Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla announced on Friday its online configurator has gone live in Hungary and Romania, allowing both countries to buy the company’s vehicles. The Tesla website for Romania and Hungary is showing the Model 3, Model S and Model X as available. Configurator now live in Hungary 🇭🇺 & Romania 🇷🇴 — Tesla (@Tesla) May 14, […]

Tesla’s Roadster prototype is headed to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, for two weeks from May 19 to June 2, 2021, from 10am to 5pm and also 6pm to 8pm. According to an email from the Petersen Museum announcing the news (via @BLKMDL3), it says “be one of the first to see […]

Image credit: @BocaChicaGal SpaceX has revealed plans to launch its Starship prototype into its first orbital spaceflight, according to a filling with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), reports CNBC. The company’s recent Starship SN15 prototype successfully landed during a test flight. The huge rocket ship is about 16-storeys tall, or about 160 feet, and made […]

Elon Musk has clarified his stance on cryptocurrency, after announcing on Wednesday Tesla would no longer be accepting Bitcoin for payments, due to the increasing environmental impact of the latter, due to the heavy ‘mining’ required to power the digital coin. On Thursday, Musk said, “To be clear, I strongly believe in crypto, but it […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.4.15.8 software update, as noted by @Teslascope. The new software update was detected in Europe, specifically on a couple of Model 3 vehicles in Germany and Hungary. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2021.4.15.8 on a Model 3 AWD LR (2019) in Budapest, Hungary. View the rollout of […]

Tesla announced on Wednesday it is no longer accepting vehicle purchases with Bitcoin. CEO Elon Musk made the announcement on Twitter below, citing the concern over the “rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions”. Tesla & Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/YSswJmVZhP — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 12, 2021 Tesla says it will “not be […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has again provided an updated timeline on the release of Full Self-Driving beta version 9.0 and expansion of the latter’s program, plus also updated when FSD subscriptions would be coming. On early Wednesday morning, when asked when FSD V9.0 and FSD subscriptions would be launching, Musk replied, “We had to focus […]

On early Tuesday morning, Elon Musk asked on Twitter, “do you want Tesla to accept Doge?”, referring to the cryptocurrency Dogecoin. The poll so far has received over 2.4 million votes, with 77% favouring ‘yes’ and 23% saying ‘no’. After the Tesla CEO hosted SNL on Saturday, the day after, Musk’s other company SpaceX made […]

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its preliminary report on Monday into the fatal Tesla crash that occurred in Texas last month. According to the early report, the NTSB says the owner of the Model S was seen entering the car’s driver seat before the crash, according to home security footage, reports Bloomberg. […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.4.17 software update on Monday, detected on vehicles in the United States, as noted by @TeslaFi. Software version 2021.4.17 was just detected on a Tesla Model 3 Long Range in North Carolina United States on https://t.co/uh4cmhSoAQ. Follow the release at https://t.co/8tbh44TJki — TeslaFi (@teslafi) May 10, 2021 As for […]

One day after calling Dogecoin a “hustle” on SNL, Elon Musk’s SpaceX surprised everyone by announcing it now accepts the ‘joke’ cryptocurrency as a form of payment for SpaceX. In Q1 2022, Canada’s Geometric Energy Corporation (GEC) says SpaceX will launch its DOGE-1 Mission to the moon. The satellite mission was paid for by GEC in […]

Canada’s Geometric Energy Corporation (GEC) announced on Sunday it would be launching its DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon, set to be the “first-ever commercial lunar payload in history paid entirely with DOGE” aboard, aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. Calgary, Alberta-based GEC says its Geometric Space Corporation (GSC) mission management will be working with SpaceX to send a […]

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was the host of SNL on May 8, 2021. The show just ended for the Eastern Daylight Timezone, which was viewable live on YouTube through a special global link, shared by Musk on Twitter earlier today. Special link to view SNL outside USAhttps://t.co/egSDZ8sNFu — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 8, […]

Image via @Stevenbrnnn Tesla has its Cybertruck on display in New York City, and will allow people to visit the futuristic truck at the Meatpacking District, located at 860 Washington Street. The appearance of the company’s Cybertruck comes on the eve of CEO Elon Musk’s hosting of Saturday Night Live, set for tomorrow. Musk confirmed […]

Tesla today touted it had reached 25,000 Superchargers “around the world—and counting”. The news was shared via a retweet of its new @TeslaCharging Twitter account, which Tesla North previously confirmed was an official account from the company last month. 25k Superchargers around the world — and counting pic.twitter.com/UzyFergQJ3 — Tesla Charging (@TeslaCharging) May 7, 2021 […]