Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

After acquiring a 9.1% stake in Twitter, and then being offered a seat on the company’s board, Elon Musk “has decided not to join our board”, explained Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal on Sunday evening. “Team, Elon Musk has decided not to join our board. Here’s what I can share about what happened,” wrote Agrawal on […]

While Tesla delivered its first Texas-made Model Y vehicles at its Cyber Rodeo event, the company was mum on details about who took the first deliveries. According to information received by Tesla North, one of the first Austin-made Model Y vehicles with the newest 4680 structural battery packs went to Tesla employee, Regan, a Process […]

Electric automaker NIO announced on Sunday that price increases are coming due to the “rise in global raw material prices”. The price changes to the company’s electric vehicles and other products are set to kick in on May 10, 2022. NIO says the starting price of its ES8, ES6 and EC6 vehicles will go up […]

Image via Akashdeep S.G. via Facebook Tesla has expanded Disney+ beyond the United States, bringing the streaming service to Canada. According to the latest 2022.12.1 software update, in addition to new bottom bar customizations, expanded child lock features, mobile app controls for Dog Mode and Camp Mode and also Turkish, Canadian users are seeing Disney+. […]

Giga Texas Model Y; Image via @BLKMDL3 According to changes made in Tesla’s website code, the company may be starting Giga Texas-made Model Y Standard Dual Motor vehicles soon. This is according to website code changes spotted by @Tesla_Adri, shared on Saturday morning. Seems like Tesla is preparing the order page for the Texas Model […]

Tesla started rolling out its 2022.12.1 software update on Friday as noted by @Teslascope, and with it comes some new updates, including highly-requested bottom bar customizations. According to screenshots of 2022.12.1 release notes shared on Reddit, the following updates are now available: Additional Bottom Bar Customization  You can now add vehicle controls such as defrost, […]

Tesla held an epic grand opening yesterday for its new Giga Texas factory, at its Cyber Rodeo event. Part of the evening presentation’s intro included a cool clip showcasing Giga Texas, alongside a rider on a horse, alongside Tesla vehicles (including one with bullhorns). The electric automaker has now shared this clip on its YouTube […]

During Elon Musk’s presentation at Tesla’s Cyber Rodeo event, he said Tesla would manufacture the Cybertruck next at Giga Texas, starting in 2023. Musk said Cybertruck “always looks like CGI in real life,” adding “can’t wait to have this baby in production, it’s going to be epic.” After the first made in Texas Model Y […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the stage at the company’s Cyber Rodeo event to share details about the sheer size of Giga Texas. Musk said Giga Texas was “equivalent to three Pentagons”, referring to the headquarters of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and its iconic pentagon-shaped building. Giga Texas is 338 million cubic feet in […]

Tonight was Tesla’s Cyber Rodeo event at its newest Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. Tesla threw an incredible event for invite-only participants, offering them a self-led tour of the factory, then CEO Elon Musk joined the stage after 9pm local time to share details about Tesla’s past, present and future. Later in the talk by Musk, […]

Netflix has launched its latest documentary for streaming, titled ‘Return to Space’, which features Elon Musk’s SpaceX, and the latter’s launch of NASA astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a private spacecraft for the first time. “Offering rare inside access to NASA and SpaceX, this is the thrilling story of the nearly 20 year […]

Tesla has launched its factory tour of Giga Texas right now at its Cyber Rodeo grand opening event. Participants are able to see both the first and second floors of Giga Austin. The tour offers a glimpse of how the Model Y is produced, offering a closer look at rear subframe, battery and subframe marriage, […]

Tesla is set to kick off its Cyber Rodeo grand opening event at its latest Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, tonight. The event is invite-only and will see CEO Elon Musk attend, plus give a speech at “around” 9pm local time. Doors open at 4pm, while festivities will begin at 8pm, according to the latest information […]

Telsa announced on late Wednesday evening it would be live streaming online its invite-only Cyber Rodeo grand opening party at Giga Texas. The live stream will start at 9pm CT, or 7pm PDT/10pm EDT. Cyber Rodeo livestream will start at 9 pm CT on April 7 https://t.co/uMTxGMfYiQ — Tesla (@Tesla) April 7, 2022 Tesla CEO […]

On the eve of Tesla’s Cyber Rodeo at its new Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, it appears the company will celebrate the grand opening with deliveries of the first Model Y vehicles at the event. According to Jordan (@TesLaw22), he shared a screenshot showing an April 7, 2022, Model Y delivery appointment, at Giga Austin, located […]