Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shared an update on the progress of Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta V9, plus the launch of the latter for the European Union and Canada. On Wednesday evening, Musk said the launch of FSD V9 would be “probably two weeks”. “Gating factor is achieving & proving higher safety with pure vision […]

SpaceX is again making this look easy, with its latest Falcon 9 launch of 60 more Starlink satellites into orbit on Wednesday evening at 8:45pm PDT/11:45pm EDT. Falcon 9 Liftoff: Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/D5qDAH37gV — SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 29, 2021 Landing on Just Read the Instructions droneship: Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Just Read […]

Image via @itsALLrisky On late Tuesday evening, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk declared himself ‘The Dogefather’, on Twitter, in a tweet promoting his upcoming appearance as host of Saturday Night Live (SNL) on May 8. Doge is a reference to the joke cryptocurrency Dogecoin, that followers of Musk have feverishly invested in. The DogefatherSNL […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

During Tesla’s first quarter earnings report, the company said its Model 3 sedan was the “best-selling premium sedan in the world,” a stat based on the most recent comparable publicly available OEM data. Tesla said “about three and a half years into its production, and even without a European factory,” the Model 3 led worldwide […]

Tesla has revealed the early conclusions of a joint study with the NTSB, NHTSA and local police, regarding the Model S crash in Spring, Texas, that media reports erroneously claimed was the result of the company’s Autopilot system. During Tesla’s Q1 2021 earnings call, a retail investor asked, “does Tesla have any proactive plans to […]

During Tesla’s Q1 2021, the company also provided an update on its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology. According to Tesla, V9 of FSD City Streets beta “will soon become more widely available” in the United States. Tesla says it believes a “vision-only system is ultimately all that is needed for full autonomy.” Tesla explains […]

Tesla shared a new image of its Semi truck prototype testing, as found in its first quarter earnings report, which set new records for net income and revenue. The company also shared images of the Gigafactory Berlin, showing off the Model Y factory construction, as seen below: We also have a picture of the Giga […]

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 […]

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 […]

Tesla reported its first quarter earnings on Monday and the company has posted record numbers. The company saw $10.39 billion in revenue, an increase of 74% year-over-year, while net income was also a record at $438 million for Q1. “In Q1, we achieved our highest ever vehicle production and deliveries. This was in spite of […]

Image credit: SpaceX SpaceX continues to make history with its Dragon capsule, as the latter successfully docked autonomously to the International Space Station at 5:08am EDT, on Saturday, April 24. Dragon was launched into orbit on Friday morning by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster took a day to reach the ISS. “This is the first human […]

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is set to hit television as the host of Saturday Night Live on May 8, 2021. Musk will host SNL with musical guest Miley Cyrus on NBC’s late-night show. The Tesla CEO is well-known for his love of jokes and sharing memes from his Twitter account, so appearing on […]