WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Thursday it would extend the public comment period for the draft environmental review of the proposed SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy program in Boca Chica, Texas, to Nov. 1. The extension comes after federal and state agencies participating in the review made the request to …
Company sees booming demand for e-charging business CEO is mulling potential $3 bln IPO of the division New device can fully charge a car in 15 minutes ZURICH, Sept 30 (Reuters) – ABB (ABBN.S) has launched the world’s fastest electric car charger, the Swiss engineering company said on Thursday, to plug into the booming demand for electric …
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) bull Chamath Palihapitiya said at the beginning of 2021 that he expected the company’s stock to double and triple in value. That was in January when $TSLA was trading at around $799 per share, comparative to current levels, which, at the time of writing, was $782.22, up .12%. Palihapitiya, who founded Social …
Genesis has revealed more details about its upcoming GV60, an upcoming electric SUV based on Hyundai’s E-GMP platform powering the Ioniq electric vehicles. Like the Ioniq 5, it comes with great specs, but also some dumb features like fake engine noises. Last month, Genesis unveiled the first images of the GV60. It’s an important vehicle for Hyundai’s …
Upon the announcement of Tesla building a new dedicated production facility for its massive Megapack energy storage product, the company is now launching a massive hiring spree at the plant, which is located in Lathrop, California. Last week, Teslarati reported on a new Megapack production facility that Tesla broke ground on in Lathrop. Lathrop is a town …
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have had an unenviable September, struggling to make gains or even hold ground. The bitcoin price has lost almost 10% over the last 30 days, with China’s latest crypto crackdown sapping the enthusiasm of many bitcoin and crypto traders. Now, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk, one of the biggest boosters of the bitcoin price …
Elon Musk made fun of Jeff Bezos in an interview this week saying, “you can’t sue your way to the moon.” Amazon then sent a PDF to The Verge listing legal actions SpaceX had filed, stretching back to 2004. Bezos’ space company Blue Origin said “such actions are common practice” in government procurement. Amazon responded …
A group of mostly anonymous employees has accused Blue Origin of sacrificing safety. The 21 current and former workers also said Jeff Bezos fostered a toxic and sexist work culture. Blue Origin said it’d investigate the harassment claims but didn’t comment on the safety concerns. A group of current and former Blue Origin employees accused …
Tesla employees have confirmed that the company has produced its 1 millionth battery pack at Gigafactory Nevada. Gigafactory Nevada was somewhat of a novel idea when it was first deployed. The plan was to build a giant factory in partnership with Panasonic, who would build battery cells, and Tesla would use those cells to build …