{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Tesla's auto suicide, Model S/X dead, Cybercab fiasco, and more","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/tesla-s-auto-suicide-model-s-x-dead-cybercab-fiasco-and-more","audioUrl":"http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/01/Electrek_422.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's automotive suicide, Model S/X getting axed in the process, the Cybercab fiasco, 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 is committing automotive suicide\n\n\n\nTesla (TSLA) releases Q4 2025 financial results: slight beat on earnings\n\nElon Musk kills Tesla Model S and Model X because of ‘autonomy’\n\n\n\nTesla discloses ‘FSD subscriber’ count for the first time: 1.1 million\n\n\n\nTesla puts 4680 battery cells back in Model Y; Here’s why\n\n\n\n\n\nTesla panic-files ‘Cybercar’ and ‘Cybervehicle’ trademarks moments after Musk says them\n\n\n\nTesla invests $2 billion in Elon Musk’s xAI cash furnace\n\n\n\nElon Musk is rumored to be floating merger between Tesla, xAI, and SpaceX\n\n\n\nTesla lands major Semi charging deal with nation’s largest truck stop operator\n\n\n\nFord Explorer and Capri EVs updated with longer range, added power, and more\n\n\n\nKia launched this EV pickup based on the PV5 for $30,000\n\n\n\nThis new Chinese EV pickup looks like the Toyota Hilux, but it’s only $18,000\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/9sLdXYG-U60\n\n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":363.0,"endTime":365.0,"type":"car","title":"Chrysler Fifth Avenue","url":"/cars/chrysler/fifth-avenue","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/1985_Chrysler_Fifth_Avenue_%286045932663%29.jpg","quote":"...now, Trump rolled down, you know, would roll down Fifth Avenue, shoot somebody. 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This includes things like pollution and resource depletion, which need to be managed for electric cars to be truly green."}},{"startTime":3429.0,"endTime":3430.0,"type":"term","title":"Hardware 3","url":"/glossary/hardware-3","quote":"for my Model 3 with Hardware 3? It was worth 15,000 in 2022.","canonicalId":"term:hardware-3","priority":0.5,"confidence":0.9,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-4o-mini","data":{"explanation":"Hardware 3 refers to Tesla's third-generation hardware suite for its vehicles, which includes advanced computing capabilities for features like Autopilot and Full Self-Driving. It enhances the vehicle's ability to process data from its sensors and cameras for autonomous driving functions.","simplifiedExplanation":"Hardware 3 is the technology used in some Tesla cars that helps them drive themselves. 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