Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla Model 3/Y Pedestrian Speaker Retrofit Now Available, Report Says

According to Tesla Owners Online, Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company is now offering pedestrian speaker retrofits for select Model 3 sedans and Model Y compact crossover SUVs. "Pedestrian warning system speaker retrofits available for certain Model 3s made after July 5 2019 through September 9, 2020. Model Y before August 14, 2020,” reported the site...

Fatal Tesla Crash Report Released by Texas County Fire Marshal

Earlier this month a 2019 Tesla Model S crashed in Texas, caught fire and resulted in two deceased occupants. The initial crash was erroneously said to be on Autopilot according to early media reports, later refuted by vehicle data according to CEO Elon Musk. On Wednesday, the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office released its report […]

SpaceX’s Next Starlink Satellite Launch: Wednesday, April 28

SpaceX announced on Tuesday it’s on track to launch its next batch of 60 Starlink satellites on Wednesday, April 28 at 8:44pm PDT/11:44pm EDT. The company’s Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The company’s Falcon 9 rocket, B1060, will attempt its seventh flight, plus landing on […]

Toyota Subsidiary to Buy Lyft’s Self-Driving Car Unit for $550 Million

Time is money and when it comes to producing self-driving technology, it’s expensive, time-consuming and difficult. This is why it’s easier to acquire a solution, which is exactly what Toyota subsidiary, Woven Planet, has just done. Woven Planet and Lyft announced on Monday the Toyota subsidiary would acquire the latter’s Level 5 self-driving car unit […]

Tesla Sold Some Bitcoin in Q1, Earns $272 Million in Proceeds

Tesla has disclosed on its balance sheet it sold some of its previous $1.5 billion investment in Bitcoin, and saw $272 million in proceeds from the sale, based on the “proceeds from sales of digital assets” on its cash flow from investing activities. Tesla said in its Q1 slide deck, “quarter-end cash and cash equivalents […]

Tesla Factories Can Now Produce Over 1 Million Cars Per Year

During Tesla’s record first quarter earnings, the company also provided an update for the “installed annual capacity” of its current factories in California and Shanghai, China. According to Tesla, its Fremont, California factory can currently produce 100,000 Model S and Model X vehicles, along with 500,000 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles per year. As […]