021: TC: Meet Michael a Dual motor model 3 owner from Oregon, News: VIN registrations soar past 100K, Elon Musk grants 2 interviews - My Tesla Podcast: News and stories for the expanding Tesla comm

This week in My Tesla Podcast meet Michael a Dual motor model 3 owner from Oregon

In the News:

*VIN registrations soar past 100K

*Elon Musk grants 2 interviews on the same day but was it the same Elon in both interviews?

*More news on Tesla going private and speculation who should participate

*Wall Street Journal cover story “Some Tesla Suppliers Fret About Getting Paid”

*Tesla expanding Solar Roof installations into the Northeast

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Sources:

Elon Musk interviews NYT article vs Youtuber video interview  Both done Aug 15:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MevKTPN4ozw

S&X; factory tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr9kK0_7x08

Model 3 production tour by Evercore:

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/16/analyst-great-teslas-model-3-facility-despite-musk-controversy.html

Should Apple invest in Tesla?

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/20/tesla-investor-now-is-the-time-for-apple-to-invest-in-tesla.html

Banks drop coverage of Tesla because they are working on transaction to help them go private:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-musk-morganstanley/morgan-stanley-halts-research-coverage-of-tesla-idUSKCN1L618Q

WSJ Cover story on some suppliers worried about getting paid:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-tesla-suppliers-fret-about-getting-paid-1534793592  (paywall-sorry)

Tesla Expanding Solar Roof installations into the Northeast:

https://electrek.co/2018/08/21/tesla-solar-roof-tile-expand-installation-northeast/