This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Elon Musk donating billion in TSLA shares, the CEO also goes even more controversial, and Tesla Gigafactory Texas production in sight, and more.

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The show is back 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.

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

Elon Musk might have actually followed through with ‘world hunger-ending donation’ as Tesla reveals he donated billions in sharesElon Musk links Tesla’s current legal and regulatory troubles to its disruptiveness, lack of ads, and political contributionsElon Musk and Tesla argue that SEC is ‘harassing’ them in strongly worded letterTesla is now under NHTSA investigation for Autopilot’s phantom braking problemVideos from inside Tesla Gigafactory Texas leak and show production linesDozens of new Tesla Model Ys spotted being prepped for deliveries at Gigafactory TexasTesla expands access to Supercharger network to all electric cars at all stations in the NetherlandsToyota releases more images of ‘possible’ new Lexus electric sports cars with ‘430 miles’ of rangeRedwood Materials begins collecting and recycling EV batteries from Volvo and Ford in California

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

https://youtu.be/s1ad0Sp1MhE