Episode 566: FSD's Latest Feat, Waymo's Next-Gen Vehicle Rollout, and More!
6/7/20261 hr 31 min
Plenty of happenings with Tesla's FSD around the world as well as Waymo's next-generation vehicle rollout dominate a week of autonomous-driving news. Plus: more evidence of the Model YL's imminent arrival in the United States, 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, plenty of happenings with Tesla's FSD around the world, as well as Waymo's next-generation vehicle rollout dominate a week of autonomous driving news. Plus, more evidence of the Model YL's imminent arrival in the United States, and more. [Instrumental music] What's happening, friends? I'm Ryan McCaffrey, joining you from Los Angeles. Sunny LA this week. I am down here for a day job conference. It's the big video game... Used to be a proper convention at the LA Convention Center. In recent years, it's sort of turned into a series of smaller events, but still super fun. Lots of video game news, lots of fun stuff this week. So I'm down here recording from a hotel room this week, as I do at least once or twice a year, some way, somehow, whether it's down here for this event or something else. But in any case, I wanted to let you know that I am recording early this week on Sunday... Excuse me, Sunday [laughs] on Thursday evening, uh, because the week and, and the schedule, uh, is only gonna get busier from here for me. And so I figured, you know what? I've got