Category: News
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SpaceX outfits drone ship for Panama Canal transit after 45th booster recovery
Just a few hours after returning to Port Canaveral, SpaceX lifted Falcon 9 B1067 off of drone ship Of Course I Still Love You’s (OCISLY) deck, completing the vessel’s 45th successful East Coast booster recovery. Minutes later, SpaceX began loading unusual hardware onto the drone ship and it soon became clear that preparations were underway…
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SpaceX on track to launch 20 Falcon 9 rockets in the first half of 2021
The second half of SpaceX’s June 2021 flight schedule has begun to firm up, raising the odds of another four-launch month as the end of the first half of 2021 fast approaches. In an increasing rarity among a slew of pandemic and shortage-stricken satellites, rockets, and launch flows, SpaceX’s fourth upgraded GPS III satellite launch…
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GM, Wuling Make Just $14 Profit Per Car On China’s Best-Selling EV
China’s best-selling EV last year was the newly introduced Hong Guang MINI EV, which is produced by General Motors and its Chinese partner Wuling. This year, some projections suggest that the automaker might sell as many as 400,000 units of the car. One of the biggest appeals of the little EV is its price, as…
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Volkswagen Group aims to double US market share to 10% by 2030, could overtake Tesla as early as 2025
After announcing the New Auto strategy, the Volkswagen Group expects its share of fully electric vehicle sales to rise to 50% by 2030, potentially doubling its market share in the US to 10%. The figure is based on a group level, so that will include sales from Porsche, Bentley, and Audi as well. Company CEO…
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Elon Musk books a flight to space with…Virgin Galactic?
Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, Tesla, and the Boring Company, is taking a ride up to space with Virgin Galactic. Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson’s private spaceflight company, performed its first fully crewed flight to space with Branson and others on board on Sunday. The Wall Street Journal reported Musk’s ticket purchase for a future trip…
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This is the bike that Richard Branson didn’t ride to his space launch
This is the bike that Richard Branson didn’t ride to his space launch The new Space Race – between billionaires, not Cold War-era superpowers – reached a milestone on Sunday. Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group, took off from New Mexico’s Spaceport America as a passenger in his Virgin Galactic Unity VS22 spacecraft. The…
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XPeng Introduces Facelifted G3 Known As The G3i
XPeng has introduced a facelifted version of the G3, known as the G3i, in China. Set to be launched in September, the G3i features a sleeker front fascia that echoes the one found on the P7. As you can see, it features a slender LED light bar that resides above new headlights. Moving further back,…
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Tesla Cybertruck could be ‘a flop,’ but Elon Musk doesn’t care
The Tesla Cybertruck’s unique design is unlike any other vehicle on the market, and CEO Elon Musk says there is a chance the all-electric pickup could ultimately flop, but he doesn’t care. After an Op-Ed was posted on TheTruthAboutCars.com that highlighted the possibility of the Cybertruck being Tesla’s first “flop” vehicle, meaning it won’t sell in…
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Shareholders Ask $2.6 Billion Question: Does Tesla Control Musk Or Does Musk Controls Tesla?
Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, is at the center of a new court battle seeking to determine if he had undue influence to force the automaker to buy SolarCity, a solar panel maker, in 2016. At the heart of the case, which starts Monday, is the question of whether or not Elon Musk, despite owning just…
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GM issues safety warning for recalled Bolt EV units over potential fire risk
General Motors (GM) has issued a warning to 2017-2019 Chevy Bolt EV owners whose vehicles were recently part of a recall. According to the automaker, Bolt EV drivers should not park their vehicles inside a garage or charge them unattended overnight due to a potential fire risk. Two vehicles that were part of the recall…