New Tesla Model Y launches in NA/EU, Rivian is popular, Trump's effect on EVs, and more

In the Electrek Podcast , we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss the new Tesla Model Y launching in NA/EU, Rivian getting popular with OEMs, Trump's effect on EVs, 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: Tesla launches new Model Y in North America and Europe Tesla announces giant price hikes to all electric cars in Canada Tesla has a new self-driving computer retrofit, but it’s not even for HW3 cars Tesla points to diner integration in app, insurance discount with Full Self-Driving, and more Polestar sees Elon’s antics as an opportunity to steal sales from Tesla Trump attacks EVs with executive orders, but mostly signals further damages Rivian (RIVN) plans to roll out hands-free driving this year, eyes-free system in 2026 Rivian (RIVN) has several automakers ‘knocking on our door’ for EV tech Nissan drops plans to bring a Rogue-like electric SUV to the US Hyundai wants to re-badge EVs and sell them to GM: Here’s how it will work Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4:00 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjtJkq_j538