The Tesla Life #271 - Massive Superchargers!

Tesla obtains CA state funds towards 4 Massive Superchargers

https://driveteslacanada.ca/supercharger/tesla-obtains-funding-to-build-four-massive-superchargers-including-worlds-largest/

Supercharger Voting on the way

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-supercharger-voting-poll-platform-launch/

Supercharger modification - plexiglass

-twitter pic

Yuma County believed to receive first V4 Supercharger

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/first-known-tesla-v4-supercharger-with-solar-panels-and-megapack-is-coming-to-arizona

Lathrop CA start a hiring spree for Megapack production

https://driveteslacanada.ca/energy/tesla-begins-massive-hiring-campaign-for-megapack-factory-in-lathrop/

New animation added to Tesla APP pointing at powered frunk in M3

- twitter pic

Tesla testing new side camera’s with wider field of view

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-testing-new-side-repeater-cameras-with-wider-field-of-view/

ModelS & X gets charging speed bump in Europe

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-increases-charging-speeds-for-model-s-and-model-x-owners-in-europe-2022-24/

Ford needs to lower price to complete with Tesla and they are asking their dealers fir help

https://electrek.co/2022/09/09/ford-competiting-with-tesla-meeting-with-dealer-lower-ev-prices/

New photos from Bargersville, new K-9 unit

-twitter pic

ModelNext coming after Robotaxi launch in 2024

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/cheaper-tesla-model-not-coming-before-launch-of-robotaxi-platform-in-2024-tesla-exec/

The Tesla Life #270 - Charging the Police

Tigard, OR Service Center opens

- Twitter pic

California VPP grows to 3500, adding about 400 per week

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-california-virtual-power-plant-crosses-3500-home-mark/

Tesla tours Graphite mine and plant in Quebec

https://driveteslacanada.ca/energy/tesla-tours-graphite-mine-and-plant-in-quebec/

Tesla job posting for high volume recruiter in Quebec

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-job-posting-in-quebec-further-hints-at-canadian-facility/

Tesla YOY sales swell to 105%

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-sales-growth-august-2021-2022-truecar/

Tesla looking for Semi Service Employees in Central CA

https://electrek.co/2022/09/01/tesla-hiring-semi-service/

Tesla APP adds new features, SC details, AP mileage

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-mobile-app-update-adds-several-undocumented-features-supercharger-details-autopilot-mileage-and-more/

Tesla Shanghai expected to ship 100K in Sept

https://driveteslacanada.ca/energy/tesla-china-projected-to-ship-over-100000-cars-in-september/

Chief Todd of Bargersville IN updates us on the charger upgrade at the new Police HQ

- twitter pics

X.com and how Elon could reinvent the internet

https://www.carswithcords.net/2022/09/xcom-how-elon-musk-could-reinvent.html?m=1

The Tesla Life #269 - AXA Insurance FAKE stunt

AXA Insurance performs & admits a FAKE stunt!

https://www.teslarati.com/fake-tesla-model-s-battery-fire-video-axa-insurance/

Heatwave in China forces the temporary shut down of some Superchargers in China

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/heatwave-in-china-forces-tesla-nio-to-shut-down-superchargers-and-battery-swap-stations-amid-power-crunch/

StarLink and TMobile team up to eliminate cellular dead zones in US

https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-t-mobile-plans-increase-connectivity/

Mobile APP now can provide vehicle feedback from Tesla owners

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-vehicle-feedback-concerns-mobile-app/

Tesla doubling Canadian Supercharger Design Team to further expand network

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-doubling-canadian-supercharger-design-team-to-further-expand-network/

20 million cars will need $100 Billion in battery materials

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/building-20-million-cars-will-cost-tesla-100-billion-in-battery-metals-alone/

CyberTruck caught with new camera setup

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cybertruck-new-camera-setup-photo/

Tesla building another Virtual Power Plant (VPP) in Japan

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-building-largest-commercial-vpp-japan/

California to pilot Solar on canals

https://cleantechnica.com/2022/08/29/california-plans-to-add-solar-panels-over-irrigation-canals/

4680’s stacking up in Giga Texas

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-giga-texas-stocks-up-4680-structural-battery-packs/

Tesla sues Louisiana dealers, association and state officials

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-sues-to-sell-its-cars-directly-to-consumers-in-louisiana/

AXA Insurance FAKE stunt!

https://www.teslarati.com/fake-tesla-model-s-battery-fire-video-axa-insurance/

The Tesla Life #268 - The Semi Truck is Fully Awesome

BoringCo adds a Polaris e6 to the Vegas loop fleet

https://www.teslarati.com/the-boring-company-polaris-e6-ada-las-vegas/

MP3 CATL batteries to be used in Shanghai in M3

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-chinas-new-model-3-will-come-with-m3p-batteries-from-catl/

CyberTruck price Twitter Poll

- twitter poll

TeslaSemi website gets updated, orders get suspended

http://www.tesla.com/semi

Third shift being added at Giga Berlin

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-planning-to-add-third-shift-at-giga-berlin-in-december/

LAX jumbo charging hub (1300) nears completion

https://www.teslarati.com/los-angeles-international-airport-nears-completion-of-1300-ev-chargers/

CyberTruck Supercharger stalls?

