Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

A veteran truck driver who went into a Tesla Semi test looking for its weaknesses came away with a very different conclusion, saying the electric Class 8 truck could change the trucking industry. Adam Wingfield, editorial director at FreightWaves and a trucker with 30 years of industry experience, joined MotorTrend for a drive of the...

Tesla Energy has expanded Powershare Home Backup to new Model 3 and Model Y vehicles paired with Powerwall 3, allowing owners to extend their home backup by more than two days using the battery parked in their driveway. It is the first time the feature has reached Tesla's two highest-volume vehicles. Tesla Energy announced the...

Germany's federal transport minister says he'll push for Tesla's FSD Supervised to get approved across the European Union, and he's ready to look at a German national approval if Brussels doesn't act. At a Tagesspiegel Background conference in Berlin on Tuesday, transport minister Steffen Bilger said a European agreement on Tesla's driver-assistance system would make...

A Tesla Cybercab rider in Austin says his driverless robotaxi was stuck in a parking lot for about 14 minutes on Monday, October 5, after the car couldn't reroute itself and spent 7 minutes driving in loops trying to get out. David Moss shared a 14-minute video of the whole thing on X. He wrote...

A Cybertruck running Tesla's Full Self-Driving made a pretty wild move Monday morning, turning right from a full stop at a red light across three lanes of traffic to clear a path for an approaching ambulance, then rerouting itself onto a new road. Cybertruck owner CJP the Panda, who goes by Chris, posted video of...

Gasoline cars have fallen below half of all new vehicles sold worldwide for the first time, as surging fuel prices push more mainstream buyers toward electric vehicles outside China and create favourable conditions for Tesla, the world's leading EV maker. Gasoline-only vehicles, excluding hybrids, saw sales fall 10 percent from a year earlier to 20.25...

SPCX shares jumped about 5.3 percent to roughly $167.37 in early trading on Monday, October 5, after Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas reiterated his Outperform rating and a $300 price target, saying the stock looks cheap ahead of Starship Flight 15. The note, titled "SPCX $159: Cheap and Getting Cheaper," was published Sunday, October 4,...

SpaceX scrubbed the overnight launch of 21 Space Development Agency satellites aboard a Falcon 9 after the rocket's computers triggered an auto abort just before liftoff, with the company saying both the vehicle and the payload remain healthy and teams are resetting for another attempt no earlier than October 6. The update came at 2:02...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk entered a weekend debate over the Cybercab's Austin debut, saying the company is deliberately moving slowly with its robotaxi rollout after CNBC called the first month "rocky" and Sawyer Merritt argued the fleet's growth told a different story. Merritt pushed back Saturday on the CNBC article, writing that Tesla had nearly...

Tesla Model 3 was Singapore’s best-selling sedan in August 2026, giving the EV maker another sales milestone in the country as it continues expanding its vehicle lineup and customer base. On October 2, Tesla Singapore said in a post on X that the Model 3 took the top spot among sedans for the month, citing...

The Tesla Model 3 was the #1 registered vehicle in Spain in September, making it the first EV ever to lead the country's vehicle registrations, while the Model Y finished #1 in France over the same month. Tesla Europe shared both results on X on October 2, describing the Spain result as "a first-ever for...

Starlink has dropped the price of its Mini Kit to $149, down from its typical $249 price, according to an email received by Tesla North on October 2. The discount takes $100 off the usual price of the portable dish, making the hardware cheaper for customers looking for internet access while travelling or spending time...

SpaceX is developing a new "Star Mind" program for orbital AI computing, with each spacecraft set to carry more than 250kW of solar power, highlighting the enormous energy requirements behind running advanced computing systems in space. Elon Musk disclosed the power figure Thursday, saying each Star Mind "super intelligence" spacecraft will pack over 250kW of...

SpaceX completed three Falcon launches, four first-stage landings and the docking of a Dragon capsule to the International Space Station in under 13 hours, the company said Friday. The tally makes the mission the company's 21st human spaceflight, with Dragon's docking capping a day that opened with three Falcons standing vertical on launch pads ahead...

Tesla delivered 486,532 vehicles in the third quarter of 2026, beating the company-compiled analyst consensus of 461,974 by 24,558 vehicles, or about 5.3 percent, marking a second straight quarter in which deliveries came in well ahead of analyst estimates. Tesla produced 464,391 vehicles during the quarter and deployed 13.7 GWh of energy storage products. Deliveries...