Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Image: SpaceX Update, October 20, 2026: SpaceX launched Bandwagon-5 from Florida on Tuesday morning, one day after the recovery-weather delay below. The company posted “Liftoff!” at 4:04 AM PT, and about nine minutes later it confirmed that Falcon 9’s first stage had landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship. One of the payloads on […]

Image: SpaceX Elon Musk said early Monday that next year he will give one of his SpaceX shares to every kid in America, and he framed the move as only the start. In a post at 12:52 a.m. PT, Musk wrote, “Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in […]

Image: Tesla Tesla will hold its 2026 annual shareholder meeting on December 3 at 3:00 p.m. Central Time, and the ballot is about as short as it gets. That’s according to Tesla’s definitive proxy statement, which the company filed with the SEC on Monday. The meeting runs online at Tesla’s virtual shareholder meeting site and […]

Image: Tesla Tesla is showing off a Porsche 911 driver who just ordered a Model Y Performance. That’s according to Tesla’s post on X, which quoted Justin Tse, a Victoria, B.C. tech YouTuber, and said he was convinced by FSD Supervised, ride quality and Grok SI integration. Tesla posted it Sunday evening. Porsche 911 driver […]

Image: Tesla The banana seen at the Tesla Roadster reveal was a stopwatch. That’s according to Zack Pittman on X, who posted Saturday night that it was an “analog stopwatch” and that a laser dropped it the instant the car’s tires started to roll. Pittman runs CINELIVE, the Dallas production company that, by his own […]

Image: Tesla Elon Musk says Tesla will add a large font option to the touchscreen UI. That’s according to his reply on X Sunday morning, where he wrote, “We will add a large font option to the UI.” He didn’t say when it will arrive or what it will look like. @StephenFleming @Tesla We will […]

Image: Tesla Tesla has pushed back the estimated delivery window for new Model Y L Launch Series orders in the U.S. to January to March 2027 for all configurations, up from January to February. That’s according to Sawyer Merritt on X, who posted the change Sunday morning. He added that some customers are also seeing […]

Image: Starlink The U.S. ambassador to the EU is warning that European companies face “devastating” retaliation if Brussels restricts SpaceX’s Starlink from a key slice of satellite spectrum. That’s according to the Financial Times, which reported that Andrew Puzder said Washington would hit back if the EU presses ahead with plans to restrict American rivals […]

Image: SpaceX and Tesla Employees at Tesla and SpaceX appear to be following each other on X in growing numbers, and it’s feeding fresh speculation about a Tesla and SpaceX merger. That’s according to a post from Big Tech Alert on X early Sunday, which says “MANY Tesla executives and rank and file employees have […]

Image: Tesla Elon Musk says Tesla‘s future value will come largely from Optimus and Cybercab, even as the company moves ahead with its new Roadster. Musk made the comments in a reply on X at 10:01 PM PT Saturday, responding to Teslaconomics, which argued that anyone focused only on the Roadster’s sales and profit margins […]

Image: Tesla Elon Musk says Tesla plans to build a “wild looping track” at its Texas headquarters where Roadster owners can put their cars to the test. He described the planned attraction as “crazier even than Hot Wheels.” Musk shared the details in a reply to Robert Scoble on X early Saturday. Musk also made […]

Image: SpaceXSI Elon Musk says SpaceXSI is putting “a lot of effort” into a specialized Hagglebot for business use, and that it could cut enterprise costs by 5% or more. That’s according to a post he made on X at 11:26 AM PT Friday, replying to a fan’s thread about SpaceXSI’s Grok Bots. @0x_kaize We […]

Image: Starlink Reliance Industries says it welcomes satellite competition in India, “including Starlink,” and Starlink has now answered back. That’s according to a Reliance statement posted on X at 7:15 PM PT Thursday, and a quote-post from Starlink’s account at 10:27 AM PT Friday that answered it. Statement from Reliance Industries In light of recent […]

Image: Tesla Two YouTube channels that attended the Tesla Roadster launch have posted behind-the-scenes video from the night, including a close look at a cutaway car, the battery and motor, and the thruster hardware. That’s according to Out of Spec Reviews and DragTimes, whose hosts filmed a hands-on video and a walkthrough at SpaceX’s rocket […]

Image: Tesla Tesla's vice president of vehicle engineering has walked through how the new Roadster's fans, wings and thrusters work, and the car's powertrain too. That's according to Hagerty, whose host Henry Catchpole sat down with Lars Moravy in a SpaceX hangar for a 27-minute interview recorded the day before the Oct. 15 reveal. Everything...