On today's bitterly cold episode of Quick Charge, Elon says the chip he said was ready six months ago isn't actually ready, Chinese carmakers make a deal with Canada, and a series of new, real-world studies prove that EVs will save your fleet money over diesel, even in the most extreme cold weather use cases.

We've also got another new entrant in the solid state battery race promising more than 600 miles per charge and an innovative new way to keep warm in the winter with a clever use of bricks and excess solar power.

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• Elon Musk says Tesla ‘almost done’ with AI5 design, 6 months after saying it was ‘finished’





• Canada breaks with US, slashes 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to 6%





• Another Chinese EV giant begins testing solid-state batteries with 620+ miles range





• Even in extreme cold, EVs outperform diesel AND save drivers money





• Germany is using heated bricks to replace gas-fired industrial boilers

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