Tesla Robotaxi expansion, heavy duty EVs, and last week’s pain at the pump
About this episode
The episode discusses Tesla's Robotaxi expansion, heavy-duty electric vehicles, and the recent pain at the pump survey results.
On today's pumped-up episode of Quick Charge , we notice how funny it is that Tesla makes a big Robotaxi announcement every time the TSLA earnings call looks like a disappointment. Tesla's tiny territory maps in Houston and Dallas underscore just how difficult it's been for the brand's camera-only autonomous driving ambitions to yield anything like Elon's early promises, and the timing of the announcement – just days ahead of what's bound to be a tough, tough Q1 earnings call – leaves a lot to be desired. We've also got a massive, 600-ton electric excavator in India and a 40+ tonne quad-axle electric semi from Mercedes-Benz that is ready to do some real dirty work. All that and the results of our "pain at the pump" survey, when you hit "play." Source Links Tesla launches ‘Robotaxi’ in Houston and Dallas with tiny geofences Tesla’s ‘Robotaxi’ expansion looks like another stock pump before earnings MASSIVE 600 ton Liebherr mining excavator converted from diesel to electric Hot and ready: Mercedes is taking orders for its new eArocs 400 vocational truck Survey Sunday: how much pain at the pump will it take to switch to EV? Prefer listening to your podcasts? Audio-only versions of…
Topics covered
- Tesla
- Robotaxi
- electric vehicles
- autonomous driving
- pain at the pump
- heavy duty EVs
Keywords
- Tesla
- Robotaxi
- electric vehicles
- Mercedes-Benz
- pain at the pump
- autonomous driving
- excavator
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Tesla, Mercedes-Benz
Products: Robotaxi, eArocs 400, 600-ton electric excavator
Places: Houston, Dallas
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