EV/Solar killing bill moves forward, Elon lies about Tesla's demand, cheaper EVs, and more

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 EV/Solar killing bill moving forward, Elon lying about Tesla's demand, cheaper EVs coming, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post, like this one, on the site with an embedded link to the live stream. Head to the YouTube channel to get your questions and comments in. After the show ends at around 5 p.m. ET, the video will be archived on YouTube and the audio on all your favorite podcast apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS We now have a Patreon if you want to help us avoid more ads and invest more in our content. We have some awesome gifts for our Patreons and more coming. Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast: Tesla (TSLA) is badly affected by Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ the GOP just passed Elon Musk materialy lied to Tesla (TSLA) shareholders – transcript and proof Tesla pulls all the demand levers with discounts and incentives as sales crash Tesla Full Self-Driving veers off road, flips car in scary crash driver couldn’t prevent Tesla Model Y compared to ‘Tesla killer’ Xiaomi YU7: it’s not even close Chevy gives the 2026 Silverado EV the Trail Boss treatment with 725 hp and off-road upgrades Volkswagen builds first pre-series ID.2 parts and the low-cost battery system to power it BYD’s best-selling EV arrives in Europe as the Dolphin Surf with prices starting at $26,000 Rivian R2 kicks off real-world validation and even its camo wraps are cooler than everyone else’s Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4:00 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET) https://www.youtube.com/live/zwBSd3fFOX8