Quick Charge 9to5Mac

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.


New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available.
Stories we discuss in this episode (with links):

Tesla launches new virtual power plant that pays Powerwall owners to help end brownouts
Tesla expands availability of new Texas-built Model Y and raises the price
Toyota recalls all its bZ4X electric cars over wheels potentially falling off
Mercedes-Benz’s ultra-efficient VISION EQXX electric car traveled 750 miles (1,200 km) on a single charge
GM Cruise takes first fares for paid driverless taxi in San Francisco
GM adds Plug and Charge to EVgo Ultium Charge 360, vehicles including Bolt



https://youtu.be/ntX-COPvrjU



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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.


New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available.
Stories we discuss in this episode (with links):

Elon Musk considers Tesla ads to counter media bias
Tesla Cybertruck design is ‘finally locked’ and gets an updated timeline
Elon Musk’s Boring Company applies to dig tunnel under Tesla Gigafactory Texas
Rivian will install a wind turbine to power new R1 electric vehicles’ first charge
The $4,500 electric car tax credit bonus for union-made EVs is not on the table anymore
Biden to propose gas tax suspension – a Band-Aid on an open wound



https://youtu.be/0zv6NNasZ4U



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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.


New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available.
Stories we discuss in this episode (with links):

Tesla dominates the list of most American-made cars
Tesla is tracking to have a working prototype humanoid robot by the end of September
Elon Musk moves Tesla layoff target from 10% to 3% of employees
Aptera wants to adopt Tesla’s charge connector for its solar electric car
Kroger, the US’s largest supermarket chain, is adding more level 2 and 3 EV chargers



https://youtu.be/WVSiW4u_rFw


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New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available.
Stories we discuss in this episode (with links):

Tesla’s chief designer is selling new interiors for Tesla cars through Unplugged Performance
Tesla lays off head of LGBTQ+ and diversity lead amid Musk’s ‘woke mind virus’ concerns
Tesla cars are banned from Chinese town over spying fear
Tesla achieves production of 1,000 cars in a week at Gigafactory Berlin



https://youtu.be/NQ14hQLSmd4



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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.


New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available.
Stories we discuss in this episode (with links):

Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai is going out of ‘closed loop’ with workers sleeping at the plant this week
Tesla files to use a new radar and everyone is confused
BYD says it is about to start supplying Tesla (TSLA) with battery cells
Cadillac teases its next electric car, the Celestiq, with new pictures
Fisker announces 50k Ocean reservations alongside new details and image of the PEAR



https://youtu.be/YUwntHEZfzI



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Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.


New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available.
Stories we discuss in this episode (with links):

Tesla Cybertruck with updated interior and windshield wiper goes on new outing
Here’s what Tesla’s futuristic diner with drive-in theater and Supercharger could look like
Fisker says Ocean still coming in 2022, cites Magna delivering ‘out of this world’ product
Lucid Motors launches Lucid Financial Services with Bank of America for lease and loan financing
Check out the first official Polestar 3 image and teaser video ahead of October debut



https://youtu.be/gt6FY8Q91-U



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