Tesla’s Model S Plaid hits 136mph while driving up dangerous mountain road that peaks at 14,000 feet

Elon Musk’s Tesla Model S Plaid put on show during practice rounds of the upcoming Pikes Peak Hill Climb race in Colorado Springs, which saw the vehicle hit 136mph as it ventured up a 14,000-foot high mountain. The Model S Plaid was modified to be race approved, and will be driven by legendary racecar driver Randy … Read more

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches Space Force military satellite with a REUSED booster for the first time

Elon Musk’s SpaceX used a recycled Falcon 9 booster to deliver a national security satellite to orbit for the first time Thursday. The 230-foot-tall rocket, topped with the GPS III SV05, ignited its nine Merlin engines at 12:10pm ET at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 40. ‘Go Falcon and go GPS,’ a host … Read more

Tesla unveils the Model S Plaid, which can go 0 to 60 in under 2 seconds

After pushing it back several months, Tesla has started to deliver its long-awaited Model S Plaid, its fastest car yet.  At the company’s Fremont, California factory on Thursday, CEO Elon Musk and the company’s lead designer, Franz von Holzhausen, introduced the near $130,000 car, which goes 0 to 60 in under 2 seconds.  However, to achieve … Read more

The Flaming Lips’ singer calls on Elon Musk to help the band become the first to perform on the ISS

Space jam! The Flaming Lips’ singer calls on Elon Musk to help the band become the first to perform on the International Space Station The Flaming Lips, a psychedelic rock band, wants to perform in space  Lead singer, Wayne Coyne, revealed it is their dream to play on the ISS Coyne also shared that he … Read more

Tesla files trademark applications related to possibly opening its OWN restaurants

Want fries with that, Elon? Tesla files trademark applications related to possibly opening its OWN restaurants Tesla has filed trademarks for ‘restaurant services, pop-up restaurant services, self-service restaurant services, take-out restaurant services’ The idea was first brought up by CEO Elon Musk several years ago  The application was signed on May 27 and will be … Read more

USAF and Elon Musk’s plans to transport cargo by rocket anywhere in the world in one hour revealed

The US Air Force has revealed details about its ambitious plans for a space launch rocket which could deliver cargo weighing up to 100 tons to anywhere in the world within an hour. The service, working in partnership with Elon Musk‘s SpaceX, wants to carry out an end-to-end test of the Rocket Cargo program by … Read more

SpaceX plans to launch a Starship rocket to MARS from an ‘ocean spaceport’ in 2022 

SpaceX founder Elon Musk has confirmed ambitious plans to build an ‘ocean spaceport’ that will be used to launch a Starship rocket to Mars in 2022.  It was reported in July 2020 that the firm had acquired a pair of former oil drilling rigs for $3.5 million (£2.47 million) each that they planned to convert … Read more

Tesla is ‘checking up on drivers’ with new monitoring software

Autopilot uses cameras, ultrasonic sensors and radar to see and sense the environment around the car.  The sensor and camera suite provides drivers with an awareness of their surroundings that a driver alone would not otherwise have.  A powerful onboard computer processes these inputs in a matter of milliseconds to help what the company say … Read more