Episode 139: Performance Model 3 Hits the Track?
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2018
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
A Performance Model 3 may have been spotted at a California racetrack, it may be possible to upgrade your old Model S or Model X MCU after all, FedEx becomes Tesla's latest big-name customer, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode a ride the lightning the Tesla unofficial podcast a performance |
| 0:04.2 | model three may have been spotted at a California racetrack it may be possible to upgrade your |
| 0:09.5 | old model S or model X MCU after all, FedEx becomes Tesla's latest big name customer and more. Oh, What's happening, what's happening, |
| 0:35.0 | friends, welcome to Ride the Lightning. |
| 0:39.0 | It is the Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast episode 139. |
| 0:42.0 | For April 1st, 2018. There will be no |
| 0:45.0 | jokes, goofs, or pranks of any sort in this episode I promise because odds are |
| 0:49.3 | you're not even listening to it on April 1st. But anyway it is a beautiful day a summer like day here in |
| 0:55.8 | San Francisco and inexplicable little mini heat wave it's into the low 80s which is |
| 1:00.8 | totally out of the norm for us at any time of the year let alone |
| 1:04.8 | the end of March and I was super lucky our company gave us good Friday off so I've |
| 1:11.8 | had the day off today I I've been spending it. My wife and daughter are |
| 1:16.4 | on a spring break trip visiting my in-laws, her parents. So I've had the house to myself, so Daisy the boxer puppy and I went down to one of my favorite places for a nice long walk |
| 1:28.0 | I actually met a ride the lightning listener. |
| 1:31.8 | Jens Peter from Denmark. |
| 1:35.4 | I want to say hello. |
| 1:36.2 | We actually met up at In and Outburger and had lunch. |
| 1:38.9 | It was fantastic. |
| 1:39.7 | He's out here. |
| 1:40.1 | He did a factory tour. |
| 1:41.6 | He's got a Model S back home it was fantastic to speak with |
| 1:45.0 | him so shout out to him got a haircut man it's just been a super nice chill day |
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