June 27, 2025

Xiaomi shocks with YU7, Tesla Robotaxi launch and more

1 hour 4 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 Xiaomi shocking the industry with YU7, Tesla's Robotaxi launch and more.

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

Today, the episode is live at 12:15 a.m instead due to Fred’s travels in China and Seth's in.

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

Xiaomi YU7 first drive: a $35,000 Ferrari-looking electric SUV with over 400 miles of real range

Xiaomi received over 200,000 real orders for its Tesla killer in just 3 minutes

Whoopsie! Uh oh! Here’s all of Tesla Robotaxi’s goofs and gaffes so far

Tesla fires Musk’s chief of staff who became head of North America and Europe

Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix 2025: A brief history, full schedule, and teams

Lucid’s (LCID) midsize EV platform is coming next year, bringing three $50,000 ‘top hats’

Cadillac’s most affordable EV just got even better with a built-in NACS port and much more

Cadillac just delivered the first Celestiq, a hand-built ultra-luxury EV that costs $350,000

Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 12:15 a.m. ET (or the video after 1 a.m. ET):

https://www.youtube.com/live/zXT1hZD8o_I

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