Episode 532: Cheaper Model Y and Model 3 Officially Revealed
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2025
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Tesla reveals not just a more affordable Model Y but also a cheaper Model 3! I'll tell you all about these Standard trim cars and what I think of them. Plus: good news at Lucid, better news at GM, bad news at Nissan, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla and EV podcast, |
| 0:04.4 | Tesla reveals not just a more affordable Model Y, but also a cheaper Model 3. |
| 0:10.5 | I'll tell you all about these cars and what I think of them. |
| 0:14.2 | Plus, good news at Lucid, better news at GM, bad news at Nissan, and more. What's happening, friends, alongside a snoozing Daisy the Boxer. |
| 0:44.2 | It's late here on a Friday night as I record October 10th. |
| 0:47.2 | This one's coming at you for October 12th, 2025. |
| 0:51.5 | It's episode 532 of Ride the Lightning, your weekly Tesla and EV podcast. There is so much to get to this week. I'm jumping straight in. First, with some good news for Australian Tesla owners with hardware three cars that have paid for FSD. It sounds like Tesla is working on getting a right-hand |
| 1:14.2 | drive friendly version of version 12.6 out to you guys. Thank you to listener Andrew Zara for sending |
| 1:21.8 | me a screenshot of a fellow Australian Owners Exchange with Tesla service who said, thank you for reaching out to us |
| 1:30.6 | for information regarding full self-driving supervised in your Tesla. We understand you're |
| 1:34.7 | eager to experience the latest autopilot features, and we appreciate your enthusiasm. |
| 1:39.5 | As your vehicle is equipped with hardware 3, it is not currently compatible with full |
| 1:44.0 | self-driving supervised, which is only available on vehicles equipped with hardware three, it is not currently compatible with full self-driving |
| 1:44.6 | supervised, which is only available on vehicles equipped with hardware four in Australia. |
| 1:50.7 | However, we are pleased to inform you that the development, or excuse me, that development |
| 1:55.6 | for vehicles with hardware three is currently underway and is expected to launch in the near future. |
| 2:02.8 | So again, thank you, Andrew, for that. |
| 2:05.4 | And some good news, some relief, really, probably for hardware 3 driving owners down in Australia |
| 2:12.8 | who should get a taste of the latest and greatest, at least as far as the hardware three cars |
| 2:18.4 | goes sooner rather than later. Also, I would presume that this is also going to apply to New Zealand |
| 2:26.1 | owners as well. I just can't guarantee that sitting here right now since New Zealand wasn't |
| 2:32.5 | mentioned in that Tesla service employee's message. |
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