Episode 523: Special Guest: Tesla Tipster Sawyer Merritt
Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.8 • 988 Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2025
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
I’m joined by perhaps the only person in the Tesla community who pays closer attention to it than I do: Tesla tipster Sawyer Merritt, who I regularly cite on this podcast. We’ll talk about how he got into the world of Tesla, what motivates him to do what he does, why he feels Tesla needs to start advertising, and much more. Enjoy!
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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'm joined by perhaps |
| 0:05.8 | the only person in the Tesla community who pays closer attention to it than I do, Tesla tipster |
| 0:11.8 | Sawyer Merritt, who I regularly cite on this podcast. We'll talk about how he got into the world |
| 0:17.6 | of Tesla, what motivates him to do what he does, why he feels Tesla needs |
| 0:22.0 | to start advertising and much more. Enjoy. What's happening, |
| 0:46.3 | Alongside two snoozing puppies, we've got Lily the Silly Labrador puppy and Daisy the Boxer both to my left on the couch. My name is Ryan McCaffrey. |
| 0:55.9 | Welcome to Ride the Lightning, the Tesla and EV podcast for August 10th, 2025. This is episode |
| 1:04.3 | 524. Well, as I mentioned, if you happen to tune in at the very end of last week's podcast, I mentioned that I was going to be going on vacation with my family. |
| 1:16.3 | Well, that has happened all this past week. |
| 1:19.7 | Funny enough, as you hear this now, I'm back. |
| 1:22.9 | But I was on vacation with my family all this past week as you're hearing this. |
| 1:28.1 | And so I'm preparing this episode for you in advance, which if you're a regular listener, |
| 1:33.6 | you know that I do a couple times a year. |
| 1:36.8 | As you all very well know by now, I'm very, very adamant about making sure that I publish |
| 1:42.7 | a new episode every single Sunday at 9 a.m. |
| 1:46.2 | Eastern, 6 a.m. Pacific, but like any human being, I do need a break from time to time. So, |
| 1:52.0 | I hope you enjoy this episode that I've prepared for you, but either way, I will be back next week |
| 1:57.9 | at the usual time, same day, with the typical weekly news breakdown and |
| 2:02.7 | analysis that I do for you. I just want to say that I really appreciate all of you allowing |
| 2:07.0 | me to step away from the usual format this week to relax with my family. So thank you. Oh, and before I |
| 2:14.3 | forget, I might be zipping down to Los Angeles again on another brief |
| 2:20.4 | business trip in just a couple weeks from now in mid-August. |
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