Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

According to Reuters, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is demanding Tesla provide answers related to the role of the in-cabin camera within its vehicles, as part of the safety regulator’s probe into Autopilot. The NHTSA launched a probe into Tesla’s advanced driver assistance system called Autopilot last year. In June of this year, […]

DeLorean Motor Company unveiled its Alpha5 electric vehicle prototype at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance car show in Monterey, California on Thursday. The Alpha5 is estimated to have a 100 kWh battery and range of 300 miles and also a 0-60 time of 2.99 seconds and a 155 mph top speed, to go with a […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Friday the company will be adding a feature that will automatically configure side mirrors. Responding to a question from James Stephenson, asking “will Teslas ever be able to automatically adjust the side mirror settings for new drivers?”, based on the 3D position of the driver’s eyes and comparing against the […]

Tesla dissolved its public relations department in the fall of 2020, and since then the company has rarely responded to inaccurate reporting in the media, aside from CEO Elon Musk firing back from his personal Twitter account. On Wednesday, Tesla’s official Twitter account replied to Bloomberg’s story that reported the automaker’s head of legal had […]

Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne, announced on Wednesday the federal government wants to work more with Tesla. “There’s a part of Canada in every @Tesla that you see on the roads and today I had a chance to visit their facility in Markham for a tour and test drive,” said Champagne. “I […]

Tesla has launched Supercharger memberships, priced from $0.99 per month in the United States, according to @SawyerMerritt. A screenshot of the Tesla app shows two plans available: Pay Per Use: Pay as you go, access to Supercharger network Membership: $0.99/month (USD), access to Supercharger network, lower price per kWh Tesla says a separate membership is […]

Have trouble obtaining Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta, despite a high Safety Score? You may not be alone, as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has also been dealing with some issues in the past well. In a letter dated January 27, 2022 (via @WholeMarsBlog), Gregory Magno, Supervisory Safety Defects Engineer for the NHTSA, […]

Tesla appears to be limiting new existing inventory sales to nearby states, according to its website. As spotted by WaitingForTesla.com (@w4tsla), when trying to purchase a new existing inventory Tesla vehicle, such as the Model Y above in Tennessee, delivery locations are limited to nearby states. The Tesla Model Y Long Range seen above is […]

Tesla no longer provides a rear license plate frame with new deliveries, it appears. That’s according to information shared on the Tesla Model 3 Vancouver Facebook page. User ‘JiN’ writes their friend picked up a Model Y Performance yesterday, but it lacked the free chrome license plate holder that usually is branded “Model Y” or […]

Tesla hit a milestone recently at its Gigafactory in Shanghai, China. According to CEO Elon Musk on Sunday, Giga Shanghai has already made one million cars. “Congrats Giga Shanghai on making millionth car! Total Teslas made now over 3 [million],” said Musk. An attached photo showed Tesla China employees making a “T” gesture with their […]

The Tesla Owners California Takeover took place on August 6, 2022, at the fields at Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo, California. This is by far the largest Tesla event in the United States and possibly worldwide. The event had 50 exhibitor booths, an area for kids, plus talks from Tesla influencers. The event organizers […]

SpaceX launched yet another batch of Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Friday afternoon, like clockwork. On August 12 at 2:40 p.m. PT, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched 46 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Falcon 9 successfully landed on the drone […]

Drone pilot Wu Wa has shared another video of Tesla’s exports from China at Shanghai’s Nangang Terminal. The video shows a sea of Tesla vehicles adorning the site, with an unconfirmed number of over 8,800 according to Tesla enthusiast @SawyerMerritt’s count. This apparently marks a new record of cars seen at the terminal for export, […]

Earlier today, Tesla stopped taking orders for new Model 3 Long Range orders on its website, leaving only its rear-wheel drive entry version and the high-end Performance as available to order. The company’s website currently has the Long Range Model 3 greyed out with a note that says “available in 2023”. Now, we know why […]

Tesla has increased the energy capacity of its commercial Megapack battery storage, now showing 3.9 MWh on its website. As of one month ago, the ‘Order Megapack’ page was showing 2.6 MWH, but Tesla has quietly increased the energy capacity by 50%, as spotted by one Reddit user. Beyond the energy capacity increase, the dimensions […]