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Electricity is the base currency, Tesla Robotaxi crashes, new Porsche Cayenne EV, and more

Electrek

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 electricity becoming the base currency, Tesla Robotaxi crashes, the new Porsche Cayenne EV, 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 Robotaxi had 3 more crashes, now 7 total

Tesla Robotaxi ‘safety driver’ caught sleeping on video

Tesla delays next-gen AI5 chip to mid-2027, Cybercab will launch on AI4 hardware

Waymo expands to three more US cities with test vehicles rolling out immediately

The most powerful Porsche ever is electric: The new 1,139hp Cayenne EV

Meet the Jeep Recon EV: An off-road electric SUV that’s an absolute beast [Images]

Lucid Motors launches Gravity Touring SUV, starting below $80,000 [Video]

Genesis is crashing the luxury party with the GV60 Magma, its first performance EV

Check out Hyundai’s cool new off-road electric SUV concept [Images]

Electricity is about to become the new base currency and China figured it out

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/xJmqdgS1hrg

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