasts to dedicate a whole month’s worth of time and effort to recreate such a crazy vehicle. […]

By Randell Suba Posted on January 5, 2020 Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that a future over-the-air software update for Sentry Mode will enable Model 3’s in-cabin camera to protect against vehicle break-ins. A tiny camera located above the rearview mirror will begin to record video and sound of unauthorized intruders when triggered. The […]