About this episode
On the Electrek Podcast , we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Podcast: Electrek Formula Sun Challenge, Trump on electric vehicles, Lucid producing the most efficient EV ever, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek ’s YouTube channel . As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post, like this one, on the site with an embedded link to the live stream. Head to the YouTube channel to get your questions and comments in. After the show ends at around 5 p.m. ET, the video will be archived on YouTube and the audio on all your favorite podcast apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS We now have a Patreon if you want to help us avoid more ads and invest more in our content. We have some awesome gifts for our Patreons and more coming. Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast: Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix 2024 wrap-up and final results Trump says he’ll end the EV mandate. The only problem: there isn’t one. Elon Musk supports new VP candidate that would crush Tesla’s sales in the US Elon Musk confirms Tesla Robotaxi delay, says front design change Elon Musk might give up on Tesla’s 4680 battery cell by the end of the year Tesla Supercharger deployment is already slowing down in critical time Tesla gives free hardware upgrades with Full Self-Driving to qualify for tax credit Tesla secures absurdly large multi-billion Megapack contract Lucid confirms the 2025 Air Pure offers 5 miles per kWh, making it the most efficient car in the world Chevy’s more affordable Silverado EV LT revealed for the first time in new images Aptera partner US Capital Global leads $60M investment round to reach low volume SEV production Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 9:00 a.m. ET (or the video after 10 a.m. ET): https://www.youtube.com/live/U5WfI48BHrI