Episode 331: Cybertruck Gets Quad-Motor Option!
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2021
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Elon Musk confirms that the Cybertruck will have a four-motor(!) option. Plus: Tesla puts a few crazy new accessories in the online Tesla shop, from a $50 stainless steel Cybertruck-shaped whistle to a $20,000 brake package for the Plaid Model S, the Model Y is dominating California car sales, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla Unofficial Podcast, |
| 0:03.5 | Elon Musk confirms that the cyber truck will have a four motor option. |
| 0:08.5 | Yes, quad motor. |
| 0:10.0 | Plus, Tesla puts a few crazy new accessories in the online Tesla shop from a $50 stainless steel |
| 0:17.2 | cyber truck shaped whistle to a $20,000 break package for the Plaid Model S. The Model Y is dominating California car sales and more. Oh, What's happening, |
| 0:48.0 | what's happening, friends, alongside a Fed and happy Daisy the Boxer, |
| 0:51.6 | I'm Ryan McCaffrey. This is Ry the lightning episode |
| 0:54.0 | 331 for December 5th 2021 winding it down on a big Tesla year and it only got |
| 1:02.0 | bigger this week as we look ahead. First I want to mention |
| 1:05.9 | that I had a great Thanksgiving trip with my family. I want to thank all of you |
| 1:10.9 | for allowing me to do that. I hope you enjoyed your holiday and |
| 1:15.5 | the Immaculate Reflections Car detailing interview that I left you with. I had fun sitting |
| 1:21.0 | down with Jeff to do that and I hope you got something out of it. |
| 1:24.0 | All right, well let me jump right in because there is so much to talk about this week. |
| 1:28.0 | First up, the big story it broke on Friday. |
| 1:32.0 | The Cyber Truck is getting upgraded to a quad motor version. |
| 1:38.0 | That will not be the only choice, but that will be the new high-end choice for the cyber truck with Elon Musk tweeting quote |
| 1:45.0 | initial production of the cyber truck will be a four-motor variant with independent |
| 1:51.2 | ultra-fast response torque control of each wheel. |
| 1:55.0 | Now this was in response to Omar from Whole Mars blog who tweeted |
| 2:00.0 | rumor has it that the cyber truck is no longer configurable on the Tesla site |
| 2:05.0 | because they're debating getting rid of the single motor version and having only two, three, and four motor variants. |
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