Tesla Gigafactory Nevada ramps installation of new rooftop solar panels Tesla appears to be ramping its efforts to cover Gigafactory Nevada’s roof with solar panels. This was hinted at in a recent flyover of the site, which showed several new rows of solar panels being set up on the roof of the massive facility. The…
Tesla signs contract securing Gigafactory Berlin’s water supply Tesla signed a contract that would secure Gigafactory Berlin’s water supply on Wednesday, October 14. The announcement was made by Sandra Ponesky, a spokesperson from the Strausberg-Erkner water association in Postdam. The contract included details about Tesla’s water supply and wastewater disposal for the first phase of…
Tesla China’s base Model Y to start at $41K and see an output of 360K/year: report Recent estimates from securities firm Tianfeng Securities are pointing at something quite remarkable for Tesla’s ongoing ramp in China. As noted by the firm in a recently-released research report, Tesla’s strategy of passing its cost savings to customers could…
SpaceX schedules Starship’s first triple-Raptor static fire test A photo posted by CEO Elon Musk confirms that SpaceX has successfully installed three functional Raptors on Starship SN8 just hours before road closure notices revealed the company’s first triple-engine static fire schedule. Technically, it’s incorrect to say that Starship serial number 8 (SN8) is the first…
Tesla’s Elon Musk gets fired up by competition, reduces Model S price to $69,420 The Tesla Model S is poised to drop to its lowest price yet, with CEO Elon Musk stating that the premium flagship sedan will now start at just $69,420. The Model S price drop, the second one in two days, seemed…
NASA prepares to collect asteroid samples next week in deep space OSIRIS-REx mission NASA currently has an orbiter circling the asteroid Bennu about 200 million miles from Earth, and a live streamed attempt to collect a sample from its surface will be made next week. The mission, OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer),…
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SpaceX’s Starship wins $53M from NASA for full-scale orbital refueling test SpaceX’s Starship program has won $53 from NASA to perform a full-scale test of orbital propellant transfer, taking the company and space agency’s relationship on the crucial technology to the next level. NASA revealed the results of its fifth round of “Tipping Point” solicitations…
Production to start next month and initial customer deliveries to follow in early December.
Tesla Model Y demand is so high that even salvage title units are selling at full price Tesla may be ramping its production and deliveries to record levels this fourth quarter, but it seems that demand for the company’s electric vehicles is still outpacing supply. This is especially evident with the Model Y, whose salvaged…