The Tesla Life Show

Q4 Earnings Call Details

- Q4 news

- $3.6B Nevada investment - 3K jobs

- New TeslaSemi Factory

- 4680 ramp 100 GWh annual - 2M cars

First Shipment of Tesla’s arrive in Thailand

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/first-shipment-of-tesla-cars-arrive-in-thailand/

Quality assurance robots now on the job in Fremont

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-automated-quality-control-fremont-factory/

Frito Lay talks sustainability at its Modesto site

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-semis-was-demonstrated-by-pepsico-at-its-modesto-frito-lay-plant

Elon states peak oil in 5 years

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-elon-musk-peak-oil-demand-5-years/

CCS MagicDock in Hawthorne appears on Tesla website briefly.

https://driveteslacanada.ca/supercharger/tesla-accidentally-reveals-magic-dock-ccs-compatibility-hawthorne/

Elon calling again for more Lithium refining

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-elon-musk-lithium-raised-dramatically/

Tesla requires your help to stop Dealership Bills in Virginia and Mississippi

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-hb2468-support-dealerships-virginia/

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-urges-mississippi-to-fight-harmful-bill-that-bans-direct-auto-sales

Sweden uncovers new “Rare Earth” metal find, estimated at over a million tons

https://www.teslarati.com/ev-transition-rare-earth-elements-discovery/

New study shows Tesla cars are the cheapest luxury car brand to maintain

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-is-the-cheapest-luxury-car-brand-to-maintain-according-to-new-study/

Tesla leases 1M+ sqft facility 30 mins West of Houston Texas

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-leases-1-million-square-foot-building-outside-houston/

CyberTruck IDRA press assembly starts in Giga Texas

https://driveteslacanada.ca/cybertruck/tesla-starts-assembling-cybertrucks-9000-ton-giga-press-inside-giga-texas/

Model3 ends Toyota Camry’s 28 year record in Australia

https://teslanorth.com/2023/01/06/tesla-model-3-ends-toyota-camrys-28-year-sales-streak-in-australia/

Hertz Rental ModelY 20” Rims

- Twitter pic

The state of Wyoming zigs while everyone else zags

https://www.teslarati.com/wyoming-phase-out-evs-2035/

Ride The Lightning Podcast with Ryan interviews Franz von Holzhausen

https://driveteslacanada.ca/cybertruck/franz-von-holzhausen-talks-about-tesla-cybertruck-design-features-including-the-yoke-steering-wheel-and-the-lack-of-door-handles-podcast/

Giga Texas files for new construction of a $59M Die facility

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-giga-texas-die-shop-59-million/

Tesla California VPP reaches a network size of 5.7K homes

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-california-virtual-power-plant-5-7k-homes/

Thor industries partners with SpaceX to integrate StarLink into its fleet of RV companies

https://driveteslacanada.ca/spacex/thor-industries-partners-with-spacex-with-to-integrate-starlink-into-airstream-jayco-and-other-rvs/

Pepsi TeslaSemi spotted in tow

https://driveteslacanada.ca/semi/pepsi-tesla-semi-tow-truck-sacramento/

Supercharger design

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-supercharger-new-lot-design/

Giga Shanghai delivers 54% of all Tesla vehicles in 2022

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-giga-shanghai-delivered-54-of-all-vehicles-produced-by-the-company-in-2022

New FSD Beta penalty

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/fsd-beta-suspension-due-to-strikeouts-reduced-to-approximately-two-weeks/

Model S & X get round wheel option

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-adds-round-steering-wheel-option-for-new-model-s-and-model-x-orders/

Petition for IRA Tax Credit rules gaining signatures

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-supporters-ira-ev-petition-44k-signatures/

More IDRA deliveries arrive at Giga Texas

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-gets-more-giga-press-parts-for-cybertruck-production

Tesla promotes Tom Zhu to Head of Operations & Sales in U.S. & Europe

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-promoted-tom-zhu-to-head-of-sales-and-operations-in-u-s-europe

ModelY Performance rear brakes change

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-using-caliper-covers-on-model-y-performance-rear-brakes-after-switching-suppliers-last-summer/

Significant price drop in China drives demand through the roof

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-price-cuts-in-china-stoke-demand-despite-protests/

