Tesla raising factory worker pay in U.S., as UAW aims to organize

Tesla raising factory worker pay in U.S., as UAW aims to organize

An aerial view shows the Tesla Fremont Factory in Fremont, California on February 10, 2022. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Tesla is rolling out “market adjustment” pay increases this month to many of its factory workers across the U.S., according to notices posted at the company’s vehicle assembly plant in Fremont, California. Bloomberg … Read more

SpaceX, T-Mobile send first texts via Starlink satellites

SpaceX, T-Mobile send first texts via Starlink satellites

SpaceX founder Elon Musk and T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert on stage during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event on August 25, 2022 in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. Michael Gonzalez | Getty Images SpaceX successfully sent text messages via Starlink satellites using T-Mobile’s network, it announced Wednesday, as Elon Musk’s company aims bring its direct-to-device cell … Read more

Hertz Is Selling Its Fleet Of Rental Tesla Model 3s For Cheap

Hertz Is Selling Its Fleet Of Rental Tesla Model 3s For Cheap

After Hertz’s full-scale EV adoption plan resulted in its fleet of new Tesla Model 3s getting abused by rideshare drivers and renters alike, Hertz is selling off a portion of its fleet for wildly cheap prices. Before you go snatch up these electrified bargains, keep in mind that Hertz is jettisoning these Model 3s due … Read more

Tesla Drops Range Estimates On Every Vehicle But One

Tesla Drops Range Estimates On Every Vehicle But One

Happy Wednesday! It’s January 10, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, all in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. The Hype Behind Tesla Stock Success In 2023 1st Gear: Tesla Lowers Estimated Range For All Vehicles … Read more

NASA delays crewed Artemis moon missions

NASA delays crewed Artemis moon missions

The crew members of the Artemis 2 mission of the U.S. space agency NASA, left to right, Reid Wiseman Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, stand at a press event in the ArianeGroup building. Hauke-Christian Dittrich | Picture Alliance | Getty Images NASA is pushing back the schedule for upcoming missions of its flagship … Read more

Elon Musk’s X to launch peer-to-peer payments this year

Elon Musk’s X to launch peer-to-peer payments this year

Elon Musk — the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter — speaks during The New York Times’ annual DealBook summit in New York City, Nov. 29, 2023. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, announced it will launch peer-to-peer … Read more

Supreme Court rejects appeal by Elon Musk’s X on disclosing federal surveillance

Supreme Court rejects appeal by Elon Musk’s X on disclosing federal surveillance

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris on June 16, 2023. Chesnot | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal by the social media giant X challenging a ban on the … Read more

ULA Vulcan rocket launches as the newest challenger to SpaceX

ULA Vulcan rocket launches as the newest challenger to SpaceX

The brand new rocket, United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41d at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 8, 2024, for its maiden voyage, carrying Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lunar Lander.  Chandan Khanna | AFP | Getty Images A new U.S. rocket reached orbit early Monday, … Read more

Musk’s SpaceX Faces Charges For Illegally Firing 9 Employees

Musk’s SpaceX Faces Charges For Illegally Firing 9 Employees

Nine SpaceX employees were fired in June of 2022 shortly after disseminating an open letter that urged company executives to publicly condemn CEO Elon Musk’s public behavior. The letter referenced Elon’s sexual misconduct and hush money payments, his ‘harmful’ Twitter persona, and called him a ‘source of distraction and embarrassment.’ Those behind the letter were … Read more

‘The loss of DEI-phobic companies is my gain’

‘The loss of DEI-phobic companies is my gain’

Mark Cuban says smart businesses embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. That’s a stance at odds with some recent high-profile skepticism of the organizational framework from fellow billionaires Elon Musk and Bill Ackman. “Let me help you out and give my thoughts on DEI,” Cuban told Musk on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday. “Good … Read more