Episode 461: New Tesla Data Fights the FUD

Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast

Ryan McCaffrey

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4.8 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Tesla’s 2023 Impact Report has lots of compelling data in it that you can use to help squash any electric-car FUD anyone might throw your way. Plus: the Tesla Semi visits Europe, Giga Mexico’s construction continues, the Bargersville Police Department gives an update on its Model Y police-vehicle pilot program, and more!

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0:00.0	On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla Unofficial Podcast,
0:03.8	Tesla's 2023 Impact Report has a lot of compelling data in it
0:08.8	that you can use to help squash any electric car fud that anyone might throw your way.
0:14.4	Plus, the Tesla Semi visits Europe for the first time.
0:18.6	Gigam Mexico's construction continues.
0:21.6	The Bargersville Police Department gives an update on its model
0:25.1	Y police vehicle pilot program and more. Oh, What's happening friends Ryan McCaffrey joining you here for episode 461 of Ride the Lightning.
0:54.8	It's your weekly Tesla unofficial podcast.
0:57.8	This one for June 2nd, 2024, Daisy the Boxer to my left. and there is some big stuff coming up here that I'm looking forward to covering on Ride the Lightning in just two episodes from now.
1:11.0	Yes, this is coming right up. just two episodes from now will be my
1:14.8	highlights, recap, and analysis of the annual Tesla shareholder meeting. It's going to be
1:21.0	a big one because we will find out the results of the shareholder vote on CEO Elon Musk's big pay package, which if you are plugged into the Tesla community online, and the way if you're not it's totally fine.
1:35.2	That's what I'm here for.
1:36.0	I plug in so you don't necessarily have to.
1:39.3	But you've probably seen ads on social media you've gotten emails from Tesla there has
1:45.8	been a big big push by the company and and others to get out and vote on this thing.
1:53.0	So it's, I've never seen this ever for any single shareholder proposal.
1:59.0	So this is, it's going to be an interesting shareholder meeting just for the results of that alone, but as is typical with the shareholder meeting, we should also hear lots of updates on what the company's up to. There's the shareholder Q&A at the end with
2:15.8	Elon where people can line up and ask questions. I hope someone again asks
2:20.8	about the new roadster like they did last year and hopefully we'll get
2:24.5	some other good questions as well so that is coming up in two episodes from now
2:28.9	that'll be episode 463 should be a good one. In the meantime I am off to Los Angeles this coming week for a good chunk of it on business
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