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🗓️ 28 September 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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When you’re getting out of an Uber, Tesla’s unintuitive door handle can embarrass you. In an emergency, getting out of the car quickly can be the difference between life and death. Guest: Dana Hull, Bloomberg News reporter covering Tesla and Elon Musk Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.7	started today, we describe
0:34.6	some car crashes in
0:36.3	detail. This show is probably not appropriate to listen to with kids.
0:40.6	Okay, here's the show.
0:46.4	Last November, Krista Sukahara flew home from college for Thanksgiving break.
0:52.1	Krista was the first year at the Savannah College of Art and Design,
0:55.9	but she'd grown up in Piedmont, California, across the bay from San Francisco.
1:00.6	It was the Tuesday before the holiday.
1:03.1	Krista had dinner with her family, then went to meet up with some friends from high school.
1:07.9	They all hung out at someone's house.
1:10.7	At some point, Krista and some other friends
1:13.8	piled into a cyber truck. That's Dana Hull, who covers Tesla and Elon Musk for Bloomberg News.
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