Quick Charge

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now 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 announces upcoming launch of Model S and Model X in China

Polestar (PSNY) just hit a major electric vehicle delivery goal in the nick of time

JIDU teases the ROBO-02, its next all-electric, AI-powered robot car

These robots crawl all over wind turbines so humans don’t have to

https://youtu.be/8Rr7TJD54L4

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now 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 confirms 285,000 people bought Full Self-Driving

Tesla Model Y is now the best-selling car in all of Europe

Elon Musk tells Tesla employees to not be ‘bothered by stock market craziness’

Cars assembled outside NA may qualify for EV tax credit, per new IRS note

Canoo accuses former employees of ‘corporate espionage’ after launching rival EV startup

https://youtu.be/lSyS9XeLAnE

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now 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’s market cap drop is worth almost the entire legacy auto industry

Hyundai has a card up its sleeve as it moves to dethrone Toyota, its electric vehicles

Ford Lightning owner powers home essentials for 2 days and still had battery left in the tank

J+ BOOSTER 2 portable EV charger review: More bang for your buck

https://youtu.be/j-FdGpO72ok

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now 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 used car prices are finally dropping

Is Tesla going to make a Cybertruck SUV?

Kia gives us a closer look at the EV9, its first electric SUV

Nio (NIO) lowers Q4 2022 delivery expectations after December supply chain issues

https://youtu.be/WzNi-o_NsE4

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now 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 confirms 4680 battery cell production is now enough for 1,000 cars a week

Tesla owner goes viral after his car would not charge in the cold

How to turn your Tesla into a $100,000 gaming computer

Nio unveils ES8 and EC7 coupe SUV, an e-tron rival with market-leading aerodynamics

https://youtu.be/OZMY7SZESKE

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now 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):

Elon Musk defends Twitter distraction, again pledges to stop selling TSLA stock

Tesla takes delivery of army of robots to build Cybertruck

Tesla starts selling demos and test-drive vehicles as end of record quarter approaches

Tesla Model Y beats best-selling car record in Norway

GM Cruise robotaxis start service in Tesla’s Austin – FSD still nowhere to be found

Plug-in hybrids use more gas than estimated, dieselgate whistleblower says

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ8Yi38sf9c

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now 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 (TSLA) increases discount on cars delivered this month

Tesla offers discounts in Canada/Mexico, raising demand concerns

Tesla’s head of China is reportedly being groomed for bigger role

Tesla to allow third-party charging stations in its navigation, but with high standards

Tesla Megapack could be sold out for the next 2 years

VW raising ID.4 prices by $1,500 on Jan. 4, sees more availability coming

Buick dealers expect to spend at least ‘$300 to $400K’ to sell EVs as the brand goes all-electric

Canoo (GOEV) now has a million-dollar reason to pull off its EV production strategy at Oklahoma City plant

https://youtu.be/KsFc_I3dCvY

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now 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 (TSLA) to implement hiring freeze and new round of layoffs

Tesla is expanding into Turkey, starts hiring

GM recalls 140,000 Chevy Bolt EVs due to risk of carpet catching fire

Rivian removes Max Pack battery + Quad-Motor option from R1T orders

Kia’s EV6 GT is a 576hp supercar in a handsome $60K CUV package

Acura’s first electric vehicle, a GM-based SUV, is out for testing ahead of 2024 debut [images]

Dispel the disinformation! Ford tells you exactly how much CO2 and fuel that EVs can save

BMW has a plan to fast-track building its own solid-state batteries for future EVs

https://youtu.be/5yOb4RUPPbE

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now 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 won’t tolerate any dissent against Elon Musk, fired two employees

Elon Musk appears to back out from Twitter poll voting him out

US Treasury delays EV battery guidance; more vehicles could qualify for 2023 tax credits

The Chevy Bolt is about to be a screaming deal – at least until March

Lucid Air Sapphire crushes Tesla Model S Plaid, Bugatti Chiron, and Ducati in 9.1 sec quarter mile

Audi is converting all factories to produce EVs as it phases out gas cars

Check out the ‘EV-derived, futuristic design’ for Hyundai’s new 2024 KONA

US Postal Service commits to buying 100% electric trucks by 2026

https://youtu.be/fYZ-FcpX71c

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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now 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):

Pepsi talks Tesla Semi; exec makes strange comments about the electric truck’s range

Tesla Cybertruck gets a $24K camper option

NHTSA opens investigation into GM’s autonomous Cruise EVs causing accidents

Rivian R1T earns top IIHS safety award, watch it get crash tested here

Ford teases new mid-size electric crossover, its first passenger EV coming from Cologne in 2023

Toyota shows off its first battery electric pickup truck, but will it be sold in the US?

https://youtu.be/vO-zh8gtHG4

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