Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla has just announced its Q4 2020 earnings for the period ending September 30, 2020. The company achieved $10.74 billion in total revenues (up 46% YoY), while seeing a $270 million GAAP net income. This is the company’s six-straight quarter of profit and first-ever annual profit. Shares of Tesla are down 2.14% in after-hours trading, […]

Tesla has announced its 2021 Model S refresh. Joining the Dual Motor AWD Long Range are two Tri Motor AWD versions, Plaid and Plaid+. Also new are three displays in this Model S refresh. And for the first time? Model S now supports a phone key, like Model 3 and Model Y. This means you […]

Tesla has opened its first store in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in Canada. The Tesla Owners Club of Saskatchewan helped open up the store, using a Boring Company flamethrower to burn a ceremonial ribbon, reports CTV News. The new Tesla Store is located at 703 Melville Street, inside Stonebridge auto mall. The location was formerly a Maserati […]

Tesla has added Model Y mud flaps to its online store, now available to purchase for $40 USD for a pair. “Protect your Model Y from snow, salt, sand and small debris with the Model Y Mud Flaps,” explains Tesla’s website. Each kit includes two front mud flaps and installation hardware. There are no mud […]

On early Tuesday morning, Tesla released its 2020.48.35.7 software update for Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta testers. Tesla CEO Elon Musk previously said there would be a new naming convention for FSD beta, and this latest version is now seen as 8.1, to better match the company’s internal numbering scheme. It’s not a downgrade, just a […]

In an exclusive phone interview with Fortune (via Business Insider), Tesla CEO Elon Musk told the publication he’s “super fired up” over President Joe Biden’s focus on climate change. “I’m super fired up that the new administration is focused on climate,” said Musk in the interview. President Biden announced plans yesterday to switch its entire federal […]

Some residents in the Ontario township of McKellar, are petitioning against a proposed electric vehicle (EV) charging station. The township is located just over a three hours drive north of Toronto. The petition was started January 19 by Chris Skinner, who states, “There is little benefit to the vast majority of McKellar residents, both seasonal […]

Image via Reuters On Wednesday, Tesla’s Q4 2020 earnings could result in a $7 billion options payout for CEO Elon Musk. According to Reuters, many are highly anticipating what Tesla will forecast for deliveries in its fiscal 2021. “We’re expecting close to 900,000 deliveries. I think that as the economy opens up again, there is […]

According to Nashville police, they’re seeking out the driver of an SUV that shot a Tesla last week on I-24. The scary situation was captured on the Tesla’s dashcam, where you can see a gold and tan GMC Envoy pull up, the passenger window lower then shots fired at the electric vehicle. It’s unclear what […]

Currently, SpaceX’s Starlink beta internet service offers download speeds of 100 Mbps or so for its beta testers in the U.S., Canada and the UK. But what about future Starlink download speeds? According to SpaceX director David Goldman, in speaking with the FCC last week, the company outlined its plan to modify Starlink and its […]

On early Monday morning, Tesla CEO said the company will be able to have ‘superhuman’ self-driving, when the company moves its neural nets to 8-camera surround video. Replying to a Full Self-Driving video from @WholeMarsBlog touting the learning advantages of Autopilot, Musk added, “Tesla is steadily moving all NNs to 8 camera surround video. This […]

Shares of Tesla surged heavily on Monday morning trading, touching $900.40 per share, a new all-time high for the company, before closing at $880, up 4% for the day, the highest close ever for Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company. $TSLA closes up 4.03% to $880.80, its highest close ever. 📈 pic.twitter.com/9rWh6XIhI7 — Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) […]

President Joe Biden has some ambitious plans for the United States to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. On Monday, the President said, “The federal government also owns an enormous fleet of vehicles, which we’re going to replace with clean electric vehicles made right here in America, by American workers.” Biden said the plan will produce “millions […]

Want another reason to buy Tesla’s Cybertruck? It floats, according to CEO Elon Musk. What asked on Sunday evening, “What happens if someone is stuck in it as it submerges in water? Can’t roll down the windows and can’t break the glass,” Musk replied, “it floats”. It floats — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 25, 2021 […]

The Tesla Model Y in China has an exclusive HEPA air filter to support Bioweapon Defense Mode. Now, we are finally seeing some more pictures about the HEPA filter in the Chinese Model Y. The image above shared by @xioateshushu shows the Model Y HEPA filter setup, which has what appears to be a carbon […]