Tesla is preparing another massive update that's gonna add some highly requested features to your Tesla yes it's finally happening plus a Tesla is slashing prices around the world

Tesla is preparing another massive

update that's gonna add some highly

requested features to your Tesla yes

it's finally happening plus a Tesla is

slashing prices around the world given

discounts we've never seen before at

least we haven't seen in years some big

changes are finally here for the model S

and model X you need to know about and

we've got some new news on the 2023 EV

tax incentives and I can tell you right

now it is not looking good for Tesla

this is not good news at all so let's

break down the good news the bad news

that everything happening in the wild

world of Tesla that you need to know

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we're kind of starting off with Tesla's

2020 three in sort of a weird place as

the company is sort of coming out of a

very turbulent 2022 that had some good

news and a lot of bad news I mean on one

hand there was some staggering growth

especially fourth quarter 40 ish uh sort

of growth year over year which is crazy

model theory model y still some of if

not the best-selling cars around the

world of breaking sales records and uh

just overall some really great updates

we've got some new features we've got

the holiday update lots of great stuff

um but also some bad news uh Tesla stock

not a good year for Tesla stockholders

at all clearly took quite the dive but

it's time for a new year Tesla is

hopefully going to do their best to put

all of the drama and negativity of 2022

behind them

um and even though Tesla does have some

big plans for the New Year some new

model 3 refreshes some new uh software

updates a lot of stuff I'll get into uh

they are undoubtedly still feeling sort

of the Crunch and the effects of 2022

and still have some big changes they

need to make to get 2023 uh sort of uh

starting off on a positive note for

example one of the big things that is

still causing a lot of confusion with

new and even existing Tesla owners as of

right now is that you still can't custom

order one of the most popular cars on

the road a Long Range model 3 at least

here in North America and the United

States specifically now I should mention

for those of you interested in buying a

Long Range model 3 I've got some good

news you still can buy one brand new

directly from Tesla but it's a little

trickier to do so you've got to look in

Tesla's existing inventory these are new

cars they've already built to see if you

can find what you want and the good news

here is that 2023 model 3s do exist but

you can't customize the color or wheel

package or whether has FSD or EAP or

whatever it is you just sort of have to

buy whatever configuration is within a

200 mile radius of you we're also still

awaiting the official launch of one of

the most anticipated Teslas of all time

to make its reappearance and that is the

standard range dual motor model y here

in the United States even though Tesla

has been building the days basically

since Giga Texas first sort of got

completed and got sort of got a

production off the ground and even

though you can still find these cars

brand new in existing inventory and

Tesla even has done deliveries many

deliveries of these cars you still

cannot custom order one directly from

the Tesla website so you still can't go

in and pick your color and pick your

real configuration they are available in

existing inventory but they're sort of

few and far between and also speaking of

the standard Range model y we did see

some code spotted in the Tesla

configurator that suggests this car is

coming to the Tesla configurator and the

price is going to be around 61 990 which

is about four thousand dollars cheaper

and the long range model Y and speaking

of price one of the biggest

controversial changes Tesla has made in

the past week or so was slashing prices

all over the world in many different

countries except for here in the United

States and I guess I should say North

America specifically here in the US and

Canada South Korea Japan Singapore

Australia and China we're just a number

of different territories around the

world that's awesome notable price

changes some decreases specifically in

China where Tesla already made some

significant price Cuts just a few months

ago Tesla is making its cars more

aggressively priced than we've ever seen

before and not only is Tesla doing some

nice freebies like including a free wall

connector to new owners around the world

but we're seeing discounts on models as

as much as up to 10 percent in some

cases and uh we're seeing some really

aggressive price Cuts in fact when you

account for the currency conversion

Tesla's cheapest offering the rear-wheel

drive model 3 is equivalent to 33 500 US

dollars as its price in China right now

making it a Far Far Cry from the current

price of this car as of right now here

in the US even if you take that 7 500 EV

tax incentive into account still not

going to get anywhere close to what this

car is priced like in China and I guess

this sort of leads us to the big

controversy happening right now in the

EV community and really specifically the

Tesla community and that is the new

details that emerged about the 2023 Ira

inflation reduction act EV tax

incentives because basically the news

came out about what vehicles will

qualify and it is not good at all uh for

new or potential Tesla owners looking to

take delivery of a brand new Tesla

starting with what is basically the only

good news here and that is that the rear

wheel drive standard Range model 3 the

base model 3 does qualify for the 7 500

tax credits as long as the MSRP stays

under 55 000 so you can change your

paint color you can even upgrade your

wheels you might not want to add FSD to

sort of your car at the time of purchase

because you don't want to go over that

cap but you can basically you know pick

the color of the car you want and the

wheel configuration you want and you

should be well under that 55 000 cap for

sedans which does make this a really

good car even more compelling than ever

before because this essentially means

that the base model moves from a price

of 46 990 down 39 490 if you qualify for

the maximum amount and at that price sub

forty thousand dollars this already good

car is really really good and now is

substantially more affordable as well

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the description but where things go from

