California wins the first round against Trump as Tesla faces down a union coup

On today's episode of Quick Charge, the Trump administration has lost its first battle against state's rights in California while Tesla faces down (what it's calling) a union coup in Germany. Meanwhile, SoCal Edison puts 280 Chevy Silverado EV pickups to work on California's roads and Colorado is putting up a bunch of new DC fast chargers. We've also got a possible Honda-Nissan-Mitsubishi merger shaping up in Japan, some dumb thieves in China, 130 new hybrid bucket trucks getting to work in the northeast, and a massive, twin-rotor wind turbine that is finally online. Source Links Court rejects challenge to California’s clean air rules Trump said he’d kill Honda and Nissan close in on an EV merger to survive the industry’s rapid shift to electric Man sentenced to prison for stealing Tesla secrets, other still at large Tesla accuses union of coup at Giga Berlin as tensions rise SoCal Edison adds 280 Chevy Silverado EV trucks to service fleet Avangrid set to add 130 new hybrid bucket trucks to utility fleet Colorado’s state EV fast charger program adds 33 highway sites The world’s largest single-capacity floating wind platform has two turbines Prefer listening to your podcasts? Audio-only versions of Quick Charge are now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded, usually, Monday through Thursday (and sometimes Sunday). We’ll be posting bonus audio content from time to time as well, so be sure to follow and subscribe so you don’t miss a minute of Electrek’s high-voltage daily news! Got news? Let us know!Drop us a line at [email protected]. You can also rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show.