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 ‘recalls’ another 120,000 vehicles in China, but it’s another software update fix

Tesla raises prices on Model 3 vehicles with nickel-based battery packs

Tesla CEO Elon Musk met with Biden administration regarding EV charging, along with Mary Barra and other auto leaders

Review: GMC’s Hummer EV ‘Super(size)truck’ is excess in all the best ways

Chase partners with EVgo to pilot DC fast chargers at 50 of its US branches

Proterra becomes the first EV maker to earn multiple zero-waste certifications

https://youtu.be/Gk5U7S7AEp0

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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 could have a few surprises at Cyber Rodeo – two Cybertrucks and some unidentified vehicles spotted

Tesla now expects Gigafactory Shanghai shutdown to extend to at least Friday – missing out on over 24,000 EVs

Rivian reports producing 2,553 EVs in Q1 of 2022, delivering 1,227 of them

CATL’s battery plant in Germany, its first outside of China, receives production approval for 8 GWh per year

Norway keeps breaking EV adoption records, Tesla Model Y leads the charge

Nissan announces it is designing a Lunar Terrain Vehicle for NASA alongside Teledyne and Sierra Space

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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 testing a Lucid Air with over 500 miles of range on its test track

Elon Musk joins Twitter’s board, but it caps his ownership of the social media to 15% to avoid hostile takeover

GM and Honda announce plan to ‘codevelop series of affordable electric vehicles’

GM finally resumes production on the Chevy Bolt

Sono Motors and Valmet Automotive sign terms to manufacture Sion SEVs in Finland, but will hike prices again

NASA contracts Canoo to build EVs that will transport astronauts to launchpad for Artemis missions

https://youtu.be/zoyj1BbEAgY

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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 Semi shows up at its future home of Gigafactory Texas with more Model Ys and possible new colors spotted

Tesla (TSLA) is up on record deliveries despite Giga Shanghai extending its shutdown

Tesla CEO Elon Musk buys near 10% stake in Twitter

Hertz announces it is ordering up to 65,000 electric vehicles from Polestar

Supply and Demand 101: Nascent EV trucks reselling well over MSRP on the open market

https://youtu.be/av0XeQawH3k

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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 extends Giga Shanghai shutdown due to worker shortage amid lockdown

Tesla pauses solar roof installations due to supply issues; some clients will be left without a roof for months

Tesla Model 3 tops list of 20 most affordable EVs to run according to 2022 EV Miles Report

Kyte announces a fleet of Tesla Model 3s for a $995/month subscription service across the US

BMW unveils new electric i3 based on 3 Series, but it’s only for China for now

CEO confirms NIO is developing its own phones, names Apple as a potential rival

Biden invokes Defense Production Act to boost EV, storage battery minerals

https://youtu.be/ipC-Lei5yLI

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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 to soon open Supercharger network to all EV owners in the UK, says govt official

Tesla is avoiding nickel crisis with ‘secret deals’ with Vale and other suppliers, report says

Tesla secures big 200 MWh Megapack order for a new energy storage project in Australia

Rolls-Royce puts all-electric Spectre through winter tests near the Arctic Circle as part of 2.5 million km testing program

https://youtu.be/jjJKaUCKqOs

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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):

Court orders Tesla to buy back car from customer who felt Autopilot was like ‘a drunk first-time driver’

A fleet of Tesla Model 3s is going to be deployed for Uber drivers in London

GM spotted benchmarking Tesla Model S Plaid and Summon feature

GMC has gotten over 65,000 Hummer EV reservations, pickup version sold out into 2024

Vietnamese EV brand Vinfast announces North American manufacturing site will be built in North Carolina

Lotus pulls the sheet off its new 100% electric Eletre hyper-SUV, fka Type 132

https://youtu.be/iWSoSs8rgsA

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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 co-founder and former CTO JB Straubel says EV batteries should last for about 15 years

Tesla sends out ‘Cyber Rodeo’ invites for Giga Texas opening

Tesla is planning a big Megapack project at Gigafactory Texas to avoid unreliable electric grid

Tesla’s head of AI is on sabbatical and people are worried

Tesla (TSLA) announces another stock split; shareholders to vote later this year

Tesla halts production at Gigafactory Shanghai as the city shuts down due to surge in COVID-19 cases

https://youtu.be/ae1LVp562Gs

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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 issues another over-the-air recall on a small number of cars in the US

Many Tesla models are now sold out until 2023 in the US even after price increase

USPS doubles its order of electric vehicles but sticks to mostly buying inefficient gas trucks

Washington passes bill to target all EV sales by 2030 – for real this time (Updated)

https://youtu.be/h2ECan4MdJs

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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 spends the most R&D and least in advertising per car sold

Polestar has begun US deliveries of the Long Range Single Motor Polestar 2, and we got a chance to drive it

Stellantis and LG Energy announce new 45 GWh battery cell factory in Canada

NIO rolls first batch of ET7 sedans off assembly line ahead of deliveries next week

Einride partners with Maersk to electrify over one million shipments over the next five years

Electrify America unveils new charging station with better displays, cable management, solar, and more amenities

BYD and Shell partner up to expand energy and charging solutions in China and Europe

https://youtu.be/mJK27LfYk20

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