TALKING TESLA
442 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 459 ratingsEvery week Mel Herbert, Tom Wolfson, Joel Sapp and Robert Rosenbloom get together to talk about the cars, the batteries, the superchargers, the rumours, the stock price, anything and everything Tesla and Elon and SpaceX and Boring Company and Hyperloop and our renewable energy future. Two episodes are available in wide release each month and two are exclusive to our Patreon supporters. Join today https://www.patreon.com/talkingtesla and never miss a single show.
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December 06, 2021 16:00 - 1 minute - 780 KBMel gives a quick update about the TT reboot!! Support the show
TT 207: Salt and Pepper Vegan Leather
September 24, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBSalt and Pepper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxZ5s3UQNs4 TESLA,THE STOCK & EV STORIES“Hey SIRI, what’s Tesla’s stock price?” HEY ALEXA, What’s Telsa’s Stock Price? UPDATE graph: Shell powers up plans to install 50,000 Ubitricity EV charge points https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4036443/shell-powers-plans-install-ubitricity-ev-charge (Paid content, I did not sign up for, who put this in?) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-31/shell-to-install-50-000-on-street-ev-ch...
TT 206 - We Think?
August 30, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 76.9 MBAI, and so much foolishness...like all of the foolishness...is anyone still listening...really...6 years in...why... Support the show
TT 205 - Time to Save the World
August 17, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBMostly the Tesla impact report...and some seriously stupid banter, https://www.tesla.com/impact-report/2020 Support the show
Elon Today July 29 2021
July 29, 2021 16:00 - 11 minutes - 7.79 MBThoughts on the earnings call Support the show
Battery Constraint and Recycling
July 20, 2021 22:00 - 11 minutes - 7.92 MBBezos, Batteries, 350 kW Charging and moe Support the show
Battery Constraint and Recycling
July 20, 2021 22:00 - 11 minutes - 7.92 MBBezos, Batteries, 350 kW Charging and moe Support the show
Elon Today: FSD is Hard
July 14, 2021 23:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBJoel reviews FSD...it's hard... Support the show
TT 203: Superchargers and Swearing
July 12, 2021 15:00 - 2 hours - 82.5 MBLots of swear words in this one, be warned! Also lots of superchargers, EV 1000 mile race, letters, the heat, fires, FSD, and so much more... Support the show
Elon Today: Car Fires
July 08, 2021 01:00 - 7 minutes - 5.11 MBJoel puts car fires in perspective! And notes that fire, in that Tesla might have a VERY interesting back story! Support the show
July 6th 2021 No FSD For You!
July 06, 2021 21:00 - 9 minutes - 6.39 MBLink to Dave Lee Interview with Sandy Monroe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOtnmHvR49Y Support the show
Elon Daily 2021
July 02, 2021 22:00 - 6 minutes - 4.77 MBQ2 Deliveries! So many deliveries....and other stories Support the show
TT 202: It's a Plaid Plaid World
June 22, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBTesla club la - Santa Clarita supercharger meetup and Plaid S Marge - a member of the LA Tesla club and all around good person was one of the first 25 delivered at the event in Fremont Was kind enough to bring it to see in person It’s white - has full self driving - 21” wheels - carbon fiber trim - Sitting in it is great - the display just works. So much better in landscape position. And I like how it’s built into the dash instead of floating like in the 3 The yoke was really low so y...
TT 201 -Plaid S Reveal Event
June 11, 2021 17:00 - 2 hours - 94.8 MBThis is the audio of our LIVE coverage of the Plaid S reveal - not the best audio sorry, and here is also a link to the youtube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNnArk8iGl8 Support the show
June 6th - Plaid Plus No More
June 08, 2021 21:00 - 4 minutes - 3.34 MBMels gets the invite and asks...will we get a 500 mile range Plaid S? Support the show
TT 200 - Wow 200!
