Kia EV Day, TSLA stock crashing, VW ID.4 surging, 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 announcements made at Kia's EV Day 2025, TSLA stock crashing, VW ID.4 surging, 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: Kia EV Day 2025 recap: EV4 is coming to US, plus an up-close look at the EV2 and PV5 [Video] Tesla (TSLA) stock is crashing like a ‘soufflé under a sledge hammer’ as Elon Musk predicted Tesla announces Model S and Model X refresh later this year Tesla can already deliver new Model Y orders within 2 weeks in China – demand problem? Tesla applies for ride-hailing service in California, but with human drivers Tesla protests gain momentum while the hate is dividing Tesla owners Volkswagen ID.4 was the best-selling EV in Europe, top 3 in the US last month Volvo’s new ES90 has lightning-fast EV charging speeds and up to 435 miles range Meet the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra, the luxury Chinese EV everyone’s talking about Lucid (LCID) expects EV output to double in 2025 as the Gravity SUV rolls out 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/MmfUpZaLJ-Y