Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Image credit: @DirtyTesla Tesla has started emailing out invites to its Model S Plaid delivery event, set for June 10, 2021. The invite confirms the start time will be 7pm PDT/10pm EDT. Elon Musk previously confirmed it will be live streamed online for all. According to an email received by @DirtyTesla, the subject line reads, […]

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket just launched the SXM-8 Mission into orbit, a satellite for client SiriusXM, to allow audio radio services for at least the next 15 years. This specific Falcon 9 rocket had a successful launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida tonight at 9:26pm PDT/12:26am EDT, […]

Tesla started rolling out its 2021.4.18.2 software update on Saturday to owners in the U.S., Canada and Europe. According to the 2021.4.18.2 release notes shared by NotaTeslaApp, this update for the Model 3 and Model Y introduces the cabin camera for tracking driver attention when Autopilot is engaged. “The cabin camera above your rearview mirror […]

Tesla’s Roadster has been on exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, since May 19, 2021. The exhibit was planned to run to June 2, but the museum announced on Friday the Roadster has been extended through June 11 (the image above should read June 11). “The Tesla Roadster’s stay has been […]

Tesla’s online store has restocked its CHAdeMO Adapter, priced at $400 USD in the United States ($530 in Canada). “Enjoy the most charging options of any EV owner on the road with the CHAdeMO adapter,” explains Tesla. The CHAdeMO adapter will let you charge your Tesla from third-party DC fast charging networks such as Electrify […]

SpaceX has launched its live broadcast of its CRS-22 Mission, its Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The liftoff is targeted for 10:29pm PDT/1:29 p.m. EDT, or 17:29 UTC, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Falcon 9 will launch the reusable Dragon spacecraft to the ISS, and […]

Comedian and car enthusiast Jay Leno revealed on the Spike’s Car Radio podcast Tesla’s Model S Plaid hit an insane quarter-mile time at Famoso Raceway, just north of Bakersfield, California. “I’ll tell you what I did. I went up to Famosa dragway in Bakersfield…in a Tesla [Model S] Plaid. I made one pass…I drove up […]

Tesla’s Roadster 2.0 can do 0 to 60 mph in 1.9 seconds, but the optional SpaceX package—with thrusters—can do the same feat in a whopping 1.1 second. This SpaceX package would have “cold air rocket thrusters positioned at the rear”, which CEO Elon Musk has previously explained as coming out of the fold-down license plate […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed the company has indeed officially removed the front passenger lumbar seat support in its Model 3 and Model Y. Replying to a tweet on the matter on Monday afternoon, Musk said the change was made because of low usage of the lumbar support. He said, “Moving lumbar was removed […]

Tesla looks to be making a cost-cutting measure for new builds of its Model Y and some Model 3 vehicles, according to new owners. According to u/Chrissugar21 on Reddit, the new Model Y owner picked up the compact crossover SUV from Tesla (VIN 199 XXX), only to notice the passenger seat no longer includes lumbar […]

Image via u/Jaws12 Tesla’s latest Model 3 and Model Y vehicles delivered do not come equipped with radar anymore, as the company is now transitioning to a camera-based Autopilot system known as Tesla Vision. Now, according to u/Jaws12, in order to use Autopilot on a Model Y with Tesla Vision, Auto High Beam settings need […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Friday evening the company’s Model S Plaid delivery will be pushed to June 10, 2021, instead of June 3, 2021. “Model S Plaid delivery pushed to June 10. Needs one more week of tweak,” said Musk. “This car feels like a spaceship. Words cannot describe the limbic resonance,” he […]

A patent filed with the USPTO on May 27, 2021, details Tesla’s Cybertruck user interface and other details, with the patent credited to Jean Helfenstein and Pawel Pietryka. The patent includes numerous images from what looks to be the Cybertruck’s user interface. We see one screenshot showing range of possibly 610 miles for the electric […]

Canadian DaxM (@Tesla_Talks) has shared a first look at his new Tesla Model Y delivery without radar. Tesla stated new vehicles produced from April 27 onwards would no longer have radar, but rely only on cameras for Autopilot, with what it’s calling Tesla Vision. As you can see in the first-drive video above, we can […]

Consumer Reports announced on Thursday it has removed the Tesla Model 3 from its ‘Top Pick’ status, after the electric automaker has started to move away from reliance on radar, but instead cameras for the new Tesla Vision transition. Citing the NHTSA removing a check mark for Forward Collision Warning (FCW), Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), […]