Episode 522: More Affordable Model Y Spied Up Close – Here’s What We Know

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

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🗓️ 3 August 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

The more affordable version of the Model Y has been spotted in a parking lot and captured on video. I’ll tell you about what we now know for sure about what could be Tesla’s lowest-price vehicle yet. Plus: it turns out that yes, the new Roadster really is back; a slightly different version of Tesla’s Robotaxi service launches in my city, and more!

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0:00.0	On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla and EV podcast, the more affordable
0:05.4	version of the Model Y has been spotted in a parking lot and captured on video.
0:10.4	I'll tell you about what we now know for sure about what could be Tesla's lowest priced vehicle
0:16.2	yet. Plus, it turns out that, yes, the new Roadster really is back,
0:21.8	a slightly different version of Tesla's Robotaxy Service launches in my city and more.
0:49.2	Thank you. What's happening, I'm Ryan McCaffrey.
1:06.8	Welcome to episode 522 of Ride the Lightning, your weekly Tesla and EV podcast, this one publishing on August 3rd, 2025, which means this episode marks the actual 10th anniversary of this podcast.
1:15.5	Episode one was published back on August 2nd, 2015, and while I have to be honest and tell you that I cannot suggest that you go back and listen to it, because it's probably pretty
1:20.9	terrible in hindsight, or at least now, considering that I've had a decade to practice,
1:27.4	hopefully improve, and at least dial in
1:30.3	what I want this podcast to be. But I did want to stop and mark this occasion. I know episode
1:37.1	500 back in early March there, that was the big milestone in terms of the episode number, and I was very lucky to
1:46.3	to really be able to make a big, cool, fun event out of that with Lars on 499 and Franz
1:53.5	on 500 and J.B. on 501. I don't have any super secret, awesome special guest this week. It's,
2:00.4	it's just me here on episode 522 but it's now
2:05.8	been 10 years officially and i just wanted to say a massive thanks to all of you for listening
2:11.9	whether this is your first episode possibly possibly. Your 323rd.
2:18.9	Now, why do I pick out 323?
2:20.8	Well, because I know a lot of you join me when I interviewed Elon on episode 200,
2:26.2	and that was your first episode of Ride the Lightning.
2:28.5	Or, if this is your 522nd episode,
2:33.2	thank you to all of you for sharing in the enthusiasm of these cars and of the
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