{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Tesla's mission is no longer 'sustainable', VW Buzz lives, and more","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/tesla-s-mission-is-no-longer-sustainable-vw-buzz-lives-and-more","audioUrl":"http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/12/Electrek_417.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 mission is no longer being 'sustainable', VW Buzz is still alive, 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\nElon Musk drops ‘sustainable’ from Tesla’s mission as he completes his villain arc\n\n\n\nTesla’s Robotaxi project in Austin is much smaller than Musk claims\n\n\n\nHonda buys out EV battery plant in the US for nearly $3B as it preps for an all-new lineup\n\n\n\nWatch BYD’s insanely fast EV charger add nearly 250 miles range in 5 minutes [Video]\n\n\n\nVolkswagen shelves its electric minibus for the US, but not forever\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/t2U1W27nU7A\n\n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":112.4,"endTime":114.9,"type":"concept","title":"renewable sustainable energy","url":"/glossary/renewable-sustainable-energy","quote":"...but originally it was to accelerate the advent of electric transport and it evolved into accelerate the advent of renewable sustainable energy. 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