This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including a cheaper Tesla Model Y, Tesla Terafactory Austin news, the new Nissan Ariya, and more.

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The Electrek Podcast is me, Fred Lambert, editor-in-chief of Electrek, and Seth Weintraub, founder and publisher of Electrek and the 9to5 network, discussing all our top stories of the week while taking questions from our readers and highlighting the most insightful comments on the site.

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Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast today:

Tesla reduces Model Y prices, now starts below $50,000

Tesla cancels cheapest Model Y, Elon Musk says range would be too low

Tesla former VP of quality explains why 1st batch of Teslas might not be ones to get

Tesla ships Model Y to New Zealand — likely for winter testing

Tesla Terafactory Austin: County approves tax incentive for Cybertruck factory

Tesla launches update with ridiculously small change showing commitment to efficiency

Tesla is planning Fremont factory shutdown for upgrades, opening new assembly line

Tesla sees spike in COVID-19 ‘exposure,’ data leak shows over 130 cases and more ‘affected’

Tesla says fewer than 10 employees contracted COVID-19 at work in rosy employee email

Elon Musk releases stunning render of Tesla Gigafactory Berlin when completed

Panasonic denies ’13 million battery cell per day’ production at Tesla Gigafactory Nevada

Nissan unveils 300-mile Ariya electric SUV with liquid-cooled battery, 130kW CCS charging, starts at $40k

BMW unveils electric iX3 SUV, with big claims about more power, range, and space

Fisker changes strategy, plans to use VW’s MEB platform for $30,000 electric SUV

Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOospmrq1Yw&feature=youtu.be