Summary: This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla's Q2 delivery results, Tesla Autopilot rewrite update, Nikola Badger electric pickup, 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 back live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel, but we are making an exception this week and doing the show on Thursday due to Independence Day this weekend. 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 5 p.m. 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 Apple Podcasts 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 announces Q2 deliveries: 90,650 electric cars — beating expectations Elon Musk says Tesla (TSLA) could break even in Q2 despite global pandemic Elon Musk is amazed how well Tesla executed in Q2 — possible profit? Elon Musk talks Tesla Autopilot rewrite, says ‘a lot of new functionality in 2-4 months’ Tesla increases Full Self-Driving price to $8,000 as promised House Democrats release net zero plan, including 100% EV sales by 2035 Nikola is taking $5,000 deposits for pickup truck renders made due to Tesla Cybertruck Porsche Taycan RWD makes China debut w/489km of NEDC range, uncertain if coming to US market Nissan to premiere electric Ariya crossover on July 15, taking on Tesla Model Y Lucid achieves Cd of .21, lowest aerodynamic drag coefficient of any luxury car Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET): https://youtu.be/jnPdGG4fwOc
