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 Gigafactory Shanghai is going out of ‘closed loop’ with workers sleeping at the plant this weekTesla files to use a new radar and everyone is confusedBYD says it is about to start supplying Tesla (TSLA) with battery cellsCadillac teases its next electric car, the Celestiq, with new picturesFisker announces 50k Ocean reservations alongside new details and image of the PEAR

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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 Cybertruck with updated interior and windshield wiper goes on new outing

Here’s what Tesla’s futuristic diner with drive-in theater and Supercharger could look like

Fisker says Ocean still coming in 2022, cites Magna delivering ‘out of this world’ product

Lucid Motors launches Lucid Financial Services with Bank of America for lease and loan financing

Check out the first official Polestar 3 image and teaser video ahead of October debut

https://youtu.be/gt6FY8Q91-U

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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 is aiming to improve service and make majority of appointments same-day repairs

Mazda vows to make factories carbon neutral by 2035 while it continues to build ICE vehicles

Ford provides adapter to charge stranded Tesla vehicles with F-150 Lightning pickup

Aptera raises $40 million to bring solar electric car with up to 1,000 miles of range to production

Qiantu unveils K20 $13,000 two-seat electric car

Solid Power begins solid-state battery pilot before testing with Ford and BMW in late 2022

https://youtu.be/DJl4YK_4c2I

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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 asks Tesla execs to ‘pause all hiring,’ cut 10% of staff, amid ‘super bad feeling about economy’

Elon Musk clarifies that Tesla layoffs are just for salaried employees, still hiring hourly workers

Elon Musk says Tesla may have a working humanoid robot prototype by September 30

Tesla finally prepares to launch photos of referral program prize winners to space

Mercedes-Benz shares US pricing for upcoming EQB SUV starting under $55,000

https://youtu.be/c33tuu-8fWI

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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):

Toyota unveils home battery pack to compete with Tesla Powerwall

BMW unveils iX1, its new entry-level electric car

Rimac raises $536 million to accelerate its role as high-performance electric component supplier

Ford invests $1.5 billion in building an “all-new commercial electric vehicle” in Ohio

https://youtu.be/MGyNfW-kmoI

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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 receives 4680 battery cell samples from Panasonic ahead of mass production

Elon Musk asks all Tesla employees to come back to the office or quit

Tesla is getting the world’s largest casting machine, and it’s for Cybertruck

2023 Chevy Bolt EV and EUV get $6,000 price cut, start at $25,600

Buick announces it’s going all-electric by 2030 and unveils stunning Wildcat EV concept

Electric car price war is coming, says Ford CEO

Genesis customer receives new GV60 marking the automaker’s first BEV delivery in the US

https://youtu.be/jXA29TPcLEI

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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 is considering adopting Apple’s AirPlay to improve audio quality

Tesla and others lobby for federal funding of charging infrastructure for electric trucks

Ford F-150 Lightning loses about half its range when towing a 23-foot Airstream trailer

VW ID.Buzz electric minibus is more expensive than expected

Rivian had a battery fire at its factory

Aptera has more than 22,000 reservations for its solar electric car with up to 1,000 miles of range

https://youtu.be/rZBDcowco5M

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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 quietly slashes referral program reward for solar roof

Tesla delays deliveries due to missing charge port part

Tesla owners are 50% less likely to crash their EV than their other cars

Rivian loses head of manufacturing engineering, reorganizes leadership

NIO reportedly recruiting positions to build a US manufacturing plant

In a global tipping point, 52% of car buyers now want to purchase an EV – here’s why

https://youtu.be/viHETgB5MEs

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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 moves to expand Gigafactory Berlin on new 250-acre land

Tesla delivers Megapacks to new Bitcoin mining facility

Tesla updates car software to start applying regular brakes when regenerative is limited

Ford starts customer deliveries of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck

Volkswagen ID.4 GTX completes world record-setting climb 19,000 feet up a volcano

https://youtu.be/PBOcVo-UfSE

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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 is preparing to enter Thailand market with its EVs, batteries, and solar

Tesla releases new software update with better range calculation and media accounts linked to driver profiles

Lucid Motors issues recall affecting the instrument panel of over 1,100 Air EVs

JIDU teases production prep for ‘Robocar’ concept ahead of ROBODAY debut in June

Nano One buys one of the only LFP battery production facilities in North America

https://youtu.be/Fgdo0vrvV2U

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