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 faces backlash after unhappy customer crashes Shanghai Motor Show booth
Elon Musk claims Tesla involved in fatal crash with no one in driver’s seat wasn’t on Autopilot
Toyota to review its lobbying against climate and electric cars after pressure from investors
Mercedes-Benz teases new EQT electric minivan
VW unveils ID.6 electric SUV: its most spacious electric vehicle yet
Lordstown Motors exits San Felipe 250 early, underestimates energy usage
SES gathers $139 million in funding round led by GM
Globally, renewables are growing – but so is demand for coal



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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):

A Tesla crash results in two deaths, police believe no one was in the driver’s seat
Tesla with Autopilot engaged approaches 10x lower chance of accident than average car: here’s the data
Watch beat-up GMC Hummer EV crab walk in traffic
Genesis unveils its first all-electric vehicle: electric version of G80 sedan
Mercedes-Benz unveils EQB: a beautiful new compact electric SUV
Toyota unveils bZ4X electric SUV without specs, coming next year
Audi debuts A6 e-tron concept on new EV platform, plans 2022 release
Electric vehicle spotlight (EVS): Phoenix Motorcars



https://youtu.be/kd2Kly_ozjc


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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 warns owners of a potential defect in their cars through in-car notification
Tesla next-gen ‘Full Self-Driving’ is delayed to May-June, subscription coming next month
Mercedes-Benz EQS electric luxury sedan is now fully unveiled
Mercedes-Benz EQS is impressive, but calling it a ‘Tesla Killer’ is insane
Rivian follows Tesla into another business with the launch of ‘Rivian Insurance’
Rivian R1T electric pickup truck fleet used in spaceship recovery by Blue Origin
Volkswagen ramps up production to 600,000 battery systems per year
AMPLY Power and UES partner to electrify V2G capable buses
Washington State bans gas cars by 2030 – the earliest in the US



https://youtu.be/BRVMDp1-2jo


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