bad to worse is over on the model y side

because for whatever reason in the

infinite wisdom of the United States

government the most popular version of

the model y sort of the long range

five-seater configuration is classified

not as an SUV but as a sedan which means

the 55 000 MSRP cap immediately applies

and also disqualifies basically that

long-range model from getting any kind

of incentive but what's really a lot

about this is that the 7c configuration

of the exact same car the long range

model Y which is way less common and

takes longer to build does qualify as an

SUV 8 which means the limit goes from 55

000 to 80 000 making it available in

many cases uh for that seventy five

hundred dollar tax incentive now as of

recording this video the cheapest model

y with a 7c configuration you can buy is

around sixty five thousand nine ninety

excluding any incentives or stuff like

that so this does give you quite a bit

of room to sort of configure this car to

what you want get the color and wheel

configuration you want uh and you're

still gonna get that 7 500 credit but

you're also sort of stuck with the 7c

configuration which is not ideal for

many many people would rather have a

more space more versatility but if you

do want to save some money and get that

uh sort of an EV incentive uh you are

going to have to go whether you like it

or not with the seven seed model because

again that's what the government says as

of right now and another piece of Tesla

news coming out over the past week or so

that'll make a lot of you guys Happy is

the inclusion the reintroduction of the

standard steering wheel ever since the

model S and model X got their refresh

the Yoke has been a very controversial

change some people love it some people

hate it but now if you would like a

standard steering wheel Tesla has back

pedal just a bit took him about a year

and a half but now you can option the

car for a standard wheel uh at delivery

and also if you want to do a retrofit

from your yoke to a regular wheel that

is also available as an option from

Tesla Service Centers now as well all

right moving on from that next up let's

talk about Tesla's holiday update since

there has been a lot of confusion I've

seen in the comments on some of the new

features I wanted to clarify a couple of

points here on some of the new features

that you may or may not have received in

your car with Tesla solid updated now

pretty much should be rolled out to just

about everyone first thing I want to

clarify here is that the official Zoom

app for Tesla is out you can take your

meeting your Zoom call right inside your

Tesla uses the internal camera the

microphones works on the screen works

really well it is here it's official

it's live but it is only available on

ryzen based CPUs inside of Tesla so you

have to have a 2022 or newer model 3

Model Y and also you gotta remember that

Tesla made transition in a little bit of

a gray period so if you're like me even

though you might have a 2022 model y or

even a model 3 you might not have the

Horizon processor you need to check if

you have it basically if you want to

easily check if you have the holiday

update if you have the Zoom app you have

the Verizon processor if you don't have

the Zoom app you do not and there's no

way to get it there's no work around

there is no sort of retrofit there's

nothing and we're not really sure right

now why you need to have the ryzen

processor to do this whatever the case

is but it is only available for Teslas

with the ryzen processor under the hood

also Steam support is here on Teslas you

can actually play Steam games in your

car but this is only on newer Model S's

and X's there is no watered-down version

there is no light version for the model

3 Model y that sort of gaming component

with steam does not exist it is only on

the higher end PS5 graphic equipped

Model S and model X and also if you're

wondering uh if you're a fan of the

Sonic app the Sonic game that it was

existing in Tesla's that has been

removed for the holiday updates not

exactly sure why uh but sorry if you're

a fan of that game it's not a lot of

comments on that it is now gone in the

newest holiday update release and while

we're on the subject of an update there

always another thing I wanted to point

out and that was that there were some

additional news coming out from this

holiday update news that suggests that

Tesla is working to add even more

third-party media streaming services to

the model 3 Model Y and basically all

Teslas thanks to one important change

the Tess implemented that has been sort

of hiding in plain sight for the last

couple of weeks specifically what I mean

by that is that with the launch of Apple

music on Tesla is the company has now

moved to a browser-based audio player

and this system will also be

transitioned for Spotify as well and

basically the underlying technology

makes it way easier to add new Services

as it doesn't really like require like a

dedicated app like what was the case

with Spotify and title and tuna and

stuff like that because this is

basically sort of like a browser app

that looks like an apple basically is

running in a web browser it makes it way

easier to add new features and there

have been some reports and some

speculation that we could see things

like YouTube music Pandora uh audible

Amazon music other services come because

the underlying Tech has changed it is

way easier for Tesla to add these new

things so hopefully in 2023 we see some

New Media streaming options but now

we've got title we've got Stitcher is it

Stitcher slacker tune in I get those

confused uh but we've got Spotify Apple

music title of being the biggest and uh

hopefully some more coming in the new

year of 2023 directly to your Tesla so

I'm curious guys what are your thoughts

on the Tesla news of the week let me

know down below your thoughts on the EV

tax incentives your thoughts on Tesla in

2023 the good news the bad news do you

think Tesla is going to have a good year

this year A bad year let me know your

thoughts down below what you expect to

see from the company this year and if

you are excited and what you're excited

for let me know down below as always I

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thank you so much I am Robert Rosenfeld

and I'll see you all in the next one