Episode 96: Visiting the Tesla Factory + More Model 3 Updates
Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2017
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
This week, I'm lucky enough to visit the Tesla factory and get another look at the Model 3, more details are revealed about Model 3's premium features, Tesla loses a battle in Texas, and much more!
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| 0:00.0 | On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla Unofficial Podcast, |
| 0:03.4 | I got lucky enough to visit the Tesla Factory and get another look at the |
| 0:06.7 | Model 3 Alpha prototype, plus more details are revealed about Model 3's |
| 0:11.0 | premium features. Tesla loses a battle in Texas and much more. Oh, What's happening, |
| 0:36.0 | happening, friends? |
| 0:37.0 | Welcome to Ride the Lightning and the Unofficial Tesla Motors |
| 0:39.5 | Podcast episode number 96 for June 4th, 2017. I'm Ryan McCaffrey and I just got back |
| 0:46.0 | earlier this afternoon from the Tesla factory in Fremont California where I was |
| 0:52.0 | lucky enough to participate in the VIP extended |
| 0:57.0 | factory tour plus Model 3 viewing plus Franz von Holtzhausen Q&A. |
| 1:03.0 | And I had a very good time. |
| 1:05.0 | I really want to thank before I get into it. |
| 1:08.0 | I want to send a huge thank you out to Michael from Milbray |
| 1:11.0 | for bringing me along. |
| 1:12.0 | And equally importantly, to all of you who used, who |
| 1:17.9 | ordered a Tesla using Michael's code that enabled us to get the number of |
| 1:21.8 | referrals such that we were invited to this event. |
| 1:25.3 | So thank you all so much. |
| 1:27.0 | As I expected, there was absolutely no video or audio recording of any kind allowed. I did specifically ask one of the |
| 1:35.9 | Tesla communications representatives and so I got clarity on it up front. So I was |
| 1:42.3 | very prepared for that and I did warn you about that last week too. So I don't |
| 1:46.5 | have any audio of Franz's Q&A with us unfortunately or any other sort of sound bites or detailed impressions for you. |
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