Episode 484: Teslas Are (Still) the Most American-Made Cars

Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast

Ryan McCaffrey

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🗓️ 10 November 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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A new report confirms that two Teslas are the most American-made in the market. Plus: Unplugged Performance reveals a Model S Plaid police cruiser, European base Model 3’s might soon get a battery pack upgrade, Tesla is planning yet another massive Supercharging station in California, and more!

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0:00.0	On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla unofficial podcast, a new report confirms that two Teslas are the most American made in the market, parts-wise.
0:10.3	Plus, unplugged performance reveals a Model S-plad police cruiser.
0:16.0	European base model 3s might soon get a battery pack upgrade.
0:20.7	Tesla is planning yet another massive supercharging station in California and more. Welcome, friends, to your 484th episode of Ride the Lightning, the weekly Tesla
0:52.3	unofficial podcast, this one publishing on November
0:54.8	10th, 2024. Of course, I'm Ryan McCaffrey joining you as I have every single Sunday for the past
1:01.1	nine plus years and counting. I am flanked by dogs. Daisy the Boxer on my left, mine of the
1:06.6	future service puppy on my right. And it is a palindrome this week. I just have always gotten a
1:12.4	kick out of palindromes when it's the same thing forwards and backwards. Episode 484, which
1:18.7	means that the next palindrome is in 11 weeks. But in any case, I hope you'll enjoy this week's
1:24.9	episode. I'll start here with a new safety update that's on the
1:29.4	way for the Tesla fleet called Blind Spot Warning while parked. Saw this via not a Tesla app,
1:37.8	whose whole deal is keeping very close track of this stuff. I've certainly cited them on the
1:42.7	podcast before. They have a
1:44.4	very good track record when it comes to this kind of thing. They write in the release notes,
1:49.6	Tesla states, quote, if you try to open a door while an approaching object is detected in your
1:56.0	blind spot, such as a cyclist or other vehicle, the blind spot warning light will flash, an audio warning
2:03.1	will sound, and the door will not open on the first press of the button. Wait and then press
2:09.9	the button again to override the warning. Well, those of you who like me live in cities who have to do a lot of street parking will no doubt appreciate this one.
2:21.3	Because the last thing that you ever want is to open your door when a cyclist is approaching in the bike lane right next to you.
2:29.3	And quite honestly, that's probably the last thing that the cyclist wants too is for your, for your door
2:35.9	to swing open right as they're biking on by. Also in this update, by the way, which if you're
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