This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including a Tesla getting new batteries with faster charging, a new Tesla Semi order, a new Tesla software update, 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 (TSLA) is getting new battery cells from Panasonic with faster charging capacity

Tesla (TSLA) receives massive new order of Tesla Semi electric trucks — biggest yet?

Tesla releases new software update with Autopilot, Spotify app improvements, and more

Tesla launches own tequila with crazy-looking bottle and high price tag

Tesla starts delivering cars with TeslaCam/Sentry Mode storage device

Tesla launches new winter tire and wheel package just in time for Model Y’s first winter

Toyota CEO goes after Tesla and Elon Musk with strange cooking analogy

Ford CEO: Mach-E is the first true competitor with Tesla — a Tesla is not a Mustang

Nio unveils 100 kWh battery with cell-to-pack design and lets owners upgrade if they want

Kandi’s small electric car to cost $7,999 in California

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/oZFyL7c_inE