-twitter pic

Giga Texas hits 1,000 ModelY per week

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-giga-texas-reaches-production-capacity-of-1-000-model-y-per-week

Giga Texas gets a Helipad?

https://www.teslarati.com/helipad-tesla-giga-texas/

Release notes for v10.69 appear to early FSDBeta testers

https://teslanorth.com/2022/08/20/tesla-fsd-beta-v10-69-release-notes-list/

Neuralink show and tell scheduled for Halloween

https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-neuralink-update-halloween/

Oakland Police seek ModelY owner to help solve murder case

https://www.teslarati.com/oakland-police-need-tesla-model-y-owners-help-in-solving-a-murder/

The Tesla Life #267 - Model 3 LR Orders Suspended!

Giga Berlin gets approval to produce ModelY with BYD structural pack

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-receives-eu-approval-to-produce-model-y-with-byd-structural-battery-pack

BoringCo gets request to add Fashion Mall station on the strip to Las Vegas Loop

- twitter pic

Another 9k Tesla cars await export fro Giga Shanghai, as 3rd quarter push continues

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-china-q3-new-monster-exports-photos/

Tesla is touring Spain giving communities the opportunity to test drive

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-touring-spain-test-drives-local/

Model3 Long Range Orders suspended in North America

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-suspends-orders-for-model-3-long-range-due-to-too-long-order-list

German court approves Tesla to continue using Autopilot & Full Self Driving terms to market cars

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-may-use-the-word-autopilot-for-marketing-in-germany-according-to-the-appeal-court-ruling

Bridgewater Police in Nova Scotia finding new Model3 patrol car better then expected

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/bridgewater-police-reports-that-tesla-patrol-car-performing-better-than-expected/

4th Tesla store opening in Austin TX

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-is-opening-a-fourth-austin-showroom/

Tesla & Panasonic to improve optimization at Giga Nevada to increase output by 10%

https://driveteslacanada.ca/energy/tesla-is-reportedly-improving-nevada-battery-plant-production-by-10-percent/

Giga Shanghai is now at 95% for local suppliers

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-giga-shanghai-has-a-95-localized-supply-chain-driving-chinese-industry-growth

Non Tesla charging memberships appear briefly in Tesla APP for North American users $0.99/month

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-supercharger-membership-non-teslas-pricing/

Tesla’s first California Virtual Power Plant event is. scheduled for today!

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-supercharger-membership-non-teslas-pricing/

The Tesla Life #266 - Cyber Shareholder Roundup

Cyber Round Up Shareholder Meeting

- 1 to 3 Stock Split approved (effective Aug 25)

- 10-12 Giga Factories - 1.5/2M yearly output

- Giga Canada?

- CyberTruck price and option change

- Superchargers continue expansion (poll)

- Model Y best margin today, best selling in 2023

- TeslaBot business will surpass car business

- AI Day 2 Sept 30

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-employees-are-the-lifeblood-of-the-company/

Model Ys arrive in Australia and New Zealand

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-starts-delivering-model-y-to-customers-in-australia

2nd Annual Tesla Take Over at Madonna Inn happened over the weekend

- Twitter Video from Ross Gerber

FSDBeta 10.69 slated for release Aug 20

https://teslanorth.com/2022/08/07/tesla-fsd-beta-10-69-release-date-august-20/

Tesla signs $5B nickel deal with Indonesia

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-nickel-products-deal-5-billion-indonesia-report/

Tesla’s Biggest Advantage

https://www.carswithcords.net/2022/08/teslas-biggest-advantage.html?m=1

California still loving the Model3 & Y

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-model-3-and-model-y-were-the-two-best-selling-cars-in-california-in-h1-of-2022/

500 mile TeslaSemi coming this year!

https://driveteslacanada.ca/semi/tesla-semi-deliveries-later-this-year/

Musk sells $7B in Tesla stock to be ready for Twitter

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/elon-musk-sells-nearly-7-billion-worth-of-tesla-tlsa-shares-in-case-of-forced-twitter-deal/

Tesla Giga Nevada starts to buy copper foil from Redwood Materials

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-giga-nevada-copper-foil-redwood-materials-deal/

The Tesla Life #265 - Destination Charging Gets Better

Buying a Tesla on a whim

https://www.businessinsider.com/buying-a-tesla-car-on-a-whim-saving-on-gas-2022-7

Destination Chargers get better for property managers

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-commercial-services-feature-allows-you-set-the-price-for-charging/

Cloud based Tesla profiles coming in 2022.24

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-profiles-brings-cloud-based-convenience-to-drivers/

Tesla cubes at Supercharger in Germany

https://electrek.co/2022/07/28/tesla-deploys-cube-lounges-supercharger-station-automated-coffee-food/

Tesla swimming pool at a different German Supercharger

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-swimming-pool-supercharger-germany-video/

New US EV Credit almost at the finish line

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/us-ev-tax-credit-survives-in-new-bill-and-gets-bigger/

Star Wars Model3

- twitter pics

Mississippi gets its first Tesla Store in Brandon

https://www.teslarati.com/mississippi-welcomes-its-first-tesla-store/amp/

First batch of Model Y’s arrive in Australia

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-y/first-batch-of-tesla-model-ys-arrive-in-australia/

Plaid Model S & X to start to arrive in Europe in Dec 2022

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-s-and-model-x-plaid-europe-deliveries-q4-2022/

The Tesla Life #264 - 4680 Pink Stuff!

