Episode 243: Model Y Updates and New Details
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2020
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Elon Musk and the Tesla team try to help make a difference around the country during the pandemic, Gigafactory 1 ramps down a bit while Gigafactory 3 ramps up, Model Y towing details have arrived, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode, a Ride the Lightning, the Tesla |
| 0:02.4 | Unofficial podcast. Elon Musk and the Tesla team try to help make a difference in |
| 0:06.7 | California during the pandemic. |
| 0:08.7 | Gigafactory 1 ramps down a bit while Gigafactory three ramps up, |
| 0:13.2 | model why towing details have arrived, and more. Oh, What's happening friends Ryan McCaffrey joining you here with Daisy the Boxer |
| 0:40.2 | puppy to my left who at this point in time barely ever leaves my side |
| 0:44.4 | since I don't leave the house except to walk her so she is she is truly the |
| 0:49.8 | canine companion at this point but welcome to episode 243 of Ride the lightning the a And you know, what can you say? It's the worry enter for me it's week two of stay at home |
| 1:07.2 | and I can tell it's funny I can even tell from just ride the lightning that people's routines, my audience's routines, your |
| 1:15.9 | routines are thrown off. I've gotten, I probably got fewer ride the lightning hotline |
| 1:21.7 | phone calls this week than I have since that |
| 1:25.7 | segment became a regular thing and my download numbers are down but I get it |
| 1:31.4 | these aren't complaints these are observations I get it believe me |
| 1:34.4 | those of you who are parents now have to work from home to the best of your |
| 1:40.0 | ability and care for your children and homeschool them, plus the million other things that |
| 1:46.9 | you have to do to keep your household running. |
| 1:49.5 | It is an upside down time, it is strange for all of us and difficult for all of us, but staying |
| 1:56.6 | home is hopefully going to help this thing pass a little sooner and keep more people healthy and safe, so I hope all of you out there are |
| 2:05.4 | staying safe and staying healthy staying home and with that let's get to the |
| 2:10.1 | Tesla news which does begin on the coronavirus front only because the factory |
| 2:16.1 | has shut down this week so there what is Tesla occupying themselves with ramping up |
| 2:21.5 | production on not cars but ventilators. |
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