Tesla turns to energy, BMW i3 EV makes a splash, Donut Lab update, and more
Electrek
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🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
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 Tesla turning to energy, BMW i3 EV making a splash, Donut Lab update, and more.
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Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast:
- Tesla (TSLA) reportedly in talks to buy $2.9B in Chinese solar equipment for 100 GW US push
- US confirms Tesla (TSLA) is buyer in LG’s $4.3B LFP battery deal for Megapack 3
- Tesla is one step away from having to recall FSD in NHTSA visibility crash probe
- Tesla delays FSD approval in Europe again, now expects April 10
- The new BMW i3 EV is a road trip monster with 440 miles of range, fast charging, and more
- Uber to invest over 1 billion dollars in Rivian to deploy tens of thousands of R2 robotaxis
- Volvo is killing its smallest EV in the US, but the rest of the world can still get it
- Xiaomi launches next-gen SU7 with 902 km range and LiDAR, still undercuts Tesla
- BYD’s bet on EVs is paying off as drivers ditch gas amid rising oil prices
- Donut Lab shows solid-state battery pack charging at 100 kW in Verge motorcycle
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 | And we are live for a new episode of the Electric Podcast. |
| 0:06.4 | I'm Fred Lambert, your host. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm joining. |
| 0:09.2 | Wintraub. |
| 0:10.2 | Are we doing, Seth? |
| 0:11.4 | I'm good. |
| 0:12.6 | All right. |
| 0:13.4 | All right. |
| 0:14.2 | So what we're going to talk about this week? |
| 0:16.0 | We're going to talk about Tesla, you know, making a pivot to energy. |
| 0:22.0 | A lot of energy news when it comes to Tesla this week. |
| 0:25.1 | So we're gonna discuss that, which I think is interesting. |
| 0:28.8 | Then we're gonna talk a little bit about FSD. |
| 0:31.4 | There's Nitz. |
| 0:32.4 | It's kind of closing the walls on Tesla regarding a potential recall of FSD. |
| 0:38.9 | So we're going to discuss that. |
| 0:40.3 | And then at the same time, it's about to launch in Europe, though it was delayed to next month again. |
| 0:45.8 | Then the BMW I3 was launched this week, and it grabbed a lot of headlines due to its specs, |
| 0:53.0 | specifically the range the charging and also |
| 0:57.8 | we're going to discuss the design it was a big change in design for for BMW |
| 1:05.4 | Uber and Rivian are partnering up we're going to discuss that Volvo is getting the IX30 in the US, unfortunately. |
| 1:13.6 | Next Gen, already a next gen upgrade for Xiaomi, the SU 7. BYD, getting a giant boost from the oil situation right now, oil prices. |
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