Episode 337: Cybertruck (Reportedly) Delayed Again
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2022
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
The Cybertruck appears to be delayed once again, but thankfully not for too much longer. Plus: we've got a date for Elon Musk's product roadmap update, the Tesla Roadster is likely getting a price increase, Tesla secures a big deal for responsibly sourced nickel for its batteries, 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 | the Cyber Truck appears to be delayed once again, but thankfully not for too much longer. |
| 0:09.0 | Plus, we've got a date for Elon Musk's product roadmap update. |
| 0:13.8 | The Tesla Roadster is likely getting a price increase. |
| 0:17.3 | Tesla secures a big deal for responsibly source nickel for its batteries and more. What's happening, |
| 0:43.0 | happening, friends, Ryan McCaffrey here with you alongside Daisy the Boxer Puppy, |
| 0:46.8 | who is curled up in a pile of blankets on the couch next to me, |
| 0:49.5 | and this is Ride the Lightning episode 337 for January 16th, 2022. |
| 0:56.6 | Your weekly unofficial Tesla podcast is underway. |
| 1:00.3 | I actually wanted to start the show with a correction of sorts. |
| 1:04.0 | It's not that I gave out incorrect information last week, |
| 1:08.0 | but a listener provided me with much better information |
| 1:12.0 | than I gave in response to a caller last week. |
| 1:16.0 | That caller was Bill from Connecticut where I had suggested a speed offset setting for autopilot that varies based on the speed ranges you're in. |
| 1:26.1 | That was the topic of the call was varying speed offsets for autopilot. |
| 1:32.0 | It was a reasonable enough idea, but I foolishly forgot that the car pretty much already has that built into it. |
| 1:41.0 | I want to say thank you to listener and Ride the Lightning |
| 1:44.0 | Patreon backer Crafty Geek for reminding me about the percentage offset setting |
| 1:51.0 | in the autopilot menu. |
| 1:52.8 | Crafty Geek specifically recommended a plus 12% offset setting, |
| 1:58.4 | which when I tried it out, |
| 2:00.0 | gives me almost exactly what I said I wanted on last week's show. |
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