Episode 562: FSD v14 Lite Will Go Global for Hardware 3 Owners
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2026
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Summary
Tesla confirms that the upcoming FSD v14 Lite for Hardware 3 vehicles will be rolling out globally. Plus: Tesla introduces not one but two new blue paint options for Model 3 and Model Y, Rivian had a better-than-expected first quarter, Nissan becomes the latest legacy automaker to pull the plug on EVs in the US market, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla and EV podcast, Tesla confirms that the |
| 0:06.2 | upcoming FSD version 14 light for hardware three vehicles will be rolling out globally. Plus, |
| 0:13.9 | Tesla introduces not one but two new blue paint options for Model 3 and Model Y. Rivian has a better than expected first quarter. |
| 0:23.0 | Nissan becomes the latest legacy automaker to pull the plug on EVs in the U.S. market and more. |
| 0:56.5 | Yeah. What's happening friends, Ryan McCaffrey here, as always, joining you for the 560 second episode of Ride the Lightning. |
| 1:03.3 | It's your weekly Tesla and EV podcast. It's publishing on May 10th, 2026, and I'm recording it here in the evening on Friday, May 8th. Well, I am back from Boston. I sincerely hope that all of you |
| 1:10.2 | enjoyed last week's interview with Sondro. I did |
| 1:13.7 | get some nice notes about it, which by the way, I sincerely appreciate when you take the time to |
| 1:18.0 | say that you enjoyed something that I put together here. So thank you for allowing me to step away, |
| 1:24.7 | enjoy some time with my uncles, and continue our annual baseball tradition. |
| 1:30.6 | Speaking of follow-up notes from previous episodes, if you want to hear more behind the scenes |
| 1:36.2 | of Jason Camisa's Model S video from Hagerty's channel that I mentioned here two shows ago, |
| 1:43.5 | the last time I was quote unquote live here with you. |
| 1:47.3 | Go look up the carmudgeon show. |
| 1:50.0 | By the way, as a writer, I really appreciate the carmudgeon pun. |
| 1:54.5 | So thumbs up to Jason for that one. |
| 1:57.3 | He does the carmudgeon show, and it's episode 235, which you can find on YouTube or your |
| 2:04.6 | favorite podcast platform. I was riveted for the entire hour of that podcast where Jason just |
| 2:11.2 | talked about, again, all the sort of behind the scenes stuff about making that video. He tells a |
| 2:17.4 | crazy story about the original |
| 2:20.1 | Model S prototype that is featured in the background. It's just in the background. It's just there |
| 2:26.5 | as sort of a point of reference for how the Model S has evolved over the years. And there's a |
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