{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"The Bachelor Party and Ethans first Supercross - Sent and Bent #77","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/the-bachelor-party-and-ethans-first-supercross-sent-and-bent-77","audioUrl":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/e7yi797zb2imdtr8/77_final_9h8n6.mp3"},"annotations":[{"startTime":130.2,"endTime":136.26,"type":"car","title":"Tesla Semi","url":"/cars/tesla/semi","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Tesla_Semi_1.jpg","quote":"...ards full of excavators. Like, um, there's like a semi truck wrecking yard on one side of it. Like you d...","canonicalId":"car:tesla:semi","priority":0.5,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"The Tesla Semi is an all-electric semi truck designed for long-haul freight. It’s significant because it represents a shift from diesel trucking to battery-electric power, which changes how fleets plan routes and charging. 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