Model3 leads Canadian EV incentive in 2022 even though incentive cut off in Nov 2021

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-model-3-tops-canada-izev-incentive-list-in-2022-even-though-model-3-wasnt-eligible-for-the-entire-year/

Tesla celebrates its 100,000th registration in Norway

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-celebrates-registration-of-its-100-000th-vehicles-in-norway

Documentary crew films journey in Tesla’s from Alaska to Argentina

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-x-model-3-roadtrip/

Fremont Factory opened up its south parking lot to become a Delivery Center in end of year push

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-fremont-factory-pickup-center-end-of-year-video/

Tesla 2022 Q4 numbers released, new records but under wall street predictions

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-tsla-q4-fy-2022-delivery-production-results/

The new IRA tax credit and how it effects Tesla

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-vw-evs-2023-ev-tax-credit/

FSD Beta grows to over 285,000 drivers

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-fsd-beta-program-grows-to-285000-testers-in-north-america/

For the last day of 2022 Tesla offers discounts to Model S and Model X

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-adds-10000-year-end-discount-to-model-s-and-model-x-in-canada-7500-in-the-us/

Elon asked to turn off steering nag for FSD beta drivers with over 10,000 miles

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-fsd-beta-steering-wheel-nags-update-elon-musk/

Tesla Semi images shows battery pack segments and placement

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-semi-has-a-modular-battery-pack-that-opens-up-more-possibilities-for-the-manufacturer

Investor Day announced for March 1st

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-investor-day/

Price drops in new and used Tesla’s providing buyers a unique opportunity

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-prices-plunge-buyers/

Tesla’s I’m house cell production efforts increase in Fremont

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-fremont-in-house-cell-development-expansion-901-page-ave/

Tesla adds some 3rd Party Chargers to its European navigation

https://driveteslacanada.ca/supercharger/tesla-adding-some-third-party-fast-chargers-navigation-europe-israel/

Tesla breaks long standing car sales record in Norway

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-model-y-breaks-long-standing-sales-record-in-norway/

Megapacks are sold out until Q3 of 2024

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-megapack-battery-sold-out-until-q3-2024/

New “Voted” Supercharger sites announced

https://www.teslarati.com/new-tesla-supercharger-locations-fall-2022-vote/

66 Robots arrive at Giga Texas

https://driveteslacanada.ca/contests/66-kuka-robots-arrive-at-giga-texas-for-cybertruck-production-lines/

California passes law preventing Tesla to call its autonomous driving package Full Self Driving

https://www.teslarati.com/califonia-banning-tesla-fsd/

Tesla sells out most of its inventory in North America with discount offers

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-sells-cars-from-showrooms-and-test-drives-in-the-us-confirming-the-strong-demand

Looking for a unique Model3? How about a Hearse?

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/the-tesla-hearse-3-is-here/

UK Tesla owners experience Supercharger waits over Christmas season

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-charging-uk-wait/

Tesla Wall Connector price drops to $350 US

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-wall-connector-redesigned-gift-card/

New Factory announcement for Mexico coming?

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/report-claims-tesla-is-close-to-announcing-new-factory-in-nuevo-leon-mexico/

Tesla gets approval in Texas to become a Electricity Provider 

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-is-now-a-electricity-provider-in-texas-with-launch-of-tesla-electric/

Tesla sweetens the deal to take delivery now in US or Canada with Supercharger Miles

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-offering-buyers-10000-free-supercharging-credits-in-canada-and-the-us-as-part-of-end-of-year-delivery-push/

IDRA boxes arrive at Giga Texas

https://driveteslacanada.ca/cybertruck/first-9000-ton-cybertruck-giga-press-parts-arrive-at-giga-texas/

Harris Ranch California Supercharger expansion opens 80 stalls, now a total of 98!

