Episode 145: Performance Model 3 Release Date Confirmed!
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2018
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Elon Musk finally reveals availability timing for the Performance Model 3, Tesla becomes part of the storyline on another HBO comedy, Model S and X get a new interior option, and much more!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | On this episode, awry the lightning the Tesla unofficial podcast Elon Musk and I have a chat on |
| 0:05.0 | Twitter. Yes, really? About Model 3's performance version. |
| 0:09.2 | Tesla becomes part of the storyline on another HBO comedy, Model S and X get a new interior option and |
| 0:15.7 | much more. Oh, What's happening, |
| 0:37.0 | happening friends, I'm Ryan McCaffrey, this is Ride The Lightning, |
| 0:40.0 | the Tesla Unofficial Podcast episode number 145 for May 13th 2018 to my left Daisy |
| 0:47.6 | the boxer puppy looking longingly out the window out on the the street the world outside seeing what's going on. |
| 0:54.7 | There is a lot going on in the world of Tesla this week, tons of fun stuff. |
| 0:59.1 | I had a huge show already prepared and then today Friday got even more fun because I |
| 1:06.8 | dropped Elon Musk a tweet last night because I'd seen that he had just tweeted and I figure that's usually the time like okay |
| 1:15.0 | maybe I'll catch him online maybe he'll catch him in a mood to want to answer a question |
| 1:18.4 | he that did not happen so I thought okay well you know got a try, what can you do? But then, the next day, today, this morning, all the sudden, my mentions on Twitter start blowing up and I see that he has replied so I'm going to tell you what |
| 1:35.0 | that's about and it is about you guys know the topic that I've been very |
| 1:38.2 | very curious about the performance version of model three what can it? How much will it cost and when can we get it? |
| 1:46.2 | So I said, Elon, any chance we can get an update on dual motor and performance model 3 pricing |
| 1:52.1 | and specs. Air suspension as well if you're in an extra good mood and he replied saying |
| 1:59.0 | Tesla will enable orders at the end of next week for dual motor all-wheel drive and performance. |
| 2:06.0 | Starting production of those in July, air suspension probably next year. |
| 2:13.0 | So that right there, huge news, huge right there. |
| 2:17.5 | That is the first official acknowledgement of performance in any way, shape, or form by anyone at Tesla since, I believe, |
| 2:29.6 | the last time that he replied to me on Twitter on this topic which was last fall |
| 2:35.0 | was September if I recall correctly somewhere around there when he said that it was |
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