For the Human Race
SpaceX was scheduled to perform a static fire test of it’s most powerful rocket , Falcon Heavy,however, due to the U.S.budget impasse and shutdown, the test has been further delayed. The Falcon Heavy is a reusable super heavy launch vehicle, consisting of a strengthened Falcon 9 rocket core coupled with…
In September of 2015 the EPA issued a notice of violation to Volkswagen. The EPA had found that Volkswagen had used cheater devices to fool regulators into thinking some of their vehicles met emission regulations, when in fact they had not. It was found that about half a million vehicles…
Henrik Fisher is a legendary automotive designer and entrepreneur best known for designing iconic luxury cars including the BMW Z8, Aston Martin DB9, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Fisker Karma, Galpin-Fisker Mustang Rocket, VLF Force 1 V10 and the VLF Destino V8. The first time Henrik Fisker started an automotive company bearing…
Tesla had a busy and exciting week. On Tuesday, Tesla announced production has begun for the solar roof shingles at the Buffalo Gigafactory. Elon Musk revealed the new solar shingles, which look like ordinary roof tiles, over a year ago. Tesla’s solar roof tiles have been heralded as a significant…
Bloomberg and other outlets are reporting the classified Zuma payload, lifted into orbit on Jan 7, aboard a Space X Falcon rocket, has been lost after failing to reach orbit. Originally, it had been reported, the spacecraft was lost after falling back to Earth. However, as of this moment, because…
Tesla has stated, via the Tesla Q4 Vehicle Production and Deliveries report; ” In the last few days, we hit a production rate on each of our manufacturing lines that extrapolates to over 1,000 Model 3’s per week.” This is obviously indicative of Tesla slowly pulling out of Production…
Mass demonstrations have erupted throughout Iran. The people have called on their government and religious leaders to stop wasting money abroad on wars and terrorism and instead, focus on the source of widespread frustration and anger – Iran’s faltering economy. Iran is basically controlled by three entities; 1.) The Supreme…
The 2017 California fire season has broken the record as the most destructive in state history; so far 8,775 fires have burned 1,358,448 acres. Tragically, fatalities have included one firefighter and 45 civilians. The total economic cost , according to AccuWeather, is estimated to be at least $180 billion dollars…
California is in a pretty tough pickle; during the years of 2011 through 2016, drought ravaged the state with the driest conditions since record keeping began. Once drought sets in, there are calls for the hardest hit areas to begin building desalination plants. Desalination is basically the removal of salts…
Just about every other automaker is involved in racing – except Tesla. Automakers race their vehicles to push their equipment under the most demanding conditions and to promote the brand. Tesla, however, has elected to remain largely on the sidelines until 2018, when the modified version of the Tesla Model…