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🗓️ 20 October 2024
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Both the Foundation Series Cybertruck and the reservation list are no longer a thing as Tesla has made the general-production Cybertruck available for anyone in America to order on its website. Plus: an update on Cybertruck’s much-anticipated Powershare feature, Tesla secures approval for the first stage of expansion at Giga Berlin, 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 | both the Foundation Series Cyber Truck and the Cyber Truck Reservation |
0:08.6 | list are no longer a thing, as Tesla has made the general production cyber truck available for |
0:14.2 | anyone in America to order on its website. Plus an update on the |
0:18.8 | cyber truck's much anticipated power share feature. Tesla secures approval for the first stage of expansion at |
0:24.8 | Gigaburlin and more. Oh, What's happening, |
0:47.0 | happening friends, Ryan McCaffrey here as always, |
0:49.7 | joining you for Ride the Lightning, |
0:51.4 | the Tesla unofficial podcast. |
0:53.4 | This is episode 481, publishing on October 20, 2024. |
0:59.7 | As usual, I'm flanked by one or more dogs for this week it's two it's Daisy the boxer to my left and to my |
1:07.0 | actually behind me on the floor snoozing away is mine of the future service dog |
1:12.0 | another busy week of Tesla news, |
1:14.2 | so I want to jump right into it. |
1:16.5 | And I'll start here. |
1:18.0 | Those of you who do not currently own or subscribe |
1:21.3 | to full self-driving supervised may have found a pleasant |
1:24.4 | surprise when you jumped in your car late this past week and that is another 30-day |
1:29.6 | FSD free trial. So I believe that Tesla did say that they would do this with each new |
1:36.9 | substantial release and well let's be honest the recent 12.5.4 that enables hands-free FSD supervised, even with |
1:47.5 | sunglasses, I'd say that definitely counts as a substantial new release that really is bound to impress a lot of people |
1:56.0 | who either haven't looked at FSD in a while, be it since the last FSD trial or have never looked at it. |
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