This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including the Tesla Model 3 becoming the new efficiency king, a new Model S/X battery pack coming, Tesla securing an unofficial new Nürburgring record, 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:

2020 Tesla Model 3 beats Hyundai IONIQ to become most efficient EV produced

Elon Musk: Tesla will increase Model S/X battery pack capacity with new Plaid mode version

Tesla achieves record time at Nürburgring, beats Porsche Taycan, but likely still unofficial

Tesla Model Y prototype spotted with unreleased Model 3 unveil wheels

Elon Musk taunts Tesla short David Einhorn and makes him smart offer he can’t refuse

Tesla Roadster 2 die cast 1:18 model goes on sale, look at that hatchback

VW starts production of ID.3 electric car, converts factory to EV production

VW releases first images of new electric wagon concept to come to production in 2021

Ford reveals all-electric ‘Mustang Lithium’ with 900hp at SEMA

GM unveils electric pickup hot rod concept with two Bolt EV batteries

Beautiful electric 1969 Chevrolet Camaro debuts with new ‘plug & play’ EV conversion kit

Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 11:00am ET (or the video after 12:00pm ET):