April 24, 2026

Tesla's disaster earnings, Beijing Auto Show is mad, new EVs galore

1 hour 20 minutes

In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla's disaster earnings, the Beijing Auto Show being absolutely insane, and a plethora of new EVs unveiled this week.

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

Tesla (TSLA) releases Q1 2026 financial results: slight beat on earnings

Tesla seems to say Robotaxi launch will be pushed back in 5 US cities

Tesla (TSLA) pulled questionable levers to make Q1 2026 financials look good

Elon Musk pushes unsupervised FSD for consumer Teslas — again

Tesla will build factories just to retrofit millions of HW3 cars it said could do FSD

Tesla confirms Cybercab production has started despite delays in unsupervised driving

Tesla announces HW4 Plus with doubled memory — will HW4 follow HW3 to the grave?

Tesla (TSLA) quietly discloses $2 billion AI hardware company acquisition buried in filing

Tesla Model YL prototype spotted on US roads for the first time

Porsche Cayenne Coupe Electric is an off-road capable, 2.4s 0-60mph beauty and beast

BMW unveils the new i7 with nearly 450 miles of range and Neue Klasse style [Images]

XPeng unveils GX flagship SUV with 750 km range, L4-ready hardware for $58,000

Hyundai unveils sleek new IONIQ V: a production car that looks like a concept

Hyundai unveils the IONIQ 3 with class-leading range and a new infotainment [Images]

CATL is launching sodium-ion batteries in EVs in 2026, aiming for 370+ miles range

Rivian (RIVN) starts R2 production days after tornado hit factory, deliveries this spring

Xpeng is actually building this electric flying car — I visited the factory

Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4:00 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET:

https://www.youtube.com/live/A7NTG5vjRuM

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