Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla recently updated its online shop to add Model Y 21-inch snow chains, priced at $545 USD. These snow chains are for Model Y customers with 21-inch wheels, such as the Uberturbines. “The König K-Summit XXL K66 snow chain provides excellent traction and durability in snowy conditions. With no complex attachments, the newly upgraded design […]

During Tesla’s Q1 2020 update, the company shared how its Model Y rear underbody was currently made from two pieces of metal, but would “eventually” become a single piece, thanks to a casting production process. For Tesla’s Model 3 rear underbody, construction of this area requires 70 pieces of metal. But with a Giga Press, […]

For Apple’s latest iPhone 12 lineup, the smartphones support MagSafe, with is the company’s proprietary magnetic charging solution. MagSafe means wireless charging can be secured to the back of an iPhone 12 through magnets, and the MagSafe wireless charger can support charging speeds of up to 15W, when an adequate AC adapter is available. One […]

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has donated $5 million to the Khan Academy, which offers free learning for students from kindergarten to the college level. The donation was noted by Khan Academy founder, Salman Khan, releasing a short video on YouTube thanking Musk on Monday for the “incredible” gesture. Thank you @elonmusk and @MuskFoundation […]

Credit Suisse has issued a note to investors to say it has raised its target price for Tesla to $800 per share, up from its previous $400, maintaining a neutral rating. Currently, Tesla closed Friday’s trading at $880.02 per share, after touching an all-time high of $884.49 per share. According to the Zurich, Switzerland-based investment […]

Prior to Tesla sharing its first official picture of the Model Y 7-seat option, we saw pictures leak from YouTube channel Tesla Daily. Tesla eventually shared its first official photo of the third-row option online, and now we are seeing what appears to be an official Tesla video for the Model 7 and the 7-seat […]

After hearing about preliminary talks about Apple and Hyundai working together for an electric car, a new report from Korea IT News says both companies plan to ink a final deal in March, reports Reuters. The deal would see Hyundai help Apple with self-driving electric car production starting “around 2024” in the United States. The […]

Tesla has shared an official photo of the third-row option for the Model Y, also known as the 7-seater option which costs $1,000 USD extra. As you can see in the image above, there doesn’t look to be a lot of leg room, but the wide-angle makes it look roomy. It most likely will be […]

On Friday, General Motors launched a new logo. The new logo with lowercase letters and icon almost resembles that of a chat app. As for the premise of the launch? General Motors is debuting a new marketing campaign as part of the company’s comprehensive efforts to accelerate mass adoption of electric vehicles. The “Everybody In” […]

More Tesla naysayers are coming around, as the electric automaker continues to make unprecedented gains. Evercore ISI analyst Chris McNally told investors on Friday, “whether we call it valuation confusion or valuation rotation, we have been on the considerably wrong side of Tesla for over a year now.” McNally removed its sell rating on Tesla for the […]

Could a cheaper Tesla be on the way sooner than expected? According to a Chinese media report on Sina, Tesla’s Gigafactory in Shanghai will reportedly produce this cheaper electric vehicle by 2020. A Google Translation says the unnamed Tesla was approved in September 2020 and product verification is expected for March of 2021. The new […]

Tesla’s recent rally isn’t stopping anytime soon, it appears and is starting to sound like deja vu. The automaker’s shares on Friday morning surged to a new all-time high of $866.21 per share and currently is up 6%. For the first time, Tesla’s market cap surpassed $800 billion, currently at $815 billion and also blowing […]

Tesla tonight released its Model Y Standard Range Rear-Wheel Drive (RWD), along with launching its 7-seat options for its SUV. While we’ve seen some images of third row seats of the Model Y, we now have some clearer images, leaked to Rob over at Tesla Daily. The images received by the YouTube channel shows off […]

New of Apple developing an electric car just won’t go away. Now, South Korea’s Hyundai has revealed it is in early talks with Apple to develop an electric car. “We understand that Apple is in discussion with a variety of global automakers, including Hyundai Motor. As the discussion is at its early stage, nothing has […]

Tesla has launched its Model Y Standard Range Rear-Wheel Drive, now available to order from $41,990 USD ($56,290 CAD). This RWD model has 244 miles (393 km) of range and has an estimated delivery date of 2-5 weeks as of writing, for the United States. Tesla says the Model Y RWD can go from 0-100km […]