Episode 287: Model S & X Refresh Is Official + Q4 Earnings Call Recap
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2021
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
Tesla holds their Q4 earnings call, and I've got all the big news and analysis from what they reported -- including, yes, the long-awaited refresh of the Model S and Model X. There are some big surprises to discuss!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode, a ride the lightning, the Tesla unofficial podcast. |
| 0:03.5 | Tesla holds their Q4 earnings call and I've got all the big news and analysis from what they reported, |
| 0:09.3 | including, yes, the long-awaited refresh of the Model S and Model X. |
| 0:14.4 | There are some big surprises to discuss, so stay tuned. Oh, What's happening friends Ryan McCaffrey with you here for episode 287 of Ride the Lightning the Tesla Unofficial |
| 0:43.8 | podcast for January 31st 2021 Daisy the Boxer to my left and I am |
| 0:49.7 | super excited about this week's podcast I always look forward to the earnings call |
| 0:54.4 | episodes. This one was obviously extra exciting with the refresh model S and model X |
| 1:00.9 | which I will get to. |
| 1:02.6 | In fact, I was so excited to do the show this week. |
| 1:05.0 | I almost did it last night for the Patreon folks |
| 1:09.2 | who get the show via Early Access, but I thought, well, |
| 1:12.1 | let me just give it one more day, do the record at the regular time, |
| 1:16.4 | just in case any interesting follow-up details surface, and there were a couple of little ones, |
| 1:22.1 | so I feel like I've got a very full hour or probably |
| 1:25.9 | more here for you coming up and we'll get right to it. First, I'm going to talk about the |
| 1:31.6 | Model S and Model X refresh, |
| 1:33.2 | because that's certainly what you want to hear about first. |
| 1:35.8 | Then I'll go into the shareholder letter, |
| 1:37.7 | and then the earnings call itself. |
| 1:41.0 | Now, I expect this to be such a busy show kind of as usual with the earnings call shows |
| 1:46.0 | That I don't think there's going to be time for the ride the lightning hotline this week but |
| 1:50.5 | Please keep your calls coming. I would love to hear from you. |
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