Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

According to an email obtained by CNBC, SpaceX is set to split its private common stock for the first time. With Elon Musk’s company valued at over $100 billion, the common stock at $560 per share will split 10-for-1, bringing it down to $56 after the change. “The split has no impact on the overall […]

Tesla started rolling out its 2021.40.30.21 software update on late Thursday evening according to @Teslascope, and with it includes Full Self-Driving beta 10.10.2 for early access program testers. Model 3, Model Y and Model S owners part of the @Teslascope fleet in the United States have received the 2021.40.30.21 update, with these testers coming from […]

Earlier today, we saw Tesla Model Y Long Range vehicles parked outside Tesla’s Giga Texas factory, and now we have the full video released by drone pilot Jeff Roberts. At the 9:59 mark of the video above, we see workers drive Model Y vehicles out of Giga Texas onto the fresh concrete storage lot, then […]

Tesla updated its mobile app for iPhone users today to version 4.6.0, which brings the following updates: Charge Stats displays your vehicle energy charged and estimated costs Submit comprehensive claims for Tesla Insurance policyholders Support for actionable vehicle push notifications Now when you get a push notification from your Tesla, such as for your car […]

Tesla has launched a Model 3 Electric Tailgate Upgrade Service in China, according to @JayinShanghai. The retrofit offers a power tailgate for Model 3 owners backed by a three-year warranty, priced at 3,980 RMB ($628 USD). Prior to this, Model 3 customers without power tailgates were using third-party aftermarket options. Tesla China is now offering […]

Designer Hans van de Bruggen, known as @deleetdesign, previously made a viral Tesla reimagined V11 concept that the internet loved, after there was less than popular fanfare for the actual V11 holiday software release. The designer was previously a product designer at Netflix and LinkedIn, and is based in San Francisco, California. Now, Hans is […]

Tesla started rolling out its 2021.43.102 software update on early Wednesday morning, as detected by third-party companion service @Teslascope. The update was detected on a Model 3 in Colorado, USA, that was previously on 2021.43.101.2. Other vehicles receiving the update included Model Y Long Range and Performance cars in the USA as well. According to […]

Volkswagen CEO Herbert Deiss held his ‘Ask Me Anything’ (AMA) on Reddit earlier today (after a delay), and the leader of the German automaker answered various questions asked by the company’s fans. Deiss touched on a variety of subjects, including the likes of self-driving tech, over-the-air updates, and more. Lidar Technology When asked about Lidar […]

The first 2022 GMC HUMMER EV Pickup Edition 1 exits Factory ZERO in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan. VIN 001 was auctioned in March 2021 at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction for $2.5 million to benefit the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. (Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for General Motors)Newly-filed documents with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have revealed […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.4.5.3 software update on late Tuesday evening, as detected by third-party software services @TeslaFi and @Teslascope. Vehicles receiving this software update were previously running 2022.4.5.2, released earlier this week. Software version 2022.4.5.3 was just detected on a Tesla Model Y Long Range in Alberta Canada on https://t.co/uh4cmhSoAQ. Follow the […]

Tesla has launched new Model S refresh All-Weather Interior Liners, priced at $250 USD, Tesla North has learned. You can see the new all-weather interior liners for the Model S refresh in our screenshot above. The set includes front liners for the driver and passenger and a liner for the second row. Compared to the […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.44.30.20 software update on Tuesday, which contains Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.10.1, according to @BLKMDL3, who says it’s “rolling out internally now”. FSDbeta 10.10.1 rolling out internally now! https://t.co/g56dA4O41k — Zack (@BLKMDL3) February 15, 2022 Earlier this month, Tesla rolled out its 2021.44.30.15 software update to disable the “rolling […]

The European Union (EU) has revealed its plans to build its own low-earth orbit satellite system, with a 6 billion euros ($6.8 billion USD) investment. Bloomberg reports the EU says it will spend 2.4 billion euros from its budget from 2022 until 2027, while the rest of funding will come from member countries, the European Space […]

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk donated 5,044,000 shares to an unnamed charity, reveals a Form 5 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. The filing shows Musk donated the shares starting on November 19, 2021, with following transactions on the 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 29th of the same month. Reuters says the […]

SpaceX has announced Starlink customer terminals have now reached 250,000, as shared by CEO Elon Musk on Monday afternoon. Over 250k Starlink user terminals — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 14, 2022 When asked if upload latency would improve when all Starlink satellites have transitioned to lasers for faster transfer speeds, Musk replied, “yes, but more […]