Archive: Tesla News

By Joey Klender Posted on December 10, 2019 Veteran American automaker General Motors and Korean battery technology company LG Chem have announced a $2.3 billion partnership that would begin the development of electric car batteries. The joint venture will bring a new battery manufacturing plant to Lordstown, Ohio. Lordstown was previously the location of a […]

By Randell Suba Posted on December 9, 2019 Tesla’s Made-in-China Model 3 units are filling up the parking lot of the Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai, a sign that the electric car maker has ramped up its production after receiving a permit from the government to sell and deliver its locally-made electric cars to customers across […]

By Simon Alvarez Posted on December 8, 2019 When former CTO JB Straubel announced that he would be taking more of an advisory role in Tesla and that he would be stepping down from his day-to-day responsibilities as the electric car maker’s Chief Technology Officer, he provided a firm assurance that he was not “disappearing” […]

By Jamie Groh Posted on December 8, 2019 The day after questions arose around the targeted launch date of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort test (IFA), SpaceX and NASA have officially set the date for the spacecraft’s next major flight test. .@NASA & @SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Jan. 4 for an In-Flight Abort […]

By Randell Suba Posted on December 9, 2019 Tesla has begun sending Premium Connectivity expiration warnings to car owners following a wave of email notifications over the weekend about the in-car data subscription for $9.99 a month that starts this coming January 2020. Redditor u/_danthevan shared a screenshot on the r/Teslamotors subreddit featuring a notice […]

By Eric Ralph Posted on December 9, 2019 On December 5th, SpaceX pulled off a flawless Falcon 9 booster debut in support of the Cargo Dragon spacecraft’s CRS-19 space station resupply mission, marking the first launch of a new booster in months. Remote camera views of yesterdays #SpaceX #Falcon9 launch of the #CRS19 mission to […]

By Gene Posted on December 8, 2019 The unmistakable Tesla Cybertruck was caught on video late Saturday evening in Los Angeles, giving us our best real-world look at what the future might hold. Driving down an uncharacteristically empty 405 freeway in Southern California, the stainless steel “Exoskeleton” of Tesla’s first all-electric pickup truck – rather, […]

By Randell Suba Posted on December 8, 2019 Transport trucks carrying Tesla’s Made-in-China Model 3 were spotted leaving the company’s Gigafactory 3 production facility in Shanghai, presumably on their way to customer delivery centers. The sighting comes on the heels of Tesla’s inclusion in the list of electric vehicles that qualify for government incentives and […]

By Randell Suba Posted on December 8, 2019 Tesla Cybertruck prototype was caught in the wild near LAX airport in Los Angeles, also marking the first time the all-electric pickup truck was spotted with its tow hitch exposed. Tesla enthusiast Cody Simms saw the Cybertruck during his commute near Lincoln boulevard and shared his snapshot on […]

By Joey Klender Posted on December 8, 2019 Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that  the all-terrain vehicle (ATV) the company unveiled in the Cybertruck event will be released around the same time as the all-electric pickup. The Cybertruck’s Dual-Motor and Tri-Motor variants will begin production in late 2021, with the Single Motor RWD trim […]