Rivian R1T electric pickup first drive, Lucid Air production, Tesla FSD Beta, and more
Summary: This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including our first Rivian R1T electric pickup drive, Lucid starting Air production, Tesla FSD Beta slowly moving to a wider release, and more. Sponsored by Electrify America: Discover all the new and innovative ways that Electrify America is providing freedom for electric vehicle drivers at ElectrifyAmerica.com. The show is back live every Friday at 4 p.m. 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 5 p.m. ET, the video will be archived on YouTube and the audio on all your favorite podcast apps: Apple PodcastsSpotifyOvercastPocket CastsCastroRSS 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: Rivian R1T first drive: Easily the best pickup I’ve ever driven, both off road and onLucid rolls first customer Air EVs off AMP-1 assembly line, Dream Editions to deliver in late OctoberFirst look and test-drive with the Lucid Air Dream Edition: An addictively speedy work of artFord announces giant new electric pickup truck factory plus three new battery gigafactories2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E comes with more usable battery capacity and longer rangeElon Musk: ‘This will be Tesla’s (TSLA) most intense delivery week ever’Tesla plans to add ~1,000 new Full Self-Driving Beta testers per day based on ‘safety score’Tesla tells Full Self-Driving beta testers to share ‘selectively’ and ‘a lot of people want them to fail’Elon Musk says Tesla shouldn’t have an NDA for its Full Self-Driving BetaA handful of new Tesla Model X SUVs spotted as deliveries are delayedTesla Cyberquad is alive, new trademark application for the electric ATV 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/C9SEAL4nh0Y
