Episode 281: A Hint of the Model S and X Refresh?
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2020
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Could a planned shutdown of the Model S and X line in Fremont hint at the long-awaited refresh of Tesla's two flagship cars? Plus: good news for those of you taking delivery on a new Tesla before the end of the year, England makes a pitch for a Tesla factory, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla Unofficial Podcast, could a plan shutdown of the |
| 0:04.9 | model SNX line in Fremont hint at the long-awaited refresh of Tesla's two flagship cars? |
| 0:11.0 | Plus, good news for those of you taking delivery on a new Tesla |
| 0:14.8 | before the end of the year. England makes a pitch for a Tesla factory and more. The Howdy friends Ryan McCaffrey with you alongside Daisy the Boxer for episode 281 of Ride the |
| 0:45.2 | Lighting the weekly Tesla Unofficial Podcast for December 20th, 2020 and there's plenty to get to on this week's show a couple of |
| 0:54.0 | catch-up things from last week and real quick I wanted to start the show just with a |
| 0:57.8 | quick mention of my patreon I try to usually just keep this to the end of the |
| 1:01.6 | show but here at the end of the year, |
| 1:03.7 | just wanted to mention real quick that a lot of work, a lot of time and energy and |
| 1:08.0 | love and research goes into the podcast, and there is an optional way that you can support it should you so choose if you feel |
| 1:15.7 | that I've earned your support and if you know if you're in willing and able to do so and |
| 1:20.1 | that is through Patreon which is a way you can really pledge any amount of money per month |
| 1:26.2 | And I've got little rewards tied to each of the various tiers I've got from five dollars a month on up where you can support my efforts here on the |
| 1:35.0 | podcast again totally voluntarily get a little a little perk in return and |
| 1:39.6 | help support my |
| 1:44.0 | effort so if that is something that you might want to take a look at I would be humbled and grateful |
| 1:46.0 | you can find all of the information about the patreon on my patreon page |
| 1:51.0 | which is naturally |
| 1:53.0 | patreon dot com slash |
| 1:55.3 | t t r e o and there are also |
| 2:01.4 | annual memberships that give a five% discount if you just want to pledge once for the whole year as well. |
| 2:07.0 | All right, let's get rolling first with an update on something I've mentioned a couple of times including last week the |
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