Episode 452: FSD Beta for Everyone!…for a Little While
Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.8 • 988 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2024
⏱️ 82 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Tesla rolls out a fleet-wide one-month free FSD Beta trial in an effort to show everyone how good version 12 is. Plus: another fun new bit of information about the forthcoming Model 3 Ludicrous, Tesla is reportedly considering getting into the van business with Italy, and more!
If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support my efforts, please check out my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/teslapodcast and consider a monthly pledge. Every little bit helps and there are stacking bonuses in it for you at each pledge level, like early access to each episode at the $5 tier and the weekly Lightning Round bonus mini-episode (AND the early access!) at the $10 tier!
And don't forget to leave a message on the Ride the Lightning hotline anytime with a question, comment, or discussion topic for next week's show! The toll-free number to call or Skype is 1-888-989-8752.
Go to xcelerateauto.com/xcare to find the extended warranty policy that's right for you and your Tesla, and don’t forget to use the discount code “Lightning” for $100 off your purchase.
Buying a Tesla? Order with my referral link https://ts.la/ryan731014 and get 3 free months of FSD as well as one year of free Premium Connectivity.
P.S. Get 15% off your first order of awesome aftermarket Tesla accessories at AbstractOcean.com by using the code RTLpodcast at checkout. Grab the SnapPlate front license plate bracket for any Tesla at https://everyamp.com/RTL/ (don't forget the coupon code RTL).
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla Unofficial Podcast, |
| 0:04.0 | Tesla rolls out a fleet wide one-month free FSD |
| 0:08.0 | beta trial in an effort to show everyone how good version 12 is. |
| 0:12.0 | Plus, another fun new bit of information. everyone how good version 12 is. |
| 0:13.0 | Plus, another fun new bit of information about the forthcoming Model 3 ludicrous, |
| 0:18.0 | Tesla is reportedly considering getting into the van business with Italy and more. What's happening, happening, what's happening friends? I'm Ryan McCaffrey joining you. Daisy the Boxer is to my left and it is a rainy day here in San Francisco, but I am thrilled to be indoors joining you here with Ride the Lightning. |
| 0:55.3 | It's your weekly Tesla Unofficial Podcast. |
| 0:57.8 | For March 31st, 2024, the last day of Q1, this is episode 452. So what does the last day of the quarter mean? It |
| 1:07.4 | means on next week's podcast I will report and analyze the production and |
| 1:12.2 | delivery numbers and we will find out exactly where it lands as I've been talking about on the last few episodes here running up to the end of the quarter |
| 1:21.0 | it seems like based on all the demand levers that Tesla's |
| 1:25.2 | been pulling, including, by the way, you may have noticed on YouTube advertisements. |
| 1:29.5 | I've been getting a lot of YouTube pre-roll ads lately of Model Y commercials, which is very interesting to see. |
| 1:37.2 | So will the delivery numbers be a little softer than recent quarters, either quarter of recorder or year on year. |
| 1:44.8 | We will find out on next week's episode. |
| 1:48.5 | So I thought this would be a good topic for this week's Patreon poll since this week was of course the |
| 1:54.8 | 11th hour of Q1 so I wanted to ask for all of your Q1 delivery number predictions |
| 2:02.2 | and we'll see where everybody lands when we get those |
| 2:05.2 | numbers next week. So the poll question this week which a reminder you can vote |
| 2:09.5 | every week at my Patreon page which is found at patreon.com slash Tesla |
| 2:14.9 | podcast in the case of the poll it's open to everyone it's totally free you don't |
| 2:19.2 | have to be supporting me you don't have to be backing me on Patreon. Anybody can come in and vote. Just drop by any time during the week. The poll questions usually go up on Tuesday nights, typically. And this week's poll question again was simply how many vehicle |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ryan McCaffrey, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Ryan McCaffrey and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.