Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Image via @tobyliiiiiiiiii Tesla appears to be ready to open its new Supercharger in North Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, after being under construction since early March. The fence around the Superchargers came down today and Toby Li visited the location on Friday evening to share an update. “I’m the first ever Tesla to be […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Friday the company’s version 9.0 of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta is nearly complete. Responding to a FSD beta video shared by @WholeMarsBlog, Musk responded to say, “almost ready with FSD Beta V9.0. Step change improvement is massive, especially for weird corner cases & bad weather.” He also added, “Pure […]

Tesla has revealed its first public Supercharger coming to Hawaii, set to be located at Pearlridge Center in Aiea, the state’s largest indoor mall located on the island of Oahu. The discovery was made by Tesla Motors Club (TMC) forum member ‘TerranApart’ (via @MontrealTesla). According to the Tesla Supercharger site permit dated April 8, 2021, […]

Tesla announced on Friday afternoon it will share its Q1 2021 earnings after market close on Monday, April 26, 2021. The company will hold its live question and answer webcast at 2:30 p.m. PDT to discuss its financials from Q1 and its future business outlook. Investors can tune into the Tesla Q1 2021 earnings call […]

Earlier this week, Chinese electric vehicle automaker, NIO, recently celebrated producing its 100,000th electric vehicle, a black ES8 7-seater SUV that rolled off the line. NIO is known for opting for battery swaps in China for its electric vehicles. On Friday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk congratulated NIO on its achievement, responding to a CleanTechnica story […]

Back on New Year’s Day, Tesla unveiled upgrades for its Model 3 in China, in the form of heating steering wheel and revised door trim, alongside the launch of the Model Y in the country. At the time, the new door trim was exclusive to Tesla vehicles in China, but now it appears it has […]

Tesla now lets Canadians order a Model 3 with a software-limited 151 km (93 miles) of range online for $46,389 CAD ($36,891 USD) before provincial and federal rebates. The company has long let Canadians order this Standard Range version via telephone, to meet the requirements of the federal government’s iZEV $5,000 CAD rebate program. But […]

Tesla has increased the prices of its Model 3 and Model Y in the United States, yet again (via The Street). Check out the price changes below in USD: Model 3 Standard Range Plus: $38,490 (+$500; was $37,990) Long Range: $47,490 (+$500; was $46,990) Performance: $56,990 (+$1,000; was $55,990) Model Y Long Range: $50,490 (+$500; was […]

Tesla on Thursday evening started rolling out its 2021.4.15 software update to its fleet. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2021.4.15 on a Model 3 RWD LR (2018) in California, United States. View the rollout of this update here: https://t.co/IgTlYr1eVC — Teslascope (@teslascope) April 9, 2021 As for what’s new in Tesla’s 2021.4.15 software […]

On Thursday evening, Elon Musk retweeted a video from his company Neuralink, showing off what he describes as, “monkey plays Pong with his mind.” “A monkey is literally playing a video game telepathically using a brain chip!!”, said an ecstatic Musk. Monkey plays Pong with his mind https://t.co/35NIFm4C7T — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 9, 2021 […]

According to CNBC, Tesla has refunded some U.S. customers that were double-billed for new car purchases last month. “Six customers in California and North Carolina who spoke with and shared records with CNBC found that their refunds took about a week to come through after they initially complained to Elon Musk’s electric car company,” reports […]

Earlier this month, Tesla follower @SawyerMerritt shared the company was looking to post jobs for its Semi truck “in the coming weeks”, with four jobs listed internally first for North America. Looks like Tesla was able to fill the 3 CA jobs internally but not the Mississuaga one. Anyway, I TOLD YOU 🤣😏 https://t.co/T7stXsIV5Z pic.twitter.com/CvUvHxPaFH […]

On Wednesday, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit, with perfect weather for the launch from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. This particular Falcon 9 booster (B1058) launched and landed for the seventh consecutive time. The landing took place on the autonomous droneship Of Course I Still […]

Image credit: Michael Sheetz/@thesheetztweetz Earlier today, SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell spoke on a panel at the Satellite 2021 LEO (Low Earth Orbit) Digital Forum, joined with other top executives from satellite companies SES, Viasat, Hughes and Eutelsat. The digital event session was titled, LEO/MEO/GEO: The New World Order, which would include “top influencers from the satellite […]

Shanghai-based electric automaker, NIO, has reached a milestone and produced its 100,000th electric vehicle. The company delivered 7,257 cars in its recent first quarter, a 373% year-over-year increase, while for the quarter ending March 31, 2021, 20,060 vehicles were delivered, a record increase of 423% year-over-year and up 16% from Q4 2020. As for total […]