This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla appointing new board members, Tesla releasing a new software update, a new cheap Chinese EV, 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:

Tesla announces two new board members: Larry Ellison and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson

Tesla releases software update to help unfreeze charge port

Tesla updates Model 3’s headlights, earns better rating from IIHS

Tesla to start testing new Autopilot Hardware 3 in employee vehicles

Tesla extends referral program with new incentive to buy without a test drive

Tesla is working to ‘dramatically increase’ Superchargers within cities, European expansion, and more

Etergo secures €10M to produce 240 km range modular battery swapping electric scooter

Here are all the coolest electric motorcycles coming in 2019

Electrek review: Voro Motors EMove electric scooter is a 25 MPH and 50 mi range beast

China’s Great Wall Motor unveils $8,680 all-electric ORA R1 urban car with nearly 200-mile range

Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 3:30pm ET (or the video after 4:30pm ET):

https://youtu.be/7KNmepDPFnY