Episode 318: Roadster Delayed Again + FSD Finally Imminent
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2021
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
The next-generation Tesla Roadster is now penciled in for 2023, with supply chain shortages to blame. Plus: "The Button" for the city-streets Full Self-Driving beta might finally be imminent, Elon Musk promises a bigger emphasis on opening more service centers, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning the Tesla Unofficial Podcast, |
| 0:03.6 | the next generation Tesla Roadster sees another delay and is now penciled in for |
| 0:07.9 | 2023 with supply chain issues to blame. Plus, the button for city streets full self-driving |
| 0:14.5 | beta might finally be imminent. Elon Musk promises a bigger emphasis on |
| 0:18.9 | opening more service centers and more. What's happening, friends? I'm Brian McCaffrey alongside Days of the Boxer. This is |
| 0:45.4 | Ride the Lightning your Tesla Unofficial Podcast for September 5th, 2021, the holiday |
| 0:50.8 | weekend here in the United States for Labor Day and there is plenty to talk |
| 0:54.8 | about I'll get right into that in a second just wanted to warn you up front though I am |
| 0:58.7 | recording a bit early today Thursday night instead of Friday, my wife and I have Friday evening plans. |
| 1:05.0 | So, as always in these scenarios, if I happen to miss any big news items, usually on Friday nights, |
| 1:12.4 | it'd be maybe a newsworthy Elon tweet, if anything. |
| 1:16.0 | I will certainly catch you up on it with proper analysis next week, so I hope you'll forgive me that. |
| 1:22.0 | And a quick programming note that the monthly bonus mini episode is going up this weekend for |
| 1:28.4 | Patreon backers at the appropriate tier. |
| 1:31.0 | In fact as most of you hear this, it should be available as you hear this now and the monthly |
| 1:36.7 | Patreon Google Hangout is happening on Sunday as well for those of you who are eligible for that. Invites were sent out |
| 1:44.7 | last weekend so if you are in that group I hope to see you there because I have been |
| 1:49.0 | having a blast at those things and just a quick thank you to all of you who are very kind enough to |
| 1:54.6 | support my efforts on this podcast via Patreon and with that let's get started |
| 2:00.4 | with the week's Tesla News item number one on the docket, a roadster update from |
| 2:06.2 | Elon. We have not gotten many of those at all over the last, gosh three years at this point four years unfortunately this update is not what I was |
| 2:17.2 | hoping to hear but I also can't say with a straight face that it's surprising |
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