Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Want to rent a 2021 Tesla Model S Plaid? It’s now possible if you live in Texas, as one of these fine electric sedans has hit Turo, which is like Airbnb but for cars. According to owner Saad, based in Allen, Texas, his Tesla Model S Plaid is available to rent for $1,000 USD per […]

Tesla announced on Monday to owners in California it will be offering “free Fourth of July holiday Supercharging” at select Superchargers in the state. “Avoid the rush this Fourth of July holiday and charge for free before 12 p.m. and after 9 p.m. at select California Superchargers between Friday, July 2 and Monday, July 5,” […]

Honda announced on Monday details of its first electric SUV destined for the United States and Canada. The new Honda Prologue EV will launch in North American in 2024, and the SUV will be the first in a new lineup of battery electric vehicles from the Japanese automaker. Honda says it plans to have 100% […]

The Unplugged Performance team, along with its Tesla Model S Plaid driven by famed race car driver Randy Pobst have made history, as they have won the 2021 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, in the exhibition class, winning by 17 seconds. “6:57.2 for the win at @PPIHC @Tesla. Plaid Alien Technology has been weaponized by UP! Thanks to the […]

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet has surpassed a “strategically important threshold,” according to CEO Elon Musk. The milestone was achieved on Thursday evening, explained Musk on Friday afternoon. “Starlink simultaneously active users just exceeded the strategically important threshold of 69,420 last night!”, said an emphatic Musk. Starlink simultaneously active users just exceeded the strategically important threshold […]

Tesla has started to roll out its 2021.12.4.3 software update, as detected by the Nikola for Tesla app. The 2021.12.4.3 software update appears to be for the Model S Plaid, as a recent owner shared earlier this month their vehicle came with 2021.12.4.3 and version 10.2 software (not the highly-anticipated version 11). Nikola found a […]

Randy Pobst and the Unplugged Performance team have reached Day 4 of their Pikes Peak Hill Climb experience with Tesla’s Model S Plaid. On Day 4, Pobst details how the team tested out Yokohama slicks on wet conditions to get a feel for the car, considering race day could result in unpredictable weather at times. […]

New Tesla Model S Plaid owner, Steven Thompson, recently took his new electric sedan to the drag strip. In a video shared on Wednesday, Thompson shows his Model S Plaid beating a Nissan GTR FBO E85 in a quarter-mile race. The Model S Plaid did the quarter-mile in 9.7 seconds at a speed of 148mph, […]

Image credit: @MarkLPare The University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, is testing an autonomous shuttle bus on campus, powered by the Rogers 5G network. The bus will transport students and staff around the university’s campus, as part of a research program. VIDEO: The WATonoBus arrives at its destination. The entire tour around Ring Road took […]

Natural Resources Canada announced on Wednesday it plans to install 22 more electric vehicle chargers in British Columbia. The federal government will invest $1.1 million in FortisBC, while the latter will also match the amount, for 22 EV chargers. With the CleanBC Go Electric Program adding $550,000 CAD, total funding for the project will reach over […]

Chipotle Mexican Grill announced on Tuesday the launch of its Rewards Exchange, what it is calling “the biggest update to the Chipotle Rewards program since its debut in 2019.” The Rewards Exchange will debut a new video game called Chipotle Race to Rewards Exchange on June 23. The interactive racing game will allow players to earn points […]

Tesla plans to hold its Tesla Artificial Intelligence Day event “in about a month or so,” according to CEO Elon Musk on Monday. That would mean an event on July 21 or into early August. “Looking at holding Tesla AI Day in about a month or so. Will go over progress with Tesla AI software […]

Tesla shared a new video on Friday, called ‘Experiencing Plaid’. The video is a compilation of Model S Plaid test rides from its recent delivery event for the new electric sedan. “Pure joy on tap whenever you want,” explains Tesla. The Model S Plaid can do 0-60mph in under 2 seconds and is currently the […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2021.4.18.4 software update, found on a Model Y, according to the Nikola for Tesla app. Nikola found a new Tesla software version "2021.4.18.4 7b632c50168b" running on a Model Y. https://t.co/19uzXC7mam — Nikola / Tesla Software Version Bot 🤖 (@TeslaVersion) June 18, 2021 This latest release comes after 2021.4.18.3 was […]

On Tesla’s Battery Day last year, the company introduced the Model S Plaid, which become known as the Plaid+ version, due to its 520+ mile range. But after Tesla cancelled the Plaid+ version just before the first deliveries of its Model S refresh, early customers who pre-ordered Plaid+ were told they would need to order […]