{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Battery holy grail too good to be true, NVIDIA open sources self-driving, Tesla Model Y 'Standard', and more","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/battery-holy-grail-too-good-to-be-true-nvidia-open-sources-self-driving-tesla-model-y-standard-and-more","audioUrl":"http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/01/Electrek_419.mp3","description":"\nIn the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss a battery holy grail too good to be true, NVIDIA open sourcing self-driving, Tesla Model Y 'Standard' Long Range, and more.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel.\n\n\n\nAs 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.\n\n\n\nAfter 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:\n\n\n\n\nApple Podcasts\n\n\n\nSpotify\n\n\n\nOvercast\n\n\n\nPocket Casts\n\n\n\nCastro\n\n\n\nRSS\n\n\n\n\nWe now have a Patreon if you want to help us avoid more ads and invest more in our content. We have some awesome gifts for our Patreons and more coming.\n\n\n\nHere are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast:\n\n\n\n\nTesla launches ‘Standard’ Model Y Long Range in Europe, and non-Long Range in Canada\n\n\n\nTesla’s full 2025 data from Europe is in, and it is a total bloodbath\n\n\n\nElon Musk’s xAI tells investors it will build AI for Tesla Optimus, amid breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit\n\n\n\nNvidia unveils open-source AI for autonomous driving, ships in Mercedes-Benz CLA in Q1 2026\n\n\n\nElon Musk wishes NVIDIA luck on self-driving, strangely silent on Hyundai’s humanoid robot\n\n\n\nElon Musk moves goalpost again: admits Tesla needs 10 billion miles for ‘safe unsupervised’ FSD\n\n\n\nVerge unveils 370-mile electric motorcycle with solid state battery; sounds too good to be true?\n\n\n\nFord goes all in on L3 eyes-off driving, starting with the $30,000 EV pickup\n\n\n\nVolvo’s new 400-mile EX60 is a specs monster\n\n\n\nKia reveals three new GT EVs, two sporty electric SUVs and a hot hatch\n\n\n\n\nHere’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4:00 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET:\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/live/7iQnyeOWDcY\n\n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":39.0,"endTime":43.12,"type":"car","title":"Tesla Model Y","url":"/cars/tesla/model-y","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Tesla_Model_Y_%282025%29_MYLE_Festival_2025_DSC_9565.jpg","quote":"...we have some new Model Y standard long range. 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