019: Meet Wes 83-year old model 3 owner: News: TSLA stock jump, Big pickup in VIN registrations, Tesla starts hiring for Shanghi Gigafactory 3 - My Tesla Podcast: News and stories for the expanding

his week in My Tesla Podcast meet Wes an 83-year old early Model 3 owner who drove cross country in first month of ownership.

In the news:

Tesla Stock way up, will Tesla exit the public market

Big Pickup in VIN Registrations

Tesla starts hiring for Shanghi plant

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Sources:

Tesla Stock Way Up.  Saudi Arabia Investment and tweet from Elon about going private:

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-2-billion-saudi-arabian-sovereign-wealth-fund/

https://electrek.co/2018/08/07/tesla-tsla-private-elon-musk/

Lots of Vins registered first 7 days in Aug:

https://twitter.com/model3vins?lang=en

Tesla opens Body Shops:

http://www.bodyshopbusiness.com/tesla-body-shops-now-open/

Tesla Model 3 performance outperforming specs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v;=8P8DZKFUw3k

Tesla starts hiring for Shanghi plant:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-china/tesla-starts-hiring-for-new-2-billion-shanghai-plant-idUSKBN1KS0WQ