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Podcast: Tesla's disturbing earnings, self-driving challenge, solid state batteries, and more

July 29, 2025
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’s disturbing earnings, a new self-driving challenge, solid-state batteries, 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…
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Volkswagen Group captures 8 of Germany's 10 best-selling EVs in the first half

July 28, 2025
Volkswagen Group models dominated Germany’s electric car sales, taking eight of the top ten best-selling EVs in the first half of the year. Volkswagen drives Germany’s EV sales growth in H1 2025 Germany’s electric car sales rose 35% in the first half of 2025 with nearly 249,155 units sold, marking a new record. That’s a stark difference from the first half of 2024, after EV sales fell 16%…
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You can finally get your motorcycle license on an electric, and everyone's loving it

July 25, 2025
Getting a motorcycle license just got a little easier – and more electrifying. In a move that could help usher more riders into the electric future, new riders now have a chance to learn on LiveWire electric motorcycles as part of a licensing course. It’s all starting at Bartels’ Harley-Davidson Riding Academy in Marina del Rey, where new riders preparing for the Motorcycle Safety Foundation…
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Lucid owners gain full access to Tesla's Supercharger network, but with a big caveat

July 24, 2025
Lucid Motors announced that its Air owners will gain full access to Tesla’s Supercharger stations in North America starting July 31. But there’s a big caveat. Owners of the newly available Lucid Gravity already have access to Tesla’s Supercharger network as the vehicle is equipped with a native NACS charge port. However, the Lucid Air, Lucid’s luxury electric sedan, is still equipped with…
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