The Tesla Life Audio Podcast!

Kacey Green Kacey Green

The Tesla Life #231 - Subsidy or No Subsidy?

Cyber Quad for kids launch and is promptly sold out. 36V battery, 10 mph, 15 mile range

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cyberquad-for-kids-specs-price-delivery-date/

 

Vancouver BC gets its first spotted Supercharger StarLink WiFI (Guilford Town Center)

https://driveteslacanada.ca/supercharger/tesla-brings-starlink-wifi-to-superchargers-in-canada/

 

ModelY recall issued for ModelY suspension knuckles - about 23k

https://insideevs.com/news/551959/tesla-modely-suspension-knuckle-recall/

 

Tesla partnering with Exco Technology in Toronto for casting and moulding expertise

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-giga-press-casting-exco-technologies-earnings-call/

 

Pickering Ontario new 27 unit Developement uses Tesla power packs 

https://driveteslacanada.ca/energy/canadas-first-nested-microgrid-development-powered-by-solar-and-tesla-powerpacks/

 

3 Motors not enough? Cybertruck updates

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cybertruck-quad-motor-variant/

 

Tesla APP showing hidden signs of Vehicle Sharing

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-app-update-vehicle-sharing-features/

 

10.6 FSDBeta focuses on vision and precision 

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-fsd-beta-10-6-release-notes/

 

Can wait for the Roadster? Install rockets on your Tesla!

https://youtu.be/6SYT0upjNac

 

Elon Musk talks EV charging infrastructure and billionaire taxes to the WSJ

https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-tesla-ev-charging-taxes-interview/

Elon Musk being interviewed at Gigafactory
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Kacey Green Kacey Green

The Tesla Life #230 - GigaFactories Coming Online!

Model S Plaid gets optional ceramic brake kit

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-s-plaid-ceramic-brake-price-release-date/

Tesla emails reservation holders about delaying deliveries

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-y/tesla-emails-model-y-order-holders-take-delivery-lose-spot/

 

Model Y Performance in China gets new AMD Ryzen, lithium 12 Volt and double rear window glass

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-y/tesla-model-y-performance-in-china-debuts-with-amd-ryzen-processor/

 

Giga Berlin hires end of line drivers for January , hinting at production 

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-giga-berlin-end-of-line-drivers-start-in-january-indicating-the-time-of-mass-production-start

 

Report states Giga Berlin to start production of 1,000 MY per week in December 

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/giga-berlin-production-december-1000-model-y-per-week/

 

Tesla skips German subsidies for battery plant

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-4680-battery-plant-giga-berlin-no-subsidies/

 

Tesla to spend $188 M at Giga Shanghai to increase production 

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-to-spend-188-million-to-expand-giga-shanghai-production-capacity/

 

Giga Texas receives Workshop ‘Review Complete’ for Stamping Shop from Texas TDLR

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-giga-texas-receives-workshop-review-complete-for-stamping-shop-from-the-texas-tdlr

 

Elon to provide a product road map at Q4 earnings call

https://driveteslacanada.ca/cybertruck/elon-musk-to-provide-tesla-tsla-product-roadmap-update-on-q4-2021-earnings-call/

 

CSS Adapter activated in North America 2021.40.6

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-y/tesla-ccs-adapter-activated-in-north-america-with-2021-40-6-software-update/

Gigafactory Texas under construction
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Kacey Green Kacey Green

The Tesla Life #229 - Supercharger Milestone Reached

Elon sells some Tesla Shares starting after Twitter Poll

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-elon-musk-sells-shares-10-percent-twitter-poll/

Free Enhanced Autopilot offered in China during holiday sale

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-china-free-enhanced-autopilot/

 

Way Points arrive in OTA 2021.40.5 

https://driveteslacanada.ca/software-updates/tesla-2021-40-5-software-update-release-notes-waypoints-have-arrived/

 

Superchargers milestone reached, 30,000

https://insideevs.com/news/547046/30000-tesla-superchargers-globally/

 

Tesla now includes heated steering wheel and back seats for free in Model3 SR+

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-3/all-tesla-model-3s-now-come-standard-with-heated-steering-wheel-and-heated-rear-seats/

 

Some Tesla’s being delivered without USB C due to shortages 

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-3/new-tesla-model-3-and-model-ys-being-delivered-without-usb-c-ports-due-to-parts-shortage/

 

Cambridge MA Police Dept gets heckled on FB over Tesla purchase

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-y/cambridge-police-department-adds-tesla-model-y-to-its-fleet-hundreds-of-residents-complain-on-facebook/

 

StarLink added to CT, NY and FL select Superchargers

https://driveteslacanada.ca/supercharger/tesla-begins-installing-starlink-satellites-at-superchargers/

 

Tesla Semi spotted charging at Giga Nevada

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-semi-charging-giga-nevada-megacharger/

 

Supercharger Timed Rates Change, more Teirs

https://driveteslacanada.ca/supercharger/tesla-updates-supercharger-fee-structure-four-tiers-per-minute-billing/

