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SpaceX completes second catch of lower stage, but loses Starship

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By Joey Klender Posted on January 16, 2025 SpaceX completed its seventh launch of Starship on Thursday, accomplishing a clean liftoff and catch of the first-stage booster. However, the upper stage was lost after its ascent. The launch took place just a few minutes after 5 p.m. on the East Coast, as the first attempts at getting Starship in the air for the seventh time were delayed by weather both last week and this week . Conditions were favorable on Thursday as SpaceX looked to follow up a successful campaign by Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s company, earlier today. SpaceX went into the seventh Starship launch with plans for a catch attempt of the first-stage booster, something it attempted and completed during the fifth test launch last year. It decided to skip a catch attempt with the sixth test flight as conditions were not aligned. For now, SpaceX is extremely selective as to when it attempts catches. However, it was successful during this attempt, it...
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As Biden heads out, $43.7M goes to 25 EV charging accelerator projects

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Image: Voltpost The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation’s Communities Taking Charge Accelerator has awarded $43.7 million to 25 innovative EV charging projects across the US. The Communities Taking Charge Accelerator was launched on April 16, 2024, and the funding comes from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The three main goals of the funding are to expand access to electrified mobility options for folks who don’t have access to home charging, accelerate opportunities for fleet electrification, and improve and advance managed charging systems to mitigate impacts and optimize usage of the grid. On January 15, 25 project awardees were announced that impact 23 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Challenges that the projects will address include: Solving for no-home charging. Not everyone has a driveway or garage to charge their EVs, e-bikes, or scooters. Projects are testing creative solutions like curbside chargers, multifamily charging setups, an...
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Tesla bull Wedbush weighs potential Elon Musk purchase of TikTok

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By Joey Klender Posted on January 14, 2025 Tesla bull Wedbush weighed the potential of CEO Elon Musk buying social media platform TikTok, which is set to be banned in the United States in less than a week. Some are speculating that Musk could be an ideal buyer, as he has already purchased one platform in Twitter, which he changed to X. Last evening, a report from  Bloomberg stated that sources close to the matter said China was mulling Musk as a potential buyer of the platform to keep it running in the U.S. With t he stories persisting and many looking at how Musk could purchase the platform , Wedbush’s Dan Ives published a note on Tuesday morning driving home the idea that the Tesla frontman being at the helm of TikTok could make sense: “Given the strong and growing alliance between Trump and Musk this is not a total shock route as behind the scenes the Trump White House is looking at alternatives if the Supreme Court upholds the ban. In addition, ...
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Toyota funded climate deniers and Fred says Elon fudged the FSD numbers

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Tesla snubbed again by Biden Admin for EV semi charging corridor funding

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By Joey Klender Posted on January 13, 2025 Tesla has been snubbed for the second time by the Biden Administration for funding that would help build out an electric vehicle charging corridor on the West Coast for EV semi-trucks. It is the second time the Biden White House has denied Tesla funding for the corridor, a project it is working on with California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). In total, 49 applicants won $636 million from the Department of Transportation in this round of funding requests. Tesla was not on the list of recipients, and the SCAQMD confirmed to  TechCrunch that the two companies had once again applied for funding during this round. Tesla requested funding from the government in 2023 as a part of the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) program, which was part of the Biden Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal that was signed in 2021. In 2024, the first request from Tesla and SCAQMD was de...
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The first Jeep and Dodge EVs are finally arriving at US dealerships

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The first all-electric Jeep and Dodge models have officially landed in the US. Although later than planned, Jeep and Dodge EVs are now arriving at US dealerships. Jeep and Dodge EVs are hitting US dealerships Stellantis is preparing for an all-out EV blitz in 2025 with the first electric Jeep, Dodge, and Ram Truck models rolling out. Although Jeep and Dodge were expected to have EVs on dealership lots by the end of 2024, software issues forced Stellantis to push it back. For the electric Charger, it was “90%-plus, 95%-plus” getting the software fixed. “The last few months, we have been tweaking all of the software to get the best drive experience, the best charge experience, the best customer experience,” Dodge CEO, Matt McAlear told The Detroit News at the Detroit Auto Show. McAlear said about 100 Dodge Charger Daytona EV models arrived at US dealerships on Friday. Bob Broderorf, head of Jeep North America, explained that the delays in the Jeep Wagoneer S, the brand’s first g...
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Swedish unions, transportation agency comment on anti-Tesla strike efforts

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By Zachary Visconti Posted on January 11, 2025 Labor efforts continue against Tesla in Sweden, as the company faces strikes and sympathy strikes from multiple of the country’s largest unions that have now lasted well over a year. In recent months, these strikes have prevented Tesla’s buyers in the country from receiving their license plates directly from the transportation agency, along with stopping newly built Supercharger stations from being energized. Tesla has been pursuing legal action for both of these issues, though Sweden’s long-standing history with a highly unionized workforce has some union and government officials scratching their heads as to why the company won’t sign a collective bargaining agreement. Originally approved by IF Metall, the country’s largest automotive and metalworkers union, the strikes have rippled into other major unions, including the government worker-focused Fackförbundet ST, and the Svenska Elektrikerförbundet (SEF) unio...
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