Episode 460: Model S and X Get Stunning New Paint Color
Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.8 • 988 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Tesla debuts another new paint color for Model S and Model X, and fans of the old Silver Metallic are going to love it. Plus: wheel updates to Model Y and Cybertruck, good news for 2024 Model 3 Performance buyers, bad news for the first-ever known Cybertruck thief, 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 debuts another new paint color for Model S and Model X |
| 0:08.0 | and fans of the old silver metallic are going to love it. |
| 0:12.0 | Plus, wheel updates to Model Y and Cyber Truck. |
| 0:16.0 | Good news for 2024 Model 3 performance buyers. |
| 0:21.0 | Bad news for the first ever known cyber truck thief, and more. Oh, What's happening, |
| 0:46.0 | happening, friends, Ryan McCaffrey joining you alongside Daisy the Boxer to my left and to my right on the floor, |
| 0:51.5 | we've got another canine house guest. We are puppy sitting for one of the other canine companions future service dog families. |
| 0:59.2 | Nova an absolutely adorable chocolate lab. The first time I've ever encountered a chocolate |
| 1:05.4 | lab in the canine companions program I just it's been all yellow labs black labs along |
| 1:12.3 | with golden retrievers and Mixes in the program that I've seen so far. |
| 1:16.5 | And Nova is an absolute sweetheart and she's already getting along famously with Daisy. |
| 1:21.2 | So if a ruckus starts in the background you will know that the two |
| 1:26.0 | dogs have decided to get up and start playing while I record there is so much to talk |
| 1:32.0 | about on this week's episode of Ride the Lightning that I'm just going to jump right into it. |
| 1:36.4 | First up, it looks like the Cyber Truck core wheels are out in the wild as listener and generous Patreon backer Michael Gallo |
| 1:46.1 | sent me a picture of a cyber truck with those wheels installed this past weekend |
| 1:51.8 | now interestingly the one that Michael sent me a |
| 1:54.6 | picture of has the core wheel covers but it has the Goodyear all-terrain tires on it |
| 2:02.0 | not the all seasons. |
| 2:04.6 | So I'm wondering if maybe the core wheel covers in this specific case |
| 2:09.7 | were bought from a service center |
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