Model 3 Supercharging, poorly parked
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Kacey Green Kacey Green

The Tesla Life #228 - Pepsi CEO - Semi coming in 2021

First carbon neutral Canadian high school goes online with Tesla Energy

https://driveteslacanada.ca/energy/tesla-energy-helps-london-ontario-school-become-first-energy-self-sufficient-and-carbon-neutral-school-in-canada/

FSD Beta Update with Kacey

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-currently-allows-fsd-beta-for-cars-in-the-u-s-canada-and-china/

 

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-fsd-beta-10-4-release-notes-emergency-vehicle-update/

 

Tesla stock makes biggest 12 day gain, in history of capital markets

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-tsla-makes-capital-markets-history/

 

Free exterior color is added to Tesla line up in US

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-increases-model-3-and-y-price-along-with-making-midnight-silver-metallic-a-free-color-but-only-in-the-us/

 

Tesla sets up manufacturing in Markham, Ontario for battery creation machinery

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-4680-battery-equipment-facility-canada/

 

FTesla @spotted_model

- twitter pic

 

Tesla Texas belt buckles handed out to employees at Giga Texas

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-giga-texas-belt-buckles-handed-out-to-employees/

 

Wrapped Model 3 spotted at Giga Shanghai 

https://insideevs.com/news/545987/custom-color-tesla-giga-shanghai/

 

Pepsi CEO states Tesla Semi will arrive before end of year

https://driveteslacanada.ca/semi/pepsico-ceo-confirms-company-will-be-taking-delivery-of-tesla-semi-trucks-this-year/

 

Emergency Vehicle Visualizations coming to screens according to found code

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/source-code-reveals-emergency-vehicle-visualizations-coming-soon/

 

50% of Tesla shorts have cashed out

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-short-sellers-ditch-positions-50-percent/

 

Baker CA to get 96 stall Supercharger

https://driveteslacanada.ca/supercharger/tesla-planning-96-stall-supercharger-in-baker-california/

Tesla Semi outside the Freemont factory
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Kacey Green Kacey Green

The Tesla Life #227 - NON-Tesla’s Arrive at Superchargers!

FSDBeta rollout slows to ensure safety

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-fsd-beta-rollout-strategy-update-elon-musk/

 

Hertz deal update, Hertz could order another 50k TM3 for Uber renters, Elon confirms there is no signed contact 

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-hertz-150000-vehicle-order/

 

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-tsla-hertz-model-3-deal-no-contract/

 

First pre-fab Supercharger install in Canada at 

New Minas, Nova Scotia 

https://driveteslacanada.ca/supercharger/tesla-brings-prefabricated-superchargers-to-canada/

 

US EV Tax credit still included in bill airing to be approved 

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-12500-ev-tax-credit-biden-build-back-better/

 

Tesla places a 45 GWh LFP battery order with CATL

 https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-orders-lfp-batteries-800k-model-3-model-y-2022/

 

FSDBeta arrives in Canada (sort of), via PA Jeff (@JeffTutorials)

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-fsd-beta-canada-works-just-as-well-as-us/

 

SiR PRYCE band releases music video “Rush” with the help of SentryMode

https://youtu.be/WKHHdUpCk8o

 

Supercharger for Non-Tesla’s goes LIVE at 10 stations in the Netherlands 

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-open-supercharger-pilot-program-begins-netherlands/

 

4680 battery manufacturing equipment arrives at Giga Texas 

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-4680-battery-cell-production-line-equipment-arrives-at-giga-texas/

 

New chime for Traffic-Aware Cruise Control rolls out for more safety

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-autopilot-tacc-chime-update-released/

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Kacey Green Kacey Green

The Tesla Life #226 - Hertz Orders 100k Model 3’s

4680 Vehicles on track for testing next year

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-semi-cybertruck-4680-tests-release-date/

Testing of early CCS adapter shows up to 100kw

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-3/first-look-tesla-ccs-adapter-in-use-reveals-lower-than-expected-charging-speeds/

 

Texas ModelS crash shows driver seated and accelerating 

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-model-s-was-driven-by-human-pilot-in-texas-crash-ntsb-investigation-confirmed

 

Tesla switching all Model3s to LFP worldwide

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-switches-standard-range-vehicles-to-lfp-battery-chemistry/

 

Tesla China opens second colossal delivery center

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-china-minhang-delivery-center-grand-opening/

 

Elon to meet with Prime Minister of India

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-elon-musk-india-prime-minister-narendra-modi-meeting-duty-reductions/

 

Andrei Bor shares this pic of his #ModelY and this troublesome spark plug

-Twitter pic

 

Hertz buys 100,000 Model 3 SR+ $4.2Billion

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-world-record-purchase-order/

 

FSDBeta, half step back, 1 step forward

https://driveteslacanada.ca/software-updates/tesla-releases-fsd-beta-v10-3-1-after-hiccups-with-weekend-release/

 

