This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including the Nikola and GM partnership, the unveiling of the Lucid Air, Tesla exporting the Model 3 made-in-China exports, 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:

Nikola (NKLA) announces deal with GM to engineer and produce its electric/hydrogen pickup truck, and more

Nikola’s (NKLA) house of cards crumbles as GM acts like nothing is happening

Lucid launches Air electric sedan, unveils production design and full specs

Tesla to export Model 3 made-in-China cars, something Elon Musk said they wouldn’t do

Tesla (TSLA) excluded from S&P 500 reshuffle despite being worth 9x all 3 new firms combined

Tesla (TSLA) crashes, announces completion of capital raise

Tesla aims for ‘first completion’ of Gigafactory Texas in May 2021

Uber announces $800 million to accelerate transition to electric cars, but only aims for 100% electric by 2040

GM partners with Uber to help drivers buy Chevy Bolt EV with deep discounts

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=6uTHgnLjz1U&feature=youtu.be