Episode 510: A Cheaper Model Y Arrives

Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast

Ryan McCaffrey

Elon, Leisure, Teslaroadster, Ev, Teslamodels, Roadster, Model3, Teslamodel3, Teslamodeliii, Tesla, Automotive, Bev, Gigafactory, Business News, Cars, Teslamotors, Modely, Cybertruck, Modelx, Electric, Elonmusk, Models, News, Electriccars, Teslamodelx, Semi

4.8 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Tesla has reintroduced the Long-Range Rear-Wheel Drive Model Y, and the Juniper version of it offers incredible value. Plus: there’s good news and bad news for Cybertruck owners, Rivian ramps up in Illinois to prepare for the R2, and more!

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0:00.0	On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla N.EV podcast, Tesla has reintroduced the long-range rear-wheel drive Model Y, and the Juniper version of it offers incredible value.
0:12.1	Plus, there's good news and bad news for cyber truck owners.
0:16.3	Rivian ramps up in Illinois to prepare for the R2 and more. What's happening, friends, Ryan McCaffrey alongside Daisy the Boxer, who is currently taking a break on the couch in my home office here with me.
0:48.3	While out in the living room, my daughter plays with Lily the Labrador puppy and Zelina yes Zelina is staying
0:56.2	with us for this week her family had a trip that they could not bring their
1:01.6	service dog along on so we are so grateful to have some unexpected Zalina
1:06.9	time this week so that is awesome it is dog-tastic here in the McCaffrey household. It's also
1:14.5	frogtastic, as you can hear from my voice. I want to apologize to you for how I sound this week.
1:20.8	As you know, I do not take sick days, sick weeks on this podcast. I'm here every single week for you.
1:27.2	I put out an episode.
1:28.9	But this week, I was under the weather pretty much all week.
1:32.6	Starting on Monday is really when it came on.
1:35.4	It's just a cold or something.
1:37.2	No big deal.
1:38.5	It's flipped from, I sound fine but feel kind of lousy, now I sound lousy but feel pretty much fine.
1:48.2	So I will get through this podcast the best I can,
1:51.6	and I do appreciate you giving me a little grace this week.
1:56.2	All right, a quick appetizer to get things started,
1:59.0	and appetizer being quite the appropriate word, we learned
2:03.0	a little tidbit about the upcoming Tesla diner drive-in supercharger that's currently nearing
2:10.1	the end of construction in Hollywood. This comes courtesy of not a Tesla app, who I've sourced
2:16.7	here before. They got some photos from the site
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