Tesla Solar Roof Orders Starting In April (#ElonTweets)
Tesla’s various solar roof products will become available for order for the first time starting in April, CEO Elon Musk revealed in a tweet yesterday.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk: Performance Model 3 Coming In ~1 Year, Early Model 3 Deliveries…
Accompanying the tweet of the video of a Model 3 release candidate going down a street, Tesla CEO Elon Musk also revealed that early deliveries of the Model 3 will be of the rear-wheel-drive (RWD) variant — as was the case with the launch of the Model S a few years back.
Tesla Model 3 Release Candidate In Action (#ElonTweets Video)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has posted a short video of what may well be the production version of the Model 3 … in action. The video is only of a quick run down a street, and doesn’t show the front of the car much, so it doesn’t give us much to go on, but the design does appear to be altered some from earlier Model 3 iterations.
Have a watch:
JD Power: Tesla Model 3 Buyers To Be Less Forgiving Of (Potential) Quality Issues Than…
A new report from JD Power — Tesla: Beyond the Hype — argues that Tesla Model 3 buyers will be much less forgiving of (potential) quality issues than Model S and Model X buyers have been.
Tesla Upped Capital Raise To ~$1.38 Billion (From $1.15 Billion) Owing To High Investor Demand
We reported last week on Tesla’s announcement concerning a capital raise of $1.15 billion (common shares + convertible debt). That news is already out of date, though, as Tesla apparently went ahead and increased that capital raise to ~$1.38 billion (from $1.15 billion), owing to high demand from investors.
Tesla Is Now An Energy Provider In Kauai, Hawaii, With Powerpack + Solar Installation
Tesla is now supplying electricity to the island of Kauai under an agreement with the local utility company. That means Tesla is now a power provider, a role it sees itself adopting more often in the future.
Tesla CEO: No Beta Version Of The Model 3, Going Directly To “Early Release Candidate”
There will be no “Beta” version of the Tesla Model 3. The company will instead be going directly to an “early release candidate,” CEO Elon Musk reportedly revealed on a recent “secret” investor conference call.
Tesla Discontinuing Model S 60 & 60D
Tesla announced yesterday that it is discontinuing the Tesla Model S 60 and 60D versions.
Nvidia, Bosch, & BMW Differ On Self-Driving Tech Timescales
The recent Bosch Connected World conference in Berlin saw speeches given by execs from Nvidia, Bosch, and BMW that made it clear just how divergent the companies’ timelines for self-driving vehicle tech are.
Musk’s Plan For South Australian Grid Storage Spurs Competition
Elon Musk tweeted last week that he could install a 100 MWh grid storage system for South Australia in less than 100 days. That has spurred other Australia based companies to offer proposals of their own.
