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Podcast: LA Auto Show, Tesla CEO successor, Tesla Semi, and more

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This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discuss everything we saw at the LA Auto Show, a potential Tesla CEO successor, Tesla Semi, and more.

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Podcast: Tesla opening its charging standard, Twitter/Elon madness affecting TSLA, solar scale back, and more

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This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discuss Tesla opening its charging standard to the industry, Twitter/Elon madness affecting TSLA stock, Tesla’s solar scale back, and more.

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Podcast: Tesla FSD Beta update, Tesla sends Chinese engineers to the US, Mercedes EQE US pricing, and more

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This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discuss Tesla’s latest FSD Beta update, Tesla sending Chinese engineers to the US, Mercedes-Benz EQE US pricing, and more.

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Podcast: Tesla pulls demand lever, new referral program, Toyota shuffles EV plan, and more

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This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discuss Tesla pulling a new demand lever, first look at the new Tesla referral program, Toyota shuffling its EV plan, and more.

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Ford F-150 Lightning winter towing tests and engineer interview

F-150 Lightning Towing

Ford has been taking some hits in the media on the F-150 Lightning towing range, so we thought it would be good to test it ourselves and then get the background from the people who built the Lightning, especially as we head into winter. Along with Ford’s PR team, we were joined by:

  •  Dapo Adewusi, F-150 Lightning Engineering Manager
  •  Gitanjli McRoy, Chief Engineer, EV Energy Management Systems

Here’s the discussion along with firsthand towing impressions below in both New York and Detroit.

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Podcast: Tesla finally launches CCS adapter, Tesla Bot distraction, Hertz going with GM EVs, and more

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This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discussed Tesla finally launching its CCS adapter, Tesla Bot being a possible distraction, Hertz going with GM’s EVs, and more.

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Podcast: Tesla Supercharger V4, Tesla FSD 10.69, Ford pressures dealers, more

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This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discussed Tesla Supercharger V4, Tesla FSD Beta 10.69, Ford putting pressure on dealers over EVs, and more.

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Podcast: Tesla Gigafactory Quebec?, Toyota changes its tune, Aptera reopens investments, and more

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This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discussed a potential Tesla Gigafactory in Quebec?, Toyota changing its tune on EVs (meaning they seem to actually want to build them instead of disparage them), Aptera the hyper aerodynamic solar car reopening investments, and more.

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