Episode 172: Big Changes For Model S and X
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2018
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Tesla finally makes good on their promise to remove some interior options on Model S and X, and the changes are more sweeping than expected. Plus: Tesla goes to great lengths to try and ensure as many U.S. customers get the full federal tax credit as possible, Tesla teams up with rivals to try and get the tax credit restored, and much more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode a ride the lightning the Tesla unofficial podcast |
| 0:03.2 | Tesla finally makes good on their promise to remove some interior options on |
| 0:07.2 | model S and model X and the changes are more sweeping than expected. |
| 0:11.8 | Plus Tesla goes to great lengths to try and |
| 0:14.8 | ensure as many US customers get the full federal tax credit as possible. |
| 0:19.1 | Tesla teams up with some rivals to try and get the tax credit restored and much more. Oh, Howdy friends? My name's Ryan McCaffrey. This is Ride the Lightning |
| 0:48.1 | the Tesla unofficial podcast episode number 172 for November 18th 2018 and to my right today |
| 0:57.2 | Daisy the boxer puppy who's actually voluntarily lying in her crate |
| 1:02.1 | just working on a bullstick down there so she hasn't passed out yet. |
| 1:06.5 | We'll see if my recording of the show will put her to sleep as it usually does. |
| 1:12.2 | First off I wanted to take a quick minute to extend just the heartiest |
| 1:17.0 | and most sincere of thank yous to all of you. So many emails and phone calls and tweets. Just so many supportive |
| 1:26.6 | words from you guys about my big announcement last week, The Impossible Dream |
| 1:31.3 | reached. It is still surreal. I look at pictures of the car and it still just |
| 1:38.7 | doesn't sink in that it's a real thing that I'll that will be in my life it just doesn't make sense to me |
| 1:44.7 | but I'm so humbled and grateful and again I can't play everything it would be way |
| 1:50.7 | too self-serving I got so many calls but there was one I think that that summed it up pretty well. I just wanted to play one quick call here |
| 1:57.7 | From Jason in Huntington Beach, who I think |
| 2:02.4 | Really I can let speak for a whole bunch of super nice people that |
| 2:07.1 | called in wrote in tweeted me so Jason the floor is yours. |
| 2:11.1 | Hey Ryan congratulations on your Tesla Roadster. |
| 2:15.0 | I think I can help you out with two of the things that are bothering you right now, |
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