Tesla’s launch of its cybertruck has sent the hype around electric vehicles into a frenzy –  where are we in reality in terms of the mass take up of electric vehicles – but one thing is certain -  Elon Musk has radically changed our perceptions of the future of transport.

Hosts Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor in chief and The National’s future editor, Kelsey Warner talk to Yunshi Wang (Director of China Centre for Energy and Transportation, UC Davis). They discuss about the EV industry and the Tesla Cybertruck.

In this episode: 

Kelsey and Mustafa on the Cybertruck & EVs (0m 38s)

Yunshi Wang (14m 30s)

Headlines (28m 05s)

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