Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is no stranger to joining podcasts to give interviews with various independent outlets. On Monday morning, Musk agreed to join Rob Maurer on the latter’s podcast ‘Tesla Daily’, with other notable podcast hosts as well. “Hi @elonmusk, I just published episode 1,000 of Tesla Daily. I’ve been doing this […]

According to drone pilot Jeff Roberts (@peterdog15), we may have our first look at a batch of Tesla Model Y vehicles leaving the production lines of the company’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. “A batch of Model Ys fresh off the production lines of Giga Texas,” said Roberts just moments ago, sharing an image of a […]

Tesla announced on Monday morning it has now opened up all of its Superchargers in the Netherlands to non-Tesla vehicles. The company originally launched its Supercharger expansion in the Netherlands to non-Tesla vehicles back in November 2021, as part of a pilot. At the time, it was limited to select chargers in Sassenheim, Apeldoorn Oost, Meerkerk, Hengelo, Tilburg, Duiven, Breukelen, Naarden and Eemnes. […]

Tesla’s website recently shared a somewhat fuzzy image of what looked like its new revised tail lights for its Model S electric sedan. Now, we’re seeing for the first time these revised tail lights in real light, spotted in the streets of California, as shared in images by ‘thewishmaster’ on the TMC forums (via @EndlessPlaid). […]

The L.A. Rams are the 2022 Super Bowl champions, defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in a close game on Sunday. This year featured an unprecedented amount of electric vehicle ad spots, which we’ve rounded up below for you. Check them out below… The First-Ever All-Electric Chevy Silverado – New Generation (The Sopranos) | Chevrolet​ Check out […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.4.5.2 software update, as noted by third-party service @teslafi, detected on a Model Y Long Range in Alberta, Canada. Software version 2022.4.5.2 was just detected on a Tesla Model Y Long Range in Alberta Canada on https://t.co/uh4cmhSoAQ. Follow the release at https://t.co/3JJxE8Tq8e — TeslaFi (@teslafi) February 13, 2022 No […]

Image via @kkvr2823 Tesla started rolling out its 2021.44.30.14 software update on Friday to vehicles in Canada, the U.S., France, and Australia, according to @Teslascope. Canadian @kkvr2823 received the 2021.44.30.14 software update on his Model Y, and the release notes don’t show anything new, as they are the same as Tesla’s V11 holiday software update. […]

Image via u/brandude87 It appears Tesla’s new Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, is set to have the company’s name adorn its rooftop, outlined by solar panels. According to Reddit user u/brandude87 earlier this week, the latter shared measurements based on a recent drone video that the automaker was set to outline its rooftop with the letters “T-E-S-L-A”. […]

Tesla started rolling out its 2022.4.5 software update to more vehicles yesterday, with the release debuting Regenerative Braking in Autopilot, Car Colorizer (was previously exclusive to China) and Save Dashcam Clips features. Tesla 2022.4.5 software update rolling out to more vehicles right now — TeslaNorth.com (@RealTeslaNorth) February 10, 2022 Other undocumented changes include the return […]

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared a Starship update on Thursday evening, at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. At an evening presentation by Musk, SpaceX detailed how the launch tower at Starbase will help Starship and also catch the Super Heavy rocket booster. On Wednesday night, SpaceX stacked Starship atop the Super Heavy using its ‘Mechzilla’ […]

According to new vehicle registration data from Experian, Tesla’s Model Y was the bestselling electric vehicle in the United States for 2021, with the company’s Model 3 right behind in second place, reports Automotive News. Here are the ranked EV registration numbers in the U.S. for 2021, according to Experian: Tesla Model Y – 169,325 […]

Ford has hired away Tesla engineer Alan Clarke, who previously held positions as Director of New Programs Engineering, Senior Manager of New Programs Engineering and Senior Design Engineer at Elon Musk’s company. According to Clarke’s LinkedIn (via Automotive News), he departed Tesla in January after working at electric automaker for nearly 12.5 years. His new […]

Tesla again is facing another safety recall from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This time, it involves the company’s ‘Boombox’ speaker that can play sound while driving and block out the audible warnings from the pedestrian warning speaker. The NHTSA safety recall posted Thursday says it affects 579,000 vehicles (via Seeking Alpha): 2017-2022 Model […]

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shared photos from Starbase, Texas tonight, of the company’s attempt to have tower arms (“chopsticks”) stack its Starship rocket onto a Super Heavy Booster. It’s hard to fathom how SpaceX is able to attempt this at night, by lifting the massive Starship onto the even larger Super Heavy Booster. Musk […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded to criticism of the slow production output regarding the company’s new Model X refresh. Despite delivering the first Model X refresh SUVs back in October 2021, Tesla has been slow to ramp up production of the latter, along with the Model S. During Tesla’s Q4 2021, the company produced 13,109 […]