Episode 428: Tesla Finally Offers More Car Colors…Sort Of
Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.8 • 988 Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2023
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
Tesla has finally begun offering a bunch of new colors on the Model 3 and Model Y…kind of. Plus: CyberBeer is on tap for North American Tesla fans, Tesla livestreamed an off-road test of the Cybertruck in some famously difficult conditions, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla Unofficial Podcast, |
| 0:04.0 | Tesla has finally begun offering a bunch of new colors on the Model 3 and Model Y, |
| 0:09.0 | kind of. Plus, Cyber Beer is on tap for North American Tesla fans. |
| 0:15.0 | Tesla live streamed an off-road test of the cyber truck in some famously difficult conditions and more. What's happening friends? I'm Ryan McCaffrey joining you for episode |
| 0:45.1 | four hundred and twenty-eight of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla unofficial podcast. |
| 0:49.7 | It is your weekly dose of all things Tesla. |
| 0:52.8 | This episode's for October 15th, 2023. |
| 0:56.5 | Both puppies are chilling next to me here. |
| 0:58.7 | Daisy the boxer on the couch, |
| 1:00.6 | and just below her laying on some pillows on the floor is |
| 1:04.3 | the future service dog. I am feeling good I've got a very packed show for you |
| 1:10.4 | despite the fact that I am recording one night early this week due to the |
| 1:15.8 | trip to New Mexico I mentioned at the end of last week's show we're off to go be in |
| 1:20.6 | the path of totality for Saturday's big solar eclipse. |
| 1:25.0 | So as always, when I record early, if I happen to miss anything big on Friday, |
| 1:30.0 | I will cover it for you next week. |
| 1:33.0 | Although next week is the earnings call. |
| 1:36.0 | So it's going to be a high bar for anything to end up being a bigger news story than that. |
| 1:42.0 | But for now, as I said said I've got plenty of fun topics to talk |
| 1:46.2 | about and in fact I will start this week with a random example of Tesla's whole, the best part is no part mantra, whereby they try to |
| 1:58.1 | delete parts wherever they can. |
| 2:00.0 | This is something that's really hammered home in Walter Isaacson's new biography on |
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