Episode 505: Analyzing Tesla’s Q1 Production and Delivery Numbers

Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast

Ryan McCaffrey

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4.8 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Tesla announces its first-quarter vehicle production and delivery numbers, and the news isn’t the best – with fellow EV automakers Rivian and Lucid largely in the same boat. Plus: Tesla’s found its chef for its upcoming drive-in diner Supercharger in Hollywood, the regular version of the new Model Y is now available, and more!

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0:00.0	On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla and EV podcast,
0:04.2	Tesla announces its first quarter vehicle production and delivery numbers,
0:08.3	and the news isn't the best,
0:10.3	with fellow EV automakers Rivian and Lucid largely in the same boat.
0:14.9	Plus, Tesla found its chef for its upcoming drive-in diner supercharger in Hollywood, the regular version of the new
0:23.1	Model Y is now available and more. What's happening, friends, I'm Ryan McCaffrey here for episode 505 of Ride the Lightning, your weekly Tesla and EV podcast.
0:54.3	I'm publishing this one on April 6th, 2025, recording it on April 4th, 2025, and I am flanked
1:01.6	by two tired puppos, Daisy the Boxer to my left, and on the floor resting next to me is
1:07.9	Maina the future service dog.
1:10.1	And I am glad to be back from our family trip here,
1:13.1	right, just in time for a palindrome, episode 505. It reads the same way, front to back. I always
1:18.8	get a kick out of those. And I just wanted to mention before I get going with what is going to be
1:24.1	a very busy week of Tesla and EV News that I've returned from our family
1:30.1	trip, got back a couple nights ago, and because I recorded the extra episode at the same time
1:38.2	as episode 504 before we left due to that travel schedule, I didn't have a chance on 504 to take a quick moment
1:46.9	to say thank you, a sincere thank you to all of you for listening to that and for your
1:52.9	feedback as well. I can honestly say it was about 95% supportive, which I very, very much appreciate. And I'll tell you, I got some really
2:03.1	unexpected heartfelt messages too, which just warmed my heart, made me feel really good. So
2:09.7	thank you all for taking the time to listen to that and for your feedback. And now we get back
2:14.3	to the normal business of Tesla and EV News.
2:18.3	Now for this first story, I often joke that these mini newsbytes at the top of the podcast are like appetizers.
2:27.3	I know I've used that analogy many times, but this time I'm going to talk to you about, well, almost literal appetizers.
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