Episode 518: Talking to the Owner of the First Autonomously Delivered Tesla
Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.8 • 988 Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2025
⏱️ 105 minutes
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Summary
I talk to the recipient of Tesla’s – and automotive history’s – first-ever autonomously delivered vehicle about his experience (interview starts at the 35:03 mark). Plus: I’ll go over Tesla’s Q2 production and delivery numbers, the fate of the EV federal tax credit, and more!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla and EV podcast, I talked to the recipient of Tesla's and automotive histories first ever autonomously delivered vehicle about his experience. |
| 0:13.2 | Plus, I'll go over Tesla's Q2 production and delivery numbers, the fate of the EV federal tax credit, and more. |
| 0:20.5 | Thank you. numbers, the fate of the EV federal tax credit, and more. What's happening, friends, alongside Daisy the Boxer and Lily the Silly Labrador puppy. |
| 0:46.0 | My name is Ryan McCaffrey. |
| 0:47.3 | Welcome to episode 518 of Ride the Lightning, your Tesla and Evie podcast publishing on July 6th, 2025. I've got the wrong, |
| 0:59.0 | I've got last week's date in my notes. Let me fix that. July 6th, there we go. On that note, |
| 1:06.3 | happy Canada Day to my friends north of the border and happy 4th of July to all of my fellow |
| 1:13.3 | Americans and Tesla themselves, makers of the most American cars in the market, are themselves |
| 1:22.2 | getting into the spirit of Independence Day by running a little promo around red, white, and blue paint colors. |
| 1:30.6 | You can get ultra red, pearl white multi-coat, or deep blue metallic for free, meaning it's |
| 1:37.2 | got a maximum value of $2,500, with any new inventory or custom order purchase of a Model 3 or Model Y and any inventory purchase |
| 1:50.1 | of a 2025 Model S or Model X. I specify that because the mini refreshes that we just got, which |
| 1:59.1 | included the new Frost blue color, are classified as |
| 2:02.5 | 2026 models. They are exempt from this. So new 3 or Y or inventory, new 3 or Y, or a new |
| 2:11.9 | inventory 2025 SRX, you've got to order by July 14th. |
| 2:18.1 | Well, Tesla was already two-thirds of the way there with this promo on the Model 3 performance |
| 2:24.1 | specifically, which as I told you about recently, offers a pearl white multi-coat and |
| 2:31.0 | deep blue metallic at no extra cost in addition to the default no cost the single |
| 2:37.2 | normally just by itself no cost option stealth gray so hey now you can get free ultra red on a |
| 2:45.2 | performance model three as well without having to buy fSD to get that free color because that's promo still going. |
| 2:53.4 | And thus, you'd still get the tax credit and more on the tax credit in a moment. |
| 2:58.8 | But obviously, the majority of buyers are not buying a Model 3 performance. |
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