Tesla

By Maria Merano Posted on April 25, 2021 Guangzhou traffic authorities responded to speculation that Tesla vehicles were being regularly stopped along highways in China by local police.  Earlier this month, a few social media users noticed that local police prevented Tesla vehicles from entering a highway in Guangzhou. This triggered rumors that Teslas were

By Simon Alvarez Posted on April 24, 2021 Fresh off the successful flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon to the International Space Station, CEO Elon Musk has been confirmed to be in line to host popular late-night comedy show Saturday Night Live in its May 8 episode. Together with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO will be pop singer

By Joey Klender Posted on April 23, 2021 Tesla’s request for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve a millimeter-wave sensor for child protection and anti-theft measures has been granted. Along with five other companies, Tesla received “a grant of waivers” on April 14, 2021, that would allow the installation of radar sensors in the

By Maria Merano Posted on April 23, 2021 XPRIZE officially launched the $100 Million XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition. In honor of the launch, XPRIZE founder Peter H. Diamandis sat down with Elon Musk, who is funding the competition through the Musk Foundation. In February, the Tesla CEO announced he was teaming up with XPRIZE to

By Maria Merano Posted on April 21, 2021 In recent comments on Twitter, Elon Musk announced that Tesla’s Solar Roof and traditional solar panels would now be sold only as an integrated product with the Powerwall, the company’s popular residential battery system. Tesla would start selling the bundled residential energy products beginning next week.  In

By Maria Merano Posted on April 20, 2021 The Boring Company’s updates to its official website have removed references to some of the tunneling startup’s announced projects, such as the D.C.-Baltimore tunnel and the Dugout Loop in Los Angeles. In the case of the D.C.-Baltimore project, a spokesperson from the Federal Highway Administration has stated

By Simon Alvarez Posted on April 19, 2021 Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system is poised to foster some positive change among students in rural Australia. As per a recent press release, Starlink will be powering Project Halo, a program from Australian telecom provider NetVault and noted software maker Cisco aimed at providing a regional

By Maria Merano Posted on April 18, 2021 Elon Musk’s Neuralink posted five jobs based in Austin, Texas on its website. Neuralink wants to hire an Animal Care Specialist, Registered Veterinary Technician, a Veterinarian, an MEP Engineer, and a “general application” post in Texas. The jobs posts located in Austin supports rumors that Elon Musk

By Joey Klender Posted on April 17, 2021 Tesla CEO Elon Musk visited the Gigafactory Texas site earlier this week with the all-electric Cybertruck that will be produced at the automaker’s factory in the Lone Star State. After various users shared some photographs of the Cybertruck roaming around the still dirt-covered grounds of the Texas

By Eric Ralph Posted on April 16, 2021 In one of the biggest NASA contracting surprises in years, the space agency has chosen SpaceX – and only SpaceX – to return humans to the surface of the Moon with its next-generation Starship rocket. The Washington Post’s Christian Davenport broke the news a few hours before

By Maria Merano Posted on April 15, 2021 Tesla and Del Valle Independent School District (ISD) has started developing a student training program for high schoolers interested in working at Gigafactory Texas.  Del Valle ISD Ojeda Middle School’s principal, Alex Torrez, was hired two weeks ago as the school district’s chief workforce development officer for

By Maria Merano Posted on April 14, 2021 Elon Musk’s Boring Company has announced its updated lineup of tunneling products and services. With its expanded list of offerings, The Boring Company could extend its reach beyond mass transportation. As could be seen in the tunneling startup’s official website, The Boring Company now offers a total

By Maria Merano Posted on April 13, 2021 The Boring Company has released the fare prices for the Vegas Loop, and they are quite reasonable. With enough optimization, it appears that Elon Musk’s tunneling startup may indeed have a shot at disrupting and revolutionizing the public transportation sector. The recently finished Las Vegas Convention Center

By Maria Merano Posted on April 12, 2021 Another Rivian R1T electric pickup truck was spotted with a LiDAR rig on Page Mill Road in Palo Alto. After Rivian released more details about its R1T and R1S vehicles in November, questions emerged about Driver+, its driver-assist system.  Some people noticed that in Rivian’s November update,

By Maria Merano Posted on April 12, 2021 Tesla’s upcoming battery factory in Berlin has received a strong voice of support from German Economics Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU). In a statement on Friday, Altmaier noted that his ministry is “prepared to support this investment on the part of the state, as we do with other

