Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Volkswagen confirmed on Wednesday it will re-launch its Scout brand in the U.S., as an independent company to design an electric pickup and SUV. The news comes after earlier reports said Scout would relaunch as electric only. The company shared a sketch of what the Scout electric SUV and pickup could look like. Production of […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk was a keynote interview at the Financial Times: Future of the Car conference on Tuesday, chatting with Peter Campbell, the publication’s Global Motor Industry Correspondent. Musk chatted about Tesla’s ambitions, self-driving AI, Twitter, Donald Trump and also how humanity needs to be multi-planetary. The beginning of the interview Campbell was joined […]

Justin, Texas-based electric vehicle startup Canoo announced its Q1 earnings on Tuesday, and the company says it’s running out of cash and may not be able to continue. “We have been clear about our philosophy of raising capital judiciously and will continue with this disciplined approach,” said Tony Aquila, Investor, Chairman & CEO at Canoo, […]

Tesla says its Gigafactory in Shanghai has not stopped production, and it has received no notice of a halt order, according to a spokesperson speaking to Bloomberg. Tesla did confirm it has had some issues with logistics, however. The statement from Tesla counters a report on Monday evening from Reuters that claimed Giga Shanghai had […]

Lucid Motors announced on Monday it has started deliveries of its Lucid Air electric sedan in Canada. “Now delivering Dreams to our friends in Canada. Welcome to the #LucidOwnersClub. #DreamAhead”, said the automaker, including a short video of one of its Lucid Air sedans backing out of a trailer, accompanied by the background music of […]

The province of Quebec in Canada will leverage SpaceX’s Starlink internet for over 10,000 homes in rural areas of the province, reports CTV News. According to Gilles Belanger, the parliamentary assistant to the premier at a press conference on Monday, Starlink was the most viable solution for difficult-to-reach areas instead of fibre optics. “The only […]

Tesla started rolling out its 2022.12.3.6 software update on Tuesday, as noted by third-party companion software, @Teslascope. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2022.12.3.6 on a Model X Performance (2017) in New South Wales, Australia. View the rollout of this update here: https://t.co/30wDemirD6 — Teslascope (@teslascope) May 9, 2022 The update was detected on […]

Back in January, Polish developer Michał Gapiński showed off his Apple CarPlay hack to run the latter software on his Tesla. The workaround was made possible by using a custom build of Android 12, running on a Raspberry Pi. Later in February, Gapiński shared a video with Tesla North showing off the alpha build of his Android 12 […]

After videos have now surfaced of Tesla’s Model S refresh being delivered with new 17-inch tilt displays, mention of the feature has since returned to the automaker’s website, after being removed shortly after refresh models were originally announced in early 2021. For both the Model S and Model X, Tesla now mentions the tilt display […]

Following the price increase of Full Self-Driving in Canada tonight, Tesla also increased the price of its Model Y, and now the same applies to its Model 3, Model S and Model X. Check out the price changes below: Model 3 RWD – $61,980 (+$600; was $61,380 CAD) Long Range – $74,990 (+$3,000; was $71,990 […]

Tesla has increased the price of the Model Y in Canada, yet again. The starting prices are now as follows: Long Range – $83,990 CAD (+$1,000; was $82,990 CAD) Performance – $90,390 CAD (+$1,100; was $89,290 CAD) These prices work out to the equivalent of $65,455 USD and $70,443 USD respectively for the Long Range […]

Tesla has increased the price of Full Self-Driving (FSD) in Canada, hiking the price up by $2,200 CAD ($1,714 USD) to $12,800 CAD ($9,976 USD), from $10,600 CAD. The change took place on Thursday evening, spotted by numerous Tesla owners including Arshdeep B., a new Model Y owner sharing the news on Facebook. “Just took […]

Tesla’s V11 software update released during December 2021 added a new feature in the form of a Blind Spot Camera. This feature brings up the left or right side repeater cameras when you signal, allowing drivers to see their blind spots. The feature still needs some work as the location of the camera’s live view […]

After seeing Tesla finally deliver a Model S refresh with its left-right motorized tilt display, we now have a high-quality 4K hands-on with the feature, thanks to OCDetailing. The tilt display can be accessed by going to Controls > Display. From here, you can tap left, right or center, and the display will move in […]

Fisker on Wednesday morning announced its upcoming third vehicle, an electric GT sports car codenamed Project Ronin, while also sharing a teaser image, showing a front that hints at a cross between Tesla’s upcoming Roadster and a classic Chevy Corvette. Project Ronin is the third electric vehicle offering from Fisker, following the unveiling of the […]