042: TC: Raj creator of Drop Lock News: Tesla cuts 7% of staff, Supercharger Prices Raise then lower

In the News:

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Tesla cuts 7% of workforce to trim costs of model 3

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Model 3 gets approval for sale in Europe

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Supercharger pricing raised a lot then lowered a bit a few days later

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Sources:

Bloomberg article that electric cars cleaner even with coal powered electricity

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-15/electric-cars-seen-getting-cleaner-even-where-grids-rely-on-coal

Gigafactory 3 construction video:

https://electrek.co/2019/01/17/tesla-gigafactory-3-site-alive-construction-work-video/

Supercharger pricing went up and no longer tied to each state.  Varies by location:

https://electrek.co/2019/01/18/tesla-increases-supercharger-prices/

Tesla 7% job cut, blog post of email sent to employees:

https://www.tesla.com/blog/tesla-company-update%20

Tesla 7% cuts, analysis by Forbes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2019/01/20/teslas-job-cuts-the-official-and-the-unofficial-story-behind-it/#330466376f8a

Tesla gets approval for model 3 sales in Europe

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-homologation-approval-european-regulators/

Survey shows why Tesla may have killed the referral program

https://cleantechnica.com/2019/01/20/exclusive-survey-of-people-who-used-my-tesla-referral-code-explains-why-elon-killed-it/

Tesla securing battery sources in China

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/22/tesla-is-reportedly-in-talks-with-chinas-lishen-over-shanghai-battery-contract.html