This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including a discussion about Tesla going back to the market in order to raise capital, Tesla making its own battery cells, The Boring Company, 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:

Tesla announces $2 billion capital raise right after Elon Musk said ‘it doesn’t make sense’

Tesla announces 5% discounted TSLA stock offering price and shareholders don’t care

Tesla is building a pilot battery cell manufacturing line in Fremont – getting into the cell business

Elon Musk announces ‘Tesla April company talk’ to be held at Giga New York, will offer tours

Tesla to soon announce solar roof tile expansion in Europe and China

Tesla starts deforestation process at Gigafactory Berlin

Tesla is starting to add third-party charging stations to its in-car navigation

Tesla is going to make discontinued Model 3 Long Range RWD in China, already produced over 2,000 cars this year

Tesla now disables Supercharging in salvaged vehicles

Tesla gives deadline to force software updates on owners who have been resisting them

Tesla issues voluntary recall for 15,000 Model X electric SUVs

Tesla vehicles confirmed to be used in Elon Musk’s Boring Company Las Vegas Loop, watch breakthrough in real time

Porsche delivers first Taycan 4S — the less expensive version of its first electric car

Jaguar pauses I-Pace production due to battery shortages

Hyundai will use Canoo’s EV skateboard for small electric cars

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

https://youtu.be/dGkONJSMitA