Episode 489: Tesla’s More Affordable Car: Sorting Through the Rumors

Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast

Ryan McCaffrey

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4.8 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Rumors have been going around about Tesla’s upcoming more-affordable car, and I’m here to help separate the facts from the fiction. Plus: Tesla’s charging standard will become the federal standard, the Cybercab project lead shares a few more details about Tesla’s upcoming driverless robotaxi, and more!

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0:00.0	On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla unofficial podcast,
0:04.3	rumors have been going around about Tesla's upcoming more affordable car,
0:08.6	and I'm here to help separate the facts from the fiction.
0:12.4	Plus, Tesla's charging standard will become the federal standard.
0:16.5	The Cybercab Project Lead shares a few more details about Tesla's upcoming driverless Robotaxi and more. What's happening, friends, Daisy the Boxer puppy, to my left, mine of the future service dog, outside roaming around in the living room somewhere.
0:51.3	I'm Ryan McCaffery. Welcome to Ride the Lightning. It is your
0:54.2	weekly Tesla unofficial podcast for December 15th, 2024, episode number 489. And I am flying very, very high
1:06.8	tonight because just a few hours ago, I got the word that my new ultra red model three
1:13.5	performance with white interior is ready to go. It had been, I'd actually been getting a little
1:19.2	antsy because it had been nearly a week of radio silence, in fact a little bit more than a week
1:25.5	since my VIN had been assigned, and then,
1:28.6	bam, as I'm sitting down eating lunch this afternoon, a text from my delivery specialist came
1:34.4	through who said, it was ready. In fact, he actually offered that I could have picked it up tonight,
1:41.2	and very kindly, he offered to bring it to my house, but not only do I want
1:48.8	to look the car over in daylight, I also want it on the road as little as possible until I can
1:55.4	get it over to Immaculate Reflections next week when the owner there Jeff gets back from a family trip and I also really
2:03.6	wanted my wife and daughter to be part of it because this is even if you know they're not car
2:08.2	people and this isn't like a big moment for them it's a big moment for me and I want my family
2:13.3	I want the people I love to share in the joy of this with me. So scheduled it for tomorrow.
2:20.5	It's Friday night as I record as usual. So the delivery is happening tomorrow. It's the big day.
2:26.3	I can't wait. So that means by the time 99% of you hear this, I mean the Patreon backers get it early,
2:33.3	but by the time most of you hear this, I will, the Patreon backers get it early, but by the time most of you hear this,
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