SpaceX set four company records Monday with the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base. Monday’s mission, called SSO-A, was to deliver 64 small satellites into orbit for a wide variety of government, academic and private-sector users for Spaceflight, SpaceX’s customer for the launch. Here are the records SpaceX broke: •… Continue reading SpaceX Sets Records with 19th Launch of the Year
Month: December 2018
Report: Tesla Documents Outlined Plan to Build Model Y in Nevada
Tesla planned to start build the upcoming Model Y crossover SUV at Gigafactory 1 by June 1, 2020, but has since changed those plans, according to a report from Business Insider. The report, citing internal documents given to Tesla employees a few weeks before the company’s October earnings, said the carmaker planned to produce 7,000 Model Y… Continue reading Report: Tesla Documents Outlined Plan to Build Model Y in Nevada
Tesla Semi Helps Spur Zero-Emissions Trucking Industry
It seems we’re just a few years away from silencing the chug-a-lug of diesel motors pumping smoke through semi truck exhaust stacks. Tesla has certainly attracted headlines with its all-electric truck dubbed Tesla Semi. What’s more, it has attracted orders. Companies like Anheuser-Busch, PepsiCo, FedEx, UPS, and Walmart have all helped push reservations for the… Continue reading Tesla Semi Helps Spur Zero-Emissions Trucking Industry