{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Tesla texting and driving, Trump kills mpg, Aptera update, and more","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/tesla-texting-and-driving-trump-kills-mpg-aptera-update-and-more","audioUrl":"http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/12/Electrek_414.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 allowing texting and driving on FSD v14, Trump killing CAFE's MPG standard, an Aptera update, 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 (TSLA) sales keep crashing in Europe with a single market temporarily saving it\n\n\n\nTesla launches ‘Standard’ Model 3 in Europe with aggressive pricing to stop bleeding sales\n\n\n\nElon Musk claims Tesla FSD drivers can now text and drive, do police agree?\n\n\n\nWhite House unveils plan to raise your fuel costs, despite affordability crisis\n\n\n\nThe Lexus LFA is back, and this time it’s 100% electric\n\n\n\nToyota’s $15,000 electric SUV is a hit in China\n\n\n\nAptera (SEV) shows off assembly line for solar electric ‘car’, updates on battery and testing\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/poMA4gH3fys\n\n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":28.66,"endTime":30.1,"type":"car","title":"Tesla Model 3","url":"/cars/tesla/model-3","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Tesla_Model_3%2C_EMS_2024%2C_Essen_%28P1032260%29.jpg","quote":"... 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