109 – Interview with Nikola founder David Hodge
09/05/20 • 93 min
In a very special episode we interview David Hodge the creator and developer behind the popular Tesla app that gives you access to data about your car and drives as well as many convenience features not available in the official Tesla App. We discuss David’s background starting a previous company that was acquired by Apple, how he decided to start Nikola, the technical challenges of working with the Tesla API, and we dig into some never before shared data about the efficiency of the fleet of Model 3, Model Y, Model S, and Model X. And we end with a bonus discussion about Boring company.
Nikola has just launched version 2.0 and because you are a listener, David has offered a special price just for our listeners. Check out the app! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nikola-for-tesla/id1244489779
Save 20% on a monthly subscription - https://subscribe.nikolaapp.com/trial/tesla_show_monthly
Save 40% on an annual subscription - https://subscribe.nikolaapp.com/trial/tesla_show_annual
In a very special episode we interview David Hodge the creator and developer behind the popular Tesla app that gives you access to data about your car and drives as well as many convenience features not available in the official Tesla App. We discuss David’s background starting a previous company that was acquired by Apple, how he decided to start Nikola, the technical challenges of working with the Tesla API, and we dig into some never before shared data about the efficiency of the fleet of Model 3, Model Y, Model S, and Model X. And we end with a bonus discussion about Boring company.
Nikola has just launched version 2.0 and because you are a listener, David has offered a special price just for our listeners. Check out the app! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nikola-for-tesla/id1244489779
Save 20% on a monthly subscription - https://subscribe.nikolaapp.com/trial/tesla_show_monthly
Save 40% on an annual subscription - https://subscribe.nikolaapp.com/trial/tesla_show_annual
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