Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla launched a New Year’s promo in China for Model 3 and Model Y, and now more purchase incentives are coming in the form of a price drop on entry models. The electric automaker has lowered the price of Model 3 RWD and Model Y RWD, to match the recent end of New Energy Vehicle […]

Tesla has launched a New Year’s promotion in China, offering up to 10,000 yuan (about $1,450 USD) in incentives (via @Tslachan). According to information shared by Tesla, the company says there’s a limited-time promo offering an insurance subsidy of 4,000 yuan ($580 USD) and a delivery incentive of 6,000 yuan ($870 USD), towards the purchase […]

After offering a $7,500 delivery discount in the U.S. for Model 3 and Model Y in its Q4 year-end push, Tesla has now reportedly extended this offer to its flagship Model S and Model X. Update: Tesla’s website has been updated and this discount has been confirmed. “Take delivery of limited local Model S and […]

On Thursday, December 29 at 11:38 p.m. PT, SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket to kick off the ISI EROS C-3 mission to a low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This particular Falcon 9 booster saw its 11th launch and landing, previously supporting Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, […]

Tesla announced at the 2023 Guangzhou Auto Show it will be revealing pricing for Model S and Model X Plaid in the nation on January 6, 2023, with first deliveries set for the first half of the next year. The company previously teased on Weibo earlier this week that Model S Plaid and Model X […]

Image via Maree Tesla is offering up a free trial of Enhanced Autopilot for 30 days for owners in select countries. Normally, this add-on costs $6,000 USD in the United States. Enhanced Autopilot includes the following features: Navigate on Autopilot Auto Lane Change Autopark Summon Smart Summon Tesla’s in-car notification to some owners in New […]

Tesla shared a new video on Thursday, titled “ S3XY Winter Testing in New Zealand.” This is where Tesla tests its vehicles in winter conditions in the southern hemisphere. The automaker shares more behind-the-scenes testing of the new Model Y track mode for the latter’s Performance version, available now in the latest 2022 holiday software […]

Tesla’s online store has launched a new Wireless Charging Platform, essentially a wireless charger for multiple devices. The company says it is “inspired by the angular design and metallic styling of Cybertruck,” noting it provides 15W of fast charging power per device for up to three devices at the same time. “Its sleek design is […]

Tesla’s Model Y has just made history in Norway, becoming the new single-year car sales record in the nation. The record held since 1969 was by the iconic Volkswagen Beetle and its 16,699 vehicles sold in one year, but the Model Y just eclipsed that with 16,701 sold, according to data tracked by Norwegian Road. […]

After adding a $3,750 discount to Model 3 and Model Y deliveries in the U.S. until the end of December, Tesla has now doubled this amount to $7,500. According to a screenshot from Tesla received by WaitingforTesla.com and shared with Tesla North, the electric automaker says there’s now a $7,500 price adjustment until December 31, […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2022 holiday software update to Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta users, with software version 2022.44.25.5 bringing FSD beta 10.69.25. FSD V11 is not included in this update. FSD beta testers started receiving this update earlier on Monday evening, according to @TeslaFi. Software version 2022.44.25.5 was just detected as Downloading on […]

Tesla started rolling out its 2022 holiday software update to more vehicles today, and the Tesla North fleet received the highly-anticipated update. This update includes goodies such as Apple Music support and also MyQ Connected Garage. Here’s how to set up MyQ Connected Garage in your Tesla—it was very straightforward. The first step is to […]

Tesla has shared a new campaign on its Engage website, this time asking customers to “thank the Governor and the CPUC for keeping California a leader in clean energy!”. The electric automaker says, “we’d like to share with you some good news for the future of clean energy in California and ask you to take […]

Earlier this week Tesla announced its Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, had ramped up to 3,000 Model Y cars made in one week. Now just days later, Tesla says its Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany, has achieved the same. Tesla said on Saturday, “Congrats to the Giga Berlin team on building 3k Model Y this week!”, while […]

Ford Motor has increased the price of its F-150 Lightning Pro electric truck, now from $55,974 USD, a nearly 8% increase. According to a Ford spokesperson in a statement to CNBC, the price hike was related to higher raw material costs for the electric truck. The F-150 Lightning Pro’s starting price increased $4,000 USD for […]