Hello and

welcome to the Monday, February 19th, 2018, and welcome to the Monday, February 19th, 2018,

addition of Tesla Daily on Official Tesla Podcast.

My name is Rob Maower, and today we were talking a little bit about initial quality of

Model 3, as well as owner satisfaction.

Tesla stock on Friday closed up 0.43% to $335.49

this compared to the NASDAQ down 0.23%.

On the week, Tesla finished up 6.7%

compared to the NASDAQ up 4.2%. Supercharger network update we are currently at. percent.

Supercharger network update, we are currently at 1,164 supercharging locations

with two new stations opening up, one in West Virginia and one in Australia,

but also one temporarily closing in Australia as well.

Yesterday the LA Times published an article on initial quality for model three titled,

quote, some early owners of Tesla's model three are reporting quality problems, do buyers care."

So a bit of a weird title and basically the article is anecdotal information from early

owners of Model 3 discussing some early quality problems.

The article begins with a story from an owner who was not able to use the key card or the

app on the phone to access his Model 3.

He assumed the issue was with the 12-volt battery, but he could not

access that because the hood was locked, so he needed to call Tesla Service.

Tesla Service sent a mobile technician and the technician was able to resolve the issue by using that little cap on the front bumper to remove that and connect a battery to the cables housed within there.

Now personally I'm not certain if that is how you jumpstart the 12-volt battery or if that just allowed access to the vehicle

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