Episode 168: A Cheaper Model 3 Arrives!
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2018
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Tesla makes major changes to Model 3's options, including a brand-new, cheaper option in the form of a "mid-range" battery. Plus: a new Senate bill could renew the federal EV tax credit for Tesla, the million-mile Model 3 motor gets one step closer to reality, Elon Musk gets a wake-up call about service coverage, and much more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode, a ride the lightning to Tesla unofficial podcast, |
| 0:03.3 | Tesla makes major changes to Model 3's options, including a brand new, cheaper option |
| 0:09.3 | in the form of a mid-range battery. |
| 0:12.0 | Plus, a new Senate bill could renew the federal EV tax credit for Tesla. |
| 0:17.3 | The Million Mile Model 3 motor gets one step closer to reality. |
| 0:21.2 | Elon Musk gets a wake-up call about service coverage and much more. Oh, What's happening, friends? I'm Ryan McCaffrey with another action-packed |
| 0:49.3 | episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla Unofficial podcast for October 21st 2018. |
| 0:56.0 | This is episode 168. |
| 0:58.0 | I am alongside of course Daisy the Boxer Puppy who is casually looking out the window. She's not asleep yet. We'll see how long |
| 1:05.2 | into the show. It takes her to pass out tonight. Well what a hectic crazy amazing fun week of Tesla news. I tell you I had the show all set to go or at least you know I |
| 1:17.2 | had it in a place where I could have recorded it if nothing else happened after Wednesday night |
| 1:22.2 | I spent some time on it as I do pretty |
| 1:24.0 | much every night and I thought okay well I'm set to go we'll see what happens |
| 1:27.6 | tomorrow meeting Thursday and then just I was checking Friday before I |
| 1:31.2 | record and then the sky fell in a good way on Thursday in the |
| 1:38.1 | form of just an absolute bombshell I want to start there and that is if you have not already heard major |
| 1:45.6 | changes made to the model three design studio I'm gonna sum it up and then I'll go into each |
| 1:51.5 | thing one by one we'll talk about it so to |
| 1:53.8 | sum up a new mid-range battery pack option is now available on model three that's |
| 2:01.1 | the big one also the ultra white interior is now available |
| 2:06.1 | on any model three trim. And the other big one, the third part of this is that the |
| 2:12.0 | full self-driving option is no longer available as a pre-paid option. |
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