Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

How to Watch NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Launch

As if helping with Crew Dragon launches wasn’t enough, NASA has officially announced they will be launching ‘Perseverance’ on July 30, at 4:50 PDT (also less than an hour from now). This car-sized robot is heading to Mars and will spend years exploring the crater Jezero, which used to be a lake billions of years […]

Tesla Model Y Test Drive Event Coming to Victoria, BC

Tesla is set to hold a test drive event in Victoria, British Columbia, allowing Canadians on Vancouver Island to drive the new Model Y, along with Model 3 and Model X. According to the Tesla Owners Club Vancouver Island Facebook group, admin James Locke told members this evening the event would be taking place August...

CAA Atlantic Offering Free Tesla Model 3 Test Drives

Image credit: CAA Atlantic CAA Atlantic has teamed up with not-for-profit low carbon transportation initiative, Next Ride, to offer free Tesla Model 3 test drives in Nova Scotia. "The Next Ride team is touring Nova Scotia to help Nova Scotians experience the excitement of an electric ride, and discover all the ways electric vehicles are...

Four Astronauts Assigned to New Crew-2 SpaceX Mission in 2021

SpaceX and NASA have already worked together to launch several space missions, including Crew Dragon which should return by August 2nd. It looks like there is already more on the agenda. As reported by CNN, NASA has successfully chosen four astronauts that will be part of a SpaceX mission next year. Akihido Hoshide, Thomas Pesquet, Shane […]

Elon Musk Open to Licensing Tesla Autopilot and Software to Competitors

It’s no surprise that Tesla has completely dominated the electric vehicle (EV) industry, taking other automotive companies like Hyundai off guard. Volkswagen even went as far as to say that the company had a 10-year jump on any competition according to Reuters. Tesla has been praised for its advanced software and Autopilot feature by many. […]

PlugShare for iOS Updated with Sign in with Apple and Google

PlugShare for iPhone and iPad has been updated to now support new sign in options from Apple and Google. The app helps Tesla and EV owners find charging stations around the world, including North America, showing over 300,000 locations from major networks. "In this release we made security improvements and added the ability to Sign...

New SpaceX Clip Details ‘Inside the Space Suit Lab’ [VIDEO]

SpaceX shared a new video tonight called “Inside the Space Suit Lab”, which provides an inside look at the sleek and fashionable spacesuits worn by U.S. NASA astronauts aboard Crew Dragon. The video spans just over two minutes long and has the designers behind the SpaceX suit discuss the making of the latter, which is...

Electric Vehicles in British Columbia More than Double from 2019 to 2020

  Over ten years ago, the first electric vehicles officially rolled out in British Columbia. According to the Victoria EV Club, there were 13,727 electric vehicles in British Columbia back in March 2019. After a 114% increase, there were now more than 23,750 electric vehicles this year in March. President of Victoria Electric Vehicle Association […]