In this episode James, Richard, and Matt discuss Tesla's near decimation of its workforce (1:10), all the 'wrong' reasons people are using their Boring Company flamethrowers (4:30), and give a Bloomburg Model 3 production update (6:00).

Everybody's (read: Richard's) favourite car, the MX-5, is finally getting more grunt (6:35), ANCAP says AEB is missing from 60 percent of cars (9:45), and the RAM 1500 is here (13:45).

Finally, Le Mans is on this weekend (20:50), Porsche has named its Mission E Taycan and is aiming for a 2019 production (24:20), flying cars are finally here (29:20), and the guys chat about what they've been driving this week (33:20).

James Cleary, Richard Berryand Matt Campbelltear down, pressure test and rebuild the issues of the automotive week.

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