Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared a slide deck from the company’s recent company all-hands meeting from last week. According to his Sunday morning tweet, Musk said the slide deck was from a talk he gave to employees. The slide deck reveals the following stats from SpaceX: Record breaking launch cadence: averaging 1 launch per week […]

Tesla has started rolling out its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.12.2 to more vehicles, specifically 100,000, according to CEO Elon Musk on Saturday. In a follow-up tweet to his note about improving Tesla Service, Musk said, “also, FSD Beta 10.12.2 now expanding to 100k cars.” Yes! — James Locke (@arctechinc) June 4, 2022 When it […]

According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Tesla is working on improving the company’s servicing for vehicles in North America, to ensure same-day service for 66% of cars. “Working on Tesla North American service. Goal is 2/3 of cars receive same-day service, no wait,” said Musk on Saturday. Working on Tesla North American service. Goal is 2/3 […]

The Tesla Owners Silicon Valley has released the first part of its interview with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. “This is the first segment of a three-part series in which our club President John Stringer, Club Vice President Kelvin Gee, Tesla Owners Club My Tesla Adventure President Eli Burton, and Ryan Levenson from The […]

Tesla today started rolling out its 2022.16.1 software update, as noted by @TeslaFi, detected on a Model X Long Range in Finland. The 2022.16.1 release notes indicate an update to Navigate On Autopilot Fork Initiation, to comply with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). This update means Navigate On Autopilot will no longer […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.12.3.16 software update, as noted by third-party companion software, @Teslascope. This update was detected on a 2021 Tesla Model S Plaid in California, USA. No word on 2022.12.3.16 release notes, but stay tuned for updates. Earlier today, Tesla pushed out its 2022.12.3.20 software update, bringing more beta testers access […]

Ford CEO Jim Farley spoke at the Alliance Bernstein Conference on Wednesday and said the company needs to revamp its century-long business model to compete in the electric vehicle marketplace. According to Farley, in order for Ford to make enough profit on its EVs, it will need to consider cutting ad spending and also overhauling […]

Italy’s Idra Group, the makers of Giga Press machines used by Tesla to stamp out parts for its vehicles, shared on Tuesday a new video detailing the “assembly of the Giga Press 9000t”. A clip of the video was shared by Tesla insider @SawyerMerritt, to which Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded, “Cybertruck body.” Cybertruck body […]

Last week, it was reported that Tesla was set to begin double-shifts again at its Gigafactory in Shanghai, China, as COVID-19 restrictions ease for businesses. Workers were quarantined off-site before entering the closed-loop system at Giga Shanghai, with workers living inside the factory. Now, local reporting from Yicai’s Qian Tongxin (via CnEVPost) on Sunday, Tesla […]

Tesla’s referral program has lowered the reward for certain solar products. When a customer signs up for Solar Roof and Solar Panels using a friend’s referral link, they can get credits. The update spotted by @Tesla_Adri sees the Solar Roof referral drop to $300 USD (was $500), matching the Solar Panel referral amount, also at […]

After announcing SpaceX Starlink was approved by The Phillippines on Friday, CEO Elon Musk just announced moments ago the satellite internet service was also approved by Nigeria and Mozambique in Africa. Musk had earlier hinted Starlink was coming to Africa soon. Starlink approved by Nigeria 🇳🇬 & Mozambique 🇲🇿https://t.co/Q1VvqVmJ2i — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 27, […]

Tesla started rolling out its 2022.12.3.20 software update on Wednesday evening as noted by @Teslascope, which brings Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.12.2 for employees and internal testers, according to @BLKMDL3. FSDbeta 10.12.2 has started internal rollout!! https://t.co/rbHow453KH — Zack (@BLKMDL3) May 26, 2022 Less than a week ago, Tesla released FSD beta 10.12.1 for both […]

Tesla started rolling out its 2022.16.0.3 update on Thursday night, as noted by @Teslascope. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2022.16.0.3 on a Model 3 AWD LR (2020) in Otago, New Zealand. View the rollout of this update here: https://t.co/AnfDCoYDWm — Teslascope (@teslascope) May 27, 2022 The 2022.16.0.3 release notes indicate the update brings Navigation […]

Tesla recently increased the price of its Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), hiking the price from $75 USD to $95 USD, a $20 USD increase. The price for one set now costs $380 USD, or $80 USD more than before, a 26% increase. “This product is the original Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) equipped with […]

Earlier this month, Rivian announced during its Q1 earnings that a new pre-order system was coming, and today it has arrived. The new pre-order system separates the reservation and configuration steps, says Rivian. Customers can browse through options but saving a specific build won’t be possible until the time is closer to its build slot, […]