Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

The cryptocurrency market is experiencing a bloodbath at the moment, as a huge selloff is underway, especially for Bitcoin, which had fallen below $31,000 USD this morning, but has since risen back up to just under $40,000 USD as of writing, still a low for the largest cryptocurrency. Elon Musk has found himself in a […]

President Joe Biden made an unscheduled stop at Ford’s test track outside of Detroit on Tuesday, where he also test drove the American automaker’s upcoming electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck. “Being at Ford’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center today brought me home. For more than thirty years, my Dad managed car dealerships in Delaware. He would’ve […]

SpaceX has shared a recap video of its Dragon launch last fall with NASA astronauts on board, to the International Space Station: On November 16, 2020, Falcon 9 launched Dragon with astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi on board to the International Space Station for its first six-month operational mission. After […]

Italian automaker Lamborghini unveiled its plans for a fully-electric version, set to launch before 2030, as it outlined its transition to electrification. Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini, announced on Tuesday its roadmap where it will spend $1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion USD) over four years to electrify its vehicles. “Lamborghini’s electrification plan […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday morning pleaded with Giga Berlin suppliers, asking them to “please accelerate”, as the company’s factory in Germany is awaiting parts to begin production, which the leader said on Monday could happen by end of 2021. In a follow-up tweet, Musk said Tesla will be “aiming for extreme precision with […]

After sharing images of what appeared to be Tesla Model S Plaid vehicles at Laguna Seca Raceway in California, The Kilowatts have now shared a video of the apparent electric vehicle lap record of 1:29.9. “While visiting Laguna Seca Raceway last week, we discovered two new Model S Refresh (Possibly Plaid or even Plaid Plus) […]

Image via Cosmic Perspective SpaceX on Saturday installed and illuminated a ‘Starbase’ sign at its launch site in Boca Chica, Texas. The sign is located outside of the Propellant Production Site according to NASASpaceFlight, which captured the installation in the video below (fast forward to the 16-minute mark): Here’s the moment the Starbase site was illuminated, […]

UFC fighter Beneil Dariush defeated Tony Ferguson in the UFC 262 co-main event on Saturday night, and in his post-fight victory speech to Joe Rogan, the winner called out Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Wait, what? It appears Dariush has been waiting for his Tesla order since December but it hasn’t arrived yet. So what better way than to put […]

Tesla’s Model X refresh has been spotted out in the wild, in a new video shared by aftermarket accessories maker, T Sportline, based in Los Angeles, California. The short video below shows a quick walk around of the side and front of a Model X refresh (it appears to be a Long Range build) with […]

According to the latest drone flyover of Tesla’s Fremont factory in California, it appears deliveries are imminent of its Tesla Model S refresh, a huge number of vehicles were spotted and shared by Gabeincal. Early access to Gabeincal’s video was seen by @SawyerMerritt, who says deliveries start in the first week of June. The 14-minute […]

SpaceX on Saturday launched 52 more Starlink internet satellites into space, as Falcon 9 launched at 3:56pm PDT/6:56pm EDT. This was the 28th total Starlink mission for SpaceX, and its 15th mission of 2021. Today’s launch was also SpaceX’s second rideshare launch of the year, as a Tyvak-0130 and Capella Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite were […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.4.18 software update, so far detected on vehicles in the United States, Canada and Australia, according to @TeslaFi. Software version 2021.4.18 was just detected on a Tesla Model Y Long Range in Manitoba Canada on https://t.co/uh4cmhSoAQ. Follow the release at https://t.co/ME6Jt2BeSV — TeslaFi (@teslafi) May 16, 2021 The release […]

Image via @klwtts The Kilowatts continue to be Tesla whisperers, spotting Tesla’s Model S refresh on Laguna Seca Raceway in Salinas, California. “Tesla is currently attempting lap records in a couple of Model S Plaid (possibly a Plaid+) prototypes at Laguna Seca Raceway! They just secured a 1:30:XX (unconfirmed time),” said @klwtts on Twitter about half […]

SpaceX announced on Friday afternoon it is targeting its next Starlink satellite launch for Saturday, May 15. The Falcon 9 launch from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida is pegged for 3:54pm PDT/6:54pm EDT, and the daytime launch looks to put on a show for fans of the launches. SpaceX says […]

Tesla announced on Friday its online configurator has gone live in Hungary and Romania, allowing both countries to buy the company’s vehicles. The Tesla website for Romania and Hungary is showing the Model 3, Model S and Model X as available. Configurator now live in Hungary 🇭🇺 & Romania 🇷🇴 — Tesla (@Tesla) May 14, […]