Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

On Tuesday, the final two members were announced for the world’s first all-civilian mission to space, known as Inspiration4, set to take place later in 2021. The final members are: Christopher Sembroski of Everett, WA Dr. Sian Proctor of Tempe, AZ These two members will join previously announced Hayley Arceneaux, to be under the command […]

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is urging people to move to Starbase, Texas, to help the space company meet its hiring needs. On Tuesday morning, Musk said, “Please consider moving to Starbase or greater Brownsville/South Padre area in Texas & encourage friends to do so!”. “SpaceX’s hiring needs for engineers, technicians, builders & essential support personnel […]

Tesla has hit a milestone as it now has 1,000 operational Superchargers in the United States, according to community-driven information collected by Supercharge.info. The milestone was shared by Canadian @MontrealTesla, who relentlessly finds and unearths new Tesla Supercharger locations 24/7, along with service and sales centres for the website. Per Supercharge Info, there are now […]

Image via Electrek According to Electrek, Tesla is ramping up its Semi truck production line, at a building located near its Gigafactory in Nevada Unnamed sources tell the publication Tesla plans to “produce five electric trucks per week”. That would equate to roughly 20 Semis per month, or 260 per year if production does not […]

If you’re an owner of the original Tesla Roadster, the company has now made the electric vehicle’s service manual (US version) available for download online (via @greentheonly). The manual is available online and covers everything from the Roadster’s exterior, interior, battery, electrical, HVAC, chassis, suspension and more, with 47 dedicated service sections. It is possible […]

SpaceX launched its Starship SN11 test flight on early Tuesday morning in Boca Chica, Texas, seeing a successful launch, but a failed landing and explosion. The launch was amidst heavy fog, and also saw the test flight’s cameras cut out at 11 and a half minutes into the live webcast below. SN11 was eventually lost. […]

Will Volkswagen be changing its name in the United States? According to CNBC, the Germany automaker ‘accidentally’ published a press release—then removed it—detailing its name would become ‘Voltswagen’. The press release dated April 29 detailed the new name of Voltswagen of America, which apparently focuses on its new electrification efforts. An unnamed source confirmed the […]

According to The Columbian, Tesla may be planning to open up a service center in Vancouver, in Washington State. An application was sent to the city earlier this month and details a nearly 32,500 square-foot building on a 3.1-acre piece of land at 6916 and 6924 N.E. Fourth Plain Blvd. The document details the building use […]

Unconfirmed reports are claiming Tesla may be gearing up to begin Cybertruck production at its Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, as soon as June. According to an unnamed tipster sharing details to @WholeMarsBlog, the note claims Tesla employees destined for Giga Texas are being told to start in June of this year. “Just was told by […]

Numerous people who placed an order for a Tesla Model X refresh are seeing an updated ‘estimated delivery’ of April, when they log into their online accounts. But despite the April date for estimated delivery, many on Reddit are saying this date cannot be seen as next month, considering the Model S refresh hasn’t even […]

SpaceX’s Starlink internet now lets its beta customers change their service address themselves, instead of contacting support. According to Reddit user ‘dennonj2’, users can now login to their Starlink accounts and enter a new service location themselves. “Once updated, service at your previous address will be disconnected. Please make sure you are ready to receive […]

Starship SN11; Image Credit: Trevor Mahlmann via tmahlmann.com SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has provided an update on its next Starship prototype test flight. On Sunday, Musk said, “possible Starship flight tomorrow afternoon.” Possible Starship flight tomorrow afternoon — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 28, 2021 Starship SN11 was ready for its test flight on Friday, but after a successful […]

A new video from Tobias Lindh has shown more construction progress at Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin. In the latest video released on March 27, 2021, we see more Tesla Model Y body frames out in the open, while the site now has two remaining 110kV transformers on site, explains Lindh. Here’s a closer look at the […]

Tesla’s Model 3 sedan topped electric vehicle sales in Europe for the month of February, according to new data shared by EV Sales. The Model 3 saw 5,506 deliveries in February, which is the car’s first win since last September, notes EV Sales. Unit numbers were the highest in Germany (1,910 units), followed by France […]

It’s been 155 days since Tesla mentioned its Full Self-Driving beta would make its way to Canada at some point, as meticulously tracked by Canadian @MFrunker, who has tweeted daily asking about the beta. Now, it appears we may have a sign FSD beta may be landing in Canada soon, as Tesla’s director of artificial intelligence and Autopilot Vision, […]