Quick Charge

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.

New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available.

Stories we discuss in this episode (with links):

87% of US Tesla drivers say they’ll buy another Tesla

Tesla Cybertruck to get a 20% charge speed increase

BYD sold over 360,000 Seagull EV models in under a year as its cheapest electric car

BMW taps electric hypercar specialist Rimac for high-performance EV batteries

Florida beach town becomes the first to launch an all electric bus fleet

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.

New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available.

Stories we discuss in this episode (with links):

Hyundai US boss calls out the competition as the brand goes ‘all in’ on electric vehicles

Elon Musk talks Tesla Secret Plan Part 2, how it is going 8 years later

Tesla plans new world’s largest Supercharger with an impressive 200 stalls

Silent, 70-ton Scania semi gets to work on Swedish timber farm

Watch the solar eclipse impact the US grid in real time

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.

New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available.

Stories we discuss in this episode (with links):

Tesla is unveiling its new ‘robotaxi’ on August 8

Kia suddenly shifts to hybrids, affordable EVs amid ‘waning global demand’

NIO begins mass production of semi-solid-state batteries, setting the stage for EV use in Q2

This lithium-free battery startup just raised $78M in Series C funding

Tesla scouting factory locations in India, and already producing vehicles for imports

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.

New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available.

Stories we discuss in this episode (with links):

StoreDot’s EV battery cells achieve 2,000+ consecutive XFC cycles

Tesla (TSLA) turns to deep discounts as inventory piles up

Volta Trucks bounces back from bankruptcy, resumes ‘sharpened’ commercial EV business plan

Canoo spent twice its annual revenue on CEO’s private jets last year

Elon Musk’s xAI poaches another engineer from Tesla in a clear conflict of interest

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.

New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available.

Stories we discuss in this episode (with links):

Tesla brings 0% interest loans to China as it loses market share

Ford takes second in US EV market after sales climb 86% as lower prices take effect

BYD’s affordable Seagull EV poised to arrive as the UK’s cheapest electric car

This new solid-state battery cell claims to set industry records, could offer over 1,300 mile range

As massive earthquake rocks Taiwan and shutters trains, battery-swapping e-scooters rush in

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.

New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available.

Stories we discuss in this episode (with links):

Tesla regains BEV global leader crown from BYD amid tough quarter

Tesla’s EV growth might be gone, but energy storage is still surging

Hyundai IONIQ 5 sets new US sales record in March as EV sales surge 100%

Car companies have been screwing up e-bikes for longer than you think

Tesla (TSLA) releases Q1 2024 deliveries: disastrous results

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.

New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available.

Stories we discuss in this episode (with links):

Ford Mustang Mach-E price cuts are proving affordable EVs are in demand

Tesla gives rare update on Tesla Semi electric truck program

BYD sold over 300,000 EVs in Q1, but is it enough to keep its lead over Tesla?

China’s largest carmaker to cut thousands of jobs at its joint ventures with GM and Volkswagen

It certainly looks like Tesla is about to unveil the Model 3 Ludicrous tonight

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.

New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available.

Stories we discuss in this episode (with links):

How Vietnam is using e-scooters to save businesses from power outages

An electric pickup from Nissan and Mitsubishi? Automakers team up to take on US market

BYD to kick off EV production at new Thailand plant in Q3 as overseas expansion accelerates

Lamborghini revamps the luxury brand with a new look as its lineup shifts to electric

Tesla Cybertruck ramp is impressive, but it comes at a cost

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.

New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available.

Stories we discuss in this episode (with links):

‘Pro-EV’ New Jersey just OK’ed the US’s highest dumb EV fee

BYD says EVs have entered the ‘knockout round’ with next-gen tech rolling out

Ford drastically cuts workforce at F-150 Lightning EV plant amid ‘much slower’ demand

XPeng (XPEV) launches two EVs in Germany with plans to enter more EU nations later this year

Tesla starts using ‘Supervised Full Self-Driving’ language

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.

New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available.

Stories we discuss in this episode (with links):

Tesla wants to bring ‘private 5G’ to its EVs and Optimus robot

Volvo makes its last diesel car and puts it in a museum

Elon Musk says Tesla Optimus robot should cost ‘less than half of a car’

Hyundai reveals ambitious $50 billion investment to secure a top 3 spot in the EV market

Ghost ride the whip! Geely shows off AI chassis performing fully-autonomous drifting 

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