Tesla is expected to release the first features of its Full Self-Driving suite with the rollout of Software Version 9. The company teased some of these capabilities in the Q2 2018 earnings call, when Elon Musk and Stuart Bowers, a member of the Tesla Autopilot development team, discussed some of the features that would likely […]
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Porsche has several camouflaged Taycan prototypes doing real-world tests across the globe. Earlier this month, one was spotted charging at a CCS station in Germany, and not long after that, another prototype was spotted track testing at the Nurburgring. Even more recently, two camouflaged Taycan test units were photographed in Christchurch, New Zealand, providing what […]
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The Tesla Model S has been sitting on top of the full-sized electric sedan market for a while now — and for good reason. The vehicle, after all, has played a huge part in changing the public’s perception of what electric cars are capable of. Fast, sleek, and equipped with real range, the Model S […]
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Less than a week after crossing the 100,000-vehicle mark in new Model 3 VIN registrations, Tesla has seemingly achieved yet another milestone in its efforts to ramp the production of the electric sedan. After more than a year filled with bottlenecks, missed deadlines, and intense “burst production” weeks, Tesla appears to have achieved a production […]
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Detroit veteran Sandy Munro of Munro & Associates is reportedly being threatened with a lawsuit over his teardown and analysis of the Tesla Model 3. The possible lawsuit was mentioned briefly by Autoline Network host John McElroy during a recent episode of Ask Autoline on YouTube. McElroy only provided very few details about Munro’s legal […]
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Prospective SpaceX-competitor Blue Origin is continuing research and development work in earnest in an effort to push its first orbital-class rocket, known as New Glenn, closer to the massive vehicle’s launch debut. In early August, the company shared a video showing a small segment of a long-duration hot-fire test of the rocket engine that will […]
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First reported by Florida Today, economic development agency Space Florida has expressed serious interest in funding the construction of two major space infrastructure projects in Cape Canaveral, a runway for a prospective Boeing spaceplane and a separate landing zone with up to three pads open for vertical rocket landings from companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin, […]
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After seeing a 5% drop when markets opened, Tesla stock (NASDAQ:TSLA) exhibited some resiliency on Monday’s early trading, at one point hitting $307.76 per share in contrast to a low of $288.20. Tesla’s 5% drop appears to have been fueled partly by a note from JP Morgan analyst Ryan Brinkman, who cut his December price […]
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Tesla’s all-electric Semi truck continues its real-world testing, with the long-hauler recently being spotted nearly 2,000 miles away from the Fremont factory at the Catoosa, Oklahoma Supercharger station, off of Interstate 44. The electric truck’s recent sighting comes a day after the vehicle was spotted cruising in New Mexico on I-40, more than 600 miles […]
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Paired with observations and comments from sources familiar with the company, all signs seem to indicate that SpaceX is planning to recover their first Crew Dragon spacecraft with a giant inflatable cushion, to be towed a hundred or so miles off the coast of California by one of the company’s Port of LA-stationed recovery vessels. […]
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