TALKING TESLA

Mel gets all ranty and philosophical: Climate change, what is the increase in production, how to differentiate S and X from Y and 3, the age of driving is soon over, next year might be the last year to buy a Tesla! 

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Mini terrible range, Model 3 Dual motor also safe!, Letter from Rhea, LG Chem making more batteries. Getting a Tesla use Roberts code: Robert3177

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Car of the century, the BIG production mystery, Prius trials solar panel on the car, Spotify coming soon? Getting a Tesla use Roberts code this month Robert3177

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No S and X refresh, you can sort of keep buying Teslas, Autopilot/Sentry mode bug, destination suggestions. Getting a Tesla use code Robert3177

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TED talk on global warming. FSD hardware retrofit by end of year. You will NOT be able to buy a Tesla "soon". Use Roberts code this month when you order you Tesla Robert3177

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Excerpts from the Patreon Show. Getting a Tesla use Robert's code this month: Robert3177

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Elon Daily is back for Season 2. Lots of new things in the 2nd half of the year. The biggest thing? Maxwell acquisition. 

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Tom and Robert get together in Mel's absence to discuss the Tesla shareholder meeting.

Show Notes

United States Spend Ten Times More On Fossil Fuel Subsidies Than Education

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/06/15/united-states-spend-ten-times-more-on-fossil-fuel-subsidies-than-education/

Hot in here? Research shows extreme heat is killing Nevadans, and it’s only getting hotter-Reno Gazette Journal

https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2019/06/06/hot-weather-extreme-heat-climate-killing-nevadans-and-its-getting-hotter/1358953001/

Tesla 2019 Shareholder’s Meeting https://cleantechnica.com/2019/06/11/timestamped-summary-of-tesla-shareholder-meeting/ 

Bob Lutz Talks Panel Gaps, Tesla, and Why Every Detail Matters-Road and Track self authored piece

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/a28008116/tesla-model-3-build-quality-bob-lutz/

Hydrogen station explodes, Toyota halts sales of fuel cell cars, is this the end? - Electrek

https://electrek.co/2019/06/11/hydrogen-station-explodes-toyota-halts-sales-fuel-cell-cars/

Tesla Gigafactory 3 builds up at incredible speed, already installing production equipment - Electrek

https://electrek.co/2019/06/16/tesla-gigafactory-3-installing-production-equipment/

Here's a real Tesla Solar Roof quote and the price will shock you - Electrek

https://electrek.co/2019/06/14/tesla-solar-roof-quote-price/

Astronomy Group Says Starlink and Other Satellite Constellations Could Threaten Science | Space

https://www.space.com/astronomy-group-worries-about-starlink-science-interference.html

• The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is voicing concerns about the risk that SpaceX's Starlink and other planned massive satellite constellations in low Earth orbit pose to astronomy.
• To date, there have been fewer than 200 low earth orbit satellites
  • The Iridium constellation
  • The Globalstar internet networks 
  • The OneWeb constellation (in-progress) 
  • The Project Kuiper satellite internet (planned by Amazon) 
  • The Athena internet satellite (planned by Facebook)
• https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-why-we-re-still-so-bad-at-detecting-huge-dangerous-asteroids-heading-to-earth)
• Asteroids a near threat: https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2008%20KV2 

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Last Vandenburg Launch for the Year, Correction V3 not V2, more games in the Tesla, Tesla service cars, last Elon Daily (probably) for a few weeks. Coming Back July 3rd

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Space X launch and landing, Mel cannot speak, 152 kW, Jacking up the house, Solar Roof V3

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