{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Tesla investing in xAI, Norway 100% EV, Aptera goes public, and more","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/tesla-investing-in-xai-norway-100-ev-aptera-goes-public-and-more","audioUrl":"http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/10/Electrek_407.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 Tesla investing in xAI, Norway going 100% EV, Aptera going public, 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 investing in xAI: the good, the bad, the ugly\n\n\n\nElon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI are buying Tesla’s unsold Cybertrucks\n\n\n\nNorway says ‘mission accomplished’ on going 100% EV, proposes incentive changes\n\n\n\nGM’s feeling the heat after the US pulled the plug on the $7,500 EV tax credit\n\n\n\nAptera secures access to $75 million to bring its solar car to production\n\n\n\nKia plans to build 100,000 EV2 and EV4 models a year, far more than expected\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/95on4af77Rc\n\n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":878.1,"endTime":882.3,"type":"company","title":"SpaceX","url":"/glossary/spacex","quote":"...buyers for its on sold Cybertruck. 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