Diabetic Baja 1000 racer steals the show with ad hoc Starlink Mini setup

A dirt bike rider stole the show at the Baja 1000 by completing the grueling 1,000-mile race while live-streaming to his mother using Starlink Mini the whole time. The rider, Ben Hundter, and his brother David, completed the race in 31 hours 30 minutes, which is a pretty long FaceTime video call, all things considered.  […]

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Tesla’s Elon Musk still backed by German Minister, despite political clash

A German Minister has shared some insights about his political disagreements with Elon Musk and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, going on to add that he “still values” the Tesla CEO and the company’s Gigafactory in Brandenburg. In an interview shared by German outlet Tagesspiegel on Monday, Brandenburg Economic Minister Jörg Steinbach said that he wouldn’t […]

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Elon Musk continues to hint Tesla is developing a new, larger vehicle

Elon Musk is continuing to hint that Tesla is developing a new, larger vehicle to add to its lineup. Tesla has only one vehicle that is truly designed for a family that is larger than four people: the Model X. It is an SUV that can have three rows and seat up to seven, but […]

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Trump aims to create framework for self-driving vehicles: report

A report shared over the weekend claims that the transition team for President-elect Donald Trump is looking to create a federal framework for self-driving vehicles—and to make the sector a top priority in the upcoming term. Trump’s transition team is looking to create federal rules for the rollout of autonomous vehicles, according to people familiar […]

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Legendary investor Ron Baron sees Tesla potentially hitting $5 trillion in 10 years

Longtime Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) shareholder and billionaire investor Ron Baron of Baron Capital recently weighed in on Tesla and Elon Musk’s potential in the coming years of the Trump administration. As per the legendary investor, Tesla could hit a market cap of about $5 trillion in 10 years.  During an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, Baron […]

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Why Tesla should benefit from Musk’s new DOGE role in Trump White House: Wedbush

Tesla CEO Elon Musk will be one of the two leaders of President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), along with Vivek Ramaswamy. Analysts like Wedbush’s Dan Ives are digging into whether it is a positive or a negative for Tesla, which has gained 50 percent on Wall Street over the past month. Ives, […]

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Elon Musk hints that public will be involved in D.O.G.E.’s operations

Elon Musk has provided some details about how the United States’ Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.) would operate. Similar to social media platform X’s Community Notes, it would appear that D.O.G.E. would be tapping into the public for constant feedback.  In an announcement, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump announced that Elon Musk would be co-leading the […]

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Hotel owner tears down Tesla chargers in frustration over Musk’s politics

A hotel owner from Germany has torn down three Tesla Destination chargers on his property because he could not support Elon Musk’s politics. Reactions over the hotel owner’s actions have been mixed.  Hotel owner Andreas Eggensberger from the German city of Füssen had previously been an open supporter of Tesla. His support for the electric […]

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Donald Trump announces Elon Musk’s official White House role

President-elect Donald Trump has announced Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s official role in the White House. Trump made the announcement on X, the social media platform Musk bought over two years ago. President-elect Trump said: “I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk, working in conjunction with American Patriot Vivek Ramaswamy, will […]

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SpaceX sends 24 more Starlink satellites into orbit

SpaceX sent 24 more Starlink high-speed internet satellites into orbit on Monday, launching a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) in Florida. The launch occurred at 4:23 p.m. ET on Monday, with a Falcon 9 with tail number B1080 taking off from Cape Canaveral. It was the 12th flight for this specific […]

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