Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla has released its 2021.36.5.2 software update on late Saturday evening PDT (early morning EDT), which brings Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.3, as promised by CEO Elon Musk earlier today. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2021.36.5.2 on a Model 3 AWD LR (2020) in California, United States. View the rollout of this update […]

Tesla has increased its prices in the USA and Canada across its line up, with changes made on Friday night. We saw the Model Y increase in price by $4,000 CAD (a total of $5,000 CAD in increases in one month alone), but there are also price increases to Model S and Model X as […]

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.3 release date won’t be coming until Sunday, says CEO Elon Musk, citing a delay. “Regression in some left turns at traffic lights found by internal QA in 10.3. Fix in work, probably releasing tomorrow,” said Musk on early Saturday morning. Regression in some left turns at traffic lights found […]

Tesla has updated its Android mobile app to debut widgets, to let owners quickly view vehicle status such as charge status, Sentry Mode and lock/unlock status. The Tesla app update is version 4.2.0-693 in Google Play. The release notes also detail the following: Solar and Powerwall supports Tesla-maintained utility rate plans. Utility rate plans now […]

It’s been a historic day for Tesla shares, as they not only reached all-time highs of $910, but closed the day at $909.68 per share, the first time the company’s stock has closed above $900. As it stands, Tesla closed up 1.75% for the day and its market cap now stands at $900.6 billion. The […]

Tesla’s stock price touched a new all-time high on Friday morning, reaching $910 per share, while the company’s market cap also surpassed $900 billion at one point. The new high for the electric vehicle maker came down slightly, but as of writing, shares are trading at $906, up 1.4% for the day. $TSLA will hit […]

Tesla has shared a new video detailing its Model S Plaid record lap at the iconic Nurburgring race course in Germany, achieved last month. The video was shared by Tesla on its LinkedIn page (spotted by @TeslaClubIN), in an effort to recruit new employees. In the video, the Tesla Vehicle Dynamics Team shares some insight […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.36.5.1 software update as of yesterday and today, as detected by both @Teslascope and @TeslaFi. Numerous cars receiving this update were Model S Long Range and Model S Plaid vehicles in the United States. Model S vehicles previously had 2021.36.5, 2021.36 and 2021.32.21 installing, prior to receiving the notification […]

After driving his Tesla Model S Plaid underwater back in September, YouTube channel Chillin’ with Chet was back at it again with his modified Tesla, to again drive it underwater. As Chet drives the Model S Plaid underwater the second time around, the vehicle does end up making it from start to finish by itself, […]

During Tesla’s record Q3 2021 earnings call yesterday, the company took some time to explain its recent price increases. According to Zach Kirkhorn, the company’s Chief Financial Officer (and Master of Coin), he detailed “pricing has been a really difficult thing for us over the last couple of quarters.” Kirkhorn went on to say, “the […]

Tesla showrooms are showing off new footage of the company’s upcoming Cybertruck, showing the vehicle driving around New York City and also Giga Texas. The video shared by Harsimran Bansal (@harsimranbansal) below shows Cybertruck driving on a bridge away from Manhattan in New York City, then also ripping around a field and next to Gigafactory […]

Tesla announced a record Q3 2021 yesterday, resulting in all-time highs in net income and revenue, while gross margins are nearing an astounding 30%. The company saw $1.6 billion net income from $13.7 billion in total revenues and now has $16 billion in cash and cash equivalents. Tesla is firing on all cylinders, so to […]

Tesla has been warning its Full Self-Driving beta testers about driving safely when testing the beta program, as a ‘three strikes’ and you’re out rule has been implemented. According to an email shared by @WholeMarsBlog, Tesla writes to a FSD beta tester the following: “You are receiving this email because telemetry from your vehicle was flagged […]

Tesla today announced recording earnings for its third fiscal quarter in 2021, despite the ongoing global semiconductor shortage and supply chain pressures. The company’s shareholder slide deck also shared some new pictures from its Gigafactories in Texas, Shanghai and Berlin. At Gigafactory Texas, we get to see a view of some “office space with factory […]

During Tesla’s record Q3 earnings report, the company revealed its vehicle capacity from its factories in California and Shanghai are running at near full capacity. The company’s Fremont factory is able to produce 100,000 Model S/X and 500,000 Model 3/Y, while its Giga Shanghai factory is noted as over 450,000, making for a total of […]