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Cybercab dead on arrival, Donut Lab's miracle battery, Waymo expands, 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 Tesla's Cybercab being dead on arrival, Donut Lab's miracle battery, Waymo expanding, 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:

Elon Musk threatens to halt Tesla Giga Berlin expansion over union vote

Tesla Cybercab program manager exits ahead of launch

Tesla adds 64 Megacharger locations to map, revealing Semi truck charging routes

Used Tesla prices rise 4.3% while rest of EV market drops after tax credit ends

Donut Lab’s ‘miracle’ solid-state battery confirms 0-80% charge in 4.5 min — but there’s a catch

BYD to unveil 1,500kW EV charger that can add 2km of range in 1 second

Lucid (LCID) announces ‘step-change’ in Q4 as it aims to build 25,000 to 27,000 EVs in 2026

Waymo adds 4 more cities to its robotaxi service, now 10 total (Tesla: still 0)

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/8u-7fZpN36M

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