Alpitronic interview, Tesla Semi update, GM goes NACS, and more
Electrek
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4.2 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2024
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we interview Alpitronic CEO Mike Doucleff, we discuss a Tesla Semi update, GM going NACS, and more.
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Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast:
- A Tesla Semi has already traveled 250,000 miles: here’s what we learned about the electric truck
- Tesla (TSLA) rises on deliveries in China, but can it save its Q3?
- Tesla is pulling heavy financing weaponry in end-of-quarter push
- Russian warlord claims Tesla Cybertruck used in combat was remotely disabled by Elon Musk
- Your electric car will fall apart before its battery pack does, study finds
- BYD’s $10,000 Seagull EV was the top-selling car in China last month
- Volkswagen to halt ID.4 production in the US following nearly 100,000 vehicle recall
- GM releases its approved NACS adapter, giving its drivers access to Tesla’s charging network
- There are now more electric cars than gas cars on Norway’s roads
Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4:00 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET):
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We are live for a new episode of the electric podcast. |
| 0:09.2 | I am Fred Lambert, Eros, and as usual, I'm joined by Seth Winthrop, |
| 0:12.9 | this coming us live from North Carolina. |
| 0:15.7 | Are you doing, Seth? |
| 0:16.7 | I'm good. |
| 0:18.0 | Where are you at? |
| 0:19.3 | I am at Alpetronics headquarters in Charlotte. |
| 0:22.7 | We're going to have Michael Dudoff come in later, |
| 0:25.9 | as CEO of the Americas, |
| 0:27.9 | to talk about the grand opening here that we attended yesterday |
| 0:31.8 | and their new charger operations and strategy and all the other stuff. |
| 0:38.3 | Perfect. |
| 0:38.9 | So this interview is going to be about in 40 minutes or so live. |
| 0:43.1 | So the podcast is going to go as usual before that. |
| 0:45.4 | And then we're going to transition into the interview with Seth and Mike. |
| 0:49.7 | And at the very end, we're going to take you guys' questions. |
| 0:52.2 | So if you guys have a question about any of the topics we'll list us today, |
| 0:55.8 | can be about Appetronic 2, but also we have a Tesla SMA update. |
| 0:59.8 | We have GM going next and doing it a little bit different than the other automakers that have done it so far. |
| 1:05.1 | What else do we have today? |
| 1:07.6 | We have testless delivery numbers that we are looking at ahead of the end of the quarter. |
| 1:12.1 | We have Norway going crazy with more EVs and highs. |
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