Summary: This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including the new Tesla Model 3 production milestone and the controversy around it, the EV federal tax credit comes back into focus, 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. 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 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. Grab the quick link to iTunes here. We now have a Patreon if you want to help us to 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 today: Tesla reaches Model 3 production milestone and record 7,000-car week total production, says Elon Musk Tesla releases official production numbers: 53,339 vehicles including 28,578 Model 3’s in Q2, 6,000 per week next month Tesla stock price (TSLA) tumbles as Wall Street throws cold water on Model 3 production ramp Ford mocks Tesla’s Model 3 production achievement despite lagging behind in electric vehicles Tesla eliminates test in Model 3 production claiming redundancy, report claims it’s ‘critical’ Elon Musk suspects reporter bribed Tesla employee on behalf of rich TSLA short Tesla could ‘revisit’ vehicle-to-grid technology, says Elon Musk Tesla’s difficult service situation in Norway is a scary glimpse at potential future in other markets, Tesla says it’s on it Tesla’s SVP of engineering Doug Field won’t return at the automaker after leave GM says it is increasing Chevy Bolt EV production by ‘more than 20 percent’ Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4pm ET (or the video after 5pm ET): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv1ZknONRNk
