Episode 140: Model 3 Ramp Makes Progress in Q1
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2018
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Tesla releases their Q1 delivery numbers and shows good progress on their production ramp while ultimately falling short of their projections. Plus: an update on the fatal Model X Autopilot crash, Elon Musk's April Fool's Day prank, 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 | Tesla releases their Q1 delivery numbers and shows good progress on their production |
| 0:07.8 | ramp while ultimately falling short of their projections. |
| 0:11.2 | Plus, an update on the fatal Model X autopilot crash, Elon Musk's April Fool's Day prank, and more. Oh, Howdy friends? Welcome to Ride The Lightning. It is the Tesla Motors |
| 0:41.5 | unofficial podcast episode number 140 for April 8th 2018 and while |
| 0:46.4 | Daisy the boxer puppy looks out at the continuing rain here in San Francisco it has |
| 0:51.3 | rained quite literally all day today. I'm Ryan |
| 0:54.9 | McCaffrey and what better use of a day that's stuck inside in the rain can't |
| 1:00.3 | get the dog out, can't really have any fun, then to do this podcast. It's been another |
| 1:04.3 | busy week of Tesla News and I've actually had a great day. I am ready, willing, |
| 1:09.5 | and eager to do a podcast here and get you the latest and greatest in the world of Tesla. |
| 1:15.0 | Unfortunately, I do need to start with a follow-up to last week's tragic story |
| 1:20.0 | regarding the fatal model X crash. |
| 1:24.0 | As poor luck would have it, it so happened that Tesla |
| 1:27.6 | posted a second blog update on their website |
| 1:32.3 | after I recorded, but before the show even went live for the |
| 1:36.4 | general public. So unfortunately couldn't squeeze that update into things but |
| 1:41.6 | wanted to bring that to your attention now. |
| 1:44.0 | You know, I only, I want to make sure I'm, if I'm going to continue covering the story, |
| 1:49.0 | which I will, but I don't want to just say something to say something. I want to make sure that there's a substantial |
| 1:55.0 | update and something tangible to discuss. And with this second update from Tesla, there is just |
| 2:01.7 | that. They posted again a follow-up blog entry and here's an |
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