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Elon in Oklahoma

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Elon Musk accepts Oklahoma Gov. invite, visits site of proposed Tesla factory in Tulsa

Elon visits Tulsa

Elon Musk accepts Oklahoma Gov. invite, visits site of proposed Tesla factory in Tulsa
On Friday afternoon, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Director of Policy and Government Affairs Craig Hulse landed in Tulsa, OK, for a meeting with local officials. Musk’s trip comes amidst Tesla’s highly anticipated announcement about the site of the Cybertruck Gigafactory, the electric car maker’s upcoming…

Beating the street

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Q2 sales beat Wall Street expectations

Tesla shares soar after reporting big beat on second-quarter deliveries
The delivery data comes a day after Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent out an e-mail congratulating his tens of thousands of employees on their “amazing” execution “in such difficult times.”

Well liked in Australia

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“Best car I’ve ever driven”, says New South Wales energy minister.

“Best car I’ve ever driven”: NSW energy minister’s new car is Tesla Model 3 | The Driven
NSW energy and environment minister Matt Kean’s new government car is a Tesla Model 3, and he believes he is the first minister in the country to have an EV.

Faster than S3X

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In the US you can get a Model y sooner than an S, 3 or X.

Tesla Model Y Available In US Faster Than S, 3, Or X — What’s Going On?
I was browsing the Tesla site at the start of the 3rd quarter, noticing that new inventory of cars was very low according to both tesla.com and ev-cpo.com. Tesla didn’t sell out of inventory in the same way they did some quarters, but they drew it down pretty low

Buy a Model 3 at a discount

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If you are willing to travel and are up for a road trip, you can save on your new Model 3.

I Bought a Discounted Tesla Model 3 and Went on a Route 66 Road Trip
I bought a discounted Tesla Model 3 Dual-Motor Performance and immediately took it on a cross-country trip from Chicago to Los Angeles via historic Route 66.

Side by side

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A comparison with traditional diesel trucks.

Tesla Semi’s spacious cabin highlighted in side-by-side picture with diesel trucks
A recently shared photo of the Semi beside a couple of conventional vehicle delivery trucks was shared by Tesla’s Automotive President Jerome Guillen on LinkedIn. Tesla’s long-hauler definitely looks like it came from the future, thanks to its unique design, cavernous cabin, and central driving posi…

Welcome Eric

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A warm welcome to the Tesla News website to Eric J. Good to see you made the move over from the Facebook group. Would you tell us by replying with a comment to this post about your experience with electric vehicles?

Blast from the past

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Elon wrote in the 1990s about five things that could change the world.

In college, Elon Musk thought these 5 things would change the world
As a college kid in the ’90s, “when thinking about what would most likely change the future, there were five things that I thought would be,” Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on the “Third Row Tesla” podcast.

Fleet managers looking to Tesla

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Costs of operation reaching tipping point.

Tesla is making push toward fleet vehicles as cost of operation reaches tipping point – Electrek
Tesla is making a push toward fleet vehicles as cost of operation reaches a tipping point for electric vehicles — led by the Model 3. Model 3 is starting to make waves in the corporate fleet world. A lot of fleet managers who are running the numbers are starting to realize that the electric vehicle …