PepsiCo takes delivery of 34 Semi and expects 66 more in 2023

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-to-deliver-pepsico-100-semi-in-2023

Tesla has the lowest range loss due to cold weather

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-cars-have-the-lowest-range-loss-in-winter-conditions-a-study-shows

Tesla Berlin hits 3,000 ModelY production per week

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-giga-berlin-reaches-a-production-capacity-of-3-000-model-y-per-week

Megafactory in Lathrop CA is abuzz in activity

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-megapack-megafactory-end-of-year-push-images/

Tesla Holiday Update is released

https://driveteslacanada.ca/software-updates/tesla-2022-44-25-1-software-update-release-notes/

Tesla defends itself in court over FSD 

https://insideevs.com/news/625647/tesla-defends-full-self-driving-goals/

Tesla takes part in Canada’s budget 2023 consultations

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-takes-part-in-canadas-budget-2023-consultations-for-the-first-time-with-a-heavy-focus-on-ev-charging-infrastructure/

Tesla brings in top exec from Shanghai to ramp Giga Texas

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-brings-in-a-top-executive-from-china-to-ramp-up-production-in-giga-texas-report

Giga Berlin granted ability to expand

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-giga-berlin-receives-approval-for-expansion-from-the-city-council

New neighborhood in Las Vegas provides car chargers, solar and Tesla power walls

https://driveteslacanada.ca/energy/a-new-tesla-neighbourhood-has-launched-in-las-vegas/

Giga Texas triples rail shipping yard

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-working-to-triple-capacity-of-hutto-railyard-as-giga-texas-ramps-production/

CyberTruck frame spotted 

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cybertruck-single-piece-rear-megacast-first-look-video/

Tesla gets approval from Texas to operate VPP

https://driveteslacanada.ca/energy/tesla-gains-approval-for-virtual-power-plant-in-texas/

More then 2 TeslaSemi at PepsiCo? 

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-installs-megachargers-in-sacramento-to-support-new-fleet-of-pepsico-tesla-semi-trucks/

TeslaSemi battery size

https://www.carswithcords.net/2022/12/how-big-is-battery-in-teslas-semi-truck.html?m=1

TeslaSemi in the Modesto Santa Claus Parade

-Twitter video

$3750 off Model3 and ModelY Inventory cars with Dec delivery

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-offering-3750-discount-on-model-3-y-in-q4-push/

Project Highland Model3 prototypes?

https://insideevs.com/news/624887/tesla-model-3-project-highland-refresh-prototype/

Giga Shanghai sells 100,000 Tesla’s in November

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-china-delivers-over-100k-vehicles-november/

BoringCo submits tunnel plan for Louisville KY

https://www.teslarati.com/kentucky-elon-musk-tunnel/

High resolution radar coming to Tesla vehicles?

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-to-debut-new-high-res-radar-in-mid-january-is-hw4-coming/

South Burlington approved zoning change that brings #Tesla closer to its first Vermont sales center

https://www.teslarati.com/zoning-change-tesla-vermont/

What is expected in the Holiday Update?

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/teslas-2022-holiday-software-update-to-include-some-long-awaited-features/

Join us for coverage and commentary on the 2023 Tesla Semi an all-electric long-range, fast-charging Class 8 Truck and V4 Superchargers.

FSD Beta now available to all in North America

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-fsd-beta-now-available-to-anyone-in-north-america-elon-musk/

Aptera switches to NACS

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/aptera-confirms-it-is-adopting-teslas-north-american-charging-standard/

Another batch of invites go out for TeslaSemi Event

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-new-invites-semi-delivery-event/

4680 battery examined by 3rd party groups

https://carbuzz.com/news/teslas-4680-cells-are-worse-than-those-in-regular-batteries

Tesla deploys over 14 GWH in September alone

https://insideevs.com/news/623289/tesla-ev-batteries-deployed-september2022/amp/

70% of plug-ins assembled in North America

https://insideevs.com/news/623078/us-plugins-assembled-north-america-share/

TeslaSemi completes 500 mile journey weighing 81,000 lbs

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-semi-81k-pounds-500-miles-range-elon-musk/

Project Highland for the Model 3

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-revamped-model-3-project-highland-details/

New Megapack installations in Australia and the UK

https://www.teslarati.com/new-wind-farm-tesla-megapack-projects-reduce-australian-coal-use/

LIVE view section comes to Tesla APP

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/tesla-mobile-app-update-adds-vehicle-release-notes-and-more/

CalTrans purchases 399 Model 3 for fleet

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/california-department-of-transportation-orders-399-tesla-model-3/