Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast
Ryan McCaffrey
4.7from 1,171 ratings
- 584
- Episodes
- 115
- Transcribed
- 1,171
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
- 1M
- YouTube views
About Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motors Unofficial Podcast
Ride the Lightning: The Tesla Unofficial Podcast is the world's longest-running weekly Tesla show, made for Tesla fans and owners by Tesla community veteran Ryan McCaffrey. Each week we'll discuss and analyze everything happening with the Cybertruck, Model 3, Model S, Model X, Model Y, Roadster, and more!
- Publisher
- Ryan McCaffrey
- Category
- leisure · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Aug 2015
- Latest episode
- 20 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
115 of 584 episodes have a transcript.
20 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 581: Tesla Roadster Re-Reveal FINALLY Announced
13 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 580: Cybercab Launch Follow-Ups + Lots of Good Model Y News
6 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 579: Cybercab Launch Event Recap – I Was There and I Rode in the Cybercab!
Inside a recent episode
Episode 581: Tesla Roadster Re-Reveal FINALLY Announced
Published 20 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Wes said, I'm reviewing the latest Cybertrucks at Gigafactory Texas, looking at all the changes we've made. Some improve function, others improve cost, reliability, serviceability, or manufacturability. The finish line isn't getting to production. A product is a living thing, constantly evolving and improving. And he says, after that post got a lot of pickup, he said, I was surprised by how interested people were to find out that we made a relatively benign change to the Cybertruck AeroShield. A part of the car most people never see. So I'll share some more details. And it's yes. So they changed the as he said, the the the shield on the bottom side of the truck from just bare metal, which he posted a picture of to a some sort of black material, which he's going to talk about right now. […]
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- YouTube views
- 1,054,190
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 960 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 211 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 87 / 100
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- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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