Episode 439: My 10 Tesla Predictions for 2024
Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.8 • 988 Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2023
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
A new year means it’s time for my annual tradition of making a bunch of Tesla predictions for 2024 – and I’ll see how I did last year while I’m at it. Plus: a new report on Model Y’s upcoming Project Juniper refresh, an update on FSD Beta version 12, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla Unofficial Podcast, a new year means it's time for my annual |
| 0:06.4 | tradition of making a bunch of Tesla predictions for 2024. |
| 0:11.0 | And I'll see how I did last year while I'm at it. |
| 0:13.5 | Plus, a new report on Model Y's upcoming Project Juniper refresh, |
| 0:19.0 | an update on FSD Beta Version 12 and more. And then. You're not going to. What's happening friends? I'm Ryan McCaffrey joining you for one last time here in 2023, |
| 1:04.2 | although I realize most of you will probably listen to this in 2024, |
| 1:08.7 | but it is Ride the Lightning, |
| 1:10.2 | your weekly Tesla unofficial podcast, |
| 1:13.0 | episode 439, officially releasing on December 31st, |
| 1:17.8 | 2023. |
| 1:19.4 | So first up, let me say, happy new year to all of you thank you for joining me for yet another year |
| 1:25.8 | of Tesla podcasting week after week of fun Tesla topics and discussion now next week on next week's podcast |
| 1:34.9 | we will have Tesla's Q4 production and delivery numbers |
| 1:39.7 | which thus means we'll also have their entire 2023 production and delivery numbers. |
| 1:46.5 | Now I am not expecting the Cyber Truck to be included in those numbers for however many hundred or maybe it's a four-figure number, |
| 1:56.1 | maybe, that they've delivered in December. |
| 1:59.3 | But as I like to say, I'd be happy to be wrong about that and I would love to know how many trucks it was |
| 2:06.0 | so we'll see if that figure is included. I suspect not but we'll find out on next |
| 2:10.5 | week's podcast and we'll also find out whether or not Tesla hit |
| 2:14.6 | its big goal of delivering 1.8 million cars in calendar 2023. |
| 2:22.6 | Before I get going with my annual tradition |
| 2:25.7 | of making my Tesla New Year's predictions, |
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