By Simon Alvarez Posted on April 10, 2021 A recent set of updates from Elon Musk has revealed that Tesla is looking to eventually update its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving suite to a camera-based system. This means that in the future, Tesla’s all-electric vehicles would be navigating themselves and performing driver-assist functions without the use

By Joey Klender Posted on April 9, 2021 Electric vehicle stocks have been some of the biggest investment opportunities in the last ten years. It is worth noting that the combination of highly popular technology companies, especially EV entities, with a global pandemic and more accessible retail investment platforms has culminated in a boom for

By Maria Merano Posted on April 8, 2021 In a recent appearance at Bloomberg Markets, Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas explained why Tesla is a “must-own” stock today. The analyst’s points listed some of Tesla’s key advantages in the mobility sector, several of which have been highlighted by TSLA bulls over the years.  The Bloomberg Markets hosts asked

By Maria Merano Posted on April 7, 2021 Tesla gave customers who were charged twice for their car purchase a refund and offered them a $200 credit to the company’s online store as well. Six Tesla customers charged twice for their purchase said they received refunds about a week after their initial complaint as per

By Maria Merano Posted on April 6, 2021 In a recent TSLA note, Morgan Stanley (MS) recognized Tesla’s disproportionate advantage over legacy automakers as EV adoption accelerates. In the note Morgan Stanley questioned whether or not President Biden’s proposed $174 billion EV infrastructure bill would exacerbate Tesla’s ‘disproportionate advantage’ in the EV market. Morgan Stanley

By Maria Merano Posted on April 5, 2021 Tesla experienced a 109% growth this first quarter after delivering nearly 185,000 vehicles, beating Wall Street consensus estimates. With these results, Loup Ventures believes the company is now entering the slope of its growth S-Curve, signaled by Tesla’s acceleration in growth. Loup Ventures noted that Tesla’s delivery

By Maria Merano Posted on April 4, 2021 Tesla Giga Shanghai’s Vice President of External Affairs Grace Tao shared the results of a rather interesting survey , which showed that Elon Musk’s word-of-mouth marketing strategy is effective in China, too. Nearly 1,000 car owners participated in the survey, and over 90% of the participants stated

By Simon Alvarez Posted on April 3, 2021 While humanity has advanced significantly in the short time it has existed on Earth, the planet is, for all intents and purposes, still invisible, at least to potential advanced civilizations that are also looking for life in the cosmos. If an intelligent civilization were to look in

By Joey Klender Posted on April 2, 2021 Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed earlier today that the City of Santa Monica would be the location of a new Supercharger location. The fresh Supercharger may include a 50’s Diner and clips from the 100 best movies of all-time, Musk added. For several years, Musk has joked

By Maria Merano Posted on April 1, 2021 Rivian Service promises to provide a proactive and personal approach to mobile vehicle service. Rivian seems to have developed an intricate mobile service model to make vehicle care more convenient for R1T and R1S owners. Over-the-air updates will support Rivian’s mobile service model to optimize a vehicle’s

By Maria Merano Posted on March 31, 2021 When Tesla pitched a Gigafactory in Texas, it promised to bring at least 5,000 middle-skill jobs to the state that would fit a targeted economic development need. Elon Musk’s recent tweet about Giga Texas seems to make good on that promise.  “Over 10,000 people are needed for

By Maria Merano Posted on March 30, 2021 Morgan Stanley forecasted that Tesla would produce just under 100,000 Cybertrucks by FY 2025 in a report about 6 key considerations that mattered to the EV startup. “We forecast 1,000 units of Cybertruck in FY21, ramping to 20k in FY22, 50k in FY23 and just under 100k

By Maria Merano Posted on March 29, 2021 Rivian seems set on ensuring that its customers are as comfortable and secure as possible with their R1T or R1S purchase. The EV maker’s efforts can be seen in the warranty coverage it decided to offer. Based on information from Rivian’s website, the company will offer one

By Eric Ralph Posted on March 28, 2021 CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX has delayed Starship serial number 11’s (SN11) high-altitude launch debut from Friday to Monday to best ensure that the company can “land & fully recover” the 50-meter-tall steel rocket. First and foremost, the weekend will allow SpaceX times time for “additional

By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 27, 2021 A Tesla owner has found himself in the middle of a battle worth over $100,000 in property damages after his Model 3 Performance crashed while being driven out of a valet parking garage. Despite being in the right and having the evidence to back up his claims,