Episode 32: Model S's New Wheels
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2016
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Model S gets a new set of default 19-inch wheels, and a caller wonders if it presages the long-rumored design refresh. Plus: another state tries to stop Tesla from selling cars, we learn a little bit about what it’s like to work at Tesla, and lots more.
Also, if you're going to buy a Tesla, visit http://ts.la/peter6387 to get a $1,200 credit towards a home charging installation. I'll get a chance to win a Model X, courtesy of die-hard listener Peter from Denmark, who has promised to give me the X if he wins it in the random referral drawing, which he'll be entered into if you buy a Tesla (the link will work anywhere in the world) using the above referral link!
And don't forget to leave a message on the Ride the Lightning hotline anytime with a question, comment, or discussion topic for next week's show! The toll-free number to call or Skype is 1-888-989-8752.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up this week on Ride the Lightning, the Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast gets a new set of |
| 0:04.9 | wheels and a caller wonders if it presages the Long River design refresh. |
| 0:09.9 | Plus, another state tries to stop Tesla from selling cars, |
| 0:13.5 | we learn a little bit about what it's like |
| 0:15.1 | to work at Tesla and lots more. |
| 0:17.4 | If you podcast, they will come. The Welcome to Ride The Lightning, the Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast episode 32 for March 13th, 2016. |
| 0:47.0 | My name is Ryan McCaffrey, also alongside the great Maggie the Boxer, who is currently gnawing on a post-dinner nylon bone |
| 0:55.0 | which you may hear in the background of the recording at some point this week. |
| 0:58.1 | Anyway, indeed, March 13th 2016 is today's show published date which means T-9 days and counting |
| 1:06.6 | until the model 3 event is getting so close I'm getting super excited |
| 1:11.1 | I'm not super excited about having to derail from my |
| 1:16.1 | pre-planned family vacation but I've been waiting so long for this that I'm not |
| 1:20.9 | going to complain. I can't wait to see this car. I can't wait to put my |
| 1:25.9 | thousand dollars down. It's getting close. Before I kick off the show this week I |
| 1:30.2 | wanted to give a shout out to Brett a Tesla Motors Club forum |
| 1:34.0 | user user slash listener who was listening to this podcast that's what I was |
| 1:40.0 | trying to say in his Tesla when he got rear-ended and then the other driver took off a |
| 1:47.1 | hit and run and get this he in his post he said that there were traffic cops right |
| 1:51.8 | there and the traffic cops told him to |
| 1:55.1 | chase the other car. He wisely did not do that. I am honestly not sure I could have been so common collected in the moment, |
| 2:05.0 | particularly if my dream car, that, you know, |
| 2:08.0 | $100,000 dream car had just been hit. |
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