Tesla is priming itself to overtake the entire luxury-car sector after passing Audi for fourth place in registrations in 2020 for the category. Tesla registered 200,561 new registrations in 2020, passing Audi for fourth on the list. Tesla had its biggest year in 2020 internally. After producing over 509,000 vehicles and delivering just under 500,000 […]
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This past Saturday, Elon Musk posted what could very well be his most unexpected tweet yet by inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to a conversation using Clubhouse, a drop-in voice conference app. In a follow-up tweet, Musk added that speaking with the Russian president would be a great honor. Needless to say, Musk’s request seemed […]
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After two Starship prototypes aced their high-altitude launch debuts only to suffer last-second landing failures for unique reasons, SpaceX is gearing up for a third launch as early as this week. Crucially, though Elon Musk’s levelheaded realism (or pessimism) has often seemed to underestimate the actual odds of success, the SpaceX CEO is substantially more […]
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The United States Patent Office has approved Tesla’s revolutionary electromagnetic wiper design for the next-gen Roadster, documents show. U.S. Patent Office documents reveal that patent number 10,889,267, the “electromagnetic windshield wiper design system” submitted by Tesla on March 5th, 2018, has been approved. Tesla published the patent over a year later on September 5th, 2019, […]
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Tesla will establish its presence in India with a production facility in Karnataka, a state located in the southwest region of the country, according to Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa. Tesla India Production Plant It has been widely speculated that Tesla’s next foreign production plant would be set up in India. For years, Indian fans […]
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Tesla’s “Refreshed” version of the Model Y crossover is hitting U.S. showrooms. The 2021 version of the all-electric crossover is equipped with many of the same features as the Model 3 “Refresh” that was rolled out last year. After initial revisions were spotted in China, the new-and-improved interior arrived at U.S. showrooms. Just nine months […]
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Tesla is starting to offer the option to purchase its all-electric Model 3 and Model Y vehicles at the conclusion of a leasing period in some markets in Europe and Asia. For some time, Tesla has not allowed owners to purchase their cars at the end of a leasing period. The car is to be […]
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Elon Musk may be waging a battle of sorts against the fossil fuel sector with Tesla, with its electric vehicles and energy products being designed to render their polluting counterparts obsolete. But inasmuch as Tesla’s mission is to push the world away from fossil fuels, the CEO has recently revealed that he is not actually […]
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Elon Musk has long been a proponent of a carbon tax, which imposes a fee for carbon emissions. The carbon tax could be implemented in several ways, such as a direct cost to industries based on their overall carbon emissions or a tax for products that burn fossil fuels. For the Tesla CEO, a carbon […]
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In a multi-hour February 2021 interview with Elon Musk himself, Joe Rogan inexplicably told the famous engineer and CEO that he had never seen a SpaceX rocket landing. Of course, the 200+ minute conversation did produce a few minor tidbits of interesting information about SpaceX (and much more about Tesla projects), but Rogan’s statement that […]
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