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Tesla is now Elon's, Xpeng goes AI, Rivian earnings, 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 how Tesla is now Elon's after the shareholders' meeting, Xpeng going all-in on AI, Rivian's earnings, 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 (TSLA) shareholders shoot selves in foot, approve Musk $1 trillion payday

Elon Musk says Tesla FSD will allow ‘texting and driving’ in ‘a month or two’

Tesla delays ‘flying’ Roadster demo to April Fools’ Day, production to 2027/28

Tesla launches ‘Multipass’ in more markets for frictionless third-party charging

Tesla updates its electric semi truck design

Xpeng AI Day: new AI model powering robots, robotaxis, and flying cars

Rivian (RIVN) Q3 2025 report: Revenues and deliveries rise, R2 closer than ever, plus a new AI co.

Ford’s electric F-150 Lightning pickup may be all but dead

BMW updates its best-selling EV with more range and power

Toyota teases a new vehicle and it sure looks like an electric truck

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/by3S0W0PWbA

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