Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

We heard about heavy demand in China for the Tesla Model Y, and now it’s definitely real. According to Tesla’s website, Model Y deliveries are now indicating sometime in Q2 of 2021. This would mean someone ordering today won’t get their Model Y in China until April, May or June of this year, according to […]

Tesla closed the trading day on Tuesday at $735.11 per share, up 0.73% for the day. But with a new price target increase by Morgan Stanley, the stock has now soared to an all-time high in after-hours trading. Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas has increased his price target for Tesla from $540 to $810, what he […]

It’s never a good idea to fall asleep behind the wheel, and for one Hillsborough resident in New Jersey, it just so happened she was driving her Tesla. According to South Brunswick police on Tuesday morning, they said “Please always remember to stay awake when driving a @Tesla. This driver fell asleep and struck a […]

Tesla has updated its Superchargers list in the United States and Canada to indicate new locations coming soon. Below we have a list of new locations added, to join existing locations that are “coming soon”. The changes are compared to previous updates on Tesla’s website, as of November 2020 and compared to January 4, 2020. […]

Canada is set to get a new Tesla store in London, Ontario, nine months after the electric vehicle maker launched a new Supercharger in the city. It would be the eighth Tesla sales centre in Ontario. According to The London Free Press, Tesla acquired the 1.5-acre site at 600 Oxford Street, home to a former […]

Winter is coming, or actually, it’s now here, if we’re talking about Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany. Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared a drone flyover video today of “snow falling on Giga Berlin,” showing its huge footprint, nearly complete, covered in snow. It’s neat to see an official Giga Berlin flyover from Tesla, as third-party […]

Tesla offered a last-minute incentive during the final days of 2020 to push for deliveries, offering a free 3-month trial to Full Self-Driving (FSD) for new owners. This freebie may have helped the company achieve its goal of surpassing 500,000 cars built in a single year. Now, we’re seeing new Tesla owners share 3-month FSD […]

Tesla launched Model Y sales in China on New Year’s day, offering some exclusive features for the SUV in the country, including a new HEPA filter and Bioweapon Defense Mode, and more. A picture of the new HEPA filter in the Shanghai-made Model Y has now been revealed, thanks to a post on Reddit by […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2020.48.30.1 software update, first detected on a Model 3 in Germany and the Netherlands, according to @TeslaFi. The release comes after the 2020.48.30 update was released on December 30, 2020, which included Sentry Mode improvements and some bug fixes. It’s unclear what’s included in this update, the first of […]

With Tesla launching its Model Y electric SUV in China, it comes with new exclusive features such as a new wood trim on front doors, new centre console (from 2021 Model 3) heated steering wheel, plus HEPA filter with Bioweapon Defense Mode. While we’ve seen some low-quality videos of the Model Y made at Giga […]

With Tesla launching Model Y sales in China, the electric SUV gains exclusive features still not available yet for versions in North America. These Shanghai-made Model Y features include a heated steering wheel,  the new centre console from the Model 3 refresh, a new front driver and passenger door wood trim and HEPA filter, which […]

Things are heating up for Tesla in China. With the launch of Model Y sales on New Year’s day, reports are showing heavy demand for the electric SUV, which is priced to undercut its competitors. In a new video released today by Jason Yang, filmed on December 31, 2020, we see a drone flyover of […]

After launching Model Y sales in China yesterday, Tesla showrooms with the new electric SUV were showing heavy foot traffic, based on videos shared on social media. According to Tesmanian, numerous Tesla stores in China with Model Y on display show what looks like intense consumer interest in the new electric vehicle, produced at Gigafactory […]

If you’re looking to download custom sounds for Tesla’s Boombox feature, owner Chris Whitton has created a compilation of 70 MP3s to get you started right away. The following video demonstrates all 70 sounds he put together, which includes a variety of songs, sound effects and more, including the likes of Toto’s Africa, Mario Kart race […]

Tesla has announced its Q4 2020 numbers and the company “produced and delivered half a million vehicles, in line with our most recent guidance.” The company also noted, “in addition, Model Y production in Shanghai has begun, with deliveries expected to begin shortly.” Q4 saw 180,570 Teslas delivered, a record for the company. You can see from […]