Lucid Gravity first drive, Tesla Model Q rumors, Nikola heading to bankruptcy, and more

In the Electrek Podcast (electrek.co/guides/electrek-podcast), we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss our Lucid Gravity first frive, Tesla Model Q rumors, Nikola heading to bankruptcy, and more.

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Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast:

• We finally got to test drive the Lucid Gravity which just nabbed an EPA range of 450 miles (electrek.co/2024/12/10/test-drive-lucid-gravit…)

• Xiaomi names its new SUV the YU7, set to launch next summer to compete against the Model Y (electrek.co/2024/12/09/xiaomi-names-new-suv-yu…)

• Lightship unveils production-ready AE.1 aero-electric travel trailer and begins initial sales (electrek.co/2024/12/11/lightship-unveils-produ…)

• Tesla Model Q: rumors emerge about new sub-$30,000 electric car coming (electrek.co/2024/12/09/tesla-model-q-rumors-em…)

• Tesla implements much-needed Supercharger price reduction as network hits all-time-high (electrek.co/2024/12/09/tesla-implements-much-n…)

• Trump wants to stop Tesla having to report its crashes with Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (electrek.co/2024/12/13/trump-wants-to-stop-tes…)

• Tesla loses its head of Autopilot HW engineering to Amazon’s self-driving effort (electrek.co/2024/12/11/tesla-loses-its-head-of…)

• Tesla Cybertruck receive homologations in China days after denying rumor of launch (electrek.co/2024/12/11/tesla-cybertruck-receiv…)

• Toyota finally unveils its new electric SUV: Meet the Urban Cruiser EV (electrek.co/2024/12/12/toyota-unveils-new-elec…)

• Kia confirms the electric Tasman pickup we’ve been waiting for is coming soon (electrek.co/2024/12/11/kia-confirms-highly-ant…)electrek.co/author/peterjohnson

• Nikola (NKLA) confirms more layoffs as it desperately tries to avoid bankruptcy (electrek.co/2024/12/12/nikola-nkla-confirms-mo…)

Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4:00 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET):

youtube.com/live/yBpnV7O25XU