Episode 480: Robotaxi Event Recap – I Was There!

Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast

Ryan McCaffrey

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🗓️ 13 October 2024

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

Tesla unveiled its long-awaited Robotaxi, aka the Cybercab. But that wasn’t all! I was lucky enough to be there, so I’ll give you the highlights from the presentation and my analysis, along with my impressions of riding in the Robotaxi, checking out the robovan, dancing with Optimus robots, smacking a Cybertruck door with a heavy hammer, and more!

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0:00.0	On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla unofficial podcast, Tesla unveiled its long-awaited
0:06.2	robot taxi, aka the Cyber Cab. But that wasn't all. I was lucky enough to be there,
0:12.1	so I'll give you the highlights from the presentation and my analysis
0:15.6	along with my impressions of riding in the robot taxi checking out the robo-van dancing with
0:21.0	Optimus robots smacking a cyber truck door with a heavy hammer,
0:25.0	and more. Oh, What's happening friends Ryan McCaffrey joining you from back in San Francisco? I returned home today after being in Burbank yesterday for the
0:54.5	robot taxi event. I've got Daisy the boxer to my left, mine of the
0:59.2	future service dog, at my feet here, both snooze in a way. I have been scrambling to get this
1:04.6	podcast ready to go, but I'm glad I got to sleep on it and I didn't have to like
1:08.8	live stream this immediately because there have been a couple of
1:12.3	interesting facts that have come out
1:14.7	after the event sort of clarifying information.
1:17.6	There is so much to get to on this week's podcast.
1:21.4	You knew it was going to be a good one. You knew it was going to be fun one way or the other. And I definitely hope this
1:26.8	episode's going to be fun. I had fun preparing it and I'm going to have fun recording it right now. So I do want to start with a couple of housekeeping notes
1:36.4	before I get to the actual robot taxi event.
1:40.5	And starting with this that may be of use to some of you in the immediate future.
1:46.7	And that is a public service announcement to check your email inboxes even if you placed a cyber truck reservation well after the initial
1:56.7	unveiling back in November of 2019.
2:00.0	Why do I say that?
2:01.0	Well, my reservation from August 29, 2022, so a two-year-old reservation, rather
2:11.0	than a five-year-old reservation like the day one folks.
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