On this week's episode, a ride the lightning the Tesla unofficial podcast.

Elon Musk is interviewed on CBS's 60 Minutes and the interview was talked about all week afterwards

for reasons that are bound to have CBS executives sweating.

Plus, an update on when we might see the Tesla pickup truck,

an update on EV incentives in a couple of US States and more. What's happening, friends? I'm Ryan McCaffrey. This is Ride the Lightning, the Tesla

unofficial podcast for December 16th 2018 approaching the holidays

approaching the end of the quarter. This is episode 176 to my left a very

feisty Daisy the boxer puppy. I don't know if you if you'll be able to hear her

sort of rustling around over there but she's got a very old dental chew that she is just

tossing around and trying to bury in my couch so we'll see how long it takes her

to inevitably fall asleep as she does every Friday night

when I record the show. I wanted to start with a personal message here, a very

sincere thank you, yet again.

An unbelievable, just thank you, a expression of gratitude and humility on my part.

I've surpassed 105 referrals this past week, which means Roadster

number two, which means I can sell one of them to pay the giant tax liability on both of them and I

that means I probably won't have to part with my model three or come up with another large sum

of out-of-pocket cost to solve that quote unquote and big air quotes here problem of winning a free roadster and I just yeah I'm

so so grateful for the kindness that all of you have shown me.

I'm just so happy, so grateful that I do get to keep that model three because my goodness,

it's such a great car, even in just the four and a half months I've had it so far. It's so

practical, it's so safe, it's a great family car, it's so fun to drive. It's just a blast and I'm so grateful that I should hopefully be able to keep it in my family, keep it in my garage for many years, many years to come.

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