Episode 293: FSD Beta Program Excitement Continues
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2021
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
The FSD beta continues its crazy rollout as Tesla announces a new plan to bring willing new testers into the program. Plus: Elon gives an update on when we might see the final design tweaks to the Cybertruck, Model S Plaid+ gets a price increase AND a delay, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode, a ride the lightning the Tesla unofficial podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | The full self-driving beta continues its crazy rollout as Tesla announces a new plan |
| 0:08.8 | to bring willing new testers into the program. |
| 0:11.3 | Plus, Elon gives an update on when we might see final design tweaks to the cyber truck, |
| 0:17.0 | the Model S Plad Plus gets a price increase and a delay and more. Howdy friends? Welcome to the March 7th 2021 edition of Ride the |
| 0:46.2 | Lightning the Tesla unofficial podcast it's episode 293 and as usual there is |
| 0:51.8 | plenty of interesting stuff to cover this week. |
| 0:55.0 | Before I get started I wanted to note for the people that continue to reach out very kindly asking about Daisy. |
| 1:01.0 | I have to say I'm not a veterinarian and I know even me saying that all the veterinarians listening are like |
| 1:07.5 | Uh-oh. What's he gonna say that he thinks he's an expert at but now it's, again, without any veterinary medical training, it just, she seems better. |
| 1:18.9 | Her body language, her spirit, like she totally seems like herself. |
| 1:23.0 | The coughing has stopped. |
| 1:26.0 | I mean we've still got another five weeks until her next check up to get another |
| 1:30.0 | look at her chest and know for sure, but I'm really feeling good about her recovery |
| 1:34.7 | right now and and I'm hoping that's just not my own blind love and optimism |
| 1:40.4 | hopefully the the medicals will reflect that in another five weeks, but thank you to all of you who continue to reach out and ask about her. |
| 1:48.0 | All right, time for the Tesla news. There is plenty of it. First, the big story this week, once again, |
| 1:55.2 | the full self-driving city streets beta, |
| 1:58.6 | the FSD beta madness, just ongoing and a lot more tweeting from Elon. |
| 2:05.0 | In fact, the whole first chunk of the show here |
| 2:07.0 | is going to be walking through some good Tesla updates |
| 2:10.0 | from Elon on Twitter. |
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