Elon Musk’s Starlink user documents are filled with meme-worthy Easter Eggs

A rollout for SpaceX’s “Better than Nothing Beta” for Starlink is now underway. And in true Elon Musk fashion, it appears that Starlink’s Terms of Service and Installation Guidelines include several memelord-worthy (and surprisingly sensible) Easter Eggs. Needless to say, the space community has been charmed.  Among the most notable of these Easter Eggs lay […]

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How Tesla and Elon Musk subtly roasted ‘short’ sellers after Q3 Earnings

Tesla’s Elon Musk has a way of cleverly roasting those who are not on board with his company’s mission. Whether car companies are refusing to adopt any sort of EV plans for future vehicles, or hedge fund managers pump massive amounts of money into shorting Tesla’s stock, Musk always seems to come out with a […]

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First look at Tesla’s new UI and driving visualizations for FSD beta in action

Tesla has started rolling out software version 2020.40.8.12 to users of the company’s limited Full Self-Driving beta, and based on observations from the EV community, it appears that the update includes a new UI that is optimized for the operation of the FSD suite. This is evident in the UI’s larger space for FSD’s driving […]

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Tesla tops the charts in worldwide EV sales

Tesla has outsold Volkswagen, Renault, Hyundai-Kia, and BMW in electric vehicle sales in 2020 so far, new data shows. The Elon Musk-led Tesla, based out of Silicon Valley, California, holds 18% of the total 2020 market share in EV sales. The next closest automaker is Volkswagen, with 13%. Tesla’s 18% is comprised of 316,820 total […]

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Tesla (TSLA) stock feels market pressure ahead of US election

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock has dipped 10% since Tuesday as volatility for several tech stocks has risen as the United States Presidential Election between Incumbent Donald Trump and Democratic Candidate Joe Biden approaches. However, some analysts see it as an opportunity to buy the electric automaker’s stock at a discount. TSLA has been upgraded to […]

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Tesla FSD beta takes on San Francisco’s famed Lombard Street and its 8 hairpin turns

Since being released to its first batch of testers, Tesla’s limited FSD beta has proven to be quite impressive, navigating various areas, from unpaved roads to narrow streets, without any issue. What’s even more impressive is that the FSD beta seems to be improving at a fairly rapid rate, as observed by Tesla owners who […]

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Volkswagen takes a page from Tesla’s automation playbook in transition to e-mobility

Volkswagen has drawn inspiration from Tesla in many ways, especially in its quest to transition to a lineup of fully-electric vehicles. But the German automaker plans to take another piece from Tesla’s playbook under the manufacturing chapter with an adoption of automation in several of its production facilities. The German Volkswagen has already started to […]

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Elon Musk stays politically neutral this year with zero campaign contributions

His messages of support to Andrew Yang’s (and Kanye West’s) presidential bids aside, Elon Musk has remained rather silent about his stance on the upcoming 2020 US Presidential Elections as of late. Musk did note during his appearance at Kara Swisher’s Sway podcast in September that he would be watching the presidential debates, but apart from that, […]

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Polestar 2 gets hit with 2nd recall in a month, this time due to faulty inverters

Less than a month since issuing a full recall of all Polestar 2 that have been sold, the Sino-Swedish automaker has announced that it is issuing another recall for the all-electric sedan. The recent recall involves the replacement of faulty inverters on most Polestar 2 that have been delivered to customers so far. A total […]

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SpaceX’s next three-Raptor Starship static fire delayed by winds, says Elon Musk

CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX’s second three-Raptor Starship static fire test has been delayed several days by bad weather at the company’s South Texas launch facilities. Prior to Musk’s tweet, all signs pointed to a second static fire test as early as 5am to 11am CDT on Friday, October 30th – made official by […]

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