Episode 563: A Long-Awaited Supercharging Feature Debuts
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2026
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
Tesla has begun an initial rollout of a long-asked-for Supercharging feature. Plus: Tesla expands battery production at Giga Berlin, BMW hits an EV milestone, and more!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla and EV podcast, Tesla has begun an initial |
| 0:06.2 | rollout of a long asked-for supercharging feature. Plus, Tesla expands battery production at |
| 0:13.0 | Gigaburlin, BMW hits an EV milestone, and more. What's happening, alongside my four-legged friends, Daisy the Boxer and Lily the Silly Labrador puppy. |
| 0:43.6 | My name's Ryan McCaffrey. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome to Ride the Lightning. |
| 0:46.5 | It is your weekly Tesla and EV podcast, episode 563, publishing on May 17th, 2026. I'm recording this, as usual on Friday evening here |
| 0:57.6 | on May 15th. Well, you're probably wondering why neither the title of this episode nor the little |
| 1:06.0 | intro that you just heard mentioned the Model S and X sunset celebration event, nor did they mention |
| 1:14.2 | my interview with Lars and Franz that I told you about last week. Both got postponed and, |
| 1:21.5 | well, what can I say? I think it's my fault because when I announced the Lars and Franz interview on last week's podcast, |
| 1:31.4 | I even said, you can go back and listen to it. |
| 1:33.6 | I said I usually never like to pre-announce things until the interview is done and in the can |
| 1:40.7 | because it's not a sure thing until it's recorded and in my hands. |
| 1:46.6 | And sure enough, I could not have foreseen the actual event itself getting postponed with |
| 1:53.5 | three days notice last week. So it actually happened last weekend after I recorded the podcast |
| 1:59.7 | and before the podcast even came out. |
| 2:03.7 | But it, uh, that's what happened. It got postponed. And thus, so did my interview with Lars |
| 2:10.3 | Moravy and Franz von Holshoushaus. And so I just want to own up to this and say, I take full |
| 2:16.6 | cosmic responsibility for the event being postponed. I |
| 2:21.1 | tempted fate and this is what happens. This is why I don't pre-announce things. And if you're curious, |
| 2:28.7 | yes, the event has been rescheduled to this Wednesday. So as for the interview, well, let me say this, |
| 2:36.9 | I don't want to jinx anything. So all I'll say is stay tuned for next week's podcast |
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