The Tesla Life Audio Podcast!

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The Tesla Life #241 - GigaFactory Finish Line in Sight!

Giga Berlin production gets pushed back again

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/giga-berlin-production-pushed-back-until-at-least-mid-march-report/

NHTSA recalls #Tesla’s Boombox feature to disable custom sounds while driving

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-3/nhtsa-recalls-teslas-boombox-feature-to-disable-custom-sounds-while-driving/

ModelX stolen in Frankfort Germany quickly found

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/stolen-tesla-model-3-was-quickly-found-thanks-to-app-and-gps-position

Plug-in Cars Sales in the United States approached 5% Market Share (Q4 2021)

https://insideevs.com/news/566900/us-plugin-car-sales-2021q4/

Tesla Semi Frunk shot

-twitter pics

2nd GigaFactory to come for China?

https://cleantechnica.com/2022/02/14/2nd-tesla-gigafactory-in-china/

All Superchargers in Netherlands now open to non Tesla’s

https://driveteslacanada.ca/supercharger/all-tesla-supercharger-stations-in-the-netherlands-now-open-to-other-evs/

Car carriers full of ModelY’s spotted heading out of Giga Texas

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-y/car-carrier-full-of-tesla-model-ys-spotted-leaving-giga-texas-are-the-first-deliveries-around-the-corner/

Starlink reaches 250,000 subscribers

https://driveteslacanada.ca/spacex/number-of-starlink-user-terminals-tops-250000/

Barstow, CA getting next super sized Supercharger

https://driveteslacanada.ca/supercharger/massive-new-tesla-supercharger-coming-to-barstow-california/

Gigafactory Texas
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The Tesla Life #240 - More Factories at Giga Texas!

Tesla Supercharger map released for 2022 revision

https://driveteslacanada.ca/supercharger/tesla-updates-find-us-map-for-2022/

New Cathode factory planned for Austin as well

https://electrek.co/2022/02/03/tesla-applies-build-giant-new-cathode-factory-battery-production-gigafactory-texas/

Tesla offers 4 European Countries free Supercharging at select locations during winter holiday

https://driveteslacanada.ca/supercharger/tesla-offering-free-supercharging-in-four-european-countries-for-winter-holidays/

AI Adict FSDBeta clips a bollard in San Jose CA

https://youtu.be/sbSDsbDQjSU

SpaceX sends engineers to Fiji to setup Starlink ground station to help communications in Tonga

https://driveteslacanada.ca/spacex/spacex-sending-engineering-team-to-fiji-to-setup-starlink-ground-station-for-tonga/

Rafael of @TesLatino offers a PSA about Supercharging

- twitter video

BoringCo breaks through near ResortsWorld front door

- twitter pic

Charge Stats and Gas Savings appear in your Tesla APP

- twitter pic

OTA for seat belt correction includes Colour Wheel selection

https://driveteslacanada.ca/software-updates/tesla-car-colorizer-and-v11-ui-fixes-arrive-in-north-america-with-2022-4-5-software-update-release-notes/

Will Supercharger install at worlds largest truck stop later include megachargers?

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-to-build-supercharger-at-worlds-largest-truckstop/

POTUS learns how to say TESLA

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-president-joe-biden-video-says-the-word/

Elon Musk Foundation completes drinking fountain work in Flint MI providing clean drinking water at 78 stations in 13 schools

https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-flint-water-filtration-systems-deployed/

Gigafactory Texas
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The Tesla Life #239 - Non-Tesla Superchargers Expand

Elon offers teen $5K to stop tracking his plane

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/elon-musk-offered-teen-5000-to-take-down-jet-tracking-twitter-account/

UK ModelY deliveries about to start in Feb

https://insideevs.com/news/563578/tesla-modely-uk-deliveries-february/

 

Tesla buys railway line to improve commute to Giga Berlin

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-purchased-a-railway-track-for-a-better-connection-to-giga-berlin

 

Downtown Santa Monica 62 Supercharger site coming together

https://driveteslacanada.ca/supercharger/tesla-wasting-no-time-in-completing-first-phase-of-santa-monicas-62-stall-tesla-supercharger/

 

Hertz extends free Suoercharging through Feb

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-3/hertz-extends-free-supercharging-offer-to-march-31-2022/

 

Non Tesla Supercharging expands to Norway and France

https://driveteslacanada.ca/supercharger/non-tesla-supercharger-pilot-expands-to-france-and-norway/

 

Tesla Energy Storm Watch had 400,000 Powewall activations in 2021

https://electrek.co/2022/01/31/tesla-storm-watch-activations-powerwalls-2021/

 

GigaFactory Texas getting some branding on its roof 

https://driveteslacanada.ca/energy/giga-texas-rooftop-solar-spell-tesla/

 

GigaFactory New York achieved state job and investment number requirements

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-exceeds-new-york-state-job-and-investment-requirements/

 

Petition to get POTUS to acknowledge Tesla’s contribution to EVs in America

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-supporters-biden-gm-leadership-debunked/

 

Starlink offers a new Premium service starting in Q2

https://driveteslacanada.ca/spacex/spacex-releases-starlink-premium/

 

Washington Commanders launch new NFL team name with a fleet of Model Y’s

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-y/washington-commanders-use-fleet-of-tesla-model-ys-to-promote-new-nfl-team-name/

