January 15, 2024 Tesla News.

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so unfortunately, the U.S. market is closed.

1. In the Dublin Center in California, USA, 15 Cybertrucks are waiting for their owners.

They are being delivered to regular customers, not employees.

https://x.com/TeslaZoa/status/1746726361786671308?s=20

2. A new Tesla Service Center has opened in Gojan-dong, Incheon.

https://x.com/tesla_korea/status/1746718147988877423?s=20

3. According to Axel Vogel, the Minister of Agriculture of Brandenburg, Germany, Tesla has been approved for a maximum annual water consumption of 1.8 million cubic meters, but only used 300,000 cubic meters in the first year of production.

Brandenburg’s Minister of Agriculture Axel Vogel says that Tesla’s water consumption at Giga Berlin fell in its first full year of production and has remained steadily beneath the approved limit since, according to a report from German outlet BZ Berlin this week. The statements were made on Thursday during a session in the Potsdam state parliament.

According to Vogel, Tesla is approved for up to 1.8 million cubic meters of water consumption per year, though it only used 300,000 cubic meters in its first year of production. In addition, Vogel says that amount stayed the same after Tesla ramped up factory production, citing the time range between January and August this year.

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-uses-less-water-giga-berlin/

4. According to Elon, it would be very difficult to legally operate the Cybertruck on the roads of China, but it would be possible to ship some prototypes for display.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1746382137769799718?s=20

5. This is part of the article written by Mr. Kim Joon-sung after his visit to CES.

“Currently, V12 is being distributed to employees. The Tesla employees I met at CES predicted that V12 would be distributed to general users soon and that the features would be quite mature by mid-2024. My personal expectation for technological advancement is that V12 development will be completed in 2024 and trust with the public and regulatory agencies will begin to be established, Robo Taxi operation approval will begin in some areas in 2025, and FSD software/hardware licensing will begin in 2026.”

https://x.com/KimJoonSung/status/1746400345943916800?s=20