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The upcoming Tesla Semi will have up to 621 miles of range, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said Tuesday in an interview. The boost in battery efficiency was made possible by leveraging Tesla’s new in-house battery tech. The Semi was originally advertised as having a range up to 500 miles...

Tesla has joined other companies in the electric vehicle industry for a new lobbying organization called the Zero Emission Transportation Association.  The organization, which includes other electric automakers like Rivian and Lucid, aims to bring together those who support meeting the goal...

Due to weather, SpaceX and NASA have postponed today’s Crew-1 mission until Sunday, Nov. 15 at 7:27 p.m. ET. The flight will mark the first time since 2011 that a full operational crew has launched from U.S. soil. Earlier this year SpaceX became the first private spaceflight company to launch...

Tesla Model Y crossover SUV is getting winter-ready with a new wheel and tire package. Now available in the Tesla store, the “Model Y 19″ Gemini Wheel and Winter Tire Package” is designed for owner that will need to navigate a snow and ice season. Tesla’s description of the package...

Tesla plans to reveal an updated design for the Cybertruck in “a month or so,” Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Twitter. Tesla has been giving consideration to the Cybertruck’s hulking proportions, which could prevent the wildly-styled, bulletproof, pickup from fitting into the average...

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving option jumped from $8,000 to $10,000 today, as promised by the company last week. The price of FSD has steadily climbed even ahead of its availability. The software package price increased $1,000 in July, then Chief Executive Elon Musk announced on Twitter last week...

Tesla is planning a monthly subscription offering for its Full Self-Driving option, Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a tweet. Tesla released the FSD beta this week to drivers it has identified as cautious. The company will continue to deploy the software to more drivers in coming weeks...

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta rolled out Tuesday night, according to a tweet form Chief Executive Elon Musk. The new software is a substantial re-write of the automakers self-driving technology. Musk has been testing the update, calling the improvements “profound.”  “I think we’ll...

SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said the company plans to roll out a public beta of its Starlink broadband service soon. Musk said on Twitter that a “fairly wide” beta version of the service will be ready for action as soon as the latest satellites “reach their target position.”Musk said the...

Tesla’s latest software update (2020.40.0.4) includes a few new features and an improvement to its Speed Assist feature. The update rolled out to Tesla owners on Wednesday. In addition to improvements to “Speed Assist,” which debuted in August, the update also included new security and...

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet network has provided service to emergency responders battling wildfires in Washington state. A tweet from Washington state’s Military Department and Emergency Management Division revealed the first known application of the service. SpaceX Chief...

Tesla plans to build two newly-designed vehicles to be produced at the company’s Berlin and Shanghai factories, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Twitter. The comment comes after Musk told investors at the recent Battery Day that the company intends to build a new vehicle with a $25,000 price...

Tesla’s Battery Day event also delivered specs for the Plaid Powertrain Model S, including a 200 MPH top speed and more than 520 miles of range. The flagship sedan will pack 1,100 horsepower and travel 0-60 MPH in less than 2 seconds. Tesla showed off a video of the car racing at Laguna...

A new update to Tesla’s Autopilot software enables the cars to remain in the passing lane, rather than only using the left lane when there’s a slower vehicle to pass. Tesla included the “Exit Passing Lane” feature in its 2020.36.10 software update. The feature will be available to cars...

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk hyped the company’s upcoming “Battery Day” Friday, promising “many exciting things.” The event, which was delayed for months and rescheduled because of the Covid-19 pandemic, is intended to inform investors on the company’s latest developments...

Lucid Motors debuted the production-bound version of its Lucid Air sedan, saying the vehicle is an attempt to “make the electric car better.” Range is a huge selling point for electric vehicles and Lucid intends to take top honors in that category. It expects an EPA-rated range of 517 miles...

Lucid Motors will plans to offer four versions of its all-electric luxury sedan ranging in price from under $80,000 up to $169,000, according to reports. Bloomberg says a high-end variant of the Air called the Dream will cost $169,000, a Grand Touring variant will be priced in the low...

