Summary: This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla's Q4 earnings, Tesla's new software-locked battery pack, the Kia Niro EV, 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 (TSLA) releases Q4 results: beat on revenue – deliver a little lower on profit Tesla wants Model Y to reach volume production ‘likely’ at Gigafactory 1 next year Tesla Model 3 update: production gets more efficient, 10k/wk and China by end of 2019 Tesla Pickup truck may be unveiled this summer, says CEO Elon Musk Tesla is ramping up ambitious self-driving push in 2019 Tesla CFO Deepak Ahuja retires again, Zach Kirkhorn to replace Tesla launches new cheaper Model S and Model X with software-limited battery pack Tesla Model 3 Performance gets put to the test on race track at new ‘Tesla Corsa’ event Tesla officially launches Model 3 in China, announces cheaper version coming Tesla launches new multi-state effort against direct-sales ban Kia Niro EV first drive: one of the most important EVs to hit the market Hyundai reveals full Kona EV U.S. prices – starting at $36,450 Koenigsegg takes $170 million investment from NEVS, says will ramp up electrification Porsche Taycan owners will get three years of free charging on Electrify America’s network Audi unveils e-tron electric SUV charging pricing structure, it’s not simple or cheap Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4:00pm ET (or the video after 5:00pm ET): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wl4GN9MQz0
