New Tesla Model S/X, Robotaxi is sort of coming, Xiaomi breaks EV Nurburgring record, more
Electrek
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4.3 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss the new Tesla Model S and Model XX, Robotaxi is sort of coming, Xiaomi breaking the EV record at Nurburgring, and more.
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Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast:
- Tesla launches updated Model S and Model X: the biggest change is the price
- Tesla Full Self-Driving hasn’t improved all year and Musk points to more wait
- Elon Musk ‘regrets’ what he said about Trump as the President is about to crush Tesla
- Xiaomi’s SU7 Ultra snags all-time fastest lap for a mass-produced EV at Nürburgring [Video]
- A prototype Porsche Cayenne EV just beat every gas SUV ever in a hillclimb
- We have the starting pricing for all model year 2026 Rivian R1 trims
- The 2025 Kia EV9 sold out faster than expected
- Mercedes has a new ultra-luxury electric van coming soon
- The funky Subaru Brat is returning as an EV pickup with a little help from Toyota
- Charge your EV in 5 minutes: BYD’s ‘flash’ network heads to Europe
Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4:00 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET:
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| 0:00.0 | All right. In today's episode, the electric podcast, we're going to discuss the brand new launch of the new mall as and next. |
| 0:07.3 | We can talk a little bit about Tesla's full self-driving effort. |
| 0:10.9 | The relationship between Musk and Trump and how it could affect Tesla as it evolves, and it evolved quite a bit in the last two weeks. |
| 0:20.2 | We have Xiaomi's SU7 Ultra that snag a new record at the Nourbering. |
| 0:26.0 | Really impressive. |
| 0:27.2 | A different EV record for the Porsche Cayenne. |
| 0:30.7 | That's not even lunch yet. |
| 0:32.3 | That's already breaking records. |
| 0:34.6 | And then we have a bunch of new 2026 prices for automakers including the |
| 0:41.7 | Rivian R1s the Kia EV9 and a few more so let's jump right in with the launch of |
| 0:49.3 | the new MOL S and next app and I mean I'm still in now, by the way. So a little bit confused with the time. |
| 0:57.6 | I think I wrote this article yesterday. |
| 1:00.4 | But yeah, it should be yesterday for both of us, actually, for this one. |
| 1:03.1 | Because it happened in the Maloadne. |
| 1:06.3 | Yeah, this is basically like a mid-cycle update for Tesla. |
| 1:12.1 | I know that Tesla doesn't follow the more traditional approach to vehicle updates, |
| 1:19.3 | forget the model years and everything at that. |
| 1:21.3 | But for the most part, if you look at the timing of everything, of the bigger updates, |
| 1:26.9 | Tesla has done like more major refresh and then does a mid-cycle update. |
| 1:32.5 | And I think that would if you account for the 2021 refresh, we're in 2025 now. |
| 1:37.8 | So this is kind of a mid-cycle refresh. |
| 1:41.0 | And it's not a very impressive one. |
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