Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla owners in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, may be getting a temporary service location in the province’s capital. The rumour comes from owner David L. From the Tesla Owners Club Vancouver Island group on Facebook on Monday evening. “This afternoon I was told by a very reputable source that Tesla will soon be opening a […]

Ahead of Tesla launching its CCS1 combo adapter in South Korea next week, the U.S. automaker has confirmed it will soon launch in North America as well. The official @TeslaCharging account shared tonight, “CCS1 adapter now available in South Korea. Available in North America soon.” CCS1 adapter now available in South Korea at https://t.co/Kizrkj4sWV. Available […]

We’ve already seen videos of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) back in September, being tested on the streets of Toronto, Ontario, but now we’re seeing what appears to be an expanded rollout of the beta software. Tesla owner Franklin, also known as ‘MotherFrunker’ (@MFrunker), has been one of the biggest proponents trying to get FSD beta […]

Phoenix-based Gruber Motors suffered a devastating fire on Saturday morning, that engulfed its main service center that contained over 30 Tesla Roadsters. The shop is known for working on Tesla’s original Roadster and this was the company’s second fire in four years, with the last one happening back in 2017. Peter Gruber, CEO of Gruber […]

Tesla has tweaked its ordering page for its Model Y compact crossover SUV, now showing the $2,000 USD Induction Wheels upgrade by default (via @BabyTesla3). When prospective owners load the Model Y ordering page, the 20-inch Induction Wheels are now the default option, a $2,000 USD upgrade over the 19-inch Gemini Wheels with aero covers. […]

Tesla has quietly removed the wood trim option for its Model S Plaid electric sedan (via Reddit). The wood trim option was added back in May 2021. The Model S Plaid currently comes with a standard black interior with carbon fiber décor. Previously, a walnut décor was available for Plaid interiors of black/white and cream, […]

Tesla today launched deliveries of its Model X refresh in Fremont, California, finally. The U.S. electric automaker first unveiled its Model X back in January of this year, with pre-orders at the time indicating an estimated delivery date of April. After numerous delays and delivering its Model S Plaid and Long Range versions first, Tesla […]

Yesterday, a TMC forum member by the name of ‘sunnyvaletree’ shared they were going to take delivery of their Model X refresh, a Long Range version, today in Fremont, California. Many doubted the soon-to-be Model X refresh owner, but just this afternoon, ‘sunnyvaletree’ shared a video walk around of their new Long Range refresh, which […]

Tesla continues to push back estimated delivery dates of its vehicles, and for its basic Model 3 electric sedan, the wait time has reached 10 months for new orders. For those seeking to buy the Model 3 Standard Range Plus with 18-inch Aero Wheels, the Tesla website is now showing estimated delivery of August 2022, […]

Image via @kkvr2823 Last month, Tesla software updates 2021.32.10 and later introduced “additional granularity” to Immersive Sound in Audio Settings, while also debuted an “AUTO” setting, which would adjust these updates based on the type of content you’re listening to. While the update has for Immersive Sound with ‘Auto’ has been out for nearly a […]

Tesla appears to have a demand problem, it seems. After seeing estimated delivery dates for new orders of entry Model Y configurations to July 2022 in the U.S., dates for new Model S and Model X orders have similarly been pushed further into the new year. For new orders of Tesla’s Model X refresh, particularly […]

Update Oct. 15, 4:29pm PDT: Tesla has updated the Model Y Long Range estimated delivery date to again show April 2022. Our original story is as follows, below. === Tesla has changed delivery dates for its entry Model Y in the United States, as estimated delivery dates are now showing July 2022, a whopping nine […]

We may be seeing the first Tesla Model X refresh get delivered on October 16, at 2pm PDT, in Fremont, California. That’s according to TMC forum user ‘sunnyvaletree’, who shared this morning, “I got a call yesterday from the Fremont factory to pick up the model x this Saturday. Did anyone else also get a […]

Vancouver, B.C., Lucid Studio Lucid Group announced on Friday morning the confirmation of Canadian pricing for its Lucid Air electric sedan, starting from $105,000 CAD. It also marks the first time Lucid Group has confirmed pricing outside of the U.S. market, plus the upcoming opening of its first Studio outside the U.S. as well, coming […]

Tesla has launched orders for its Model Y compact crossover SUV in the United Kingdom, with Long Range and Performance versions available (via @SawyerMerritt). Pricing for the Model Y in the UK in GBP is below: Long Range: 54,990 GBP (about $75,245 USD) Performance: 64,990 GBP (about $88,927 USD) Upgrades available include (equivalent USD pricing […]