Episode 476: Robotaxi Rumors and Patents
Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.8 • 988 Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2024
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Robotaxi patents get revealed and rumors heat up as the unveiling of Tesla’s Cybercab is now less than one month away. Plus: Cybertruck loses some optional accessories but gains others, a software update adds a handy – or rather, hand-less new feature – and more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla unofficial podcast, |
| 0:04.2 | Robotaxi patents get revealed and rumors heat up as the unveiling of Tesla's |
| 0:09.3 | cyber cab is now less than one month away. Plus, Cyber Truck loses some optional accessories but gains others. |
| 0:17.0 | A software update adds a handy or rather hand less new feature and more. What's happening, happening, friends? Ryan McCaffrey here with you for episode 476 of Ride the |
| 0:48.7 | Lightning, the Tesla Unofficial Podcast coming to you every single Sunday at 9 a.m. Eastern 6 a.m. Pacific. This one's |
| 0:55.0 | for September 15th, 2024. Directly at my feet below me is a snoozing |
| 1:00.9 | Mind of the Future Service Dog and to my left looking longingly out the window at whatever the neighbors are up to, |
| 1:06.7 | days of the boxer. So glad to be with you for another excellent fun week of Tesla News. and speaking of excellent and fun. |
| 1:15.0 | Coming up later in the podcast I've got a 19 minute chat with a gentleman by the name of Mike Klimkowski. |
| 1:21.5 | He is the president of the Tesla Owners Club of Wisconsin and I talked to him about |
| 1:26.7 | EV Fire Safety. This is on the back of the Tesla Semi Fire that story that I did for you a couple weeks ago, Mike started a |
| 1:35.1 | nonprofit in order to help educate first responders on EVs. He reached out to me |
| 1:41.0 | and I thought it would be great to have him on the |
| 1:42.8 | podcast so he can share some of what he does with his nonprofit so stay tuned for |
| 1:48.0 | that after the newsblock of the |
| 1:53.4 | podcast here. We are under one month away from the cyber cab reveal |
| 1:58.8 | now confirmed by the way by Tesla to be in Los Angeles the Los Angeles area |
| 2:05.0 | if you'd like to have a chance to go |
| 2:08.0 | head on over to I.R dot Tesla.com |
| 2:12.0 | if you're a retail shareholder and you can verify your shares and |
| 2:17.2 | you'll get one entry into the the ticket raffle basically for every share that you have so head on over to i r dot tesla com |
| 2:27.4 | if that is of interest remember that event is coming up on October 10th |
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