Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Image: Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines says it is bringing Starlink Wi-Fi to its entire fleet, and it expects to be the first major U.S. airline to finish a fleetwide rollout, in fall 2027. That's according to Southwest's Rapid Rewards press release on Thursday, which says the service will provide high-speed connectivity from takeoff to landing....

Image: Tesla New videos from the Roadster event give a close look at the touchscreen interface inside the next-generation Roadster. That's according to Sawyer Merritt, who attended the Oct. 15 event and posted a 108-second "in-depth look" at the car's UI at 9:22 PM PT. He says he loves its "retro-futuristic design aesthetic." Here's an...

Image: Waymo Waymo says it is bringing its fully autonomous ride-hailing service to Toronto, its first city in Canada, with a goal of picking up its first riders in 2028. That's according to Waymo's blog post and X post on Friday, which say Waymo vehicles will start showing up on Toronto streets in the coming...

Image: Tesla Europe Tesla Europe says Slovakia has now approved Tesla's supervised driving system, and that rollout begins soon. That's according to a post from the @teslaeurope account at 7:04 AM PT Friday, which reads "Now approved in Slovakia 🇸🇰 Rollout begins soon" and comes with a photo of the driver's view from inside a...

Image: Tesla Slovakia's Ministry of Transport has officially recognized the preliminary type approval for Tesla FSD Supervised, so drivers can use the system on Slovak roads. That's according to the ministry statement published Friday. By our count that makes Slovakia the ninth EU country to clear it, although the ministry itself only calls Slovakia "one...

Image: SpaceX SpaceX will post its third-quarter 2026 financial and operational results after the market close on Tuesday, Oct. 20, then host a live audio-only webcast at 3:30 p.m. CT the same day. That works out to 1:30 p.m. PT and 4:30 p.m. ET. That's according to a release on SpaceX's investor site and a...

Update (Oct 15): Tesla has posted a one-second video of a Roadster going from 0 to 60 mph in 0.81 seconds. A follow-up reply says that works out to 0.67 seconds with rollout subtracted. Tesla didn’t say which configuration made the run, so it’s unclear whether that’s the Performance, Thrust or Rocket version. Tesla has […]

Image: Tesla TSMC has confirmed it is in discussions about Elon Musk's Terafab chip project, and its CEO says the fab has to be "run by TSMC." That's according to C.C. Wei on the company's third-quarter earnings call on Thursday. Asked about Texas, Wei said TSMC has sent teams there to look at expanding outside...

Image: United Airlines United Airlines says Starlink Wi-Fi is now active on more than 635 of its aircraft, which covers nearly half of its daily departures. That's according to United's release and X post on Thursday. The airline also launched a tracker site that lets travelers check whether an upcoming flight has Starlink, and it...

Image: Tesla Charging/X Tesla has announced a new 12-stall Supercharger in Key West, Florida, and it is calling the site a "Voting Winner Site," meaning drivers helped pick the location through Tesla's Supercharger voting program. That's according to the Tesla Charging account on X, which posted "New Tesla Supercharger: Key West, FL (12 stalls)" on...

Image: Tesla Elon Musk is calling it a "major threshold" after a post saying gasoline-only cars have fallen below 50% of global new-vehicle sales for the first time went viral on X on Wednesday. In a quote post, he wrote, "Major threshold passed. Almost all cars will be electric in the future." The number itself...

Image: Starlink Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev confirmed in parliament on Wednesday that Starlink antennas near Sofia were set on fire, according to The Sofia Globe. He gave almost no details, saying the investigation is being worked on with partner services, is "extremely intensive" and should produce a result soon. He also asked the head...

Image: Michael Wolf / Wikimedia Commons Tesla is planning a second production hall at Giga Berlin that would be more than twice the size of the one it already runs, according to a Tesla statement and details first reported by German public broadcaster rbb. The new building would sit north of the current plant in...

Image: Starlink SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service is now available in Curaçao, the Dutch Caribbean island off the coast of Venezuela. The company shared the news on X on Wednesday morning. Starlink announced the launch with a short post promising its "high-speed, low-latency internet" and pointing to a new Curaçao page on its website. The...

Image: Tesla Tesla is officially expanding into Oman in 2027, with the company already hiring employees for its first store in Muscat. Pawel Trzpis, Tesla's Market Lead for the Middle East, confirmed the plans in an October 13 LinkedIn post, marking the automaker's latest expansion into the Gulf region. "I am thrilled to share some...