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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NASA has published a new SpaceX photo of the next Crew Dragon spacecraft scheduled for launch and confirmed that the mission is now scheduled to lift off on a Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than (NET) January 18th. Known as an In-Flight Abort (IFA) test, the exceptionally challenging mission will represent a major milestone for […]
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“Alexa, let’s do a Tank Turn.” Rivian owners may find themselves uttering such commands in the future while operating their R1T pickup and R1S SUV, as the adventure EV manufacturer announced the integration of Amazon’s voice assistant to its vehicle lineup. Rivian also announced plans to directly integrate Alexa to the 100,000 all-electric delivery trucks […]
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 has kicked off what could be a record-smashing year, potentially making SpaceX the world’s most prolific launch company thanks in large part to the game-changing reusability of its Falcon rockets. At 9:19 pm ET on January 6th (02:19 UTC, Jan 7), Falcon 9 booster B1049’s nine Merlin 1D engines came to […]
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SpaceX is less than five hours away from kicking off a jam-packed year of rocket launches and landings, a Starlink internet satellite launch that will be both SpaceX and the world’s first orbital launch of the new decade. The company’s second operational Starlink mission – Starlink V1 L2 – is scheduled to launch no earlier […]
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After successfully delivering Starship hardware and manufacturing tools to SpaceX’s Boca Chica, Texas rocket factory and launch facilities, the company has begun preparing a second load of parts to be shipped from Florida to Texas in the near future. This is the latest chapter in a saga that began when SpaceX revealed that it would […]
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SpaceX has successfully fired up a Falcon 9 rocket for the first time in 2020, setting the company up for the first of potentially dozens of Starlink launches over the next 12 months. On the afternoon of January 4th, SpaceX loaded Falcon 9 with hundreds of tons of liquid oxygen, refined kerosene (RP-1), nitrogen, and […]
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Tesla’s plans for Gigafactory 4 in Germany are becoming more concrete after the approval process from the Ministry of Environment began on January 3. Following the completion of GF4’s first construction phase, 150,000 Model Y and Model 3 vehicles are expected to be produced starting in July 2021. Deadlines set by Tesla indicate that the […]
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