Sandy Munro (and crew) manages to get into the Pink Stuff

https://youtu.be/ozesI3OZEG0

FSD Beta now logging over 35M miles

https://electrek.co/2022/07/20/tesla-surpasses-35-million-miles-driven-full-self-driving-beta/

Tesla now limiting standard connectivity to 8 years on new cars

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-limits-standard-connectivity-package-to-8-years-on-new-vehicle-purchases/

Tesla will exceed 1,000 4680 packs per week by the end of this year

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/teslas-total-production-of-4680-batteries-will-exceed-1-000-per-week-by-the-end-of-the-year

New paint starts in Germany, Mercury Silver Metallic and Deep Crimson Multicoat

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/giga-berlin-paint-shop-produces-first-model-ys-in-mercury-silver-metallic-and-deep-crimson-multicoat/

Budget Rent A Car brings Model 3 to Canada

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-3/budget-adds-tesla-model-3-to-rental-fleet-in-canada/

Giga Shanghai is now half way to its run rate goal of 1.2M vehicles per year

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-giga-shanghai-is-halfway-to-increasing-production-capacity-to-1-2-million-vehicles-per-year

Redwood Materials new plant will be a $3.8M disrupted

https://www.teslarati.com/redwood-materials-3-5-billion-battery-materials-facility-nevada-details/

First Supercharger arrives in Turkey

https://driveteslacanada.ca/supercharger/tesla-setting-up-first-supercharger-station-in-turkey/

StarLink - more disruption is on the way for telecommunications

https://driveteslacanada.ca/spacex/spacex-applies-to-the-fcc-to-expand-starlink-to-mobile-users/

The Tesla Life #263 - Tesla 2022 Q2 Earnings Call Summary

Andrej Karpathy departs from #Tesla after taking a 4 month sabbatical

https://t.co/Kh8jZj3TFo

Texas Grid continues to be stressed, Tesla asks you to charge selectively

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-asks-owners-in-texas-to-take-stress-off-the-grid-with-upcoming-heat-wave/

Tesla permitted to sell Berlin ModelY production test cars

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-can-sell-early-model-y-production-units-giga-berlin/

Bridgewater NS gets first official Tesla patrol car in Canada

https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-3/tesla-model-3-joins-nova-scotias-bridgewater-police-service/

Hallandale Beach FL ups it’s electric quota with 13 ModelYs

https://www.teslarati.com/hallandale-beach-is-driving-into-the-future-with-13-tesla-model-ys/

Shanghai port fills up with over 10k Teslas

https://www.teslarati.com/7000-teslas-spotted-at-shanghais-luchao-port-report/

Elon states prices can be reduced if crazy inflation stops

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/elon-musk-says-tesla-can-lower-prices-if-inflation-calms-down/

Would you like to Supersize your order?

-twitter pic

Tesla 2022 Q2 Earnings call details

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-tsla-q2-2022-earnings-what-to-expect/

The Tesla Life #262 - V4 Superchargers!

Doge Coin to be accepted on the future Vegas Loop

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/the-boring-company-dogecoin-vegas-loop/

Tesla still leading the EV Battery market by a mile

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-tops-battery-ev-market/

Elon tests the water for a Tesla Autonomous Van

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-elon-musk-tesla-robovan-configuration-teaser/

Tesla stops providing key fobs with S & X

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-stops-providing-key-fobs-with-new-model-s-and-model-x-deliveries/

Tesla orders CyberTruck Drive Unit production equipment

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-orders-cybertruck-drive-unit-production-equipment-report/

Tesla Megapacks everywhere at Giga Nevada

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-megapack-demand/

Unique Model3 Wrap

-twitter pics

Two TeslaSemi spotted road testing, could this be the beginning of ConvoyMode?

https://www.teslarati.com/twin-tesla-semi-sighting-rare-video/

Tough going as MunroLive cuts into a 4680 battery pack

https://youtu.be/BBbQbnulVvk

V4 Superchargers may contain a unique CCS adapter

https://driveteslacanada.ca/supercharger/how-tesla-allow-other-evs-north-american-superchargers-magic-dock/

Panasonic selects Kanas for its new 4680 battery plant

https://www.teslarati.com/panasonic-selects-kansas-usa-4680-plant-location/