Electric car startup Rivian released a video showcasing its electric vehicle mission, along with the moment its production team in Irvine, California were able to view the first release candidate of the all-electric R1T pickup truck that will begin production in 2020. The video titled “This is Rivian” displays the “World’s First Electric Adventure Vehicles” […]
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A detailed government audit has revealed that NASA went out of its way to overpay Boeing for its Commercial Crew Program (CCP) astronaut launch services, making a mockery of its fixed-price contract with the company and blatantly snubbing SpaceX throughout the process. Over the last several years, the NASA inspector general has published a number […]
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SpaceX’s next commercial Falcon 9 mission is a step closer to the launch pad after a Boeing-built satellite departed its California factory and began the journey to Cape Canaveral, Florida. Known as Kacific-1 or JCSat-18 the massive spacecraft is scheduled to launch no earlier than mid-December and is current set to be SpaceX’s second to […]
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Tesla’s recently released 2019.36.2.1 over-the-air software update promised a roughly 5% power increase to owners of the Model 3, Model S and Model X. Two owners of Dual Motor Model 3s tested the improvements by equipping only one of the vehicles with the performance update and racing on a straightaway to determine if the new […]
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On November 4th, Boeing completed a crucial pad abort test of its reusable Starliner spacecraft, successful in spite of an unintentional partial failure of its parachute recovery system. Three days later, Boeing revealed what it believed to be the cause of that anomaly in a November 7th press conference. Meanwhile, SpaceX – having completed Crew […]
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The Tesla Model 3 has caught the attention of the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after officers in the department had the opportunity to test drive the all-electric mass-market sedan. Chief Deputy Kevin Kraus said the decision to test drive the Model 3 was based on the Sheriff’s Office’s goal to become more […]
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Former Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche recently shared his thoughts on the electric car revolution and the part played by American electric car maker Tesla. Speaking with Handelsblatt, the former Daimler executive discussed what he believes are Elon Musk’s strengths, Tesla’s accomplishments, and why German automakers will always be ahead. Now retired and without commitments to […]
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Tesla China’s Weibo account has released the first official pictures of the Made-in-China Model 3 produced at Gigafactory 3. The images provide the first close-up glimpse of the locally-made electric sedan, including some design elements that are not present in its US-made counterparts. Contrary to Tesla’s US-made Model 3s, the vehicles that are being produced […]
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SpaceX has announced that a thrice-flown Falcon 9 booster successfully completed a static fire test ahead of the company’s first launch in three months, set to be Starlink’s ‘v1.0’ launch debut. In a twist, SpaceX says that the mission will be the first to reuse a full payload fairing, recovered after Falcon Heavy Block 5’s […]
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