Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

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 […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.4.13 software update to the fleet, detected on numerous vehicles in the United States, such as Model Y and Model S, while others in Australia are also seeing this update. Software version 2021.4.13 was just detected on a Tesla Model Y Long Range in Washington United States on https://t.co/uh4cmhSoAQ. […]

General Motors on Tuesday announced it plans to build a new Chevrolet Silverado electric pickup truck, at the company’s Factory ZERO assembly plant in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan. The company says the full-size pickup will be designed “from the ground up” as an electric vehicle, leveraging the Ultium Platform. “The vehicles coming from Factory ZERO […]

SpaceX has announced on Tuesday it plans to launch 60 more Starlink Satellites on Wenesday, April 7, at 9:34 a.m PDT/12:34 p.m. EDT, from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Launch of 60 Starlink satellites is targeted for tomorrow, April 7 at 12:34 p.m. EDT from SLC-40 in Florida → https://t.co/bJFjLCzWdK — SpaceX […]

Tesla notified its California customers to ‘Charge for Less’ on Monday morning, sending a notification within its mobile app. “Avoid the rush and save 50% on your charging fees before 10 a.m. and after 7 p.m. at all Superchargers in California’s major metro areas,” wrote Tesla. “For specific rates and eligible sites, tap the Supercharger […]

We continue to see more images of Tesla’s Model S refresh spotted in the wild, this time in Golden Gate Park in California, while the Model S Plaid gets a video walk around somewhere in San Francisco as well. Images were shared on Reddit this Sunday, showing a black Model S refresh with yoke steering […]

Tesla has started rolling out yet another software update, as version 2021.4.12.2 has been released on Sunday morning, according to @Teslascope, spotted on a Model Y in the United States. We noticed a new Tesla software update 2021.4.12.2 on a Model Y AWD LR (2020) in Maryland, United States. View the rollout of this update […]