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Despite laying off nearly the entire 500-member Supercharger team last week, the CEO of Tesla,

Elon Musk, taking to Twitter to say that Tesla will spend over $500 million on expanding the

supercharging network to create thousands of new charges this year, critics saying that's

nice for you. You don't have anybody to actually roll those out, though. The announcement coming

amid concerns raised by shareholders and drivers of the vehicles following sudden layoffs of one of the

most highly regarded bits of the business, the supercharging team.

They could also jeopardize the electrification plan in the United States with Tesla securing

awards from the Nevi funding, the NEI program allocating $5 billion over five years

to the states to build EV charges. Sixty-nine of the 500 sites announced went to Tesla,

question marks over whether those will move ahead. Rivian's Q1 earnings. Some takeaways from the first quarter at Rivian. They reported a

net loss of $1.45 billion, but still have plenty of cash in the bank. They're losing about $39,000

per vehicle sold, but they are optimistic. The runway points towards breaking even by the end

of the year. And of course, the R2, the more mainstream, high-volume vehicle coming in 2026.

The Chevrolet Equinox has its EPA ratings now, 319 miles on the front-wheel drive.

First two versions on sale for that is the front-wheel-drive version, the all-wheel-drive version, 319 miles, that's 513 kilometres for the single-motor version. The 1-L-T version has an MSRP of $33,000, but there's destination charge, but also a tax credit to take off of that.

Effectively, it's a $27, $28,000 vehicle at MSRP, which makes it very attractive in terms of

how much you're spending to get that amount of range.

Neo just made their 500,000th vehicle.

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