Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla has updated its Supercharger map for 2022, now outlining new locations coming soon in the United States, Canada and beyond, as spotted by @MarcoRPTesla on Wednesday. If you navigate over to this page on Tesla’s website, you can see “coming soon” locations that have either been removed or added, compared to yesterday. Tesla’s Supercharger […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.44.30.12 software update on Wednesday evening, as noted by @Teslascope. The update was detected on a Model Y Long Range in Alberta, Canada. According to KKVR (@kkvr2823), their Model Y looks to be the vehicle that received this update. According to 2021.44.30.12 release notes shared by KKVR below, they […]

Image via u/dappermarketer on Reddit While President Joe Biden has yet to mention Tesla by name, the White House has acknowledged Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company. According to Bloomberg, an unnamed person “familiar with the president’s thinking” says the reason Biden hasn’t mentioned Tesla, but only the likes of GM and Ford, is because unions […]

According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, those with Starlink orders “shouldn’t have to wait long,” as the company is set to increase production of its standard satellite dish. “SpaceX standard antenna production rises rapidly this year, so those with orders shouldn’t have to wait long,” said Musk on Wednesday morning. “Note, Starlink can only support […]

SpaceX today successfully completed its NROL-87 mission, sending up a classified spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. On Wednesday, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched at 12:27 pm PT from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. After stage separation, we saw this newest Falcon 9 rocket build land […]

Lexus announced on Wednesday it plans to “accelerate the development of electric vehicles” in 2022, beginning with its battery electric vehicle (BEV) model ‘RZ’ starting this spring. That’s according to Lexus International President and Chief Branding Officer, Koji Sato, who noted in 2021, the company sold 760,000 cars, despite supply chain shortages. The company also shared […]

The Government of Canada continues to announce investments in new electric vehicle chargers, with the latest set for the province of Alberta. Natural Resources Canada announced on Wednesday it will invest $2 million CAD ($1.56 million USD) in the SouthGrow Regional Initiative to bring up to 110 new EV chargers to the province. Funding again […]

SpaceX launched Starlink Premium on Monday evening, which it says offers “more than double the antenna capability of Starlink, delivering faster internet speeds and higher throughput for the highest demand users, including businesses.” Starlink Premium is available to order now to reserve, with deliveries beginning in Q2 2022. This is twice the area of our […]

Tesla’s online shop made some changes to vehicles accessories on late Monday evening. The company removed its standalone $90 glass roof and $75 rear sunshades for the Model 3, and instead launched a combo of both for $160 USD. The new Model 3 Glass Roof Sunshades combo is “constructed of lightweight mesh fabric with a collapsible rigid […]

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 […]