Tesla fans have been waiting to see a new vehicle from the company and their wish will be granted in just under a couple of weeks. CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that the company is going to show off its Model Y crossover SUV on March 14th. The vehicle will […]
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(Reuters) — Tesla will unveil its Model Y on March 14 at an event in LA Design Studio, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Sunday. “Model Y, being an SUV, is about 10 percent bigger than Model 3, so will cost about 10 percent more & have slightly less range […]
Read MoreIt’s time for another installment in our ongoing look at the future that will be brought to you thanks to the increasingly worrisome capabilities of artificial intelligence. Everyone is aware of the problem of fake news online, and now the OpenAI nonprofit backed by Elon Musk has developed an AI system that can create such […]
Read MoreAll hopes are on Mars to be the next big adventure for mankind, with groups like NASA working hard to make a manned mission to the Red Planet a reality and companies like SpaceX betting big on Earth-to-Mars travel. SpaceX boss Elon Musk has long promised that living on Mars will be a reality within […]
Read MoreIf there’s one thing we can always count on from SpaceX it’s that Elon Musk will let everyone know of new developments the moment they happen via Twitter. That’s exactly what happened last night, as Musk’s early morning tweets revealed that the ongoing engine tests of the company’s Raptor engines are coming along nicely. According […]
Read MoreA few weeks ago, Elon Musk teased that the company was working on a new feature dubbed Sentry Mode. As the name somewhat implies, the feature would enable users to record 360 degree video of their car whenever an alarm is triggered or a serious incident is detected. The feature should make it easier for […]
Read MoreIt’s hard to believe it’s already been a year, but exactly 12 months ago today was the first launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy. The rocket launch was a huge success and while SpaceX hasn’t launched Heavy again in the time since, it was still a very big deal for the company. Falcon Heavy, which has […]
Read MoreHe’s referred to it as the “most painful” year of his career. Over the course of 2018, Tesla co-founder Elon Musk’s personal and professional life careened from the trappings of celebrity to raising eyebrows for appearing to smoke weed during an interview to getting sued by federal regulators and using his Twitter account to go […]
Read MoreItalian particle physicist Fabiola Gianotti cornered Tesla chief executive Elon Musk last July in London at a gathering of the Royal Society scientific academy. Gianotti, who’s also the director of the CERN organization which oversees the largest particle accelerator in the world, had a question for the billionaire businessman. CERN has been putting together plans […]
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Some serious cost cutting appears to be underway at Tesla. Days after the company’s CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the customer referral program was ending, he announced that the company is firing 7 percent of its entire workforce. Musk announced in a company-wide email that seven percent of Tesla’s full-time […]
Read MoreTo say that Tesla has been unprofitable for the majority of its existence may be truthful, but it isn’t exactly fair. As a relatively new automotive upstart, Tesla for quite some time wasn’t so much focused on profits as it was with spending boatloads of cash on growth, investing in itself, and boosting production. Wall […]
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There will be no Ace of Base prizes for the Tesla Model X or Model S in 2019. Just days after promising to cut prices of all its cars by $2,000 in response to the company blowing through its federal tax credits faster than a record producer with a bag […]
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If you’re looking to buy a new Model S or Model X from Tesla, your cost just went up. CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that the company is ditching the 75kWh battery pack for both vehicles. This means that the base price for the cars has just gone up significantly. […]
Read MoreIn Illinois today, a law firm announced they are filing a lawsuit against Tesla to hold the electric car maker accountable for a teen who died in an accident involving a car they say had a defective battery pack. The lawsuit filed by Chicago firm Corboy & Demetrio claims Tesla’s 2014 Model S sedan had […]
Read MoreSpaceX and Boeing are both behind schedule in their independent efforts to create crewed launch systems that will allow NASA to send astronauts to space from U.S. soil. All eyes will be on both companies in 2019 as they inch their way towards their goals, and SpaceX just teased that they’re almost ready to hit […]
Read MoreI regret to inform you that Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk is back on his inappropriate for a CEO tweets again. The two weird tweets were sandwiched between two other seemingly normal tweets about favorable coverage of Tesla, the electric car maker under earnings scrutiny in the new year. Why. Why, Elon. Here’s what […]
Read MoreEverybody knows Twitter is basically the Wild West of the Internet and not a place where the things people say should be taken seriously. That’s basically how Elon Musk’s attorneys are defending his controversial tweets aimed at a British rescue diver — the one Tesla’s chief executive described as a “pedo guy” after the diver questioned […]
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The Supercharger network is key to enabling Tesla owners to take substantial road trips with their electric cars. That’s what enables owners to drive from coast to coast in the United States. The company is working to further expand the network’s coverage in Europe. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said […]
Read MoreIt was just last month that Elon Musk took to Twitter to unceremoniously announce that he was changing the name of the crew module and rocket booster of SpaceX’s BFR rocket program to “Starship” and “Super Heavy,” respectively. Now, in another spontaneous update from Musk via Twitter, we’re getting our first good look at the […]
Read MoreWith the $7,500 federal tax credit for new Tesla purchases set to expire at the end of the month, the electric automaker is pulling out all the stops in order to boost sales and enable prospective buyers to enjoy the full credit. Earlier this month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter and said that […]
Read MoreIn addition to Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk founded The Boring Company, which is looking into ways to make public transportation faster than it currently is. Just recently, The Boring Company finished its 1.14-mile test tunnel in Hawthorne, so Musk invited folks from the media to test out the tunnel in a Tesla Model X. […]
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Berlin-based Christoph Sollich is known as “The Pitch Doctor” for his work helping entrepreneurs tell their company’s story. But part of his method involves delivering his own pitches that satirize the format of the startup pitch. I got a chance to see him this year at the Bits & Pretzels Conference […]
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