Summary: This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla Heavy Trucking, the BMW i4, the Rivian Adventure Network, and more. 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: Tesla announces that Jerome Guillen transitions to new role leading ‘Tesla Heavy Trucking’Tesla stops taking orders for Powerwall without solar panelsTesla to shut down final assembly plant in Tilburg following Model S/X refreshTesla Model X with over 400,000 miles gets turned into a piece of art by Kenny ScharfVW announces plan to reduce battery costs by up to 50% and secure 240 GWh of capacityBMW unveils i4 electric sedan with 300 miles of rangeBMW iX price comes much higher than expected at more than $80,000Rivian reveals impressive map of over 600 planned fast-charging stations and wall chargerPorsche follows Tesla’s Supercharger lead with its own private charging networkToyota lobbies US government in its increasingly delusional effort to slow down electric vehiclesToyota teases its first electric SUVLordstown hype train slows down after prototype catches on fire, orders put into question 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/T0u0Owfl2IM
