Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla has increased the price of its non-refundable order fee in the USA and Canada. Previously, this fee was at $100, but has since increased to $250 for new orders. The change was spotted on late Thursday evening by @SawyerMerritt.  Previously, Tesla would offer a refundable deposit of $2,500 when ordering a new vehicle such […]

Tesla on Thursday evening shared its 2021 AI Day presentation, where the company laid out its progress on artificial intelligence when it comes to training its vehicles, while also unveiling its in-house D1 chip powering its Dojo supercomputer, plus a Steve Jobs-like ‘one more thing’ moment from Elon Musk, revealing the ‘Tesla Bot’. You can […]

During Tesla’s 2021 AI Day, the company finally revealed details about its Dojo supercomputer. The company said it was essentially “building a synthetic animal from the ground up”, when it comes to its vehicles. Ganesh Venkataramanan, Tesla’s Senior Director of Autopilot Hardware, was the one on stage to unveil the company’s in-house D1 Chip, which […]

During tonight’s Tesla 2021 AI Day, to end the presentation, CEO Elon Musk unveiled the ‘Tesla Bot’ humanoid robot, set to debut in prototype form in 2022. The Tesla Bot, according to Musk, said it will be “friendly”, and “eliminates dangerous, repetitive, boring tasks.” The humanoid robot stands 5’8” tall, will weigh 125 pounds and […]

Tesla’s 2021 AI (Artificial Intelligence) Day live stream is set to kick on on Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 5pm PDT/8pm EDT. This morning, Tesla launched its live stream on YouTube, allowing followers to set a reminder of the start slated for 5pm PDT, as you can see in the video embed below: Earlier this […]

Tesla is set to hold its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Day on Thursday, August 19 starting at 5pm PDT/8pm EDT. As expected, Tesla will be live streaming the event, confirmed by CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday. The event will take place in Palo Alto, California. Yes — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 18, 2021 Musk announced AI […]

Car enthusiast and reviewer Doug DeMuro has published his highly anticipated review of the Tesla Model S Plaid on YouTube. In the nearly 40-minute review, DeMuro goes over all the features of the Model S Plaid (obtained when an owner reached out to him) both inside and out, takes the vehicle on a drive, which […]

Another day, and another police department has added a Tesla to its fleet in the United States. The most populous county in New Jersey, Bergen County, has purchased a Tesla Model Y compact crossover SUV, as part of a pilot program for public safety agencies, reports North Jersey. The Long Range all-wheel drive version of […]

Tesla confirmed on Monday what many have been speculating, that Shanghai-made Model Y vehicles have been exported to Europe for the first time. According to the South China Morning Post, Tesla said it shipped 8,210 Model Y compact crossover SUVs to Europe in July. “It goes without saying that the Shanghai Gigafactory is playing a […]

Tesla released Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta version 9.2 last night for early testers, and now we’re seeing the first drives with FSD beta 9.2. Earlier today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared a screenshot of some changes in FSD beta 9.2, seen below: Improvements in 9.2: pic.twitter.com/STmEBq8V9C — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 15, 2021 Musk also […]

Tesla has released Full Self-Driving Beta Version 9.2 for beta testers on late Saturday evening, software version 2021.12.25.15. Version 9.1 of FSD beta introduced ‘Pure Vision’, with Tesla’s vehicles relying only on its cameras and no longer radar for Autopilot. Back on July 30, 2021, Tesla released FSD Beta version 9.1 (software update 2021.4.18.13). Previously, […]

Tesla is about to start construction on its upcoming Supercharger in British Columbia’s southern Okanagan Valley, in the popular tourist destination, Osoyoos. Last fall the city amended its agreement with Tesla to install 8 V3 Superchargers and 3 CCS/CHAdeMO fast chargers at 8513 74th Avenue in Osoyoos (via @MarcoRPTesla), located about one hour south of […]

According to a new drone flyover of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Shanghai, it appears the second phase of the factory responsible for Model Y production has reportedly been shut down from August 13-16 for maintenance. This is according to unverified information from YouTube channel Wu Wa (@bentv_sh) and his footage of the site recorded on August […]

Tesla has released its 2021.24.3 software update, as noted by @TeslaFi, seen on vehicles in the USA, Canada and Europe. Software version 2021.24.3 was just detected on a Tesla Model 3 Long Range DM in North Carolina United States on https://t.co/uh4cmhSoAQ. Follow the release at https://t.co/ls61HqNWqQ — TeslaFi (@teslafi) August 13, 2021 No word on […]

Tesla’s Model Y Long Range is now sold out in the United States and Canada until January 2022 (via @SawyerMerritt). New orders for the Long Range Model Y are now showing an estimated delivery date of January next year, which is just under five months from now. Those that have already ordered Model Y Long […]