Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones
Tesla Cars to Get Starlink Cellphone Service, Included with Premium Connectivity: Musk
Earlier this evening SpaceX and T-Mobile announced a new global cellphone service would debut in 2023, with V2 Starlink satellites. Now, after queries from Tesla owners, Elon Musk has clarified that Starlink access is coming to Tesla vehicles. “Will Tesla cars get this feature too in the future to connect directly to Starlink satellites for […]
SpaceX to Launch Starlink V2 with Cellphone Service in 2023 [VIDEO]
SpaceX and T-Mobile made a major announcement on Thursday evening—Starlink service for cellphones, leveraging the American carrier’s mid-band spectrum. According to the live ongoing announcement, with the launch of Starlink gen-2 satellites, there will be worldwide cellphone service available, starting in 2023. Musk says this will eliminate “dead zones worldwide.” Musk says this new service […]
Tesla FSD Beta 10.69.1 Release Date Now August 29, Says Elon Musk
When will Tesla release Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.69.1? According to CEO Elon Musk, FSD beta 10.69.1 will now be released on Monday, August 29, 2022. Musk provided an updated timeline for FSD beta 10.69.1 on Thursday afternoon, saying it “releases Monday night”, which would be August 29. He added “10.69.2 about a week or […]
Judge Orders Twitter to Give Elon Musk More Bot Data
Tesla CEO Elon Musk will get more bot data from Twitter, as ordered by Delaware Judge Kathaleen McCormick on Thursday. According to the Financial Times, McCormick says Twitter must provide Musk with information related to 9,000 user accounts it audited in late 2021. McCormick, who is overseeing the upcoming case, says Twitter also needs to […]
Ford Increases Price of Mustang Mach-E by Up to $8,000, as Orders Re-Open
Ford has increased the price of its Mustang Mach-E on Thursday, with prices jumping as much as $8,100 USD, depending on trim. The news was shared by Michael Martinez from Automotive News. Destination and delivery prices also increase by $200 USD, now at $1,300 USD MSRP. Breaking: @Ford announces it's increasing Mustang Mach-E prices between […]
SpaceX and T-Mobile to Announce ‘Something Special’ on August 25, Says Elon Musk
SpaceX announced on Wednesday it will be unveiling some sort of collaboration on Thursday at 7pm CT (5pm PT; 8pm ET), from Elon Musk’s Starbase in Texas. “Tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. CT, Elon and @TMobile’s Mike Sievert will announce plans to increase connectivity. Tune in to watch live,” said the SpaceX Twitter account. Musk […]
Tesla 2022.24.5: Turn Signal Indicators Move, Uninstall Games, Tire Pressure Timestamp
Tesla released its 2022.24.5 software update on the weekend and now we’re seeing some undocumented changes in this release, according to Not a Tesla App. The major feature change in the 2022.24 update was the ability to customize your Blind Spot Camera location to show in the upper left of the display. But now there […]
TESBROS Model Y Door Kicker Panels PPF Review
TESBROS offers a variety of accessories for Tesla vehicles, allowing you to customize, protect and maintain your electric vehicle investment. With paint protection films being very popular as a simple and easy way to protect your Tesla, TESBROS sent us their Model Y Door Kicker Panels PPF kit to try out. TESBROS is based out […]
2022.24.5 Tesla Update Rolling Out
Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.24.5 software update, as detected on a Tesla Model Y Performance, using third-party companion software @TeslaFi. Software version 2022.24.5 was just detected on a Tesla Model Y Performance in Norway on https://t.co/uh4cmhSoAQ. Follow the release at https://t.co/uDCrLGQ1o4 — TeslaFi (@teslafi) August 21, 2022 Vehicles that are receiving 2022.24.5 were […]
First Drive: FSD Beta 10.69 vs Chuck Cook’s Unprotected Left Turn [VIDEO]
Tesla released Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.69 last night, and in the release notes, it specifically mentions again tester Chuck Cook in Florida’s unprotected left turn. Cook received FSD beta 10.69 on his Tesla and started testing it on Sunday morning and shared his 15-minute video to YouTube. According to FSD beta 10.69, it will […]
Tesla Increasing Price of Full Self-Driving to $15,000 in September
After releasing Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.69 to employees and some beta testers late on Saturday evening, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Sunday the price of the software feature is going up next month. “After wide release of FSD Beta 10.69.2, price of FSD will rise to $15k in North America on September 5th,” […]
Tesla FSD Beta v10.69 Release Notes [LIST]
After releasing Tesla software update 2022.16.3.10 tonight—which is Full Self-Driving (FSD) 10.69, we now have release notes shared by @ACPixel. Check out the FSD beta 10.69 release notes below we have transcribed for you below: Added a new “deep lane guidance” module to the Vector Lanes neural network which fuses features extracted from the video streams with […]
2022.16.3.10 Tesla Update: FSD Beta 10.69 Download Hits Employees [u]
Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.16.3.10 software update, which is the highly anticipated Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.69 version, but so far it’s for internal testers only—employees. A 2020 Model 3 located in Oregon received the update, among others. So far, FSD beta is now also available for beta testers and not just internal […]
Tesla FSD Beta 10.69 Release Still Coming ‘Later Today’ Says Elon Musk
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.69 release is still slated for August 20, 2022, says CEO Elon Musk. Some FSD beta releases have been released just after midnight PT, with many eager testers expecting FSD beta 10.69 to hit in the early hours of August 20. But that never happened. Just moments ago, Musk confirmed […]
Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas Hits Milestone: 1,000 Cars Made in a Week
Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, has reportedly hit a milestone of producing 1,000 cars in a week. That’s according to a photo shared by @WholeMarsBlog, showing employees signing a poster with an outline of the factory and “1,000” in the middle. The electric automaker started limited production of the Model Y at the Gigafactory in […]