Episode 454: Wait, Is Tesla’s $25k “Model 2” Really Canceled?

Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast

Ryan McCaffrey

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🗓️ 14 April 2024

⏱️ 100 minutes

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A new report from Reuters says that Tesla has canceled its ultra-high-volume $25,000 car in favor of going all-in on the robotaxi. Could it possibly be true? Plus: Cybertruck will soon get a boost to its Supercharging speed, the FSD subscription price gets cut in half, the Plaid Model S gets sporty new seats, and more!

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0:00.0	On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla Unofficial Podcast, a new report from Reuters
0:05.6	says that Tesla has cancelled its ultra-high volume $25,000 car in favor of going all in on the robot taxi.
0:14.3	Could it possibly be true?
0:16.1	Plus, Cyber Truck will soon get a boost to its supercharging speed.
0:20.4	The FSD subscription price gets cut in half the plaid model S and X gets sporty new seats and more Oh, What's happening friends? I'm Ryan McCaffrey joining you for episode 454, that's a palindrome, of Ride the Lightning, yes, your
0:56.1	weekly Tesla unofficial podcast, this one publishing on April 14th, 2024.
1:03.2	Well, it is great to be back home after a really, really nice getaway with my family,
1:08.4	my wife and daughter.
1:09.8	So grateful to have gotten to get away a little bit for spring break while she's off from
1:14.6	school, take a little time away and just kind of do nothing. Well actually we did a lot
1:19.6	but nothing involving devices or no computers no nothing just outdoor nothing.
1:24.0	Just outdoors, sunshine, loved it, had a great time.
1:29.0	Now on the flight home, I watched Neil Brennan's new stand-up comedy special. If you're not familiar with Neil, he was
1:36.0	Dave Chappelle's writing partner on the Chappelle show and Neil has gone on to have his own very
1:41.0	decorated stand-up comedy career, including a few. This is the third or fourth
1:46.8	major Netflix special from him, and I've really enjoyed his other ones. So his new one that just
1:52.1	dropped is called Crazy Good. Now there's a bit in there
1:56.2	about artists and geniuses and while it's best to watch the entire special to get the full context for the bit,
2:05.5	I wanted to play you this still very funny even without context clip of Neil talking
2:11.5	about Elon Musk and Tesla.
2:13.8	I got a kick out of this and I think you will too.
2:16.2	Take a listen.
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