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Tesla has another Cyberflop, lots of cheap Ford electric pickups, VW in trouble, and more

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Show Notes

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 latest Cyberflop, lots of cheap Ford electric pickups, VW in trouble, and more.

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

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

Tesla opens search for Cybercab fleet sales, but FSD owners are still left out

Tesla Cybercab is already under NHTSA investigation after launch

Tesla Full Self-Driving can now take over manual driving to avoid a collision

Tesla settles fatal Autopilot fire truck lawsuit, avoiding jury trial

Ford wants to sell 100,000 Fathoms in the $30k EV truck’s first year

Range Rover’s first luxury electric SUV costs $140,000 and delivers V8 power [Images]

Polestar 4 SUV launches at €57,900 — and it finally has a rear window

These EVs retain their battery best, largest-ever study finds

Rivian rolls out RivianOS 2, unifying software across R1 and R2

VW to cut 100k jobs and may stop building EVs at 4 plants

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/X9nRjdjLmLY

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