Electrek Podcast: Tesla Model 3 reverse-engineered, Tesla Chinese clone, Mercedes goes electric, and more
Summary: This week on the Electrek Podcast, we are discussing the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla Model 3 vehicles being spotted going to Germany - presumably to be reverse-engineered, a Chinese EV startup raising a lot of money to produce its 'Tesla clone', Mercedes-Benz revealing its electric car production plans, and more. The Electrek Podcast is me, Fred Lambert, editor-in-chief of Electrek, and Seth Weintraub, founder and publisher of Electrek and the 9to5 network, discussing all our top stories of the week while taking questions from our readers and highlighting the most insightful comments on the site. The show is live every Friday at 4pm ET on Electrek’s Youtube channel. We are going to have an accompanying post, like this one, on the site with an embedded link to the live stream. After the show ends at around 5pm ET, the video will be archived on YouTube and the audio on all your favorite podcast apps through our RSS feed: https://electrek.co/podcastRSS (note this is a redirect which will change destinations in the upcoming weeks so don’t use the Lybsyn link it points to). Grab the quick link to iTunes here. We now have a Patreon if you want to help us keep the lights on and invest more in our content. You can get rewards in return Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast today: Tesla Model 3 vehicles spotted on their way to Germany, presumably to be reverse-engineered ‘Tesla clone’ EV startup secures $350 million investment from Alibaba and Foxconn Mercedes-Benz unveils aggressive electric vehicle production plan, 6 factories and a ‘global battery network’ Tesla keeps autonomous driving test program opaque, says no testing on California public roads Tesla maintains free Supercharger access for Model S and Model X Tesla referral program extended three months, gives owners and their friends a chance to race in a Tesla Semi Porsche has all-electric Mission E production prototypes, line is going up this year for volume production in 2019, says exec Waymo is adding ‘thousands’ of Pacifica plug-in hybrid vans to its self-driving fleet Tesla is in talks with electric truck customers to install ‘Megacharger’ stations, report says Jaguar tests all-electric I-Pace in extreme cold, gets a launch date Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4pm ET (or the video after 5pm ET): http://youtu.be/GebQXrhynRw
