Episode 517: Interview With a Robotaxi User
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2025
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
I talk to a Robotaxi user who took lots of rides in phase one of Tesla's autonomous ride-hailing service in Austin. Plus: the first self-delivering Tesla has found its new owner, Tesla is currently testing a virtual queuing system for Supercharging, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla and EV podcast, I talked to a |
| 0:05.1 | robotaxy user who took lots of rides in phase one of Tesla's autonomous ride hailing service |
| 0:11.2 | in Austin. |
| 0:12.4 | Plus, the first self-delivering Tesla has found its new owner. |
| 0:17.6 | Tesla is currently testing a virtual queuing system for supercharging and more. What's happening, friends? |
| 0:43.7 | I'm Ryan McCaffrey, joining you as I do every week for Ride the Lightning. |
| 0:47.2 | It is your Tesla and Evie podcast. |
| 0:49.3 | This one's episode 517 publishing on June 29, 2025. To my left, Daisy the Boxer looking longingly out |
| 0:59.7 | the window, and somewhere else in the house, two Labrador's probably are going to get crazy at |
| 1:05.9 | some point. We've got Mine of the Future Service dog and Lily the silly Labrador. |
| 1:11.3 | It's three against one this week. |
| 1:13.7 | My wife and daughter are out of town seeing some relatives and it's just me and the dog. |
| 1:19.2 | So please send help. |
| 1:21.5 | Now, it's, I'm hanging in there so far. |
| 1:24.1 | My family will be back tomorrow, thankfully. |
| 1:26.6 | But we'll see how much ruckus they cause while I try |
| 1:29.2 | to record this week's episode. There is quite the ruckus happening down in Austin, not just with |
| 1:36.9 | the Robotaxy Service in its early access phase giving rides to people, but also late this week, Tesla completed its first fully autonomous |
| 1:49.1 | vehicle delivery, and they did it just a tad ahead of schedule. Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted |
| 1:57.0 | on X, quote, the first fully autonomous delivery of a Tesla Model Y from factory to a customer |
| 2:03.9 | home across town, including highways, was just completed a day ahead of schedule. |
| 2:10.3 | Congratulations to the Tesla AI teams, both software and AI chip design. |
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