Tesla turns to energy, BMW i3 EV makes a splash, Donut Lab update, and more

About this episode

The episode discusses Tesla's shift towards energy, the new BMW i3 EV, and various updates in the electric vehicle sector.

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 turning to energy, BMW i3 EV making a splash, Donut Lab update, and more. 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 (TSLA) reportedly in talks to buy $2.9B in Chinese solar equipment for 100 GW US push US confirms Tesla (TSLA) is buyer in LG’s $4.3B LFP battery deal for Megapack 3 Tesla is one step away from having to recall FSD in NHTSA visibility crash probe Tesla delays FSD approval in Europe again, now…

Topics covered

• sustainable transport
• energy
• electric vehicles
• Tesla news
• BMW i3
• Uber investment
• Volvo EV

Keywords

• Tesla
• BMW i3 EV
• sustainable transport
• electric vehicles
• Uber
• Rivian
• Volvo
• Xiaomi

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tesla, BMW, Donut Lab, Uber, Rivian, Volvo, Xiaomi

Products: BMW i3 EV

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