Episode 128: Model 3's Not-So-Premium Upgrade Package
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2018
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Some brand-new Model 3 owners are not happy about an uncommunicated change to the Model 3's premium interior package, Elon has big plans for at least one LA Supercharger, the next-gen Roadster goes out for a public spin, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode, a ride the lightning the Tesla unofficial podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Some brand new model three owners are not happy about an uncommunicated change to the model three's |
| 0:08.6 | premium interior package. |
| 0:10.3 | Elon Musk has big plans for at least one LA area supercharger. |
| 0:15.0 | The next generation Roadster goes out for a public spin and more. Oh, Howdy friends Ryan McCaffrey with you here on Ride the Lightning, the Tesla Unofficial Podcast. |
| 0:44.3 | It's the 128th episode here for January 14th, 2018. |
| 0:50.3 | As usual, I am joined by a happily chewing on a dental chew over there, Daisy the Boxer |
| 0:58.1 | puppy, and it has been a busy week of Tesla. In fact, it's been a week that I would not have expected. |
| 1:06.7 | A little bit of a disappointing week, we're going to talk about why in just a minute, but first of all, |
| 1:12.2 | I did want to mention a quick correction and an update from |
| 1:16.6 | an item last week. |
| 1:17.6 | You'll recall I mentioned that I was tipped off that there is a red model 3 on display in Fremont. I erroneously said that that was actually at the |
| 1:27.0 | factory. There's sort of a showroom store there. It's actually at the Fremont Delivery Center that is just down the road. |
| 1:36.0 | So if you are in the Bay Area and you're looking to go view the model three for yourself, |
| 1:41.0 | you can get in it, you can can check it out you can do everything but |
| 1:43.5 | drive it you can play with the screen sit in the seats check out the trunk the |
| 1:47.2 | frunk etc that is at the Fremont delivery center now the related note to that is that just this week |
| 1:54.7 | coincidentally Tesla rolled out a couple of cars into showrooms. People have |
| 2:00.8 | been wondering this for a long time. We will have to see if this continues or if this is just going to stay limited into these sort of two key foot traffic markets. |
| 2:11.0 | But if you again are in the Bay Area there is a metallic |
| 2:16.0 | silver that's the dark gray color there is a metallic silver model three with |
| 2:20.7 | 19 inch sport wheels I guess I can't call them sport anymore but that |
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