My wife noticed a notification on her phone that a software update was available. Why was Henry letting her know before me? Was it because she washed him last week? But I digress.
I ran out to our car and clicked the “Install Now” button like a kid running downstairs to look for presents on Christmas morning.
If you listen to Tesla’s quarterly earnings conference calls, you’ve likely heard the voice of Deepak Ahuja, the company’s CFO, answering questions. Deepak typically provides a calm, soft-spoken counterpoint to company CEO Elon Musk. He’s also got a fascinating history at Tesla.
What’s really happening on the factory floor at Tesla? The Wall Street Journal’s John D. Stoll was lucky enough to get an inside look. He acknowledges that “the plant is closely guarded against outsiders—rarely open to media, analysts, let alone competitors … [but] I took a tour on Thursday, observing the body shop where 1,068 robots were welding, gluing or riveting together parts for dozens of Model 3 sedans.”
This story is about Tesla’s moats, but I don’t mean to imply that Buffett would invest in Tesla. Tesla is far from the value investments of the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio. Rather, Buffett’s comments are to demonstrate the importance of moats. Morningstar even has a guide called Why Moats Matter. Understanding the moats a business employs is clearly important to understanding the business and its future.
Our first thorough review of the Tesla Model 3, testing the car through the redwoods of Northern California.
Elon Musk went on a Twitter rampage overnight, tweeting about all things great and small, from artificial intelligence to disco laser shows. Read all about it here.
As promised, the latest firmware update to Tesla’s operating system (2.52.22) has given drivers the ability to check the status of Supercharger stations within the car’s navigation system. The new feature has been dubbed “Live Status.”
A recent tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed that the v8.1 firmware update — which will presumably enable the new enhanced Autopilot features that are reliant on the new hardware suite — should roll out sometime around 3 weeks from now.
Telsa’s rollout of software version 8.0 began last night, bringing with it the most “significant over-the-air overhaul of the Tesla touchscreen and introduces the biggest UI revamp since the launch of Model S,” according to an email Tesla Motors sent to CleanTechnica and EV Obsession. The update will introduce substantial … [continued]
I recently picked up a Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) Tesla Model S (part 1 and part 2 of that story), and in the first month, drove it across the US, gave the Supercharging network a serious workout, and have already converted a few new EV enthusiasts along the way. Unfortunately, in … [continued]
