Tesla smashes earnings, power increase through software, Tesla Solar Roof V3
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla smashing earnings expectations, announcing a new power increase through a software update, Tesla Solar Roof V3, and more. The Electrek Podcast is me, Fred Lambert, editor-in-chief of Electrek, and Seth Weintraub, founder and publisher of Electrek and the 9to5 network, discussing all our top stories of the week while taking questions from our readers and highlighting the most insightful comments on the site. The show is back live every Friday at 12pm ET on Electrek’s Youtube channel. As a reminder we’ll have an accompanying post, like this one, on the site with an embedded link to the live stream. Head to the Youtube channel to get your questions and comments in. After the show ends at around 1pm ET, the video will be archived on YouTube and the audio on all your favorite podcast apps through our RSS feed: https://electrek.co/podcastRSS. Grab the quick link to iTunes here. We now have a Patreon if you want to help us to avoid more ads and invest more in our content. We have some awesome gifts for our Patreons and more coming. Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast today: Tesla (TSLA) releases Q3 earnings: surprisingly large profit, miss on revenue Tesla announces Model Y production is ahead of timeline, now aims for Summer 2020 Tesla releases pictures of Model 3 production in Gigafactory 3 Tesla plans to increase vehicle power, range, and charging through new software update Tesla is going to launch new version of its solar roof tiles tomorrow Tesla Semi electric truck production to start ‘with limited volumes’ in 2020 Elon Musk: Tesla Full Self-Driving in early access this year, without supervision next year Elon Musk: Tesla Energy is becoming distributed global utility and could outgrow automotive business Tesla updates Autopilot safety numbers; almost 9x safer than average driving Elon Musk: Tesla electric ‘Cybertruck’ pickup is our best product ever Tesla owner becomes first to push Model 3 to 100,000 miles, here’s how it’s doing Tesla starts selling made-in-China Model 3 with Autopilot for ~$50,000 Lexus unveils crazy-looking electric concept with giant gull wings, announces first BEV Mazda unveils their first EV, the MX-30; EU orders open now, delivery next year Nissan shows Ariya EV, their upcoming Tesla Model Y competitor Bollinger announces pricing for rugged electric trucks, and it’s shockingly high Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 12:00pm ET (or the video after 1:00pm ET):