Episode 524: New Patent Suggests Next-Gen Roadster Might Be 'Fan'-tastic
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2025
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
A new patent applied for by Tesla suggests that the next-gen Roadster might be doing some extra-crazy stuff to make it outperform other supercars. Plus: the Cybertruck's off-road armor package finally arrives, a near-future timeline and big expectations arrive for the upcoming version 14 of FSD Supervised, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla and EV podcast, a new patent applied for by Tesla suggests that the next-gen roadster might be doing some extra crazy stuff to make it outperform other supercars. |
| 0:14.6 | Plus, the cybertruck's off-road armor package finally arrives. |
| 0:19.3 | A near future timeline and big expectations arrive |
| 0:22.8 | for the upcoming version 14 of FSD supervised and more. What's happening, friends, I'm Ryan McCaffrey, and I'm joined directly at my feet here lying on the floor under my desk by Lily the Silly Labrador puppy. And to my left, |
| 0:56.2 | chilling out on the couch is Daisy the Boxer. Welcome to episode 524 for August 17th, 2025 of Ride |
| 1:04.3 | the Lightning, your weekly Tesla and EV podcast. I want to start by saying that I hope all of you |
| 1:09.7 | enjoyed last week's vacation episode, |
| 1:12.8 | as I call them, because when I go on vacation, I prepare what I call the vacation episode. |
| 1:18.2 | But that was fun. That was fun with Sawyer Merritt. I hope you enjoyed it. I am back, quote, |
| 1:23.0 | unquote, live this week talking about the most up-to-date Tesla and EV News. |
| 1:28.9 | But I had a really, really great time unplugging from everything last week. |
| 1:34.3 | So I once again just want to thank all of you for allowing me to do that for tuning back in this week |
| 1:40.0 | and tuning in last week to the vacation episode with Sawyer. |
| 1:44.7 | Speaking of travels, it turns out I will indeed be zipping down to Los Angeles |
| 1:50.7 | on another brief business trip this week. |
| 1:53.7 | So, for those of you in the Los Angeles area, I would love to invite you to what I'll very |
| 2:00.7 | clearly say is a quite informal listener |
| 2:04.4 | meetup, nothing fancy, no RSVP list, nothing like that, but a very informal Ride the Lightning |
| 2:11.1 | listener meetup at the Tesla diner in Hollywood on Monday at 7 p.m. which I realize might be after some of you listen to this |
| 2:23.3 | episode or I should say before it'll have happened. You won't hear the episode until after it's |
| 2:28.7 | happened, but it might be before some of you actually hear this. I apologize that I couldn't |
| 2:34.1 | give you more notice, |
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