Episode 488: Tesla Holiday Software Update Adds Huge New Features

Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast

Ryan McCaffrey

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🗓️ 8 December 2024

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Tesla’s annual holiday software update is jam-packed with fantastic new features. Plus: the rollout of FSD version 13 has begun, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been denied his compensation package by a Delaware judge once again, and more!

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0:00.0	On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla unofficial podcast, Tesla's annual holiday
0:05.4	software update is jam-packed with fantastic new features, and I'll tell you all about them.
0:11.5	Plus, the rollout of FSD version 13 has begun.
0:16.1	Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been denied his compensation package by a Delaware judge once again and more. What's happening, friends, alongside mine of the future service dog puppy and a vested up,
0:49.7	Daisy the Boxer. She has a holter vest on right now. She's getting one of her regular heart checkups.
0:55.7	We're taking a 24-hour look at her heart. Make sure everything still looks good. So far, so good.
1:00.9	She had an echo cardiogram earlier today when this vest was put on. So so far so good. Hopefully we'll
1:06.8	get good news on the electrical front with her heart so I can report back on that next week.
1:12.9	Hopefully there will be nothing to report. Anyway, I hope you're all doing well. I am very grateful
1:18.0	to be doing well. I'm back from my family trip over Thanksgiving. And I hope all of you
1:23.3	enjoyed the interview with Taylor that I had for you last week. Like I think I mentioned when I was
1:28.8	setting that up ahead of that interview, it was supposed to be about 30 minutes. That's what we had
1:34.1	booked. But it ended up going over an hour, as you heard, because I was having such a great
1:39.5	time talking to him, and I hope you enjoy listening to it. Personally, I just always find it interesting
1:45.8	to hear from either current or former Tesla employees, particularly with those with especially
1:51.2	unique roles at the company like Taylor had. Now, some quick updates just in the world of
1:58.3	Tesla before I get into the main story this week, which is most certainly the big holiday software update, which is just chalk full of goodness this year.
2:06.2	I mean, it usually is, but seems especially so this year.
2:09.7	While I was away, Tesla upped the ante on the referral program.
2:15.4	It's now $1,000 off a new or inventory, Model 3 or Model Y, which really
2:21.2	is just putting it back where it was. But then on CyberTruck S&X, it is up to a $2,000 discount
2:29.3	if you order with a referral link. So if you are not already a Tesla owner, because if you are and you order a new one, you'll
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