Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla appears to be accelerating its robotaxi ambitions as a record number of Cybercabs were spotted at the Giga Texas factory in Austin. Aerial footage from today and photos show over 70 of the steering-wheel-free vehicles staged in outbound lots, marking the largest gathering of the specialized EVs to date. Joe Tegtmeyer, a popular drone […]

SpaceX just cleared a major regulatory hurdle for its Starlink direct-to-device service. The FCC has approved the company’s acquisition of roughly 65 megahertz of nationwide spectrum from EchoStar, giving SpaceX what it needs to start connecting Starlink directly to regular smartphones at commercial scale. The big deal here is that this is the first time […]

Tesla has issued new invitations for its rescheduled Model S and Model X Signature Edition delivery event after a sudden postponement earlier this month. According to invites shared online, the event will now take place on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California. The news follows a period of frustration for […]

Tesla is aggressively expanding its footprint in Germany with a fresh $250 million investment dedicated to its battery manufacturing facility in Grünheide. Giga Berlin director André Thierig confirmed the capital injection on Tuesday, noting that the funds are specifically earmarked to accelerate the production of 4680 battery cells. This strategic move is expected to generate […]

Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg has officially produced 750,000 vehicles since its opening in March 2022. The factory, located in Grünheide, Germany, reached this milestone primarily through the assembly of the Model Y SUV. The facility is currently operating at a high level of technical scale. To reach this point, the plant has melted 95,000 tons of […]

A team of three drivers recently completed a historic journey across the United States, claiming a new record for the fastest “Cannonball Run” using Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology. The black Tesla Model 3 travelled from Manhattan’s Red Ball Garage to the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach, California, in 49 hours, 55 minutes, and 57 […]

Tesla has shown off a new trick in its Full Self-Driving software: the ability to see through lighting conditions that would leave a human driver completely blind. Elon Musk posted side-by-side images on May 9 showing what the difference looks like in practice. One image was a washed-out mess of sun glare. The other, processed […]

Tesla is pushing out a software update that could make its cars meaningfully safer in a crash, and owners won’t have to do anything to get it. The update uses Tesla Vision, the camera system already built into the vehicle, to help deploy airbags up to 70 milliseconds faster when a collision is unavoidable. That […]

Tesla has quietly updated its paint lineup for the Model 3 and Model Y in North America, introducing two new shades while retiring the longtime favorite Deep Blue Metallic. The new options, Marine Blue and Frost Blue, create a clear hierarchy between vehicle trims that hasn’t existed before in the company’s colour catalogue. Customers opting […]

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced today that the 2026 Tesla Model Y is the first vehicle to pass the agency’s new safety benchmarks for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). These new pass/fail evaluations were recently added to the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) to provide consumers with clearer […]

Tesla is overhauling how customers in Europe and the United Kingdom access its premium driver-assistance features. Notices appearing on the company’s vehicle configurator sites in Germany, France, Italy, and the UK reveal that the option to purchase Full Self-Driving (FSD) or Enhanced Autopilot for a single flat fee is coming to an end. Most European […]

Tesla has filed a new trademark application for its upcoming Roadster, revealing a stylized badge and wordmark for the long-awaited electric supercar. The filing, discovered by Sawyer Merritt, includes a diamond-shaped emblem featuring three vertical lines at the base. According to the official trademark description, the design is intended to evoke feelings of “speed, propulsion, […]

Anthropic has signed a new deal with xAI to access Colossus 1, currently one of the largest and most powerful AI supercomputers in the world. The move is designed to boost performance and capacity for users of Claude Pro and Claude Max. The Colossus 1 cluster is a massive technical achievement, featuring over 220,000 NVIDIA […]

WattEV has announced a major expansion of its electric trucking operations with an order for 370 Tesla Semi trucks. This represents the largest single deployment of electric Class 8 trucks in California to date. The first 50 vehicles are expected to arrive later this year, with the remaining fleet scheduled to be on the road […]

Tesla is seeing a significant recovery in several major European markets this year, with new vehicle registrations more than doubling in France, Sweden, and Denmark through April. This rebound follows a challenging 2025 where the company lost nearly half of its market share in the region due to increased competition and a lack of new […]