Tesla finally launched its crossover SUV today. The shiny new Tesla Model Y shares plenty of DNA with the company’s Model 3 sedan, albeit with a little less range, a little more bulk and a slightly higher price tag.
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The Las Vegas Convention Center is undergoing a renovation, and as part of this its tourism authority wants The Boring Company to burrow a high-speed transport loop beneath the surface in time for CES 2021.
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It has been a busy start to an important year for Tesla, and the Silicon Valley automaker is continuing full steam ahead with the reveal of its upcoming crossover at an event in LA next week.
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How does one lift 100 metric tons of spacefaring gear into low-Earth orbit? For SpaceX and its ambitious CEO, that means strapping 31 advanced boosters to the bottom of a retro-styled rocket and shooting for the stars. Test-firing of this engine has now reached lift-off levels of power.
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Tesla's long-promised US$35,000 electric car still remains somewhere down the road, but little by little the company is edging towards this kind of mass market pricing for its increasingly popular Model 3.
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Lifting all the pieces needed to colonize Mars off the face off the Earth is going to involve some serious firepower, and SpaceX has just tested out an important piece of the puzzle, engaging a flight version of its Raptor engine for the first time.
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The Sun is setting on 2018, and with so many eyes on (and in) the skies it’s been a stellar year for space photography. From mesmerizing nebulae to historic firsts to stunning views of Earth and other planets, New Atlas rounds up some of the best space photos of the year.
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The Boring Company has moved rather swiftly since CEO Elon Musk first floated the idea of overcoming LA’s notorious traffic woes by digging underneath them. Two years after he publicly raised the concept, the startup has now snipped the ribbon on its first tunnel.
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The Boring Company is edging closer to the unveiling of its very first tunnel, albeit a little behind schedule. The tunnel construction outfit announced today that it has pushed back the official opening event one week to December 18.
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When SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks about reusable rockets, he imagines them functioning like airplanes. The company has taken an important step towards this future, for the first time ever flying a Falcon 9 booster that had already flown twice before.
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