Author: Kirsten Markley

As 2021 came to a close, Tesla reported that they made another record of quarterly deliveries. With more than 308,000 cars sold in three months, Tesla has experienced a seven quarterly gain in shipments. This brings the company to a total of 936,000 vehicles deliveries in 2021. Yahoo Finance writes that the growth in deliveries is likely to increase this year now that factories in Texas and Berlin are starting production. Though a new chapter of Tesla’s success is beginning, we need to look on the other side of the coin. On New Year’s Eve, Tesla opened a showroom in…

Earlier today, Tesla’s Cybertruck was spotted via drone footage on their Fremont factory test track. BREAKING: New Tesla Cybertruck design spotted at Fremont test track!!! Source: https://t.co/OeVhsaq71h pic.twitter.com/VyyYpuZ48U — Sawyer Merritt ?? (@SawyerMerritt) December 10, 2021 When people saw the ten-minute footage done by Youtuber Chile AI100, they noticed that the truck has been going through some changes. According to The Verge, the front is more curved and that there are more headlights below the light bar. There are two headlights on each side of the front while in between these two lights are three amber-colored lights. Another notable new…

Today, Reuters reported that India’s government told its citizens to not preorder Starlink’s internet service. The country’s Department of Telecommunication also told the company to stop selling because they do not have a license. It is noticed that M/s #Starlink (https://t.co/xscnDS4Cnn) has started pre-selling/booking of #satellite based #Internet Services in India without any #license/authorization. Public is advised not to subscribe to Starlink services being advertised. #GatiShakti #spacex @SpaceX — DoT India (@DoT_India) November 26, 2021 As of now, Starlink has only given Reuters this response: “No comment for now”. Despite this, Reuters reports that other companies have launched satellites that…

Rivian, an electric car company owned by Amazon and Ford, made its big debut in Wall Street last week. By Thursday, its market value went up to $100 billion making it the biggest IPO since Facebook and the biggest automotive company behind Tesla. After Elon Musk heard the news of Rivian’s success, he tweeted that he hoped that the company could keep production and cash flow balanced: I hope they’re able to achieve high production & breakeven cash flow. That is the true test. There have been hundreds of automotive startups, both electric & combustion, but Tesla is only American…

The rental car company Hertz just announced that they will buy 100,000 Tesla’s for customers to rent by next month. This caused Tesla’s market value to soar above $1 trillion. GOAT’s recognize GOAT’s. Introducing our all new EV fleet (@TomBrady not included) #Hertz #LetsGo pic.twitter.com/TElSE2PDKb — Hertz (@Hertz) October 25, 2021 Earlier in the day, according to The Verge, Tesla’s stock price was at $998.74 before reaching $1 trillion. At the end of the day, Tesla sat at 1,024.84 per share. The company is now in line with other trillion-dollar companies like Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. Bloomberg first…

On Sunday, Elon Musk announced that Tesla will be producing “Gigabier” during Berlin’s GigaFest. During Musk’s presentation, he talked about how the factory will make transportation more convenient for employees which, according to Electrek, will employ over 10,00 people, and the other cool things that the Berlin factory will have: “We’re gonna build a train station that’s right on the property. And then we’re gonna have graffiti murals all throughout the factory, on the outside and everything. So, I think that’s gonna be pretty cool. We’ve got some of them already. And we’re even gonna have a beer.” Nothing else…

As blue origin is preparing for their next launch on October 12, other news surrounding the company’s conduct is making headlines. Alexandra Abrams, a former employee at blue origin, made an exclusive interview with CBS today where she outlined the company’s ‘toxic’ environment that was documented in an essay. The essay was written by her and 20 other former and current employees claiming there was unaddressed safety concerns, a culture of sexual harassment, and policies that limited workers from reporting Misconduct. “You cannot create a culture of safety and a culture of fear at the same time. They are incompatible,”…

A couple of days ago, Elon Musk was asked when Starlink would come out of beta while reporting feedback of Tesla’s Full-Self Driving Beta 10. He replied, “next month.” Next month — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 17, 2021 While this is good news, Musk tends to overshoot when it comes to timelines. According to The Verge, he claimed at the Mobile World Conference that the full version of Starlink would come out in August, and that Starlink would have “possibly over 500,000 users within 12 months.” Starlink is made up of about 12,000 constellation satellite system in low Earth orbit.…

Two days ago, SpaceX announced the launch time of Inspiration4, setting the scene for the first all-civilian mission. The launch is to commence on 8pm Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Though, this might change as stated in their announcement. A second launch date has been scheduled on September 6th. Our crew is continuing final preparations for launch and teams are targeting no earlier than 8:00 p.m. ET on September 15 for liftoff of #Inspiration4. SpaceX and Inspiration4 will narrow down the launch window to five hours approximately three days before liftoff. pic.twitter.com/l6zmkGk6Zo — Inspiration4 (@inspiration4x) September 10, 2021 The…

It has been three years since the unveiling of the Cybertruck. Since then, people have been desperately waiting to see them on the road. Originally, buyers were promised the end of 2021 to start seeing production but due to designers and engineers putting the last touches on the styling and dimensions a few weeks ago, the production start date has been pushed back. According to Sawyer Mitt, an insider for Tesla, beta testing will be occurring before the year is out. This won’t be much of a surprise but I’ve been told designs were just recently finalized for Cybertruck. Tesla…