Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

SpaceX originally was targeting Sunday, February 20 at 11:13 a.m. EST to launch a batch of 46 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit, but that has been delayed to Monday, due to unfavourable recovery weather. On Saturday morning, SpaceX announced the new targeted date is now Monday, February 21, at 6:44 a.m PST/9:44 a.m. EST […]

Are you still patiently waiting for Tesla to expand its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta to Canada? Back in mid-January, Elon Musk said FSD beta would start rolling out in Canada in 2-4 weeks, in a cautious manner. That timeline, like previous promises, have come and gone (#elontime). When asked about that timeline tonight by Noah […]

Back in December, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the company would be holding a grand opening party for its Gigafactory in Texas, set for early 2022. On Friday evening, Musk gave a precise date for the Giga Texas opening party, now set to take place on April 7, 2022. Musk originally said it was coming […]

Back in January, Tesla shared a video in China touting its safety features, with part one detailing a tour of Gigafactory Shanghai. On Friday, Tesla China shared part two of its ongoing “Go Giga” safety features, detailing Autopilot and other driver assistance aids that make the company’s electric vehicles the safest on the road. Tesla […]

Tesla on Friday shared a picture of its team celebrating the production of its 1 millionth 4680 battery cell, a milestone reached in January. Celebrating our one millionth 4680 cell in January pic.twitter.com/d19IPFu18u — Tesla (@Tesla) February 18, 2022 During Tesla’s Q4 2021 earnings call, the company said it will begin production of its latest […]

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 […]