Episode 33: More Model 3 Reservation Details Revealed
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2016
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Tesla reveals new key details about how Model 3 reservations are going to work. I spend the whole show talking through reservation priority, March 31 details, and more. And since I recorded, I learned that it is confirmed that test rides will be available for attendees of the event, which means there are indeed driving prototypes.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up this week on Ride the Lightning, the Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast, |
| 0:03.6 | Tesla reveals new key details about how model three reservations are going to work. |
| 0:08.8 | So let's get right to it and talk about them. Welcome to Ride the Lightning, the Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast for March 20th, 2016. |
| 0:38.0 | It's episode number 33. My name is Ryan McCaffrey. Thank you all again so much for joining me. |
| 0:42.0 | Well, this is a big week. We've been waiting for details. McAfee, thank you all again so much for joining me. |
| 0:42.6 | Well, this is a big week. |
| 0:43.8 | We've been waiting for details |
| 0:45.2 | about the Model 3 reservation process, |
| 0:47.0 | and we got some key ones this week. |
| 0:49.8 | So I didn't even want to mess around with intros, with what's been going on. |
| 0:54.3 | This is the big subject that I know I've been waiting to hear about. |
| 0:58.0 | A lot of you listeners I've been waiting to hear about. |
| 1:00.8 | So let's get it right kicked off with some details. |
| 1:05.0 | Model 3 reservations will begin at 10 a.m. Pacific on March 31st. |
| 1:10.0 | Now that is going to mean sight unseen deposits for all of you who plan on reserving in stores |
| 1:17.0 | including myself because the event is not going to be until 7 PM later that night down in Hawthorne. |
| 1:25.8 | Online reservations will start after the event ends, |
| 1:29.2 | which is estimated to be around 830 Pacific. A drivable prototype or possible multiple prototypes |
| 1:36.7 | are rumored to be at the event. So that ups the ante for how interesting this could |
| 1:41.4 | get. I mean I know of course it's been pointed out yes there was a |
| 1:44.9 | driveable prototype S at that event and a driveable prototype X but I think for I don't know I |
| 1:51.5 | certainly am a little pleasantly surprised by that I thought you know |
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