Episode 388: Q4 Production Analysis + Model S/X Get a Steering Wheel
Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.8 • 988 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2023
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
Tesla’s Q4 production and delivery numbers are in, and I’ve got reactions and analysis. Plus: Tesla announces its first event of the year, Hertz’s big Model 3 investment is already paying off, the Model S and X get a steering wheel option as well as a few other tweaks, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla Unofficial Podcast, |
| 0:03.8 | Tesla's Q4 production and delivery numbers are in, |
| 0:07.3 | and I've got reactions and analysis. |
| 0:09.8 | Plus, Tesla announces its first event of the year. |
| 0:13.0 | Hertz's big Model 3 investment is already paying off. |
| 0:17.0 | The Model S and X get a steering wheel option as well as a few other tweaks and more. What's happening, |
| 0:43.0 | happening friends, I'm Ryan McCaffrey here with you alongside my canine |
| 0:46.2 | companions, Daisy the boxer, and Zellina the future service dog. |
| 0:49.6 | This is episode 388 of Ride the Lightning, your weekly Tesla Unofficial Podcast for January 8th, |
| 0:58.0 | 2023. |
| 0:59.8 | And this is one of those episodes as I was preparing it this week where I could not wait to record this tonight and get it out to you here. |
| 1:08.0 | Of course every Sunday at 9 a.m. Eastern 6 a.m. Pacific. |
| 1:12.0 | There was so much interesting news, not just there's |
| 1:14.9 | always interesting news with Tesla. There's always something going on but it's |
| 1:18.9 | the topics are downright exciting this week so I have been looking forward to recording this. |
| 1:24.6 | I hope you enjoy listening to it. |
| 1:26.6 | Hey, a quick mini bit of news slash PSA, |
| 1:30.6 | Tesla's annual shareholder meeting is happening early this year relative to previous |
| 1:35.6 | years. It's on May 16th. Now a few weeks ahead of when it's usually held in early June. That is the benchmark here. And then even in more |
| 1:47.4 | recent years, traditionally it was early June and more recently these last two, three years, |
| 1:52.1 | it's been August or later. |
| 1:55.1 | Now, this leads me to wonder, fair bit of speculation, |
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