029: News: Judge approves SEC settlement, Tesla Drivetrain tested for 1,000,000 miles, VW copying Tesla distribution

News:

Judge approves SEC settlement

Tesla drivetrain tested for 1M miles and looks great

VIN registrations continue strong climb in Oct

Growth in headcount at Tesla

Elon says Gigafactory 1 headcount could eventually reach 20K

VW following in Tesla’s footsteps and will need to change dealer agreements

v9 rollout finally goes wide on model 3s

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Sources:

SEC settlement approved by judge:

https://electrek.co/2018/10/16/tesla-judge-approves-settlement-of-secs-complaint-tsla-elon-musk/

1M miles on model 3 drivetrain:

https://electrek.co/2018/10/15/tesla-drive-after-million-miles-test/

Vin registrations continue strong climb

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

Early Q4 production rumors:

https://electrek.co/2018/10/12/tesla-model-3-production-strong-quarter/

45K employees now at Tesla:

https://electrek.co/2018/10/15/tesla-45000-employees-elon-musk/

April Email to employees:

https://www.recode.net/2018/4/17/17249040/elon-musk-tesla-losses-expenses-model-3

Gigafactory 1 employee count could reach 20,000:

https://electrek.co/2018/10/10/tesla-gigafactory-1-employees-housing-elon-musk/

VW copying Tesla with over the air updates and Internet sales:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-sales-contracts/vw-targets-online-sales-over-the-air-updates-in-new-contract-with-european-dealers-idUSKCN1MQ1TL?utm_source=applenews