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This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including more details on the Tesla Cybertruck, Tesla's laser beam wiper idea, the Audi e-tron upgrade, and more.

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:

Watch Tesla Cybertruck in tug of war against Ford F150 and size comparison

Tesla to redo Cybertruck vs. Ford F150 tug-of-war challenge after claims it wasn’t fair

Ford is not participating in Tesla Cybertruck vs. F-150 rematch, calls first one ‘absurd’

Cybertruck most popular where Model 3 isn’t – Tesla opening new EV markets

Tesla Cybertruck has a quarter of a million pre-orders in less than a week

Tesla releases auto wiper update trained by new deep neural net

Tesla wants to use laser beams to automatically clean debris off cars – Yes really

Tesla asks suppliers to accelerate Model Y part deliveries, report says

Audi upgrades e-tron electric SUV with more range and efficiency

Lincoln will build an electric SUV based on Rivian’s chassis

Ford Mustang Mach E ‘First Edition’ trim sold out a year ahead of production

Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 12:00pm ET (or the video after 1:00pm ET):