Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla Not Working on $25,000 Electric Car Right Now, Says Elon Musk

During Tesla’s Q4 2021 earnings call, the automaker provided an update on its $25,000 USD car. “We’re not currently working on the $25,000 car,” said CEO Elon Musk. “At some point we will,” he added, saying Tesla has “enough on our plate right now,” and it’s “too much, frankly” at the moment. Musk said the […]

Tesla Insurance Set for Europe Next, After Wider U.S. Rollout

Tesla announced on its Q4 2021 earnings call the next market for its Tesla Insurance product, which offers insurance based on real-time driving data collected by the company’s Safety Score metric, will be Europe. Currently, Tesla Insurance is only available in Arizona, California, Illinois, Ohio and Texas. Tesla says its insurance product “encourages safer driving,” […]

Tesla Cybertruck Won’t Launch in 2022, Confirms Elon Musk

Tesla confirmed on its Q4 2021 earnings call its Cybertruck and new Roadster won’t launch this year and will “hopefully” launch next year, said CEO Elon Musk. The company said while it won’t be launching new vehicles this year, it will be creating engineering and tools to create those vehicles, and start production hopefully by […]

Tesla Vehicle Delivery Growth, Operating Margin Beats All Other Automakers

Tesla’s Q4 2021 earnings resulted in another record quarter, with revenue beating Wall Street’s expectations, at $17.71 billion. The automaker shared a couple of charts detailing its lead versus other established automakers, such as GM, Toyota, BMW, Honda and more. Tesla’s vehicle delivery growth (time-to-market) currently continues to outpace legacy automakers, in particular for Q4. […]

Tesla Gigafactory Berlin’s First Cars Will Be Made with 2170 Cells

Tesla produced 305,840 cars in Q4 2021, and the automaker said this was achieved partly by record production from its factory in Fremont, California. The automaker said Q4 “saw a continuation of global supply chain, transportation, labor and other manufacturing challenges, limiting our ability to run our factories at full capacity.” While Tesla states its […]

Tesla Now Has Nearly 60,000 Cars Testing Full Self-Driving Beta in the U.S.

Tesla announced record Q4 2021 earnings today, and during the company’s update, it also shared some more details on Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD). The electric automaker said, “the team continued to iterate on FSD Beta software, releasing seven updates throughout the quarter.” Tesla also revealed its FSD beta testers have now reached close to […]

Tesla Shares New Photos of Inside Gigafactory Texas and Berlin [PICS]

After announcing its record Q4 2021 earnings, Tesla also shared new photos of its upcoming Gigafactories in Texas and Berlin. Tesla produced a record number of vehicles from its Fremont factory in California, but what’s coming is even more exciting. Below are images shared within the company’s Q4 2021 shareholder slide deck. Gigafactory Berlin – […]

Elon Musk Asks 19-Year Old to Take Down His Flight Tracker, Offers $5,000

Earlier this month, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk admitted flight trackers using publicly available data, that share the location of his private jet, are becoming a security risk. Now, Protocol reports on the Twitter direct message conversation Musk had with @ElonJet, the most popular flight tracker with over 83,000 followers. The owner of the […]