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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 says Tesla Roadster ‘flying’ demo is coming\n\n\n\nTesla ‘Robotaxis’ keep crashing despite ‘safety monitors’\n\n\n\nTesla Full Self-Driving v14 disappoints with hallucinations, brake stabbing, and speeding\n\n\n\nTesla signals Cybercab might actually get a steering wheel\n\n\n\nElon Musk is not leaving Tesla, but he is using the threat as blackmail\n\n\n\nCanada is rumored to imminently remove tariffs on Chinese electric cars\n\n\n\nLucid’s (LCID) $50,000 midsize EVs will offer ‘mind-off’ Level 4 autonomy\n\n\n\nThis electric hot hatch is the Subaru STI we deserve\n\n\n\nThe Toyota Corolla EV is bringing a sharp new look, but that’s just the start [Images]\n\n\n\nKia delays EV4 indefinitely – America loses more choice due to tariffs\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/r4VcGw2y9h0\n\n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":152.88,"endTime":157.84,"type":"car","title":"Tesla Roadster","url":"/cars/tesla/roadster","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Nederlandse_Tesla_Roadster_Signature_250.jpg","quote":"...Speaking of EVs, the Tesla Roadster. 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