This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discussed Tesla Semi finally coming, a FSD Beta smear campaign, the EV tax credit reform passing the Senate, and more.

The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel.

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Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast:

• Tesla Semi electric truck with 500 miles of range starts shipping this year, says Musk
• Tesla self-driving smear campaign releases ‘test’ that fails to realize FSD never engaged
• Tesla discloses lobbying effort for new factory in Canada
• Tesla teases new energy products coming this year
• Elon Musk sells massive $6.9 billion chunk of Tesla (TSLA) stake
• Senate improves EV tax credit in largest climate bill ever
• If you want an EV, buy this week – Rivian, Fisker and others rush to lock in EV tax credits before changes
• Autonomy places giant EV order from Tesla, GM, VW, Ford, Rivian, and more
• Ford reopens F-150 Lightning orders, increases prices $6-8.5k, std EPA to 240 miles
• Rivian (RIVN) releases Q2 earnings, confirms $1.7 billion loss in race to make money on its electric pickups
• Mercedes EQS review: You can no longer call internal combustion vehicles ‘luxury’

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