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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\nElon Musk has trapped Tesla shareholders: give me $1 trillion or I won’t lie for you anymore\n\n\n\nTesla settles another fatal Autopilot crash before it gets to trial\n\n\n\nTesla is trying to hide 3 Robotaxi accidents\n\n\n\nTesla is redesigning its door handles after people were left trapped in the cars\n\n\n\nTesla discontinues cheapest Cybertruck, no one wanted it\n\n\n\nTesla partners with Uber Freight to offer Tesla Semi electric trucks at discounts\n\n\n\nThe 2026 Cadillac Optiq EV arrives with much more to offer at a lower price\n\n\n\nRivian breaks ground on the Georgia factory where it plans to build R2 and R3\n\n\n\nNissan cuts the Ariya electric SUV in the US… because of the new LEAF?\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/watch?v=0F6Xoxy82-8\n\n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":49.84,"endTime":60.0,"type":"car","title":"Cadillac Optiq","url":"/cars/cadillac/optiq","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Cadillac_Optiq_%28IQ_Aoge%29_01_China_2024-04-23.jpg","quote":"... with Uber Freight. 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