Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla has added a new feature to the Model Y, but only for vehicles made at Gigafactory Shanghai in China. The Model Y now comes with a factory cargo cover, as shown in a video shared by @EVOffer_HK. MIC Model Y now comes with OEM Cargo Cover!Car delivered in Hong Kong starting from yesterday comes […]

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is set to speak at an upcoming joint meeting of the Space Studies Board and Board on Physics and Astronomy. Open virtual sessions are set to take place from November 15-18, 2021, with Musk speaking on November 17 at 6pm to 6:30pm ET, about the SpaceX Starship program. “Explore the […]

SpaceX launched 53 more Starlink satellites into orbit on Saturday, with Falcon 9 taking off at 7:13am EST from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was the ninth launch and landing of this particular Falcon 9 booster, onto the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. […]

General Motors announced on Friday it will launch 10 electric vehicles in South Korea by 2025, according to Steven Kiefer, the head of GM’s international operations, reports Automotive News. Despite the launch of new EVs in South Korea, GM has no plans to build cars in the Asian nation yet, said Kiefer at a media […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.36.5.8 software update, as noted by @Teslascope and detected in Pennsylvania in the United States. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2021.36.5.8 on a Model S Performance (2020) in Pennsylvania, United States. View the rollout of this update here: https://t.co/j8vlma3rfO — Teslascope (@teslascope) November 12, 2021 The 2020 […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has provided Canadians with an update on when Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta will release in Canada. On Thursday evening, Musk responded to the question with, “no guarantees, but maybe next month. Requires quite a lot of incremental testing & code tweaks for different road system in Canada.” No guarantees, but maybe […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Thursday the next Full Self-Driving beta 10.5 release date will happen “in about 10 days”, which means it’ll likely happen the week of November 21, 2021. “Hoping to start releasing to 98 scores with V10.5 in about 10 days,” said Musk on Thursday evening, when asked about the release. […]

Tesla continues to make updates across its vehicles on Thursday evening. So far we’ve seen the Model Y get a $1,000 USD price increase in the U.S., while the same car in China gets updated with more range but slower acceleration. Now, the entry Model 3 gets its own update, as it finally gets a […]

Tesla increased the price of its Model Y in the U.S. on Thursday evening, raising the price by $1,000 USD. The automaker also made some updates to the Model Y in China. According to CnEVPost, the Model Y rear-wheel drive, the entry version, drops the ‘Standard Range’ moniker. This entry model also now shows a […]

Tesla has again raised prices of its Model Y in the United States, with both entry Long Range and Performance versions going up in price by $1,000 USD. Check out the changes below: Long Range – $58,990 USD (+$1,000); estimated delivery date: October 2022 Performance – $63,990 USD (+$1,000);  estimated delivery date: January 2022 Looks […]

Tesla announced a milestone on Thursday, as it has now reached 30,000 Superchargers worldwide and counting. 30k Superchargers around the world — and counting pic.twitter.com/Yw7m3cJ6HA — Tesla Charging (@TeslaCharging) November 11, 2021 During the company’s record Q3 earnings, it announced Supercharger stations had increased 49% year-over-year, with 3,254 total in the quarter. For individual Superchargers, […]

This morning Tesla started rolling out its 2021.40.5 software update, and with the update comes a highly-anticipated feature: waypoints. Waypoints allow owners to select more than one stop during navigation. This new feature called ‘Add Stop’ is in 2021.40.5, and can be seen in the screenshot shared above by TMC forum user ‘Spyderman09’ on their […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.40.5 software update, as noted by @Teslascope, seen on a 2021 Model S Plaid in New Jersey in the United States. This vehicle was coming from 2021.36.5.1 released on October 21 and as of writing, it’s unclear what’s new. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2021.40.5 on a Model […]

Tesla has launched a new promotion in China for Singles’ Day or Double 11 (November 11 is seen as 11.11), offering 1 month of free Enhanced Autopilot (EAP), according to @42how_. Tesla China launches 1 month of Free Enhanced Autopilot (EAP) for China’s Double 11 (11.11). Activity time:From November 11,2021 (inclusive) 30 days EAP limited […]

On Wednesday evening it was revealed Elon Musk had started selling Tesla shares, following through on the promise from his weekend Twitter poll. While mandatory filings with the SEC showed Musk had sold over 676,000 shares of Tesla, after exercising 2.15 million stock options (at $6.24/share), later filings made public on Wednesday night reveal even […]