Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Back in December, Tesla shared the results of its Model 3 police car pilot in the United Kingdom, and now it’s still ongoing. The Model 3 Performance is set to hit West of Hampshire this week, said the Hampshire Roads Policing Unit on Monday. “Look out for the new marked demonstrator Tesla Performance Model 3 […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has provided yet another update on the release schedule of Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta for Canada. According to Musk on Tuesday afternoon, February is the month FSD beta will roll out in Canada. This would be the first expansion of FSD beta outside of the United States, which currently about 60,000 […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.40.30.15 software update, as detected by @Teslascope. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2021.44.30.15 on a Model Y AWD LR (2021) in California, United States. View the rollout of this update here: https://t.co/2Z03tdx3JS — Teslascope (@teslascope) February 1, 2022 This software update will remove the ‘rolling stop’ feature […]

SpaceX successfully launched the Italian COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission to low Earth orbit on Monday, after facing numerous delays due to weather and yesterday’s interruption at the last minute due to a cruise ship. Falcon 9 launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida today at 3:11pm PT/6:11pm ET. The […]

Chinese automaker NIO recently placed an advertisement in the German newspaper, Automobilwoche, to congratulate the latter for its 20th anniversary. The NIO ad says, “Hello World”, and congratulates the newspaper, with a line translated at the bottom that says, “we’re almost there,” suggesting a launch in Germany is coming soon. Pictured in the ad is […]

The Canadian government has announced it will invest $1 million CAD ($786,370 USD) to install up to 200 electric vehicle chargers in the Yukon, funded through the Natural Resources Canada’s Zero-Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program (ZEVIP). After a selection of charging locations, EV chargers will be installed in public places, multi-unit residential buildings, on streets, at workplaces or […]

Earlier this week, it was revealed 19-year old college student Jack Sweeney, was asked by Tesla CEO Elon Musk to take down his Twitter bot, which tracks the location of his private jet, through publicly available data. Musk offered $5,000 to Sweeney, who shot back asking for $50,000 instead, detailing his story to Protocol. Now, […]

Sandy Munro continues to teardown Tesla’s Model S Plaid sedan, and the latest video shows us a closer look at the car’s thermal system, including heat pump and more. We also get to see Munro and his team remove the 12V lithium-ion battery from the Model S Plaid, that fits into the palm of your […]

Image via @Teslascope Last December, developer @greentheonly added the latest 2022 Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles would also ship with a heater wiper blade area, adding further details to a European regulatory document, spotted on the TFF forums. Fast forward to earlier this month, @TeslaOwnersofMA shared a picture depicting a heater wiper blade […]

Tesla has updated its mobile app to version 4.5.1 on Friday, launching a new Charge Stats section. Inside the section, you’ll see your Charge Stats for the last 31 days, showing total charged and total spent. You’ll see a chart showing your daily charging, and whether you were charging at home, Superchargers or other. You […]

SpaceX has delayed the launch of the Italian COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission, due to “poor weather conditions at the launch site tonight,” announced the company moments ago. Standing down from today's launch of COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 due to poor weather conditions at the launch site tonight; next opportunity is tomorrow, January 29 at 6:11 p.m. […]

Some Tesla Model 3 and Model Y owners with heat pumps in area of extreme cold have been dealing with climate control problems and no heat. Earlier this month, Transport Canada said the problem had sparked numerous complaints by Canadians regarding the issue, which results in no heat during cold weather. At the time, the […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Friday the company “Tesla will support [Full Self-Driving] licensing by other manufacturers.” The Tesla leader was responding to a Twitter discussion about FSD and how it could become one of the biggest disruptions in history. “Given how hard insanely FSD is, I think it may take 5 years or […]

Tesla China has shared a video walkthrough of the new features in the upcoming 2022.2.1 software update, set to release to celebrate Chinese New Year and the Year of the Tiger. New features include updates in maps and navigation, as road conditions now display, such as traffic. Also coming back is the Supercharger icon on […]

As part of Tesla’s upcoming 2022.2.1 software update for its customers in China, to celebrate Chinese New Year beginning on February 1, the automaker launched a new accessory called TeslaMic. As spotted by @Teslascope, you get two microphones for 1,199 RMB ($188 USD), which lets you sing karaoke in your Tesla with KTV. The Tesla […]