A new video from SpaceX offers a great view of its recent Starship test hop. Friday, the SN6 prototype for SpaceX’s Starship program climbed to 150 meters above the company’s Boca Chica, Texas launch complex. The new video shows the barrel shaped rocket launching from afar, as well as video...

SpaceX advanced its Starship program Thursday, conducting a successful test hop of the SN6 prototype. The vehicle, powered by SpaceX’s next-generation Raptor engine, climbed to about 150 meters above the company’s complex in Boca Chica, Texas before landing safely. SpaceX...

Tesla has raised a whopping $5 billion, taking advantage of its soaring stock price. The company announced the stock sale on Tuesday, saying proceeds will be used “to further strengthen our balance sheet, as well as for general corporate purposes.” According to an Securities and Exchange...

A job descriptions posted on Tesla’s website suggests the company aims to build a team focused on video games. The company is filling its Austin team with a Video Game and Infotainment engineer. The job description describes the role as an “incredibly rare opportunity to help build a video...

Tesla has released a time-lapsed video offering a look at production at Giga Shanghai. The video was posted to the Tesla China Weibo account, saying “Production, assembly, quality inspection, waiting for delivery. The rhythm is orderly step on the point, one word: Steady!” Tesla Chief...

Elon Musk offered a demo this week of the brain computer built by his company Neuralink. In a livestream demo, Musk explained that the goal of Neuralink is to connect the brain to a computing device through flexible threads that are 10-times thinner than a human hair. Neuralink believes...

Lucid Motors announced Wednesday that it’s upcoming sedan will be powered by a 113 kWh battery pack capable of an estimated EPA range of up to 517 miles. The company says it’s able to achieve the industry’s best range through its “Lucid Space Concept” design, which “capitalizes upon the...

Tesla is planning a compact hatchback based on the Model 3 to be built and sold in Europe, according to a report from Autocar. Details are thin, but it seems to line up with recent statements from Musk that Tesla needs a more affordable option. “We will not succeed in our mission if we...

SpaceX has closed a funding round of nearly $2 billion on the back of its 100th successful mission and its first crewed commercial flight. The funding round became public this week in a Securities and Exchange filing. Bloomberg reported that the funding, SpaceX’s largest to date, boosted the...

Tesla’s battery production efforts have received a $100 million investment from Panasonic, according to a report from Nikkei, a a news outlet based in Japan. Proceeds will be used to expand Tesla’s Gigafactory located in Sparks, Nevada. The report said Panasonic will add another line...

Two-factor authentication is coming to Tesla’s accounts after being “embarrassingly late,” Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a tweet.  Musk said the security feature is undergoing “final validation” and should be released to Tesla customers soon. Two-factor authentication is...

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has called the Gigafactory a “machine that builds the machine.” The effort for efficient factories has received more attention since the automaker began a significant expansion. After completing construction of Giga Shanghai in less than a year, Tesla has...

Tesla announced Tuesday a 5-for-1 stock split in an effort to bring the highly-price stock down to attract more investors. According to a SEC filing: Each stockholder of record on August 21, 2020 will receive a dividend of four additional shares of common stock for each then-held share, to be...

Before SpaceX starts hosting people on Mars, the company may host them at a resort located at its Texas Gulf Coast spaceport.  SpaceX is advertising for a Resort Development Manager that would be responsible for building the resort in Boca Chica, Texas.  “SpaceX is committed to developing...

The Cadillac LYRIC electric luxury crossover was debuted by the automaker Thursday. The LYRIQ is based on GM’s next-generation, modular electric vehicle platform, expected to offer “beyond 300 miles of range on a full charge,” according to a release. The vehicle will be offered in rear-wheel...

A recent survey of sales found Tesla models to be among the fastest-selling used cars. The study by car search engine iSeeCars.com analyzed more than 9 million new and used cars sold from November 2019 through June 2020 and found that the average time to sell a used car for March through...

Tesla has released its second-quarter vehicle safety report, which shows a significant improvement year-over-year. According to the report: In the 2nd quarter, we registered one accident for every 4.53 million miles driven in which drivers had Autopilot engaged. For those driving without...

