On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla and EV podcast,

Tesla's longer and more luxurious Model YL has launched in Australia and New Zealand,

putting it one step closer to going global.

Plus, Lucid announces not one, but three new, more affordable mid-sized vehicles.

Tesla's V3 superchargers have been retired and more. What's happening, friends, alongside both Daisy the Boxer and Lily the Silly Labrador puppy, who are both looking longingly out the window, sitting on the tops of the couch cushions as they do so.

My name's Ryan McCaffrey.

Welcome to Ride the Lightning.

It's your weekly Tesla and EV podcast publishing on March 22, 2026.

This is episode 555, which isn't just a palindrome. I don't know if there's a special name for it,

but it's like an ultimate palindrome where it's all the same number, just all the same,

just 555, otherwise known as the first three digits of any phone number in any movie ever,

555. And I hope you are doing well. I am having a fantastic day. In fact,

I'm having a great week because we've had an extremely rare week of actual summer. Now,

for those of you that aren't aware, San Francisco itself, which is where I live, pretty much

doesn't really get a traditional summer where it's

warm out and you're wearing shorts and a t-shirt and, you know, it's, it tends to be chilly

here all the time, even in July. The old Mark Twain quote about the coldest winter he ever spent

was a summer in San Francisco. There is truth

rooted in that. But this week, weirdly, which was technically up until today as I'm recording,

winter. Actually, I don't even remember winter. Spring either starts today or tomorrow,

the 20th of the 21st. But anyway, this week, we have had just a freakishly

warm week where it's been in the 80s all week, which means even at night, it's been super

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