020: Meet Chris former mechanic and model 3 owner: News: - My Tesla Podcast: News and stories for the expanding Tesla community

This week in My Tesla Podcast meet Chris a former Tesla technician and new model 3 owner

News

*Updates on taking Tesla Private

*Model 3 production and sales updates

*Tesla to open source some of the security software for autopilot

*99% of US population within 150miles of a supercharger

*Tesla hires another designer from Volvo

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Sources:

Elon Musk Letter about going Private:

https://www.tesla.com/blog/update-taking-tesla-private?redirect=no

Tesla press release about forming Special Committee about going private:

http://ir.tesla.com/news-releases/news-release-details/tesla-announces-formation-special-committee-evaluate-potential

7 charts on Model 3 sales.  Jan-Jul 2018:

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/08/06/7-charts-tesla-model-3-vs-the-competition-us-sales/

Elon says Tesla with Open-Source for security:

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/13/elon-musk-tesla-open-source-self-driving-safety.html

Almost all Tesla stolen in US have been recovered:

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/nearly-100-of-teslas-stolen-in-the-us-since-2011-have-been-recovered-2018-08-10

99% of us population within 150miles of a supercharger:

https://electrek.co/2018/08/10/tesla-supercharger-cover-99-us-population-within-150-miles/

Tesla hires another designer from Volvo:

https://electrek.co/2018/08/11/tesla-hires-lead-designer-volvo-xc40-suv/