Electrek at Shanghai Auto Show, Tesla earnings, Slate cheap EV pickup unveiled, and more
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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 Electrek seeing a ton of cool EVs at the Shanghai Auto Show, Tesla's disastrous earnings, Slate's cheap EV pickup being unveiled, and more.
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The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel.
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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:
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Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast:
- Here’s some of the coolest, sleekest (and furriest) EV tech we saw at the 2025 Shanghai Auto Show
- Tesla (TSLA) Q1 2025 financial results: missed big on already terrible expectations
- Live Tesla Q1 2025 earnings transcript fact check and reaction stream
- Here are all the crazy claims Elon Musk made about Tesla self-driving today
- Tesla (TSLA) brings back FSD transfer, offers $2,000 loyalty discount amid demand crisis
- The Tesla (TSLA) dilemma: company is cooked with Musk, but stock crashes without him
- You won’t believe the repair cost of this Tesla Cybertruck after a crash with a compact sedan
- Slate emerges with customizable EV pickup available for under $20k [Video]
- Chevy Blazer SS EV first drive, over 600hp and 300 miles of range!
- CATL unveils new EV battery that charges as fast as pumping gas
Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4:00 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET):
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https://youtu.be/IHGlFCDXpx8
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