Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla has announced its Q3 2021 production and delivery numbers. The electric automaker shared the numbers on Saturday morning, announcing it produced 237,823 vehicles and delivered 241,300. “We would like to thank our customers for their patience as we work through global supply chain and logistics challenges,” said Tesla in a press release. Tesla produced […]

Tesla’s S3XY mug is now back in stock in the online store, available for $30 USD, a $5 price increase compared to the last time we told you it was available. “Start your day with our limited edition, all black, 12-oz S3XY Mug, featuring tone-on-tone lettering of our vehicle model names and a smooth matte […]

Tesla has launched new Superchargers in Africa for the first time, as Morocco now has two locations available. According to @MarcoRPTesla‘s discovery, the new Tesla Superchargers in Morocco are in Casablanca and Tangier. First Supercharger in Africa 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦 Why didn't you tell me about this @khalilamar?!? pic.twitter.com/5PaTKNiDE9 — MarcoRP (!newsfeed) (@MarcoRPi1) September 30, 2021 Tesla’s […]

Tesla reached a milestone recently, building its 1 millionth battery pack at its Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada, according to a picture obtained and shared by @brandonee916. 1,000,000 Batteries Built at Gigafactory Nevada! Great job Tesla! Signed by all the employees 🎉🎉🎉🎉 pic.twitter.com/53UnjGbWjP — Brandon 🌎☮️🚗⚡️🔋 (@brandonee916) September 30, 2021 The additional photo shares a wider […]

BMW-owned Rolls-Royce announced its first all-electric vehicle, unveiled as Spectre, will launch in the fourth quarter of 2023. The new Spectre EV two-door coupe is set to start on-road testing, set to cover 2.5 million kilometres, or what the company says is simulation of “400 years of use.” Rolls-Royce called today the “most significant day” […]

Image via u/CanadianOdyssey993 SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet suffered a short widespread outage this morning, affecting customers in Canada, the United States, Europe and beyond, including Australia and New Zealand. According to numerous reports on Reddit, Starlink customers shared they saw outages for about 25 minutes to an hour, where their satellite dishes were unable to […]

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to the iconic red chairs with Kara Swisher at CodeCon 2021, to discuss everything from crypto, China, SpaceX, Mars, President Joe Biden and more. Swisher has interviewed numerous tech luminaries in her red chairs before, including the likes of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates […]

Lucid Air General Assembly  Lucid Group has announced it has started vehicle production at its Casa Grande factory in Arizona, as part of the company’s Lucid Production Preview Week, which kicked off today, with customers, media and policymakers, including Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, in attendance. The first Lucid Air electric vehicle for customers were driven off […]

Image credit: @tesla_raj Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.2 will be available for download starting this Friday, October 1, 2021 Friday, October 8 at midnight Pacific Daylight Time. UPDATE: Musk has clarified FSD 10.2 will release “a week from Friday.” Apologies, 10.2 release will be a week from Friday — […]

Earlier this week, Tesla released its 2021.32.21 software update, but for some recent new Model 3 and Model Y owners, they didn’t receive anything, until today. We can confirm today was indeed one of the first software updates received for new Tesla owners, as noted by Tesla North readers. One owner James shared screenshots of […]

Ford announced it plans to invest in new major electric vehicle factories in the United States, to bring EVs to scale for American consumers, with “the largest, most advanced, most efficient auto production complex in its 118-year history.” Known as Blue Oval City, the complex will be built in Stanton, Tennessee on a 6-square-mile site, […]

Ferrari SF90 Stradale: the company’s current hybrid-electric offering Ferrari announced on Monday it has teamed up with former legendary Apple designer Sir Jony Ive and his firm, LoveFrom, to develop an electric car. The holding company Exor, controlled by the Agnelli family and Ferrari, announced a multi-year partnership with LoveFrom, which consists of Ive and […]

Tesla announced last Friday it has changed the location of its 2021 annual meeting of shareholders. Originally set to take place at the company’s Fremont factory in California, it has now moved to the Gigafactory Austin in Texas “The 2021 Annual Meeting will be presented from Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas on Thursday, October 7, […]

Image via @tesla_raj As promised, Tesla has released Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta 10.1 on Saturday night, after delaying it by one day. According to the 2021.24.17 software update release notes, as shared by @Tesla_Raj, we can see what’s new in FSD beta 10.1 below: 2021.24.17 FSDbeta 10.1 release notes pic.twitter.com/90SA8d17A3 — Tesla Raj (@tesla_raj) September […]

Tesla is set to announce its Q3 production and earnings at the end of September, and according to a new report from Reuters, the company’s Shanghai Gigafactory is firing on all cylinders. Unnamed sources tell Reuters despite the global semiconductor shortage, Tesla’s Giga Shanghai factory is expected to produce 300,000 vehicles, for the January to […]