{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Cybertruck price increase, BYD makes everyone look bad, and Donut Lab update","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/cybertruck-price-increase-byd-makes-everyone-look-bad-and-donut-lab-update","audioUrl":"http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/03/Electrek_427_mixdown.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 the Cybertruck price increase, BYD making everyone look bad, and a Donut Lab battery update.\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 increases Cybertruck AWD price to $70,000 after creating artificial urgency\n\n\n\nTesla sends Canadian Model 3 inventory to the US as it expects Chinese EVs back\n\n\n\nTesla changes FSD transfer rules again, screwing over Cybertruck AWD buyers\n\n\n\nBYD’s new Blade EV Battery 2.0 unlocks 1,000+ km pure electric range and 10 min fast charging\n\n\n\nBYD’s new 1500kW ‘flash charger’ is over 3x faster than anything US has\n\n\n\nBYD unveils stunning flagship electric SUV for the first time [Images]\n\n\n\nIt’s official: Hyundai axes IONIQ 6 from US lineup, Kia EVs remain in limbo\n\n\n\nAptera (SEV) completes first Solar EV build off its validation assembly line\n\n\n\nDonut Lab solid-state battery survives 100°C discharge in second independent test\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/z64r5thTwio\n\n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":12.0,"endTime":16.0,"type":"car","title":"Tesla Cybertruck","url":"/cars/tesla/cybertruck","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/2024_Tesla_Cybertruck_Foundation_Series_IMG_0576.jpg","quote":"We were going to talk a little bit about this little Cybertruck update last week... 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