Plaid Model S/X Powertrain, Hardware 3.0 Retrofit, Props from Volvo (09.11.19)
Tesla Daily: Tesla News & Analysis
Rob Maurer
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🗓️ 12 September 2019
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
– Tesla discloses development of a “Plaid” powertrain for Model S/X
– Updates on Nürburgring
– Info on referral program update
– First reported autopilot hardware 3.0 (aka FSD computer) retrofit
– Director from Volvo’s Polestar brand gives Tesla some credit
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Wednesday September 11th |
| 0:09.9 | 2019 edition of Tesla Daily on Official Tesla Podcast. |
| 0:13.5 | My name is Rob Maower. |
| 0:14.2 | Today we were talking a little bit more |
| 0:15.7 | about the Nurebergring. |
| 0:16.8 | Couple updates there and then I also want to share |
| 0:18.7 | some of my own thoughts on Tesla's kind of pricing structure |
| 0:21.6 | and some ideas for them and then a couple other |
| 0:24.0 | pieces of news as well. Also a quick update that I'm slicing in here after |
| 0:28.4 | recording. Quite a bit of new information came out during recording about a model S plaid power train. |
| 0:34.9 | So I do talk about that, but it kind of unfolds live as I'm recording. |
| 0:38.4 | So it'll be a little bit choppy, but bear with me and we'll get through that as an update as well. |
| 0:42.5 | Tesla stock with a really strong performance today up 4.91% |
| 0:47.9 | continuing a strong week to $247.10 that compared to the NASDAQ up 1.06 percent. |
| 0:55.9 | And as always on days like this I like to take a look at the other automakers. |
| 0:59.2 | So GM and Fiat Chrysler were down on the day and Ford was flat. |
| 1:03.7 | So while the Nasdaq and overall markets were strong, |
| 1:05.9 | it was nothing specific to the auto sector |
| 1:08.0 | causing Tesla to outperform. |
| 1:09.7 | Seemed like Tesla was kind of doing |
| 1:11.1 | a bit of its own thing today. Some of the macro rise today may have been aided |
| 1:15.1 | by some positive signs in the US-China trade war. China today released a list of 16 imports |
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