By Sean P. Aune |
There is no question that the founder of Tesla Motors, Elon Musk, comes up with some crazy ideas, but could he be the real life version of Tony Stark, also known as Iron Man? ValueWalk put together an infographic of the two men – one…
By Brandon Russell |
One of our favorite automative companies is again dominating headlines: stock prices are up, and the company is introducing new services to ensure complete 100 percent customer satisfaction. When Tesla founder Elon Musk isn’t re-defining the space industry, donating personal funds to improve highways, or…
By Brandon Russell |
Elon Musk’s SpaceX again successfully demonstrated that the sky’s the limit with its Grasshopper prototype spacecraft, a ten-story tall Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) rocket. Fittingly, Musk used Earth Day to Tweet out a video of Grasshopper soaring to 820 feet—besting its previous height of…
By Adriana Lee |
A big stink has been brewing around the Tesla’s electric Model S lately, thanks to a review published by The New York Times writer John Broder. Last weekend, he chronicled an ill-fated car trip from Washington, D.C., to Boston, which got cut short in Connecticut…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back with an all new show where he rants and raves on various topics in and out of the tech world. On this week’s episode, Jon rants about car technology. Jon hates the fact that a hundred dollar smartphone can do far…
By Brandon Russell |
Elon Musk wants to bring you and 79,999 of your closest friends to colonize a nice little spread on Mars. The SpaceX founder and CEO revealed his ambitious plans to the Royal Aeronautical Society earlier this month, revealing each trip would cost $500,000 and would…
By Brandon Russell |
After a series of setbacks, SpaceX successfully docked its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station in late May, the first time ever by a privately owned company. Under the helm of CEO Elon Musk, also CEO of Tesla Motors, the company proved that with…
By Brandon Russell |
It sounds like complete science fiction, but SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft on Friday was finally “captured” by the ISS. It’s a historic day for science and engineering, and a monumental step for commercial space flight, as the Dragon is the first ever private craft to hook…
By Brandon Russell |
Sometimes it’s more about the journey than the actual destination. For SpaceX, what a journey it’s been. On May 22 at 3:44 ET, after six years long years of trial and error, Elon Musk’s private space transport company successfully sent its Falcon 9 rocket racing…
By Brandon Russell |
On the brink of its oft delayed launch to the ISS, SpaceX’s journey has been hit with yet another set back. This time, the private rocket company got closer than it ever had before, with the countdown even reaching zero before an excessive pressure reading…
By Mike Perlman |
Lucky customers who ordered 2012 Model S EVs will be getting their electric sedans next month, but Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared some exciting news on the company’s blog yesterday. The souped up Model S sedan with 85kWh battery has just completed the 2-cycle EPA…
By Brandon Russell |
The maiden voyage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft is being put on hold. The project, which was originally set for launch on May 7 from Cape Canaveral, has reportedly been grounded because of issues with software, Wired said. A similar incident occurred…
By Brandon Russell |
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced on Monday it will webcast a static fire test of the Falcon 9 rocket in preparation of a live launch next week. The space transport company, which develops and manufactures space launch vehicles, will ignite the craft’s nine Merlin engines…
By Noah Kravitz |
For a company that currently has nothing actually for sale, Tesla is doing all they can to keep the hype mill a-churnin’. But hey, the electric vehicle company was born out of Silicon Valley and pre-launch buzz is the Valley Way! Don’t get me wrong,…
