Update: In a day for the history books, Falcon 9 has successfully launched the Crewed Dragon, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley into LEO. They will now pilot the capsule for 19 hours before connecting to the International Space Station. After the disappointing abort of Thursday’s launch of the historic Crewed Dragon launch, 3:22 pm today […] More
With new technologies, comes the opportunity for upstart companies to make an international splash. Rimac, the Croatian company making electric supercars, comes to mind. In the same way, we have Vinfast, a Vietnamese carmaker, introducing plans to release an EV into the global market. The company, owned by one of Vietnam’s largest conglomerates, may not […] More
Back in the day, Tesla stressed the importance of 95-100% coverage of their markets with their exclusive Supercharger network. While early adopters had the perk of unlimited free charging, something that went away as more people bought electric cars, the network was pivotal in Tesla’s expansion. At one point, Tesla had the goal of deploying […] More
This week, Nissan launched a teaser video intended to show it’s 12 new models they will be releasing in the coming three years. Of those models, we saw a cool new 400Z sports-coupe, and the exciting new electric-crossover, dubbed the Ariya. However, one of the most beloved Nissan vehicles wasn’t shown on the video, the […] More
In a mix of good and bad news, Rivian has announced that they reopened their manufacturing plant in Normal, Illinois. The former Mitsubishi factory has been in the process of retooling towards the 2021 release of Rivian’s R1 line of electric trucks. Unfortunately, those trucks are now confirmed to have been delayed by at least […] More
Elon Musk went out to rub elbows with some Tesla owners and fans in West Melbourne, Florida yesterday. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO was in town because of an aborted Crewed-Dragon launch that happened yesterday. Musk showed up to a Tesla Supercharger about 45 minutes from the Kennedy Space Center, where the launch was set […] More
Forget an Earthship home or some Tesla roof, I want to sail the open seas, like Kevin Costner. The only problem, I’m terrified of maintaining a boat! Well, Singaporean yacht company, Azura Marine may just have that taken care of, with their new Aquanima 40, a solar-powered, battery-amended catamaran. These unlimited-range vessels cover their entire […] More
We’ve been hearing a lot about the new Cybertruck feature for Jay Leno’s Garage for weeks now. When they released a trailer for the new season of the show, we saw Elon Musk riding shotgun, and Jay lowering the Cybertruck into the Boring Company tunnel. A couple of weeks later, they teased us even more, […] More
Sandy Munro, one of the more likeable characters on the internet, and the head of Munro & Associates, a company that reverse-engineers products and does reports on their findings, has a new video out. Starting a series based on the Tesla Cybertruck, he compares elements of its design and construction to 2020 models of the […] More
UPDATE: With only 17 minutes on the clock before launch, SpaceX decided to abort the launch. Weather conditions wouldn’t allow for a safe launch. They are now disarming the rocket, and the launch has been moved to Saturday, May 30th, at 3:22 PM. History will be made today, May 27th, as SpaceX looks to make […] More
In a surprising bit of good news, Tesla has officially dropped the price of most of their range in North America and Asia. We have to speculate that the cause of the price cut was the lower demand for cars seen around the world due to lockdown, but nonetheless, some buyers will see a savings […] More
In a nice development for our friends in the UK, area around the University of Warwick, Coventry, Solihull, and central Birmingham will be getting a nearly 200 mile stretch of autonomous vehicle testing road. The cool thing is that the project, called Midlands Future Mobility, will use pre-existing roadways, so not much infrastructure will have […] More
