Stories by Sarah Lee-Jones

The Tesla Model Y has ascended to the position of Europe’s top-selling car in June 2023, outperforming renowned mass-market combustion engine cars such as the Dacia Sandero and Volkswagen T-Roc. According to Dataforce, a market researcher, this premium midsize SUV was also the highest seller in the region for the first half of 2023, marking […]

Tesla said today during its Q2 2023 earnings call its Full Self-Driving (FSD) system is leaps and bounds ahead of the competition. So much so that Tesla is in early talks with a major automaker to license the technology. Elon Musk emphasized the future of autonomous vehicles and Tesla’s unique position in achieving it in […]

Tesla shared some more details about its Cybertruck that’s currently in the “tooling” stage at Giga Texas. We know that Tesla has already built the first Cybertruck at Giga Texas, but now we have some more tidbits shared by the automaker. Tesla’s Q2 shareholder slide deck detailed the following about Cybertruck: “We are now testing […]

Tesla today announced a record Q2 earnings report, exceeding Wall Street expectations with $24.9 billion in total revenue, and earning $2.7 billion net income. During the Q2 earnings call, Tesla revealed it has listened to customer requests and will allow the one-time transfer of Full Self-Driving—but only in Q3. Tesla executive Martin Viecha read out […]

Image via @lehtinentico Earlier this month we saw Tesla start to roll out its 2023.26 software update, full of new features. One of the biggest changes coming was to the Spotify app and also a new camera view in the Tesla mobile app. Thanks to Tico (@lehtinentico) we now have a first look at the […]

Nissan has announced a landmark agreement with Tesla to adopt the latter’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) beginning in 2025. This adoption positions Nissan as the first Japanese automaker to announce future product support for NACS, thereby offering Nissan customers expanded charging options for their electric vehicles. It’s likely Honda and Toyota may be next? […]

In a move signaling a strengthening business alliance, Tesla is set to reportedly expand its partnership with Samsung. The South Korean giant has been reportedly entrusted with manufacturing Tesla’s next-generation Hardware 5 (HW 5.0) chips, designed to be incorporated into the automaker’s advanced Level-5 autonomous driving vehicles. The chips, developed on Samsung’s advanced 4-nanometer technology, […]

Tesla has set its sights on a major expansion of its Gigafactory located near Berlin, intending to double its size and production capacity, which could potentially make it the biggest auto manufacturing facility in Germany. According to recent filings with local officials, Tesla is seeking approval to expand its current factory in Brandenburg, an eastern […]

In a significant boost to Massachusetts’ renewable energy goals, the state’s Energy Siting Facilities Board has given the green light to two major energy storage projects. The facilities, Cranberry Point Energy Storage and the Medway Grid, will collectively contribute 400 MW/800 MWh of storage capacity. This step effectively meets 80% of the state’s energy storage […]

Tesloid, a provider of accessories for Tesla vehicles, has some Model Y and Model 3 Frunk Cooler bags that will ramp up your vacations this summer and fall. The bags are designed to make road trips more enjoyable and hassle-free for Tesla owners, specifically engineered for Tesla Model Y and Model 3 vehicles and offer […]

Tesla has sued Cap-XX, an Australian firm, in a Texas federal court. The lawsuit alleges that Cap-XX’s supercapacitors, which are used for energy storage in electric-vehicle batteries, infringe on two U.S. patents owned by Tesla’s subsidiary, Maxwell Technologies, reports Reuters. Although Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, committed in 2014 not to initiate patent lawsuits against those […]

Redwood Materials, a battery recycling start-up established by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, is in advanced discussions to secure $700 million in funding. This would value the company at almost $5 billion and support the development of its inaugural large-scale facility in Nevada. Founded in 2017, Redwood Materials seeks to revolutionize the supply chain for electric […]

Porsche has started rolling out free Over-The-Air (OTA) software updates to Taycan EV owners. These updates, now accessible, are custom-designed for specific vehicles, with future updates also in the pipeline. Porsche aims to provide owners with the convenience of installing the latest software without the need to visit a Porsche Center, according to the email […]

Tesla showed off a cool seat testing robot today, in a video demonstrating the machine on what look to be seats from the company’s upcoming Cybertruck. “Our seat testing robot performs [50,000] ingress/egress cycles, equivalent to a lifetime of use,” said Tesla. The robot is seen pressing down and up and rotating on a seat, […]

Tesla has stolen the spotlight with the introduction of its Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive (RWD) in South Korea, from Giga Shanghai. The vehicle’s price at 40 million won ($31,600 USD) after state and local government subsidies, has resulted in a surge of orders, since launching back on July 13. That’s according to the credit card […]