Tesla’s hiring spree could bring headcount to 65,000 by the end of the year, Chief Executive Elon Musk told Automotive News.  Musk discusses “the whole trajectory of Tesla from basically nothing…from five employees in 2014 to 60,000-plus in 2020.” The increase would represent a 35%...

Panasonic’s new “2170” lithium-ion battery cells will improve energy density by 20% over the next five years, the company said Thursday.  The “2170” lithium-ion cells were first used in Tesla’s Model 3 in 2017. The battery already has the highest density, but the latest development should...

Tesla’s new factory near Berlin will be built even faster than the speedy construction of Giga Shanghai, Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a tweet. “Giga Berlin will come together at an impossible-seeming speed,” Musk said on Twitter. “The prefabricated construction method in Germany is...

An all-electric Chevy pickup with 400 miles of range is on the way, according to GM’s 2019 Sustainability Report. GM has recently revealed plans for a lineup of 22 electric vehicles, including the Chevy Bolt, Cadillac Lyric crossover SUV, and GMC Hummer electric pickup. The company has said...

Tesla says in a lawsuit that electric vehicle startup Rivian poached employees and stole confidential information. The suit says Rivian’s team includes 178 ex-Tesla employees, 70 of whom came directly from Tesla. Tesla says in the suit that four former Tesla employees are responsible for...

The next-generation Tesla Roadster will be built in California at the company’s Fremont factory, Chief Executive Elon Musk said Wednesday on the company’s Q2 earnings call. “We think, probably, also the Tesla Roadster, a future program, would also make sense in California,” Musk said during...

Tesla has traditionally eschewed advertising, but it seems they’re now giving it some thought. Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Twitter that Tesla should “eventually” produce some “high quality media.” Tesla already receives a tremendous amount of earned media, mostly...

The Boring Company has shared a bit more information on the plans for the underground transportation system it is constructing at the Las Vegas Convention Center. New renderings posted on the company’s website show three station types: surface stations, subsurface stations, and subsurface...

A recent study showed some impressive resale figures for the Tesla Model 3, saying the sedan holds its value more than five times better than other EVs.  Car search engine iSeeCars.com analyzed more than 6.9 million car sales to identify models with the greatest loss in value after three...

Tesla’s “Battery Day” will be held at the annual shareholder meeting to be held September 22 in Fremont, Calif. Tesla is expected to reveal details of its next-generation battery cell technology that will be used in a battery pack with a million-mile life, among other innovations. The...

Tesla’s prospective factory project in Austin has gained support from the Del Valle Independent School District, which voted Thursday to approve incentives to lure the automaker to the area. The proposal would give Tesla property tax incentives of $68 million and place the Tesla factory on...

A photo of the Tesla Model Y and the upcoming Ford Mustang Mach-E charging side-by-side offers a good size comparison of the two electric crossovers. The photo was posted to Twitter by Simon Wong, who said the Ford test car was spotted in Waterloo, ON, Canada. Ford’s Mach-E is...

Tulsa has Elon Musk’s attention. The website tulsasaysyes.com enabled users to send a message aimed at the Tesla CEO on Twitter, encouraging him to build the automaker’s next factory in Tulsa. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt shared a tweet encouraging Oklahomans to help make “one final push.”...

Tesla’s Shanghai-built Model 3 has quickly become the top-selling EV in China, to the tune of 11,095 cars in May, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). To date, customers have only been able to order the lower-end version of the car, but Tesla said in April it planned to...

A Tesla Semi loaded with a fresh load of Model 3 sedans is a happy site. Twitter user @Emanuelreyes managed to capture that scene this week at Tesla’s factory in Fremont, Calif. The new cars are rolling out of the factory for delivery ahead of the close of the second quarter...

Owners of Tesla vehicles not equipped with basic Autopilot can add the feature for the discounted price of $2,000 until July 1. Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted about the software sale on Sunday. New Tesla vehicles are outfitted with basic Autopilot as a standard...