In Sunday's segment on Sky News Australia (Weekend Edition with Jaynie Seal) we covered the delivery of the first Tesla semitrailer in the United States. Australian truckies are set for a much longer wait to get behind the wheel of Elon Musk’s latest electric vehicle.  At the moment the Tesla Semi might be too wide according to Australian regulations and although its range is 800 kms (impressive) - it won’t make Brisbane to Sydney on a single charge - YET.  

But this is a game-changer vehicle. Even under full load it drives like a car. This could encourage more truckies into work.  Acceleration from 0 to 100 kph in 20 seconds (full load), single seat but you can stand up in the cabin, powered by three electric motors, safer downhill due to regenerative braking and recharge to 70 per cent in 30 minute using "mega chargers".

In Sunday's segment on Sky News Australia (Weekend Edition with Tim Gilbert) we looked at ways to avoid parcel theft, which is on the rise in Australia. In the United States last year, 210 million packages went missing. As Australians spend more than 6 billion dollars on Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals this weekend .. authorities are warning about a rise in parcel theft. In this segment we show how doorbell cameras like Ring and Google Nest (my current choice) are realtime deterrents.

In Sunday's segment on Sky News Australia (Weekend Edition with Tim Gilbert) we looked at Twitter in the wake of its purchase by billionaire Elon Musk.

Verified Twitter users will have to pay to keep their blue tick badges but many celebrities say they won’t be paying the eight dollar monthly fee and will leave the social network. Some already have left. We discuss if leaving now is a good idea, should people wait? Twitter is a mess - always has been - but that’s part of the charm.

In Sunday's segment on Sky News Australia (Weekend Edition with Jaynie Seal) we looked at Elon Musk’s offer to help restore internet services to tsunami ravaged Tonga.

Musk said on Twitter: “This is a hard thing for us to do right now, as we don’t have enough satellites with laser links and there are already geo sats that serve the Tonga region. That is why I’m asking for clear confirmation.” 

Digicel workers have got some connectively going, handed out free sims and Telstra made calls free to Tonga. But Musk is right about the difficulties in getting Starlink to provide internet coverage over Tonga at this point. We discuss the reasons.

In Sunday's segment on Sky News Australia (Weekend Edition with Jaynie Seal) we looked at Cybertruck and the latest reports of delays into next year. We also look at other options in the EV off-road 4WD space.

Hyundai's metamobility plans will free all people, young and old, to travel physically and via proxy robots.

Plus .. Skullcandy's SKULL-iQ gives new wireless earbuds handsfree operation - offline - all the time.