Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Back in June, it was reported famed author Walter Isaacson was in talks with Elon Musk to write the latter’s biography. On Wednesday evening, Musk confirmed Isaacson was indeed writing his biography. “If you’re curious about Tesla, SpaceX & my general goings on, @WalterIsaacson is writing a biography,” said Musk. If you’re curious about Tesla, SpaceX […]

President Joe Biden has teased a “big” announcement is coming on Thursday related to electric vehicles. “When I say electric vehicles are the future, I’m not joking. Tune in for big news tomorrow,” said Biden on Twitter. The video teaser has Biden saying, “the future of the auto industry is electric. There’s no turning back.” […]

Tesla has shared a new video in China, showing off its Model Y factory floor in action at its Gigafactory in Shanghai, as recorded and shared by Jason Yang on YouTube. The 39-second time-lapse video above shows Tesla’s incredible robotic production line for its Model Y compact crossover SUV. The machines making the Model Y […]

Tesla has introduced yet another round of price increases, this time for its refresh Model S and Model X vehicles, affecting those in the U.S. and China. In the United States, prices increased $5,000 USD for the Model S and Model X Long Range (via @SawyerMerritt): Model S Long Range: $89,990 USD (was $84,990 USD) […]

Revel launched its all-electric taxi fleet in New York City on Monday, consisting of 50 custom-painted Tesla Model Y compact crossover SUVs in bright blue. The company was recently given the green light by New York City’s Taxi & Limousine Commission to operate in the city, after originally being told they weren’t allowed to start […]

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave YouTube channel Everyday Astronaut a private 2-hour factory tour of the company’s Starbase factory. According to Everyday Astronaut’s video, Musk gives the channel a tour of the base and talks about technical details of SpaceX’s factory and its operations. 00:00 – Intro 02:02 – Conversation Starts 06:18 – High Bay […]

SpaceX is moving its Super Heavy booster to the rocket’s launch site as we speak, down in Starbase, Texas. This prototype rocket houses 29 of the company’s Raptor engines and has four grid fins to assist with landing. CEO Elon Musk shared video and images of the Super Heavy moving to its new launch stand […]

On the night of Friday July 30, 2021, Tesla released Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta version 9.1 (software update 2021.4.18.13) for its limited testers, including the likes of James Locke, who has documented his journey on YouTube. “I’m truly blown away. Doing a bunch of driving today on #FSDBeta v9.1 and almost no interventions,” said Locke […]

Tesla’s Model Y compact crossover SUV is seeing some heavy demand it appears, as new orders are now showing estimated delivery dates of December for the USA and Canada, for the entry Long Range configuration. Performance versions of the Model Y are showing delivery in 7-9 weeks, however. During Tesla’s Q2 earnings call, CEO Elon […]

Tesla is no longer offering new orders of its Dual Motor Model 3 Long Range in South Korea. The company’s website was recently updated to grey out the option to place an order for a Long Range Model 3. The translated text reads, “available for order in 2022 due to supply shortage.” (via @hohocho) The […]

Wall Street Journal reporter Tim Higgins recently released his book, POWER PLAY: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century. The describes itself as “the outrageous inside story of Elon Musk and Tesla’s bid to build the world’s greatest car.” But one passage making the rounds is about Musk’s meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook, […]

Canada announced 853 new electric vehicle chargers this week, part of a $32 million CAD investment, as part of #EVWeekinCanada, according to the federal government department, Natural Resources Canada. The federal government says you can now drive coast-to-coast from Victoria, British Columbia, to St. John’s, Newfoundland in an EV. Did you know that you can […]

Funding will likely allow for more banana smoothies for the monkey, Pager Elon Musk’s Neuralink announced on Thursday it has raised a Series C funding round of $205 million USD. The funding round was led by led by Vy Capital, with participation from Google Ventures, DFJ Growth, Valor Equity Partners, Craft Ventures, Founders Fund, and […]

If you’ve been busy and haven’t had time to catch up with Tesla’s record Q2 2021 earnings, here are a couple of ways to do so. You can take a look at the full earnings call transcript here, but if you want to listen to audio instead, Remo Uherek has posted a ‘supercut’ of the […]

YouTube channel DragTimes has shared a new video showcasing its 2021 Tesla Model S Plaid versus the Porsche Taycan Turbo S on the drag strip, in a 1/4 mile race. Previously, the Taycan Turbo S was able to defeat the Model S Performance, but now that the Model S Plaid is here, this is a […]