Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla announced on Monday evening the date of its 2022 annual shareholder meeting, set to take place on Thursday, August 4. The company says the shareholder meeting will take place at its headquarters in Austin at Giga Texas. “Thank you for your support of Tesla!”, said the company on Monday. It’s unclear if the company […]

Rivian announced on Monday its second U.S. plant has been approved by the State of Georgia. The electric automaker’s Georgia plant was approved and signed by all parties, which includes the Economic Development Agreement (EDA) between the Joint Development Authority (JDA) of Jasper, Morgan, Newton, and Walton counties, the State of Georgia and Rivian. “The […]

The U.S. government says it will invest over $3 billion USD to boost domestic electric vehicle battery output and for energy storage. The announcement was made on Monday to reporters in a briefing, according to Bloomberg. Dave Howell, principal deputy director in the Energy Department’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, says roughly $3.16 […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.12.22 software update, as noted by third-party software @TeslaFi. The update was detected on a Tesla Model S 90D in Istanbul, Turkey, that previously had 2022.12.3 installed, with the latter released last month. No word on what’s new or the 2022.12.22 release notes, but stay tuned for updates. If […]

The latest Tesla mobile app update, version 4.8.0, has removed the max charge limit range indicator in the latter’s slider bar. Before, when sliding your charge limit in the mobile app to 100%, you would be able to see the max estimated range of your battery at a full charge. But after this latest app […]

SpaceX and its Falcon 9 rocket launched 53 more Starlink satellites into orbit on Friday at 2:27 PM PDT. This particular Falcon 9 rocket, B1062, successfully launched and landed for the sixth time; previous missions included GPS III Space Vehicle 04, GPS III Space Vehicle 05, Inspiration4, one Starlink mission and the Ax-1 mission from […]

Tesla shared a new video on Friday, highlighting its recent Cyber Rodeo event at Giga Texas, where the company kicked off the first deliveries of its Model Y compact crossover with 4680 structural battery packs. The video below highlights the factory itself, along with the festivities at Cyber Rodeo, including its live music, factory tour, […]

Tesla is set to release its next Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta version starting next week, according to CEO Elon Musk. When asked when the next FSD beta update would be coming, Musk responded to @teslaownersSV to say, “Update probably goes to wide release next week. This is a big one.” Update probably goes to wide […]

Elon Musk was busying selling shares of Tesla earlier this week, to the tune of $4 billion worth. The transactions happened on Tuesday and Wednesday after his deal to purchase Twitter was approved. Filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday revealed Musk sold about 4.4 million shares of Tesla, worth roughly $4 billion. FINAL […]

After dropping the price of its Mobile Connector to $200 (that includes both a NEMA 14-50 and 5-15 adapter) and Wall Connector to $400, Tesla has also updated its website to include these charging options for purchase at check out (via @WholeMarsBlog). According to Tesla’s website, scrolling down past Full Self-Driving, you’ll see an option […]

Tesla has launched its new cheaper $200 Mobile Connector, after recently announcing new vehicle purchases would not include a Gen 2 Mobile Connector, that offers charging via a regular household outlet, a decision that has resulted in mixed opinions by the company’s customers. “Stay charged on extended trips or when you need it most with […]

After Ford announced a $3.1 billion loss on its 12% stake in electric vehicle automaker Rivian yesterday, Amazon has similarly announced a loss from the recent downfall of the carmaker’s stock price. During Amazon’s Q1 earnings on Thursday, the online retailer announced it took a $7.6 billion loss as a result of its $1.3 billion […]

Elon Musk has won a shareholder lawsuit over Tesla’s $2.6 billion acquisition of SolarCity, reports CNBC. On Wednesday, a Delaware court ruled in Musk’s favour, as the lawsuit alleged the Tesla CEO had acquired SolarCity, a transaction akin to a bailout. SolarCity was founded by Musk’s cousins Peter and Lyndon Rive back in 2006 and […]

Tesla recently opened up a pop-up location in Hong Kong, China, located inside the ground floor of the Olympian City shopping center in West Kowloon, and shared a glimpse of the setup on its Instagram page (via @JayinShanghai). The pop-up was aptly named “Meet Model Y” and on display were two Model Y vehicles and a […]

Twitter has announced it will sell the company to Elon Musk for $54.20 per share, or $44 billion. Once complete the sale will take Twitter private. “Under the terms of the agreement, Twitter stockholders will receive $54.20 in cash for each share of Twitter common stock that they own upon closing of the proposed transaction. The purchase […]