Summary: This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Biden's new EV goal and Tesla being excluded from the announcement, the upcoming $25,000 Tesla, BYD's blade batteries, and more. Keep in mind we’ll be at the IAA Mobility event in Munich September 7-12th, join us! 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: Biden to sign executive order for 50% of new cars being electric by 2030, reiterates new point-of-sale EV incentiveTesla wasn’t invited to Biden’s EV announcement because of unions, and it doesn’t matterTesla buyers are asking for better communications over messy Model S deliveriesTesla is reportedly going to buy BYD’s new ‘blade batteries’ in an unlikely partnershipTesla increases Model S price by another $5,000Tesla opening Supercharger network will enable access to new $7.5 billion EV funding in USTesla’s $25,000 electric car: temper your expectations about the timingTesla teases Dojo supercomputer and partnership with famed roboticistTesla teases future products using artificial intelligence not related to its electric vehicle fleetNissan slashes 2022 LEAF price to $27.5k, under $20k after Fed Tax credit 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/RGJVzES_wcU
