Episode 328: Tesla Semi Is Delivering...This Year??
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2021
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
A big-name Tesla Semi buyer says his company expects delivery of Tesla's 18-wheeler soon. Does he know something we don't? Plus: Tesla is leading by example at its factories with regard to renewable energy, two popularly requested new software features get added to the fleet, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning the Tesla Unofficial Podcast, a big name Tesla Semi-buyer says his company expects delivery of Tesla's 18-wheeler soon. |
| 0:09.7 | Does he know something we don't? Plus, Tesla is leading by example at its factories |
| 0:15.4 | with regard to renewable energy. |
| 0:17.4 | Two popularly requested new software features |
| 0:20.3 | get added to the fleet and more. Greetings friends, I'm Ryan McCaffrey and to my left a happy and tired |
| 0:46.0 | Daisy the boxer she is fed and walked so she is happy and so am I it's |
| 0:51.8 | been another good week of Tesla News. It is episode |
| 0:54.8 | 328 here for November 14th, 2021. I wanted to let you know I am recording |
| 1:01.0 | earlier than usual this week. It's Thursday night and that is due to a major work |
| 1:06.7 | project that I have starting up on Friday. I wanted to allocate as much time as possible for that even into Friday night. So if anything |
| 1:15.9 | major pops up in the world of Tesla on Friday, I will cover that on next week's show. |
| 1:21.3 | Before I get started, let me say this |
| 1:24.3 | for what feels like the 17th time this year, |
| 1:27.0 | and granted I pulled the number 17 out of my head right there, |
| 1:30.6 | it might not actually be too far off, and that is the price increase. |
| 1:36.0 | Yes, yet another price increase, the Model Y up another $1,000, $59,000 for the long-range model Y, 64,000 for the performance model Y. |
| 1:50.0 | Should you opt for that? |
| 1:51.0 | Of course, the performance Y will get delivered to you much sooner |
| 1:54.4 | than the long-range version will. I have nothing left to say on this after just giving the same |
| 2:01.5 | wrap last week after that price increase. So I guess really the only |
| 2:07.6 | thing to be said at this point, which could have been said many times and maybe I have already said it is if you're on the fence |
| 2:15.9 | Get your order in soon maybe it's worth losing the 250 dollar non-refundable deposit if you change your mind in the next you know assuming |
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