Episode 47: 3/13/2019

In the News:

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V3 Supercharging Details

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Tesla Alters plans for closing stores and will increase some prices soon

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Elon fights back to SEC contempt charge

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Sources:

Model 3 ships in Mexico:

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-launch-mexico/

Elon’s lawyers respond to SEC contempt charges:

https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.501755/gov.uscourts.nysd.501755.27.0_1.pdf

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/11/18260339/elon-musk-sec-twitter-filing-contempt-response

Tesla purchases $13.8M in car carriers with new stock issue

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/11/tesla-issues-13point8-million-in-stock-to-buy-trailers-to-transport-cars.html

Tesla opens up Semi preorders again, why now?

https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1121990_tesla-semi-opens-for-20000-reservations-no-update-on-arrival-date

Mood inside Tesla factory vs Media coverage:

https://cleantechnica.com/2019/03/10/the-world-inside-tesla-is-completely-different-from-the-medias-portrayal-of-tesla/

VW CEO expects software to make up 90% of auto industry innovation

https://www.reuters.com/article/volkswagen-results-software/vw-ceo-expects-software-to-make-up-90-pct-of-auto-industry-innovation-idUSL8N20Z56V