Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

SpaceX has signed a new agreement to use technology from LeoLabs to track Starlink satellites during the on-orbit phase of missions. LeoLabs will provide SpaceX with rapid orbital location and identification support during the first few days of new Starlink missions. “LeoLabs is excited to work with SpaceX as they launch the world’s largest constellation of […]

Sofiaan Fraval from the Third Row Tesla Podcast has shared an excellent Full Self-Driving beta video filmed earlier this week, detailing his 17-minute drive through Edna Valley in California. Fraval’s video is unique as he has four camera views, showing the road, steering wheel, Tesla display and his reactions while driving. “Check out this route […]

On the weekend we saw a picture of new double-paned windows on Tesla’s Model Y, but now we have the clearest image to see the major changes in glass on the company’s compact SUV. As shared by Tesla owner @tesla_raj, we see a couple of images comparing the old Model Y front glass versus the […]

SpaceX has started to sent out Starlink internet public beta invites, with one of the first targeting those in Washington state in the United States. According to those invited, the Starlink beta is called “Better Than Nothing Beta” and details estimated speeds of 50 Mbps to 150 Mbps, to go with estimated latency of 20ms […]

In the upcoming November 2020 issue of Car and Driver, the long-running automobile magazine has a feature story titled, “The EVs are Coming!”. Within this story, Car and Driver details the electric vehicle (EV) demand around the globe, with China’s market leading the way, at more than 50% larger than the United States in 2019. […]

We’ve seen our fair share of Tesla Full Self-Driving beta demos on city streets in California—but what about a hilly, leaf-covered gravel road in North Carolina? Zeb Hallock recently gained access to Tesla Full Self-Driving beta and started sharing his videos on YouTube. His latest demonstrations, running Tesla FSD beta version 2020.40.8.11, took place on […]

We’re back with yet another Tesla Full Self-Driving video, in what is one of the longest we’ve seen. Brandon M. was one of the first FSD beta testers and has since uploaded another video, this time driving for 1 hour and 24 minutes, driving in Auburn, California. “Our full drive of the interior GoPro 9 […]

Tesla last night rolled out its 2020.40.8.11 software update to its Full Self-Driving beta testers. This update contains bug fixes according to @WholeMarsBlog, who is currently one of a small group of early Full Self-Driving beta testers.  comin in hot — bug fix update they’re doing builds every few days pic.twitter.com/lTR4Fbacs3 — Whole Mars Catalog […]

As more and more hand-picked Tesla owners are getting the company’s 2020.40.8.10 software update, which includes Full Self-Driving (Beta), we’re starting to see more videos surface online. While we’ve seen short clips of Tesla’s FSD being tested with pedestrians, Smart Summon and roundabouts, we have yet to see a longer uninterrupted video. But James Locke, […]

After seeing some initial clips of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Beta) shared yesterday evening by Tesla Owners Silicon Valley and Brandon M., both individuals have now shared more videos demonstrating this new FSD beta. The following video by Brandon shows FSD beta driving along a city street, turn on the left signal and pull into a […]

After announcing a $2,000 USD Tesla price increase for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) add-on for Autopilot, originally set for Monday, October 26, CEO Elon Musk looks to have had a change of heart. On Thursday afternoon, Musk said on Twitter, “Price change is pushed to Thursday next week. Applies only to US for now. One […]

Tesla hacker @greentheonly is well-known for being able to unearth tidbits about the electric vehicle maker’s future updates and product plans. This afternoon @greentheonly detailed new changes coming to Model Y, plus also how Tesla has plans to use new 4D radar tech from Israeli firm Arbe Robotics. The hacker has also ‘confirmed’ findings pertaining […]

Tesla hacker @greentheonly is back with more tidbits about the electric vehicle maker’s plan, and this time it involves 4D radar. “On the more surprising front: the sensor types were extended. First, there’s new ultrasonics type Tesla – so they apparently go in-house with the new ones trying to address shortcomings of the existing ones? […]

Tesla has some more goodies coming for Model Y, according to hacker @greentheonly. According to @greentheonly on Thursday afternoon, the hacker says 7-seater Model Y configurations will include a “flat fold” for the extra third row. This should enable a flat trunk for storage for these extra seats. Also coming for Model Y is a […]

If you only read about Tesla’s record Q3 today, and missed out on the live earnings call and the latter’s question and answer period, here are a couple ways to catch up on what you missed. You can find a full transcript of Tesla’s Q3 2020 earnings call by visiting Seeking Alpha. For this transcript, […]