Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

With Ukraine under attack by Russia, the former now has another ally when it comes to communications, as SpaceX Starlink is now live in the nation, according to Elon Musk. The SpaceX CEO announced on Saturday just now, “Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route.” Musk was replying to Mykhailo Fedorov, […]

Image via @stevenelliott  Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.4.5.4 software update, as noted by third-party service @TeslaFi. The 2022.4.5.4 software update was detected on a Tesla Model 3 Long Range in Ontario, Canada. Software version 2022.4.5.4 was just detected on a Tesla Model 3 Long Range in Ontario Canada on https://t.co/uh4cmhSoAQ. Follow the release […]

Tesla has launched ‘Get to Know Your Tesla’ events, which lets anyone register to participate in live chats with company product experts, to learn more about their cars (via @SawyerMerritt). “Join us for a live chat with our product experts from the comfort of home,” explains Tesla’s website. Registration starts from February 25 to April […]

Image credit: SpaceX SpaceX launched a batch of 50 Starlink satellites into lower Earth orbit on Friday, at 9:12 a.m PST, from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This particular Falcon 9 booster, B1063, was on its fourth flight and landed successfully onto the autonomous drone ship Of Course […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has provided an update on the status of Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta and its release in Canada. Musk has long promised FSD beta would be coming to Canada soon, with a recent update last week saying Tesla was still on track to expand it this month.  On Friday morning, Musk revealed […]

Back in October, it was rumoured Tesla was set to open a temporary service location in Victoria, B.C., Canada, ahead of its official store and showroom coming in Langford. Now, more details have come to light about Tesla’s temporary location in Victoria, according to Citified. The publication says Tesla will temporarily set up shop at […]

SpaceX has launched its Starlink satellite internet in Bulgaria and Brazil, according to recent emails sent out to customers. An email of Starlink’s launch in Bulgaria was shared by Tesla insider @SawyerMerritt, and a similar email by Cesar Parzianello in Brazil. Earlier this month, SpaceX received its license to operate in the South American nation. The […]

Ford may be planning a new Connected Charge station design, according to new images found within the Ford Pass iOS app. The news comes from developer Steve Moser, who noticed the new images in the Ford Pass iOS app on Thursday. Looking at the image below, we see a design that is unlike the existing […]

According to Tesla insider @SawyerMerritt, the electric automaker’s Gigafactory in Berlin has produced over 1,000 Model Y vehicles to date, as per information provided by an unnamed source. “I hear daily output is increasing fast and quality is great,” said Merritt on Thursday. “Still awaiting government approval to start official production and deliveries to customers,” […]

Lucid Group has launched a new online store for customers to buy merchandise (via @SawyerMerritt). Right now, the store has various items available, such as Lucid-branded hats, mugs, water bottles, shirts, jackets, sweaters and more. Most have Lucid branding and also some note “Air”, referring to the company’s Lucid Air sedan, which has still yet […]

The province of British Columbia in Canada has launched new initiatives to help spur electric vehicle sales, including a reduction in provincial sales taxes (PST). B.C. announced a 5-year PST exemption for used zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), starting February 23, 2022, until 2027. Also new is a higher threshold for its luxury surtax on passenger ZEVs, now […]

American automaker Ford has made it clear it plans to scale up its electric vehicle manufacturing to 600,000 units by the end of 2023. Today, CEO Jim Farley explained the team is determined to meet that goal, while also sharing a hype video detailing how it plans to do so. “The @Ford team is unstoppable when […]

Image credit: Haseeb T on Facebook While we’ve heard many issues with Tesla’s heat pump in cold weather, the issues aren’t affecting everyone, as detailed by one Tesla Model Y owner in Canada. According to Haseeb T., he drove through an ice storm in his 2022 Model Y Long Range (7-seater) and everything worked perfectly, […]

AT&T shut down its 3G cellular network on Tuesday, and the change affected numerous companies that relied on the legacy network, including Tesla. The shutdown means the end of cellular connectivity for vehicles that relied on 3G network signals. Tesla has been notifying customers to update to its 2022.4 software, if they want to “maintain […]

You can now subscribe to Tesla’s Premium Connectivity plan at a yearly rate of $99 USD, on top of the $9.99 USD monthly option. The annual rate works out to a slightly cheaper $8.25 USD per month. Tesla updated its Connectivity website today to say, “Premium Connectivity is available as a monthly subscription of $9.99 […]