After completing its fourth flawless orbital-class launch and landing in 16 months, SpaceX’s latest reusable Falcon 9 rocket has successfully returned to dry land and was greeted by a spectacular Florida sunset during its port arrival. Safely secured aboard drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) by SpaceX’s famous Octagrabber robot, which uses […]
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Economics Minister Jörg Steinbach believes Tesla’s Gigafactory 4 in Grunheide can help bring more businesses to Brandenburg. Steinbach, who has been key in negotiating with Tesla to build its car factory in the state, expressed his satisfaction following the approval of the Brandenburg State Committee of the Gigafactory 4 sales contract. He also showed his […]
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has officially confirmed that the company’s next Falcon 9 launch will destroy the flight-proven booster and upper stage “in Dragon fire”, a cryptic reference to the ultimate purpose of the sacrifice. Known as SpaceX’s In-Flight Abort (IFA) test, the mission is designed not to place any particular payload in orbit but […]
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Before dawn on January 10th, SpaceX technicians and engineers intentionally blew up a miniature Starship tank in order to test recently-upgraded manufacturing and assembly methods, likely to be used to build the first Starships bound for flight tests and orbit. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk quickly weighed in on Twitter later the same day, revealing some […]
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Recent statements from Joachim Kunz, Mazda’s head of Product Development and Engineering, have revealed that the Japanese carmaker will be adopting a rather curious approach to its electric car strategy. For one, the company intends to make sure that its first EV, the MX-30 SUV, will feel familiar to drivers, and it intends to accomplish […]
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Over the last few weeks, SpaceX’s South Texas Starship team has been making progress at a pace unprecedented even for the famously agile rocket company and is moving full speed ahead to kick off a new series of explosive tests as early as this morning. Ever since SpaceX’s original Starship Mk1 prototype spectacularly failed during […]
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The Porsche Taycan 4S was recently recognized as “The Best Electric Car in the World” by British media outlet The Sun. The publication recognized the German car as the best available electric car today because of its performance, price, and Porsche’s exceptional history as an auto manufacturer. While Tesla has maintained itself as the world’s leading […]
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has teased the first detailed description of the Starlink antennas (“user terminals”) customers will need to connect to the massive satellite internet constellation, revealing a few new and unexpected details about the critical hardware. Although nearly all public focus is currently (and understandably) on the production and launch of Starlink satellites […]
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BMW’s head of Research and Development Klaus Froehlich does not have any plans to push his company into the quickly growing electric vehicle sector. In a recent interview, the BMW exec stated that he believes the various markets of the world simply do not have a real need for electric cars. BMW has the i3 […]
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SpaceX has kicked off a record-breaking 2020 launch manifest with a spectacular combination of Starlink satellites and a Falcon 9 rocket, the first of perhaps two dozen such launches planned this year alone. Falcon 9 booster B1049 supported the mission, becoming the second SpaceX rocket ever to complete four launches and landings after B1048 did […]
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