Cybertruck price increase, BYD makes everyone look bad, and Donut Lab update

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This episode discusses the Cybertruck price increase, BYD's advancements in electric vehicles, and updates from Donut Lab.

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 the Cybertruck price increase, BYD making everyone look bad, and a Donut Lab battery update. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek ’s YouTube channel . As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post, like this one, on the site with an embedded link to the live stream. Head to the YouTube channel to get your questions and comments in. After the show ends at around 5 p.m. ET, the video will be archived on YouTube and the audio on all your favorite podcast apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS We now have a Patreon if you want to help us avoid more ads and invest more in our content. We have some awesome gifts for our Patreons and more coming. Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast: Tesla increases Cybertruck AWD price to $70,000 after creating artificial urgency Tesla sends Canadian Model 3 inventory to the US as it expects Chinese EVs back Tesla changes FSD transfer rules again, screwing over Cybertruck AWD buyers BYD’s new Blade EV Battery 2.0 unlocks 1,000+ km pure…

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Host: Electrek

Topics covered

• Cybertruck price increase
• BYD electric vehicles
• Donut Lab battery update
• sustainable transport
• energy news

Keywords

• Cybertruck
• BYD
• Tesla
• IONIQ 6
• Donut Lab
• sustainable transport
• electric vehicles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BYD, Tesla, Hyundai

Products: Cybertruck, IONIQ 6, Aptera, Donut Lab

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