Episode 119: I Drove the Model 3!
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2017
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
I spent an hour driving the Model 3 and I want to tell you all about it. Plus: Tesla buys another company, a new software update lets you voluntarily slow down your Tesla if you want to, an update on the US federal EV tax credit situation, and more!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode, a ride the lightning the Tesla unofficial podcast. |
| 0:03.2 | I am delighted to tell you that I got to spend an hour driving the model three. |
| 0:07.4 | I want to tell you all about it. |
| 0:09.5 | Plus, Tesla buys another company. |
| 0:11.8 | A new software update lets you voluntarily |
| 0:14.3 | slowed down your Tesla if you want to, an update on the US Federal EV tax |
| 0:19.2 | credit situation and more. What's happening, friends? Welcome to Ride the Lightning. It is the Tesla Motors |
| 0:44.8 | unofficial podcast episode number 119 for November 12th, 2017. My name is |
| 0:51.2 | Ryan McCaffrey. To my left a slightly snoring, Daisy the Boxer puppy. |
| 0:57.0 | It is great to be with you here as we get towards the end. We're getting towards the end of 2017 already and more and more Tesla |
| 1:06.4 | employees at least are getting their model threes and I want to kick off the show |
| 1:12.2 | with the very thing you heard at the top I don't want to kick off the show with the very thing you heard at the top. I don't want to beat around the bush. |
| 1:15.0 | One of those Tesla employees kindly reached out and offered to show me their car. |
| 1:23.7 | They were extraordinarily kind enough |
| 1:26.2 | to let me to drive it. |
| 1:27.1 | I didn't for a second ask or presume as such, but they were, the person was extraordinarily nice about it, and I got to take a one hour drive. |
| 1:40.7 | Took about a 30 minute drive somewhere in the Bay Area, had some. drive, |
| 1:43.0 | somewhere in the Bay Area, |
| 1:45.0 | had some dinner, and then drove on back. |
| 1:48.0 | It was, so it was a good mix of, |
| 1:52.0 | well, mixed traffic, I guess, would be the way to phrase it, some you know |
| 1:55.0 | city driving, some freeway driving, you know good mix of speeds and traffic conditions. |
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