Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Comma.ai was founded by George Hotz, known in the hacking community as ‘geohot’, the first person to SIM unlock Apple’s original iPhone in 2007 and reverse engineer Sony’s PlayStation 3. Hotz’s artificial intelligence startup was founded in 2015, known as Comma.ai, aimed at creating autonomous driving technology, available to consumers. The latest is the company’s […]

Image via @klwtts Tesla introduced the Model S Plaid back in September, a supercar version of its electric sedan that can go 0-60 in about 2 seconds, priced from $140,000 USD. Now, an alleged Tesla Model S Plaid or rumored refresh has been spotted in the wild in Palo Alto, California, by @klwtts. Check out […]

There’s nothing like closing out a tumultuous and crazy 2020 with a bang, right? That’s exactly what Tesla has done, as its shares touched a new all-time high on Thursday, reaching $718.72 per share, with market cap now at $668 billion. With Tesla finally entering the S&P 500 last month, it will be exciting to […]

Tesla launched sales of its Model Y SUV in China on New Year’s Day, kicking off 2021 with a bang. The Model Y gains a heated steering wheel, plus gets a HEPA filter for Bioweapon Defense Mode, plus a revised door trim and centre console as seen from the latest Model 3 refresh. But there’s […]

Tesla announced it has launched Model sales in China on January 1, 2021, kicking off the New Year with its latest electric SUV (via Reuters). The Model Y has been seen testing at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Shanghai, which recently completed an expansion to produce the SUV. According to Tesla’s Chinese website, the Long Range Model […]

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta has made its way from San Francisco to Los Angeles—without any interventions. That’s according to the latest video shared today by Whole Mars Catalog, also known as Omar Qazi. The journey from San Francisco to Los Angeles is a 381 mile drive (613 km) and according to Qazi, he was […]

Image via @kkvr2823 Tesla appears to have expanded its in-app messaging to owners in Canada and Australia. The messaging feature allows Tesla owners to chat with the company’s service team at a specific Service Center. Unread messages are indicated with a red dot under the Service category in the Tesla app. You can see the […]

Do you have a hitch on your Tesla? Well then if you’re the creative type, like Model Y owner Mo Suraj, you can turn your electric vehicle into a variant of Homer Simpson’s Mr. Plow. https://twitter.com/moosuraj/status/1344352546312208384?s=21 As you can see in the video above, @moosuraj shares a quick clip of his Model Y and tow […]

Image via @JayinShanghai Tesla has opened the world’s largest Supercharger in China, located at the Jing’An International Center in Shanghai. This new Tesla Supercharger has 72 stalls, capable of up to 120 kW max charging rates. Tesla sent out an email to notify its customers in China of the new Supercharger’s opening, as noted by […]

Tesla touched an all-time high during intra-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $696.60 per share. The company’s shares closed at $694.78, up 4.32% for the day, with its market cap now at $658 billion. .@RiskReversal says he’s never seen a frenzy like Tesla’s rally this year. He breaks down the rising trend and warns investors to […]

Image via @SCMountainDad Tesla has started rolling out its 2020.48.30 software update to the fleet. You can check out what’s new thanks to the excellent preview from @SCMountainDad. There are Sentry Mode Improvements, which note, “Sentry Mode footage of the last panic event will now be saved to onboard memory. To view or save the […]

Matt Ferrell has shared an interesting video breaking down whether or not the Tesla Solar Roof is “about to go mainstream” in his latest episode on his YouTube channel, Undecided. Ferrell wanted to see the status of Tesla Solar Roof installs, after the company debuted its latest V3 Solar Roof tiles last year, so he […]

Tesla has just started to roll out its 2020.48.26.1 software update to Full Self-Driving beta testers. Holiday Release coming for #FSDBeta !!! 2020.48.26.1 Incoming! — Brandon 🌎☮️🚗⚡️🔋 (@brandonee916) December 30, 2020 #FSDBeta update incoming! 2020.48.26.1 🎄☃️🥳 — James Locke (@arctechinc) December 30, 2020 This FSD beta 9 update includes the recent holiday update, plus bug […]

In a final push for end of year deliveries, Tesla will be giving a free 3-month trial of Full Self-Driving to the last deliveries of 2020. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday afternoon, “All Tesla cars delivered in the final three days of the year will get three months of the Full Self-Driving option […]

We’re close to the end of 2020 and we will soon find out if Tesla will be able to reach its goal of 500,000 cars produced and delivered in a single year. CEO Elon Musk recently told employees they would need to “go all out” to make the magic 500,000 milestone a reality. But if […]