Tesla reaches $1 Trillion market cap

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-tsla-surges-to-hit-1-trillion-market-cap-shares-come-within-inches-of-1000/

 

SentryMode clips arrive on your Tesla App with 2021.36.8

https://driveteslacanada.ca/software-updates/tesla-2021-36-8-software-update-brings-sentry-mode-live-camera-access-release-notes/

Hertz Model 3s
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Kacey Green Kacey Green

The Tesla Life #225 - Q3 and CyberTruck Mirrors

Tesla 2021 Q3 Earnings Call Notes

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-q3-2021-earnings-call-questions/

 

NHTSA does not understand OTA updates and how they work

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-autopilot-defect-recall-nhtsa/

 

Tesla updates APP in iOS, adding more to widgets, and new code for a much wanted feature

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-autopilot-defect-recall-nhtsa/

 

Kettleman City expanding to 96 chargers!

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-kettleman-city-supercharger-expansion-96-stalls-v3/

 

Elon reaffirmed all Superchargers will have WiFi

https://www.teslarati.com/all-tesla-superchargers-to-have-wifi-access-reaffirms-elon-musk/

 

Kacey updates us on FSDBeta

Elon states safety score of 99 is on deck

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/elon-musk-confirms-fsd-beta-v10-3-rollout-to-99-safety-scorers-next-week

 

CCS adapter arrives early in South Korea, Elon states coming to NA soon!

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/ccs-adapter-south-korean-tesla-shop-ahead-of-schedule/

 

CyberTruck spotted with side mirrors and rear steering, Elon confirms mirrors are required

https://driveteslacanada.ca/cybertruck/new-tesla-cybertruck-design-spotted-with-side-mirrors-and-rear-wheel-steering-video/

Cybertruck Spyshot
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Kacey Green Kacey Green

The Tesla Life #224 - Don’t Mess with TEXLA!

Tesla officially moves HQ to Austin Texas

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-new-headquarters-austin-tx-confirmed/

 

Tesla Share Holder Meeting highlights

- structural 4680 packs, seat mounts

- projector head lights

- Tesla Beer

- New train station at Giga Berlin

 

 

Tesla pays off $1.4B Giga Shanghai loan in 16 months

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-giga-shanghai-loan-paid-off-elon-musk/

Kacey gets FSDBeta 10.2 - what’s it like?

- Kacey video

 

Why CyberTruck is delayed until late 2022

https://driveteslacanada.ca/cybertruck/elon-musk-explains-why-the-cybertruck-wont-begin-production-until-late-2022/

 

Tesla going to the races!

- twitter pics

 

Tesla CCS adapter releasing in South Korea 

https://insideevs.com/news/539419/tesla-ccs1-charging-adapter-korea/

 

Next GigaFest - Austin!

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/giga-fest-in-austin-texas-elon-musk-says-hell-yeah/

 

Giga Texas has already hired 5k workers

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-gigafactory-texas-5000-new-jobs-austin-2021/

 

Tesla China sells 55k vehicles in Sept, new record

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-china-smashes-monthly-sales-record-with-over-56k-cars-sold-in-september-2021/

 

New CyberTruck model from Mattel

https://driveteslacanada.ca/cybertruck/mattel-introduces-3000-piece-mega-x-build-your-own-cybertruck/

Tesla Texas Seal, reads Don't Mess with "Tesla Logo on a lone star""
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Kacey Green Kacey Green

The Tesla Life #223 - Record Q3 Again!

Tesla sets another 3rd Quarter Record! 241.3k

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-q3-2021-delivery-production-numbers/

 

More smoke that Tesla HQ moving to Texas

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-tsla-new-tx-headquarters-report/

 

Tesla vehicles grace the cover of National Geographic Oct

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-on-the-cover-of-national-geographic-october-edition-the-future-of-driving-is-here-and-its-electric

 

How did Tesla find chips? When others can’t 

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-q3-2021-delivery-chip-shortage-breakdown/

 

Model X refresh spotted in shipping area of Fremont

https://insideevs.com/news/537849/refreshed-tesla-modelx-spotted-fremont/

 

Tesla expands into North Africa 

https://driveteslacanada.ca/supercharger/tesla-opens-their-first-superchargers-in-morocco/

 

Tesla rumoured to sell 52k in China in Sept, smashing old record of 34k

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-rumoured-to-have-sold-52000-vehicles-in-china-in-september/

 

VW holds crisis meeting, as they realize they are NOT catching up to Tesla  

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/legacy-auto-advantage-vw-holds-crisis-meeting-admits-tesla-gigafactories-are-more-than-3x-as-efficient-as-their-electric-car-plants/

 

Model 3 & Y price increases again

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-3/tesla-increases-price-of-model-3-y-canada-unaffected/

 

Fort Lauderdale gets green light to begin negotiations with Boring Co

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/fort-lauderdale-gives-green-light-to-begin-negotiations-with-the-boring-company-for-underground-tunnels/

Models S, 3, X, Y overlooking a mountain
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