Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently joined Kara Swisher on her New York Times podcast, Sway. Musk discusses a variety of topics in the 47-minute podcast, from Battery Day, to the U.S. Presidential election and also Neuralink. When discussing Tesla’s recent Battery Day event, Musk said “press coverage of the event was sad”. The CEO said […]

Tesla’s online store has restocked its Wall Connector, available for $500 USD ($635 in Canada) for the 18 foot or 8.5 foot cable. “Charge at home, anytime. Tesla Wall Connector provides a full charge overnight for every homeowner. With customized power settings, the lightweight design allows for versatile indoor/outdoor use, including a range of electrical […]

It appears Tesla has restocked its Model 3 Roof Rack, available in the Tesla Store right now for $450 USD ($600 in Canada). “The Model 3 Roof Rack was designed and engineered from the ground up for maximum aerodynamic efficiency, minimal interior noise and impact to range. The ultra-sleek attachment mechanism makes for easy installation […]

A new Tesla Supercharger in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, is now live. Located at Big Y Class Market on 700 Main Street Route 7, this V3 Tesla Supercharger has 8 stalls capable of up to 250 kW charging rates. The Tesla Supercharger was noted as going live on Friday, according to members of the TMC forums. […]

Tesla is on the hunt for more service centres in the United States and Canada, according to the company’s President of Automotive. Jerome Guillen posted on LinkedIn Friday Tesla seeks more service centres in California, New York, Florida and also in British Columbia’s capital city, Victoria, in Canada. “Still looking for additional service center locations […]

Electric automaker Polestar, founded by Volvo and Geely, has announced its Precept EV will officially start production. Polestar made the announcement on Saturday local time in China, where the Precept will be built, at a new production facility that has yet to be established, according to the company. “‘Stunning. Spectacular. Cutting-edge. We’d like to see […]

Tesloid has launched a new Model 3 Performance Spoiler today for $149.99 USD and you can save 10% off right away with coupon code TN10. According to Tesloid, this new Model 3 Performance Spoiler will “improve high-speed stability by adding the performance spoiler to your trunk lid with improved aerodynamics.” The low profile design is […]

Tesla has released an Acceleration Boost upgrade for its Model Y compact SUV, available as a $2,000 USD purchase. This addition matches what has been available from Tesla for the Model 3. The Acceleration Boost offers an improved 0-60 mph time, from 4.8 seconds down to 4.3 seconds (it should have been 4.20 seconds in […]

After being announced as the site of a future Tesla Supercharger back in December 2017, the Simi Valley Supercharger at Target in California is now live (via Supercharge.info). The Tesla Supercharger at Simi Valley Target opened on Wednesday, September 23, more than three years after news of the charging site was discovered. The location for […]

At Amazon’s special event today, the company unveiled new Echo, Fire TV, Eero 6 devices and more. One new announcement was the introduction of Ring Car Connect, a new API for automakers to allow customers to get push notifications on their smartphones from detected events. The new Ring Car Connect API also allows users to […]

Tesla software version 2020.36.12 has started rolling out to the fleet on Wednesday evening. According to TeslaFi, software update 2020.36.12 was found being released on a Tesla Model Y in Washington, in the United States. Other Model Y owners also saw the 2020.36.12 software update from Tesla received in New York City, New York. Same […]

A new executive order passed today by California Governor Gavin Newsom will see the sale of new gasoline-powered cars banned starting in 2035. In 2035, all new cars and passenger trucks sold in the state of California will have to be zero-emission vehicles. “This is the most impactful step our state can take to fight […]

Tesla owners on Wednesday suffered from an hour-long network outage, resulting in many not able to use the company’s mobile app or website. What caused this embarrassing outage? According to TechCrunch, sources familiar with the matter said it was a company-wide outage. “The Tesla outage was caused by an internal break of their application programming […]

Tesla at its Battery Day event today unveiled its Tesla Model S Plaid, available for pre-order now at the cost of $140,000 USD. At the unveiling, Tesla shared how the Tesla Model S Plaid was able to complete a lap time at famed Laguna Seca raceway on Sunday, in 1:30.3, to which CEO Elon Musk […]

Following today’s Tesla Battery Event, CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to reiterate the company’s ambitions to sell nothing but ‘S3XY CARS’. For those unaware, the current Tesla lineup can be shown with the acronym ‘S3XY’, with Model S, Model 3, Model X and the launch of Model Y this year completing the joke. But […]