Episode 565: A Tesla-SpaceX Merger? What Would it Mean for Tesla Vehicles?
5/31/20261 hr 36 min
Rumblings of a Tesla-SpaceX merger have begun, Tesla's new camera-cleaning patent resembles the human eye, Ferrari fully unveils the Luce EV and gets, uh...quite the public reaction, and more!
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First 90 secondsRyan McCaffrey· Host0:00
On this week's episode of Ride the Lightning, the Tesla and EV podcast, rumblings of a Tesla-SpaceX merger have begun, Tesla's new camera-cleaning patent resembles the human eye, Ferrari fully unveils the Luce EV and gets, uh, quite the public reaction, and more. [rock music] What's happening, friends? Welcome to Ride the Lightning, your weekly Tesla and EV podcast for May 31st, 2026. I'm recording on Friday evening, May 29th. This is episode 565. That's a palindrome, and it's always fun to acknowledge those every, what, 11 episodes, I guess? I wanna start this episode by saying thank you to so many of you for sending me kind emails, kind messages, regarding the Lars and Franz interview on last week's podcast. I'm so glad so many of you enjoyed it. I had such a, a great time conducting that interview [laughs] from inside an air-conditioned Model X in the middle of a, a pretty toasty afternoon at the Fremont factory. It was such a treat to get to do that, and again, like I said