Elon Musk blasted back at Donald Trump in a series of scathing tweets Monday night, urging the former president to abandon his ambitions for a political comeback. Musk’s comments came after Trump attacked Tesla’s CEO at his rally in Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday. “I don’t hate the man, but it’s time for Trump to hang … Read more
picture: Chris DELMAS/AFP (Getty Images) Finally, on Friday night, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made it absolutely clear that he has no interest in including “owners of Twitter” in his track listing. The move was months in the making. Twitter plans to sue. in one Letter Speaking to Twitter’s Chief Legal Officer Vijaya Gadde on a … Read more
According to sales numbers released this week by Warren Buffett-backed Chinese automaker BYD, Tesla’s commanding lead in the electric vehicle market is shrinking. BYD said it sold a whopping 641,350 “new energy vehicles” — or full-battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids — in the first six months of 2022, according to a company filing. This … Read more
SpaceX’s massive Super Heavy Booster Stage now stands (very) high on the company’s launch pad in south Texas as it awaits a series of tests and final inspections. The company is aiming to launch the fully stacked Starship rocket for a flight test as early as July, but a number of regulatory hurdles still stand … Read more
Elon Musk speaks at the Automotive World News Congress at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan. Rebecca Cook | Reuters Tesla is closing its San Mateo, California office and cutting an estimated 200 jobs there, CNBC has confirmed, as part of a broader cost-cutting effort at the electric-vehicle company. At the San Mateo facility, hundreds … Read more
photo: Frederic J Brown (Getty Images) A besieged Twitter really wants it billionaire admirer to get this deal over with. Twitter earlier this month at last he laid to Musk’s better-late-never heard complaints about the proliferation of bots on the platform and provided it with a “fire brigade” of data. Apparently that wasn’t enough to … Read more
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched the German military satellite SARah 1 on June 18.photo: SpaceX It’s been a busy weekend for SpaceX as the private space company put three of its Falcon 9 rockets into orbit over a three-day period. SpaceX’s latest launch may even have carried a secret government payload, in addition to launching … Read more
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched the German military satellite SARah 1 on June 18.photo: SpaceX It’s been a busy weekend for SpaceX as the private space company put three of its Falcon 9 rockets into orbit over a three-day period. SpaceX’s latest launch may even have carried a secret government payload, in addition to launching … Read more
The Cygnus spacecraft approaches the ISS on February 21, 2022. photo: NASA NASA is currently evaluating the docked Cygnus spacecraft’s ability to serve as a booster for the International Space Station, but a recent test of the concept was quickly canceled for reasons that have not yet been elucidated. Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus NG CRS-17 spacecraft’s … Read more
The blue spiral appeared in the night sky over New Zealand on Sunday. Stargazers in New Zealand were surprised by strange, spiraling light formations in the night sky on Sunday night. The photos were shared widely on social media, with many New Zealanders likening them to some kind of “wormhole”. However, experts said these “crazy … Read more