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The Tesla Life #237 - CyberTruck Delayed

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The Tesla Life #236 - MegaChargers Arrive

Giga Texas gets first delivery of Solar Panels

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/giga-texas-delivery-solar-panels-hardware-rooftop-installation/

Las Vegas Loop a success at CES

https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-boring-company-lvcc-loop-70-cars-ces-2022/

PC- Happy to be in stuck inside my EV during winter storm on I-95

https://www.zeta2030.org/insights/im-grateful-that-i-was-driving-my-ev-when-i-got-stuck-on-i-95

MegaChargers arrive at Fito Lay in Modesto CA, top performance rumoured to be 1.5 Mwh

https://driveteslacanada.ca/semi/tesla-megachargers-frito-lay-facility-january-semi-deliveries/

UK Model Y reservation holders are asked to prepaid for deliveries

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-y/tesla-model-y-customers-in-the-uk-told-to-prepare-for-delivery/

Elon announced FSD pricing going up another $2K on Jan 17

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-full-self-driving-price-increase-12k/

Rumour, Giga Texas to start production in about a week

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-y/giga-texas-to-start-model-y-production-in-next-7-10-days-dan-ives/

Giga Berlin gets permission to produce another 2,000 Test Model Y’s

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-giga-berlin-new-permit-2k-model-y-production/

New charge CCS2 charge port for Model S & X unveiled for locations outside NA, China and Japan

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-x/tesla-unveils-new-ccs2-charge-port-in-refresh-model-s-x/

Tesla fighting new California Solar Tax

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-elon-musk-ca-solar-tax-response/

Tesla Megacharger Spotted
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The Tesla Life #235 - 2021 Year End Sales

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The Tesla Life #234 - Version 11 UI

V11 release software with a mountain of updates and additions:

- New UI

- Lightshow for all & Customizable

- Tesla headlights

- Blind Spot

- Games

- Santa Mode

- SentryMode App alert video (for Canada)

 

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/53-changes-in-the-tesla-holiday-update/

 

CyberTruck patent hints at foldable back seat

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cybertruck-foldable-seat-patent/

 

NHTSA stops in motion gaming within a Tesla

https://www.teslarati.com/nhtsa-confirms-tesla-halt-in-car-gaming-in-motion-vehicles/

 

Tesla warning early ModelS owners about 3G shut down

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-s/tesla-using-in-car-notification-to-warn-early-model-s-owners-of-impending-att-3g-network-shutdown/

 

StarLink ModelX

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/starlink-car

 

Model Y arrives at Giga Texas, structural battery?

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-y/tesla-model-y-body-arrives-as-giga-texas-hinting-at-structural-battery-pack-production/

 

Model 3 & Y at Fremont gets some upgrades

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-3/fremont-tesla-model-3-y-amd-ryzen-processor-12v-li-ion-battery-more/

 

Tesla APP allows driver additions

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-mobile-app-now-allows-you-to-add-additional-drivers/

photo of a tesla running the v11 game selector
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The Tesla Life #233 - Holiday Software & Light Show Release!

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The Tesla Life #232 - CyberTruck Test Track

Calibration equip continues to arrive at Giga TX

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/giga-texas-pre-production-testing-and-equipment-calibration-continues-with-arrival-of-model-y-dashboards/

Autobidder to be deployed at a Queensland AUS site 

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-megapack-autobidder-queensland-battery-details/

 

Tesla APP gets ICEiNG combat system 

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-china-iceing-combat-system-app/

 

Tesla could deliver 1.5M in 2022 with start of Giga Berlin and Texas

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-could-deliver-1-5-million-units-in-2022-the-start-of-production-in-giga-texas-berlin-in-2021

 

Sandy Munro on Plaid Tour in Eastern US and Quebec and Ontario. Before January tear down

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-s/sandy-munros-tesla-model-s-plaid-tour-sets-off-with-four-planned-stops-in-quebec-and-ontario/

 

New York City could be ordering $12.38M worth of Model3’s

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-new-york-city-12-million-model-3-order/

 

Tesla releases 9 months worth of data on Model3 with UK Police 

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-police-mindblowing-review/

 

Tesla stops selling Roadster Founder Series

https://driveteslacanada.ca/roadster/tesla-sells-out-of-founders-series-roadsters-removes-pricing-for-new-reservations/

 

CyberTruck caught on the test track at Fremont, side mirrors, super wiper blade

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cybertruck-fremont-test-track-windshield-wiper/

 

CyberTruck video link

https://insideevs.com/news/553812/tesla-cybertruck-track-prototype-seen/

 

GTA Tesla owners organized a Food drive for the Durham Food Bank this past weekend

- twitter pic

 

Your Tesla can now detect tire tread wear

https://driveteslacanada.ca/software-updates/your-tesla-can-now-detect-your-tire-wear-and-tread-depth-heres-how/

 

Elon gets a 2021 Person if the Year designation from both Time Magazine and the Financial Times

https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-time-magazine-2021-person-of-the-year/

 

Don’t Mess with Tesla belt buckle and color plates for wall chargers go on sale at Tesla Store

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-adds-giga-texas-belt-buckle-to-online-shop/

 

Doge Coin to be added as payment for some small items sold in Tesla store

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-adds-giga-texas-belt-buckle-to-online-shop/

Tesla Cybertruck prototype spied at the Freemont test track
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