June 06, 2021 21:00 - 3 hours - 125 MBElectric Vehicle Growth: the brands, consumers, and EV public opinion trends in 2021 (Interesting, the social media side of EV adoption) https://www.pulsarplatform.com/blog/2021/electric-vehicle-growth-ev-brands-consumer-trends-in-2021/ Online interest in EVs has more than doubled in the past year & “social chatter” has grown 5-fold per Pulsar TRAC (a social media data aggregator) They analyzed over 300k posts & articles authored in the US and UK between Feb 15 – Apr 5, across social and ...
TT 199: The One Before the One Before"
May 29, 2021 04:00 - 2 hours - 84.2 MBTT199 (the Tesla/EV/tech - Short Legs Show) NEWS: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/climate-change-exxonmobil-harvard-study-1169682/ Getting organized category: National Drive Electric Week (Month...Year) Coming up in the Fall (Sept 25th to Oct 3rd), keep an eye out for events in your area and organize one to give ICEV drivers a look at your BEV in all it’s glory, https://driveelectricweek.org/events What OS version are you rockin’? Versions of all Tesla updates...
Elon Today April 28 2021
April 28, 2021 00:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBMel gives his 2 cents about the earning call. Full, large and big show soon... Support the show
TT 198 The Long Leg Show
March 30, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBTESLA,THE STOCK & EV STORIES“Hey SIRI, what’s Tesla’s stock price?” Tesla Tells California DMV that FSD Is Not Capable of Autonomous Driving https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a35785277/tesla-fsd-california-self-driving/ Tesla’s Auto Pilot is in fact Full (by yourself) Driving feature The key correspondence comes from December 28, 2020, between Tesla’s associate general counsel Eric C. Williams and California DMV’s chief of the autonomous vehicles branch, Miguel D. Acosta An even bigger...
TT 197: Electronic Vechiles!
March 23, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBThe usual silliness. Tesla’s 62 stall Santa Monica V3 Supercharger hits speed bump, LA housing crisis takes priority https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-supercharger-v3-santa-monica-emergency-interim-zoning-ordinance/ Recall the project, the largest V3 Supercharger station in the world with 62-stalls, solar canopies, battery backup and customer restrooms was approved by the Planning Commission on March 3rd The final approval by the City Council however took a u-turn for a cliff. Why? Housi...
TT 197: Electronic Vechiles!
March 23, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBThe usual silliness. Tesla’s 62 stall Santa Monica V3 Supercharger hits speed bump, LA housing crisis takes priority https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-supercharger-v3-santa-monica-emergency-interim-zoning-ordinance/ Recall the project, the largest V3 Supercharger station in the world with 62-stalls, solar canopies, battery backup and customer restrooms was approved by the Planning Commission on March 3rd The final approval by the City Council however took a u-turn for a cliff. Why? Housi...
TT 196 - Beware Giant Superchargers
March 17, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBThe team covers a lot of ground but the key message, get involved at your local level and you will create change... Support the show
Episode 195: FSD!
March 09, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBBreaking News: ELON Opening up FSD BETA Program (on Twitter) Why do we not know how many people are in the beta? 10x is kinda meaningless without that data. Watched an interesting video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0pAOist3UY< showing an intersection and unprotected left turn when the opposing driver did not take the right of way and was an indicator of how the FSD reacts to that. Missed an entrance to a driveway and navigated to the next driveway Attempted to drive FSD into a s...
TT 194 - Wow On Time!
February 28, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 68 MBOS VERSIONS: Mel Model 3 = 2020.48.35.11 Model S = 2019.16.2 Model Y = 2021.4.6 Tom Model 3 = 2020.48.35.5 Please update Model S = 2019.16.1.1 Robert 2020 Model 3 = 2020.48.35.5 current as of 02/19/2021 Joel Model S = N/A :-( TESLA,THE STOCK & EV STORIES: Tax Breaks for EVs in USA Tesla to Start Making Cars in India, Targeting Vast Market https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-15/tesla-to-start-making-cars-in-india-targeting-sprawling-market AUTONOMOUS DR...
