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69 Shades of Tesla
April 17, 2024

Hey S3XY 🧤, Over the air software upgrades is one of the most ignored and underrated Tesla charms. Traditional vehicles over the time tend to lose their value and feels obsolete to their owners.
Fast pace of improvisations deployed via simple software updates; apart than obvious increased use cases also keep things excited for longer while vastly improving overall vehicle ownership experience of an owner. And Tesla seems to lead a pack on that front. It definitely depreciates in monetary terms like every other car but atleast appreciates over ownership experience unlike most cars.
And some other highlights from today’s letter 📨:

  • Boston Dynamics retire ‘Atlas‘.

  • Return of F-150 Lightning.

  • Polestar’s restructuring.

  • Elon goes all in on autonomy.

Let’s take a dive..👇🏻

$TSLA CHART

MARKET CAP 🤑

500.36 B

AVG VOL(30D)

95.97 M

VOLUME

97.00 M

TESLA BULLETS

No typos here: Leo Koguan is an Indonesian-born Chinese American businessman, who just increased his TSLA holding to 27.6 million shares.

Interview: Check out what Tesla’s Staff Process Engineer has to say about Giga castings.

Updates: Tesla to release new spring software upgrades, it includes visual enhancements, auto shift, hands free trunk among others.

Updates: CyberTruck to get colorizer, improved turning circle, new horn & lock sounds etc. in next round of updates.

Leader: Tesla Model Y leads the cumulative sales chart of EVs in Germany.

Distribution: Tesla and Best Buy are partnering to provide broader access to power outage protection with ‘Powerwall’.

Energy: Construction of Tesla Megafactory in China to begin next month and production in Q1, 2025.

WHISPERS

That sounds like very confident Elon.

Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures predicting the future (2035-2049).

Warming up for next leg of exponential growth?

Cathie continues to buy the dip.

Removing complexity and bringing in efficiencies.

INDUSTRY FILES

Negligible: Contribution of BEVs in Toyota’s total unit sale is just about 1%.

Unusual: BYD’s Fang Cheng Bao brand unveiled its new Super 3 electric SUV concept Tuesday, which has a rugged “interstellar chariot” design.

Goodbye: Boston Dynamics bids farewell to it’s hydraulic robot ‘Atlas’ after 11 long years.

Beautiful: Review of 2024 Nio ET7.

Unveil: Honda unveiled its next-gen EV brand “Ye” with the debut of the first set of models, including a pair of electric SUVs and a sporty GT model.

Tease: BYD continues to warm up for the Qin L, revealing the first official images, as the new sedan is expected to go on sale at next week's Beijing auto show.

Partnership: Xpeng and Volkswagen's jointly developed E/E architecture is expected to equip Volkswagen-branded EVs produced in China from 2026.

Return: Ford has reopened orders for its F-150 Lightning electric pickup, after the automaker announced plans earlier this year to pause shipments.

Structuring: Polestar CEO has illuminated how a new shareholder structure with Volvo and fellow stakeholder Geely will work.

THAT’S THOUGHTFUL
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Before you are a leader, success is about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is about growing others.

Jack Welch

Jack on his greatest leadership learnings.
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