On this week's episode a ride the lightning the Tesla unofficial podcast Tesla drops a big new announcement about a plaid mode

Model S and model X update

Plus a new Tesla patent for a windshield wiper could have significant future impact on two of its vehicles in particular,

a notable new change to the latest model threes, an update on the Tesla pickup truck unveiling and more. Oh, What's happening,

happening, friends, Ryan McCaffrey with you alongside a sprawled out and very

toasty, Daisy the boxer puppy on a rare hot day in San Francisco.

This is episode 215 of Ride the Lightning, the weekly Tesla unofficial podcast for September 15th, 2019.

And yeah, it's been a toasty one today.

I am going to be washing the car tomorrow.

It's getting good and dusty and dirty and ready for a cleaning and weather should be good for it tomorrow.

Plus I'd like it clean for my birthday. My birthday is coming up this week as I head into the final year of my 30s so hopefully that'll that'll be good hope

your week has been good and it's been a really exciting week in the world of

Tesla let's jump right in with a midweek announcement that was

absolutely stunning, Elon Musk dropping a bombshell.

Actually, Elon and the official Twitter account as well, sort of co-opting, cooperatively working together

to drop quite the bombshell, a three motor, a tri-motor, plaid mode model S and model X are on the way in about a year.

So Elon was tweeting about setting a new record by one second for a four-door vehicle, not a four-door electric vehicle, a four-door

anything at Laguna Seka, and then the official Tesla account posted,

we lapped Laguna Seca in 1 minute 36 second,

36.555 seconds during advanced

R&D testing of our model S. Plaid power train and chassis prototype.

Now, Elon had tweeted around the same time,

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