TT 193
February 23, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBHighlights/News/Events Reformed Bitcoin miner: Elon Musk’s $1.5 billion bet is ‘crazy’ https://fortune.com/2021/02/13/elon-musk-tesla-bitcoin-bet-1-5-billion-alex-pickard/ “Few observers are better qualified than Alex Pickard to assess Elon Musk’s decision” to channel $1.5 billion of Tesla’s corporate cash into Bitcoin https://ycharts.com/indicators/bitcoin_average_transaction_fee SOLAR & RENEWABLE ENERGY https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/16/texas-wind-turbines-frozen/ and https://w...
TT 192 2020 Q4 Earning Call
January 28, 2021 22:00 - 2 hours - 88.1 MBFinancials Margins miss by about 20% Zac: one time charges Employee Stock increase and Stock based compensation Bonds coming due which converted to stocks S and X refurb If excluded above, would be better than previous quarter Risks for this year: Global Semiconductor market Other Covid impacts could affect them Could look at Tesla as revenue/cell output and it’s value as a company They’ll excel because of efficiency and want all cell manufacturers to produce and sell to them. W...
TT 191? - Year in Review and Predictions
January 02, 2021 16:00 - 2 hours - 84.8 MBSHOW NOTES: TT 191Best New EV Model Y Taycan VW ID3 VW ID4 Mach E Top Space Story SpaceX launches 26 rockets SpaceX Crew 1 Chang’E 5 Moon Mission Boeing Software Failure SN8 best flight of the year JAXA Touch & Go mission Best Announced EV Tesla Model $25k GM Hummer Buick Lyric Aptera EV Canoo Zoox Archimoto Where’s Rivian? Biggest Battery Announcement Costs reductions at Tesla Battery Day LG signs massive ~$10 billion deal to make batteries in Indonesia Tesla bat...
TT 190: The Undercarriage
December 18, 2020 05:00 - 2 hours - 106 MBHighlights/News/Events How to watch the Jupiter and Saturn 'great conjunction' of 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/15/how-to-watch-the-jupiter-and-saturn-great-conjunction-of-2020 On Dec 21st Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer to one another and brighter than they have in 800 years an event known as a “great conjunction” TESLA,THE STOCK & EV STORIES Plug-in hybrids in new emissions scandal as tests show higher pollution than claimed https://www.transportenvironment....
TT 189 - The One Where We Hated Joel!!
December 10, 2020 01:00 - 2 hours - 100 MBAt it again... Support the show
Bonus: Biden Administration's impact on SpaceX with Eric Berger
December 03, 2020 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBJoel interviews Eric Berger from Arstechnica they talk about the new administration's impact on NASA and commercial space providers like SpaceX. He delves into the future of SpaceX and his upcoming book Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX Support the show
TT 188 - The One Where Elon got RICH!!
November 26, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 80.7 MBHighlights/News/Events Dinosaurs could have survived https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/18/world/dinosaur-extinction-intl-scli-gbr-scn/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNNi&utm_content=2020-11-22T21%3A31%3A03&utm_term=link Dinosaurs were doing well and could have continued to dominate Planet Earth if they had not been wiped out by an asteroid, new research has found. Timeline of all software updates: https://www.notateslaapp.com/software-updates/ BATTERIES, GIGAFACTORY, ENERGY STORAG...
TT Bonus: Pierre Ferragu Interview
November 24, 2020 19:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBTitle: Tesla Could Be a 3 Trillion Dollar Giant Description: Joel interviews wall street analyst Pierre Faragu about Tesla’s future, and get his thoughts about what makes Tesla so competitive and who he thinks will win autonomy. See a full breakdown of the Pierre’s analysis at: https://www.newstreetresearch.com/download-page/tesla-a-decade-of-hyper-growth-ahead-call-replay/ Get in touch with Pierre at : [email protected] Show notes:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t1EabqiZJ9lilF...
