Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

On Thursday evening SpaceX and its Falcon 9 booster successfully launched the Turksat 5A satellite into space. The launch window began at 5:28pm PT/8:28pm ET, but eventually took place at 6:15pm PT/9:15pm ET, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida. Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/Vp4t5zLece — SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 8, 2021 Falcon 9’s […]

According to the reliable Mark Gurman from Bloomberg, the reporter has shared some more details regarding Apple’s electric vehicle plans: Apple Inc. will take at least half a decade to launch an autonomous, electric vehicle because development work is still at an early stage, according to people with knowledge of the efforts. Unnamed sources say Apple has […]

Elon Musk is now officially the richest person on Earth, as Tesla’s latest stock rally on Thursday propelled the CEO past Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. BREAKING: Elon Musk has surpassed Jeff Bezos ($184B) and has now become the richest person on Earth with a net worth of $185.4B. — Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) January 7, 2021 On […]

Tesla has started to rollout its 2020.48.30.2 software update, made available to a Model 3 Standard Range Plus in Austria, according to @Teslascope. It’s unclear what’s new in this update, but stay tuned for updates. Many Tesla owners are still eagerly awaiting the second part of the company’s holiday software update. Earlier this week on […]

Tesla has launched Model Y Paint Protection Film (PPF) in its online shop, available for the rear doors of the SUV. “Protect your Model Y from snow, salt, sand and small debris with the Model Y Paint Protection Film. Protect your paint from stone chips and driving conditions that can accelerate wear and tear,” explains […]

Tesla’s stock price continues to rally, and on Wednesday during intra-day trading, it touched a new all-time high of $774 per share. Tesla’s market cap currently stands at $725 billion, and is approaching the valuation of Facebook and its $754 billion market cap. With Morgan Stanley raising Tesla’s price target to $810, plus Democrats taking […]

SpaceX is set for its first Falcon 9 launch of 2021 this Thursday, January 7. The payload within Falcon 9 will be a Turkish communications satellite, the Turksat 5A, taking place at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida. The launch window begins at 8:28 p.m. ET on Thursday evening and […]

We heard about heavy demand in China for the Tesla Model Y, and now it’s definitely real. According to Tesla’s website, Model Y deliveries are now indicating sometime in Q2 of 2021. This would mean someone ordering today won’t get their Model Y in China until April, May or June of this year, according to […]

Tesla closed the trading day on Tuesday at $735.11 per share, up 0.73% for the day. But with a new price target increase by Morgan Stanley, the stock has now soared to an all-time high in after-hours trading. Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas has increased his price target for Tesla from $540 to $810, what he […]

It’s never a good idea to fall asleep behind the wheel, and for one Hillsborough resident in New Jersey, it just so happened she was driving her Tesla. According to South Brunswick police on Tuesday morning, they said “Please always remember to stay awake when driving a @Tesla. This driver fell asleep and struck a […]

Tesla has updated its Superchargers list in the United States and Canada to indicate new locations coming soon. Below we have a list of new locations added, to join existing locations that are “coming soon”. The changes are compared to previous updates on Tesla’s website, as of November 2020 and compared to January 4, 2020. […]

Canada is set to get a new Tesla store in London, Ontario, nine months after the electric vehicle maker launched a new Supercharger in the city. It would be the eighth Tesla sales centre in Ontario. According to The London Free Press, Tesla acquired the 1.5-acre site at 600 Oxford Street, home to a former […]

Winter is coming, or actually, it’s now here, if we’re talking about Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany. Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared a drone flyover video today of “snow falling on Giga Berlin,” showing its huge footprint, nearly complete, covered in snow. It’s neat to see an official Giga Berlin flyover from Tesla, as third-party […]

Tesla offered a last-minute incentive during the final days of 2020 to push for deliveries, offering a free 3-month trial to Full Self-Driving (FSD) for new owners. This freebie may have helped the company achieve its goal of surpassing 500,000 cars built in a single year. Now, we’re seeing new Tesla owners share 3-month FSD […]

Tesla launched Model Y sales in China on New Year’s day, offering some exclusive features for the SUV in the country, including a new HEPA filter and Bioweapon Defense Mode, and more. A picture of the new HEPA filter in the Shanghai-made Model Y has now been revealed, thanks to a post on Reddit by […]