Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Last month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to chat with him on the popular audio app, Clubhouse. At the time, the Kremlin said it Musk’s invite was “interesting” but it needed more time to consider the request. Now, according to Bloomberg, the Kremlin says it believes Musk’s invite was a “misunderstanding”, […]

Image via @MontrealTesla Tesla has plans to build a new Supercharger in Santa Monica, California, with a whopping 62 V3 stalls, which would make it the largest V3 Supercharger site in the world (China has a 72-stall Supercharger, but it’s all V2). This new Supercharger site will have three solar array canopies, battery storage, and […]

Image via Prestige Image Motorcars Indonesian National Police have a new electric vehicle added to their fleet—a Tesla Model 3 sedan. According to Detik.com (via Paultan), the Model 3 sedan was donated to the Indonesian National Police by the Indonesian Motor Association (IMI). According to a Google Translation of a statement by the Indonesian National Police […]

On Monday morning, Tesla shared a neat video of an owner’s Model 3 melting snow off the vehicle, thanks to preheating being enabled via the company’s mobile app. Use Tesla phone app to melt snow & ice off your car before even leaving the house 📸 by @cookie_esq pic.twitter.com/P3r8JUOvpv — Tesla (@Tesla) March 1, 2021 […]

We now have an update on when Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) subscriptions will launch, according to the company’s CEO Elon Musk. Back in December, Musk said FSD subscriptions would be releasing “early next year”. On Monday, Musk has now clarified, responding “Q2 for sure”, when asked by @WholeMarsBlog about the launch timeline. Q2 for sure […]

On Sunday evening, SpaceX scrubbed its Falcon 9 launch of 60 Starlink satellites at the last minute, with the rocket standing down with just under two minutes to go on its final countdown. SpaceX said its next launch opportunity would be on Monday, March 1 at 8:15pm EST. But just this morning, SpaceX has now […]

Tesla has added a pearl white paint and white interior to the Model Y compact crossover SUV in China, notes @Ray4Tesla. White interior for MIC Model Y is finally available. Expect more Chinese buyers due to this addition. pic.twitter.com/nT5zu769q2 — Ray (@ray4tesla) March 1, 2021 Originally, when the Model Y first launched in China back […]

SpaceX was set to launch 60 Starlink Satellites into space on Sunday evening aboard Falcon 9, but the liftoff was scrubbed at t-minus one minute and 24 seconds. “Auto-abort at T-1:24 ahead of tonight’s Falcon 9 launch of Starlink; next launch opportunity is tomorrow, March 1 at 8:15 p.m. EST,” said SpaceX shortly afterwards. Auto-abort […]

Automotive columnist Dan Neil has reviewed the Volkswagen ID.4 electric crossover. Neil’s scathing review of the electric sedan from Volkswagen says the latter is “five years behind” the equivalent Tesla, as just one of his criticisms. It sure does make for some good Sunday reading. According to Neil’s review in the Wall Street Journal: So when […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.4.11 software update on Saturday, according to vehicles using the analytics service, @Teslascope. As for what’s new in this update? It appears to be more bug fixes, as we’ve seen of late in other software updates. According to the Tesla owners below: https://twitter.com/4rsfed/status/1365790538889191424 Got it bug fixes — Redhead29nyc […]

As spotted by The Kilowatts, we now have one of the first looks of the new Tesla Model S refresh ‘yoke’ steering wheel, spotted in the wild. Check out some of the images below: More images below–you’ll notice the ‘yoke’ steering wheel here looks slightly different from the image shared on Tesla’s website, as the […]

Image via Paul E. from Tesla Model Y Canadian Group on Facebook Earlier this month, Tesla started delivering its Model Y compact SUV with new headlights in California, but now we’re also seeing the new design make its way up north to Canada. Many have asked when this would reach Canada and now we’re starting […]

Tesla is starting to switch over to iron cathode batteries (lithium iron phosphate or LFP) on its Standard Range cars, confirmed CEO Elon Musk on Thursday. Sam Korus from ARK Invest shared a chart detailing “Tesla won over California early”, before “winning over” the rest of the United States in 2020. Musk responded, “This is […]

Tesla’s Model X refresh for both Long Range and Plaid versions are set to deliver in the May to June timeframe for new orders placed today. But for first Model X refresh orders, some have been told to expect their SUVs by March. Now, according to The Kilowatts, Tesla’s Model X refresh has been spotted […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.4.10.1 software update, as noted by @Teslascope. The release comes six days after 2021.4.10 was released. The update was spotted on a Model 3 Long Range in the United States, while others in Switzerland and the Netherlands also saw the update on Thursday. No word on what’s new in […]