Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was set to face a deposition on Thursday, but that has been delayed. Twitter agreed to postpone the deposition after Musk offered again to buy the social network on the original terms of $44 billion. According to unnamed sources speaking to the Financial Times, the delayed deposition was agreed […]

If you’re a Journie rewards member in B.C. or Alberta, Canada, you can get free electric vehicle charging for a limited time at On the Run convenience store locations. These On the Run EV charging stations are set to be one of the “largest planned ultra-fast charging networks capable of charging most EV models in […]

Ford says it is increasing the price of its electric Ford F-150 Lightning Pro by nearly 11%, set to apply for the 2023 model year. According to a Ford spokesperson speaking with Reuters, the price hikes come as the automaker grapples with supply chain issues and inflation, specifically blaming “”ongoing supply chain constraints, rising material […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has spoken out in regards to his agreement to buy Twitter on the original terms, after news broke on Tuesday morning. Musk said just now, “Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app.” When asked if it would be easier to build X from scratch, Musk replied, “Twitter […]

Tesla has announced it will be removing ultrasonic sensors from its vehicles, the next step of its camera-based Tesla Vision Autopilot. “Today, we are taking the next step in Tesla Vision by removing ultrasonic sensors (USS) from Model 3 and Model Y. We will continue this rollout with Model 3 and Model Y, globally, over […]

Tesla announced on Tuesday it has hit a milestone of reaching 10,000 Superchargers in Europe. “Tesla owners in Europe now have access to over 10,000 Superchargers, spread over 30 countries,” said the automaker on LinkedIn. “The European network has already grown more in 2022 than any other year, with still 3 months to go,” said […]

According to Bloomberg’s Ed Hammond, Elon Musk has apparently decided to proceed with his deal to buy Twitter at $54.20 per share. The news halted trading of Twitter’s shares on the stock market. Scoop – N*MUSK SAID TO PROPOSE TO TWITTER TO PROCEED W/ DEAL AT $54.20 — ed hammond (@EdHammondNY) October 4, 2022 Twitter […]

Toyota joined other automakers in sharing their Q3 production and delivery numbers, but one of the most interesting stats was the fact there were zero bZ4X electric vehicles sold in September. Yes, it’s still a terrible name for a vehicle. The first Toyota bZ4X reviews hit the web earlier this year in April, when sales […]

Rivian has announced its Q3 2022 production and delivery numbers on Monday. The Irvine, California-based company said it produced 7,363 R1T pickup truck and R1S SUVs at its factory in Normal, Illinois, for the quarter ending on September 30, 2022. That’s a 67% increase compared to the year-ago quarter. Rivian said there are 6,584 vehicles […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.20.18 software update, which contains Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.69.2.3, as noted by @Teslascope. According to a screenshot from Cameron (@twn675), FSD beta 10.69.2.3 release notes are the same as its predecessor, 10.69.2.2. This release appears to have undocumented changes and improvements. @teslascope it’s 10.69.2.3 pic.twitter.com/HxOAYAdk5y — Cameron (@twn675) […]

Tesla has announced its production and delivery numbers for Q3 2022. The company said it produced over 365,000 cars and delivered a record 343,830 vehicles in the third quarter. “Historically, our delivery volumes have skewed towards the end of each quarter due to regional batch building of cars. As our production volumes continue to grow, […]

Tesla announced on Saturday it has achieved a new milestone, building 2,000 Model Y compact crossover SUVs in one week at its Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany. 2k Model Y built at Giga Berlin this week 🤘 pic.twitter.com/4u4I517wdV — Tesla (@Tesla) October 1, 2022 The milestone comes after Tesla announced it had produced 1,000 Model Y […]

If you’re planning to finance your next Tesla purchase in the United States, rates have increased to kick off the fourth quarter. As noted by Waiting4Tesla.com (@w4tsla), financing rates for Model S/X and Model 3/Y on the Tesla website in the U.S. have increased 0.25%, now showing as 4.74% (previously 4.49%). Tesla partners with major […]

Tesla kicked off its 2022 AI Day by showing off a demo of its Optimus robot. The Optimus bot was able to walk out on stage on its own, wave to the crowd and even ‘raise the roof’ to music. Optimus was shown lifting boxes, working in a factory doing some light work and even […]

Tesla’s big AI Day 2022 is here and it is slated to start at 6:15pm PDT/9:15pm EDT from Palo Alto, California. The event is to recruit engineers to “build the future of AI”. According to the AI Day invite, attendees will “learn about Tesla’s latest developments in artificial intelligence, including Full Self-Driving, Tesla Bot, Dojo […]