
Quick Charge Podcast: January 18, 2022
01/19/22 • 5 min
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 driver is charged with vehicular manslaughter after running a red light on Autopilot
- Elon Musk to visit Tesla Gigafactory Berlin next month, hinting at start of production
- Tesla increases Full Self-Driving package price to $12,000, but not its monthly subscription service
- First new Tesla Model Ys spotted at Gigafactory Texas – has production started?
- Proterra announces long-term supply agreement to provide battery tech to Nikola Tre trucks
- Mopar launches new at-home level 2 charger for Jeep Wrangler, Grand Cherokee 4xe
- Porsche Taycan selected as Formula E safety car for season 8
- Aussie truckers facing AdBlue crisis are latest unexpected EV advocates
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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 driver is charged with vehicular manslaughter after running a red light on Autopilot
- Elon Musk to visit Tesla Gigafactory Berlin next month, hinting at start of production
- Tesla increases Full Self-Driving package price to $12,000, but not its monthly subscription service
- First new Tesla Model Ys spotted at Gigafactory Texas – has production started?
- Proterra announces long-term supply agreement to provide battery tech to Nikola Tre trucks
- Mopar launches new at-home level 2 charger for Jeep Wrangler, Grand Cherokee 4xe
- Porsche Taycan selected as Formula E safety car for season 8
- Aussie truckers facing AdBlue crisis are latest unexpected EV advocates
Subscribe to the Electrek Daily Channel on Youtube so you never miss a day of news
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Drop us a line at [email protected]. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 17, 2022
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):
- Elon Musk claims there has been no crash in Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta over a year into the program
- Tesla releases new Full Self-Driving Beta 10.9 software update, announces expansion in Canada
- Tesla is rolling out software ‘fix’ to heat pump issue in cold weather, but some think it’s a hardware problem
- Next Fiat Panda aims for ‘most affordable EV’ title, will slot below 500e
- CATL confirms entry into battery swap market ahead of a brand launch event in China
- BP claims EV charging stations ‘on the cusp’ of being more profitable than gas pumps
- Subaru reveals 1,073 hp STI E-RA electric track car at Tokyo Auto Salon
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 19, 2022
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 is beating German automakers on their own turf even without Giga Berlin – Should they be scared?
- Elon Musk: Tesla could play a role in Artificial General Intelligence, decentralize Tesla Bot to avoid Terminator scenario
- Koenigsegg gets into Tesla tuning through a partnership with Unplugged Performance
- Rivian partners with Under Canvas to bring EV charging to most beautiful camping sites in the US
- Electric Airstream concept is the RV industry’s ‘iPhone moment’
- Automobili Pininfarina expands North American retail presence ahead of Battista hyper GT deliveries this year
- Opibus unveils the first electric bus designed and manufactured in Africa
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