After the all-electric Model S sedan paved the way for battery-powered SUVs and crossovers, it was only a matter of time before pickup trucks would come along to share the spotlight. Rivian’s R1T hit the ground running for a while, but Tesla’s Cybertruck unveil officially started the race for worksite hauling and adventure with zero […]
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Tesla’s newest Gigafactory under construction in Texas continues to keep pace with expectations set by the company during its other building projects in Shanghai and Berlin. In doing so, the all-electric carmaker’s construction strategy looks to be quite scalable given the size of the Texas Gigafactory region is much larger than all of Tesla’s other […]
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SpaceX made history this year with its Crew Dragon Endeavor mission in becoming the first private astronaut transportation service, and now superfans can help bring a 1:35 scale version of the spacecraft used to stores as an official LEGO product. The successful mission, named DM-2 (Demo 2), hurled veteran astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley […]
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Tesla and Elon Musk, jointly named as Defendants with Omar Qazi of the former @tesla_truth Twitter account, have filed a Motion to Dismiss an ongoing lawsuit brought by Plainsite.com owner Aaron Greenspan. Greenspan, a Tesla short seller often associated with the online “$TSLAQ” community, is seeking an injunction and damages from alleged libelous activity by […]
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With Crew Dragon’s first manned launch successfully behind them and the astronauts set to return to Earth this weekend, SpaceX has a lot to be proud of these days. Their high-tech space suits donned during the mission have been a big part of what makes the company’s approach to human spaceflight so unique. Now, a […]
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NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached yet another milestone in its journey into deep space outside of our solar system by crossing a threshold of 150 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun. Each AU represents about 93 million miles, the approximate distance from our planet to our star, meaning Voyager 1 is now about 14 […]
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Tesla’s safety features are under investigation by the transportation ministry in South Korea. Specifically, the braking, steering, and Autopilot systems present in the Model 3 are being targeted for review, according to ministry officials, reported by Reuters. Tesla is also said to be cooperating in the process that could take 6-12 months to complete. This news […]
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Tesla Energy and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) have begun construction on a joint battery energy storage system (BESS) at Moss Landing in Monterey County, California. Once complete, the system’s 235 Tesla Megapack battery units will provide 730 megawatt hours (MWh) of solar and wind-generated energy to assist with periods of high consumer demand. […]
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Lucid Motors just introduced DreamDrive, the startup’s version of a Tesla-style Autopilot for their upcoming luxury electric vehicles. Described as a Level 2 autonomous driving program, the advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) will be included with the company’s first Lucid Air sedans set to be delivered to customers in 2021. “DreamDrive will offer the most comprehensive […]
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is ready for launch after completing a half-mile journey from the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) to the LC-41 launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. “Our Atlas V rocket has arrived at its Cape Canaveral pad for Thursday’s launch to Mars,” ULA’s official live blog announced. “Over the […]
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