Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla has increased the price of the Model Y in China, raising the price by CNY 8,000 ($1,226 USD). The announcement was made by Tesla China’s Global Vice President Grace Tao on Weibo on Wednesday afternoon in the country local time (via @42how_). According to Tao, she said (via Google Translate), “The price of Model […]

Viewing Angle of the Model 3 In-Cabin Camera According to Consumer Reports, it believes Tesla in-car cameras raise privacy concerns, just like the Chinese military, it seems. Consumer Reports references Tesla noting it reviews some footage recorded from in-car cameras, to help improve its self-driving technology, after the fact. According to Consumer Reports, this action […]

SpaceX has announced its Falcon 9 rocket will launch 60 Starlink satellites on early Wednesday morning, as part of its Starlink-22 mission. “Falcon 9 launch of 60 Starlink satellites is targeted for tomorrow, March 24 at 4:28 a.m. EDT from SLC-40 in Florida,” said SpaceX on Tuesday afternoon. The launch time works out to 1:28am […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk hyped up the Model S Plaid on Monday evening, saying “The new Plaid S is our best car ever. Will be first production car to achieve 0-60mph in under 2 secs & it has four doors & seats up to 7 people.” The new Plaid S is our best car ever. […]

Does the Tesla Model Y 7-seater fit two car seats in the third row? According to images shared by Eric H. on the Tesla Model Y Canadian Facebook group, they sure do. Eric shared the images on Sunday, saying “You can fit two car seats in the 3rd row of the Model Y,” followed by […]

Lucid Motors has announced it is now ‘all out’ of the Dream Edition of its Lucid Air electric sedan. “That was fast. The limited run of Lucid Air Dream Edition is now fully booked. This exclusive design was created to celebrate the launch of Lucid Air. If you were hoping to reserve a Dream Edition, […]

A Tesla employee let a fan sit inside the new Model S refresh, one of two vehicles that were at the Kettleman City Supercharger in California. The person then started taking pictures and video and eventually shared them to Reddit, only to delete the post after sharing too many details, including the employee names. But […]

Ford North American Product Communications Manager, Mike Levine, got into a Twitter spat with Tesla investor Ross Gerber on Sunday morning. The resulting exchange online resulted in Levine calling Tesla’s FSD ‘vaporware’, alluding to the ongoing promise of the autonomous software’s release by Elon Musk. “Dear Ford. It serves no value to try to compare […]

Tesla’s Model S refresh with yoke steering wheel has been spotted in Santa Cruz, California, as shared on Reddit. The blue Tesla Model S refresh with white interior was seen parked on the street and inside was the elusive and highly anticipated yoke steering wheel in all its glory. While previous Model S refresh vehicles […]

Last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said a new ‘download beta’ button would be arriving by the end of this week along with Full-Self Driving beta version 8.3, expanding the beta trial to more testers. But on Friday night, Musk clarified the new ‘download beta’ button won’t be arriving as he intended anymore, but rather […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk spoke virtually at the 2021 China Development Forum yesterday, an economic summit in the country for its citizens. The original audio of Musk’s comments at the forum cannot be heard, as they were dubbed over with real-time translation. If you want to catch what Musk said beyond his comments on the […]

Tesla released a new software update on late Friday and early Saturday morning, as version 2021.4.12.5 is now rolling out to the fleet. Nikola found a new Tesla software version "2021.4.12.5 20c6f86fefd2" running on a Model Y. https://t.co/19uzXC7mam — Nikola / Tesla Software Version Bot 🤖 (@TeslaVersion) March 20, 2021 According to those who have […]

ARK Invest has released its latest research and price target for Tesla in 2025 on Friday, as shared by Tasha Keeney, CFA, Analyst, for the investment firm: “Last year, ARK estimated that in 2024 Tesla’s share price would hit $7,000 per share, or $1,400 adjusted for its five for one stock split. Based on our […]

Tesla has emailed its customers to let them know “For the third year in a row, Model 3 was recognized as the 2021 Top Safety Pick+ from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).” “Tesla vehicles are engineered from the ground up with all‑electric architecture, and include active safety features that can help avoid accidents altogether,” […]

‘Shark Tank’ star and co-founder of the O’Shares ETFs, Kevin O’Leary, used to be a Tesla bear, but has now become bullish on the electric automaker, according to his recent interview with Benzinga CEO Jason Raznick. O’Leary says he nearly shorted Tesla, at a time when shares were falling due to an analyst downgrade. But […]