Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

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 […]

During Tesla’s Q3 2021 earnings, the company revealed record net income, operating profit and gross profit. The company saw $1.6 billion GAAP net income from $13.7 billion in total revenues. When it comes to the company’s operation summary, Tesla said its Supercharger stations increased 49% year-over-year (YoY), with 3,254 total at the end of Q3. […]

Tesla has just released its Q3 2021 earnings, achieving the company’s best-ever net income, operating profit and gross profit. The company saw $1.618 billion in GAAP net income from $13.757 billion in total revenues. “We achieved our best-ever net income, operating profit and gross profit. Additionally, we reached an operating margin of 14.6%, exceeding our […]

Image via @MarcoRPTesla The location of the first Tesla sales and service center in Greater Victoria has been revealed. It has been rumoured the Tesla location would be in Langford, and now we have the exact address, according to @MarcoRPTesla. The address will be at 2371 Gate City Blvd, which is kitty-corner to the Costco […]

Statistics Canada has released data for vehicle registrations in Canada for Q2 2021. Looking at new motor vehicle registrations for zero-emission vehicles (ZEV; which includes battery, plug-in hybrid-electric and hybrid electric vehicles), there were 24,006 for the second quarter, taking 4.9% of total vehicle registrations. Canada says 49.1% of new ZEVs were registered in Quebec […]

Earlier today, we saw a blurry video showing Tesla’s Cybertruck driving around with rear-wheel steering, while also sporting side mirrors for the first time. Now, we have confirmation the Cybertruck will have side mirrors, as per CEO Elon Musk. On Tuesday morning, Musk replied to a tweet by @adamhoov, with the latter saying “I’m not […]