About this episode

This episode discusses Tesla's new paint color, the Model 3's performance, and updates from Lucid and Mitsubishi in the EV market.

Tesla introduces its fourth new currently available blue paint option, the Model 3 crushes a popular consumer website's range test, Lucid introduces a major new software update, Mitsubishi announces a new EV for the North American market, and more! If you enjoy the podcast and would like to support my efforts, please check out my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/teslapodcast and consider a monthly or (10% discounted!) annual pledge. Every little bit helps, and you can support for just $5 per month. And there are stacking bonuses in it for you at each pledge level, like early access to each episode at the $5 tier and the weekly Lightning Round bonus mini-episode (AND the early access!) at the $10 tier! And NO ADS at every Patreon tier ! WIN AN EV WHILE GIVING TO A GREAT CAUSE: For your chance to win your dream EV (or $50k cash!) in the 2026 ChesedChicago raffle, head to https://ccraffle.com/?utm_source=ridethelightning&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=06.14.26 -- Hurry, tickets are limited and only 9,999 tickets will be sold, get your tickets today and use code RTL for $25 off 2 tickets or $500 off 15 tickets. Whether you win or not, you're helping a great organization…

People in this episode

Host: Ryan McCaffrey

Topics covered

• Tesla paint colors
• Model 3 range test
• Lucid software update
• Mitsubishi EV announcement
• EV news

Keywords

• Tesla
• paint color
• Model 3
• Lucid
• Mitsubishi
• EV
• software update
• range test
• ChesedChicago raffle

Sponsors

Patreon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lucid, Mitsubishi, ChesedChicago, Patreon

Products: Model 3

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