This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla Roadrunner battery leak, potential Model 3 updates, Nikola Motors coming to an end, 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:

First look at Tesla’s new battery cell produced in-house with Roadrunner

Tesla to update Model 3 center console, steering wheel, add heat pump and more, rumor says

Tesla bug allows other electric cars to charge for free at new Superchargers

Elon Musk: Tesla delays release of important Autopilot rewrite, now 6-10 weeks if all goes well

Tesla is building new massive Supercharger, could become world’s largest

Tesla gets partial win in Gigafactory ‘saboteur’ case, but it’s not really a good look for the company

Lucid beats Tesla Model S Plaid prototype on racetrack with its own tri-motor Air test vehicle

Nikola (NKLA) admits to faking video of driving prototype in weak response to allegations

GM unveils Hummer EV’s Crab Mode — a four-wheel steering system

Ford releases F-150 electric pickup testing footage — showing impressive performance

Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET):

https://youtu.be/-ZwBj4Eor0E