Episode 561: Meet the Model X Owner Driving From the Arctic Circle to the Southernmost Tip of South America
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2026
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
I'd like you to meet Sandro, a Model X owner who has made some epic journeys in his Tesla, and is currently driving from the northernmost point of our continent at the Arctic Circle to the southernmost tip of South America. It's an incredible story, so stay tuned for that interview!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla, and EV podcast, |
| 0:04.1 | I'd like you to meet Sondro, a Model X owner who's made some epic journeys in his Tesla, |
| 0:09.6 | and is currently driving from the northernmost point of our continent at the Arctic Circle |
| 0:14.5 | to the southernmost tip of South America. |
| 0:17.8 | It's an incredible story, so stay tuned. What's happening friends alongside a snoozing Daisy the Boxer, and well, how do I put this with Lily, the Silly Labrador? |
| 0:48.4 | She's currently sitting like a human being on the couch. |
| 0:52.7 | She's got a big rock in her mouth and she's just looking |
| 0:56.5 | out the window. It's a giant, she couldn't possibly swallow this rock and she just likes finding |
| 1:01.9 | big river rocks in the backyard and bringing them in and just having them in her mouth. It's a very |
| 1:08.8 | weird thing. She's a very goofy dog and we love her |
| 1:11.8 | very much. I hope you're doing well. Welcome to episode 561 of Ride the Lightning, your weekly |
| 1:19.6 | Tesla and EV podcast. This one is publishing on May 3, 2006, but I am recording it well in advance, because as you hear this, I will be off on my |
| 1:32.2 | annual baseball trip with my uncles. I've probably talked about this every year when this comes up. |
| 1:39.0 | Some years back, a couple of my uncles and my cousin Pat, may he rest in peace. |
| 1:46.4 | We all were at a family gathering, and we said, you know what, why don't we stop talking about going to a different stadium every |
| 1:51.0 | year and actually do it? So we started doing this in 2018, yes, 2018 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. |
| 2:19.8 | That was our first trip. We've done it every year since other than 2020 when you couldn't attend a major league baseball game. Unfortunately now we carry on without Pat, but this year we are heading to Fenway Park in Boston, which is an incredibly historic place if you're a baseball fan. I have had the pleasure of going before, but one of my uncles, interestingly, |
| 2:25.5 | has not, despite the fact that he's been a lifelong baseball fan, and he's a good bit older than me. |
| 2:32.2 | So we're going to check that off of his baseball bucket list. |
| 2:36.3 | I'm looking forward to getting back to Fenway Park and for the first time in a while for me. |
| 2:41.8 | So you may not care about any of that and that's totally fine. But I'm recording this in advance. |
| 2:47.4 | But as always, I've prepared something for you to listen to and hopefully |
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