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Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast

Episode 230: My 2020 Tesla Predictions

Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast

Ryan McCaffrey

Business News, News, Automotive, Leisure

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2019

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

I have some fun at the end of 2019 and beginning of 2020 by making my Tesla predictions for each Tesla vehicle in 2020. Plus: a ton of new features arrive in what might be the final car software update of 2019, a German taxi company goes all-in with the Model 3, and more!

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0:00.0

Coming up on this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla Unofficial Podcast, I have some fun at the end of one year in the beginning of a new one by making my Tesla predictions for each Tesla vehicle in 2020.

0:11.0

Plus, a ton of new features arrive in what might be the final

0:14.9

car software update of 2019. A German taxi company goes all in with the model three

0:19.8

and more. Happy New Year, my friends, Ryan McCaffey with you for episode 230 of Ride the Lightning,

0:45.8

the weekly Tesla unofficial podcast.

0:48.3

It's December 29th, 2019, as this publishes, but it's December 26th in the late afternoon as I record it

0:56.2

I'm doing the show early this week as I mentioned I would need to last week

1:01.1

heading out on my big road trip tomorrow so for everybody

1:04.9

most everybody listening to this it will have already happened maybe if you're

1:08.3

listening to me with the Patreon early access it's it's mid drive as're hearing this, but in any case, I'm very much

1:14.9

looking forward to it, hoping everything goes well, and then I'm going to be doing

1:19.2

the show early again next week. I'm going to have to do it on Thursday one more time next week

1:23.9

because my return trip is next Friday as well so again I mentioned it last week if on

1:30.3

January 3rd you are traveling between San Francisco and Phoenix, maybe we'll meet up at a supercharger.

1:37.0

Also, if you are a Tesla investor, you know, I don't talk much about the the stock here. It's not really my thing, but

1:46.2

Congratulations if you are a Tesla investor because the stock hit an all-time high right before Christmas, touching $420.69.

1:58.0

Yes, 420, 69.

2:01.1

Elon noting the occasion on Twitter by commenting,

2:04.7

whoa, dot, dot, the stock is so high,

2:07.8

L-O-L, and then posting the 420-69 image

2:12.2

with the caption,

2:13.1

Stock Art, which I thought was very clever.

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