Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

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 […]

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’ […]