T T Bonus - Joel Interviews Tesla Daily's Rob Mauer
November 20, 2020 16:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBTesla Daily Rob Mauer is all about Tesla as a stock - Joel gets his thoughts. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/talkingtesla)
T T Bonus - Joel Interviews Tesla Daily's Rob Maurer
November 20, 2020 16:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBTesla Daily Rob Maurer is all about Tesla as a stock - Joel gets his thoughts. Support the show
TT 187 Resilience Launch and more
November 16, 2020 16:00 - 2 hours - 84.9 MBWe do a play by play of yesterday launch and the such! Support the show
TT 186 - The One That Never Ended!
November 08, 2020 17:00 - 3 hours - 124 MBHighlights/News/Events The US And The Paris Climate Agreement: 5 Things To Know https://www.npr.org/2020/11/05/931837310/the-us-and-the-paris-climate-agreement-5-things-to-know The U.S. has emitted more cumulative carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than any other country since the industrial era began in the mid-1800s. Joe Biden has promised to rejoin the agreement "on day one" if he wins the election, putting us back in after a UN imposed 1-month cooling off period. Mark to the resc...
TT 185 - The One that Started Slow
November 01, 2020 14:00 - 2 hours - 103 MBThe lads start 185 talking about spare tires...upsetting. It gets better, really it does! Mel missed this one...it is probably why this show starts slow...yes, Mel wrote these notes (very insecure). Support the show
FSD report with Joel Sapp and Kim Paquette
October 26, 2020 17:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBJoel interviews Kim Paquette a FSD early access user! Great insights from this remarkable time in the history of driving (or not driving)!! Support the show
TT 184 Q 3 2020 Earnings
October 22, 2020 14:00 - 2 hours - 102 MBJoel officially joins the podcast and the team reviews Q3 earning call. Lots of great information and some very questionable accents and it gets heated at times as we try and work out the end game... Support the show
TT 183: Jelly Roll and Joel
October 06, 2020 14:00 - 2 hours - 92.4 MBSandy Monroe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_yp1jJMDPg and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l6DPwKHWpY and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkQga-mzO4Y Support the show
TT 182 - Battery Day
September 23, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBJoin Mel, Tom, Robert and special guest Joel for their take on Battery Day! Support the show
56!
September 16, 2020 14:00 - 2 hours - 101 MBThe boys are at it again...so much to talk about, so much speculation that will be wrong... Support the show
Talking Tesla 180 - The One Where Tom Gets the Referral
August 26, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 77.8 MBThe usual silliness - lots of talk about charing versus range and SPace X and Lucid air and more... Support the show
August 18th 2020
August 18, 2020 18:00 - 13 minutes - 9.43 MB517 Miles range and Space X stuff Support the show
TT 179: The One When Mel Fell Asleep
August 06, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBThe boys talk a lot of space and a lot about the world, money, Mars and so much more... Support the show
TT 178: The One Where We Ate a Poop Sandwich and Q 2 Earnings
July 23, 2020 17:00 - 2 hours - 91.9 MBAll about Q2 earning and poop jokes... Support the show
July 12 2020
July 12, 2020 23:00 - 6 minutes - 4.72 MB250 kW charging in S and X - WTF is going on here! Support the show
June 26th, 2020: Truck and Big Batteries
June 26, 2020 16:00 - 9 minutes - 6.22 MBLordstown Motors and Big Batteries Support the show
TT 176: The One We Screwed Up The End
June 24, 2020 19:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBThe boys are back - shorter version due to, let's say technical issues. Lots of Model Y talk in this puppy! Support the show
Y First Impressions and COVID Update
June 21, 2020 00:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBMel. got is Y and has some first impressions and a quick COVID-19 update. Support the show