News From The Frunk

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Tesla has build nearly 500 Superchargers in less than 3 years. Here’s a quick animation, courtesy of http://Supercharge.info showing the build out.

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On Friday July 17th Tesla made a slew of announcements about the Model S and X, including:

— new 70 kWh rear drive Model S

— new 90 kWh battery pack option

— new "Ludicrous Mode” - 0-60 in 2.8 for P90D

— new Roadster in 4 years

— Model X coming in two months

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Today’s video was shot at TMC Connect (https://www.teslamotorsclub.com/connect/) the annual get together of Tesla Motors Club forum members. This year the event was held at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley, and I had the chance to spend some time with Chelsea Sexton a leading electric vehicle advocate and star of the movie “Who killed the Electric Car" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsJAlrYjGz8)

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Tesla’s latest innovation is liquid cooling for its Supercharger cables. Any of you that have used a Supercharger will know that the cables are very thick, heavy and inflexible. At the Palo Alto Supercharger, Tesla has just introduced liquid cooling to the cable, which means it can be much thinner, lighter and more flexible. Check out this short video I shot while I was at the Palo Alto Supercharger.

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Today’s I clarify the situation when two people charge at the same time in a Supercharger.

Sorry for the audio quality - had mic problems.

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Today's episode is a quick tip on how to ensure you maximize your Supercharger speed.

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This week I break down the Q1 2015 earnings call

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A couple of weeks ago Elon Musk hit the stage at the Hawthorne design center to announce Tesla Energy. In this episode of NFTF I break down the announcement.

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In this episode I discuss the new Model S 70D, improvements to performance of the 85D and P85D, and changes to options and pricing.

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THIS IS PART TWO OF A TWO PART VIDEO.

In this episode I discuss the active safety enhancements coming in version 6.2, due in the next few weeks. I also discuss version 7, due in June/July.

I forgot to mention that Elon said they are rolling out LTE connectivity to cars (vs. the current 3G connection), but didn’t provide any details. My assumption is that new cars will have the LTE chipset, but there will be no retrofitting of existing cars.

Check out the full Tesla Press Conference recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXADb8gE9RU&t=2310