Tesla earnings were wild, new BMW iX, some EVs won't make it to the US, and more

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

• Tesla (TSLA) releases Q4 2024 results: big miss on revenue and earnings (electrek.co/2025/01/29/tesla-tsla-releases-q4-…)

• Elon Musk: Tesla will launch unsupervised full self-driving in Austin as paid service in June (electrek.co/2025/01/29/elon-musk-tesla-will-la…)

• Elon Musk finally admits that Tesla will have to replace its HW3 self-driving computers (electrek.co/2025/01/29/elon-musk-finally-admit…)

• A quarter of Tesla’s earnings were due to recognizing a $600 million gain on Bitcoin (electrek.co/2025/01/30/a-quarter-of-teslas-ear…)

• You’ll die without a solar roof says Musk, whose admin made it harder to get solar (electrek.co/2025/01/29/youll-die-without-a-sol…)

• Tesla announces third Megafactory as competition heats up (electrek.co/2025/01/30/tesla-announces-third-m…)

• Elon Musk says Tesla aims to build 10,000 Optimus robots this year (electrek.co/2025/01/31/elon-musk-says-tesla-ai…)

• Tesla announces all V4 Superchargers can now charge up to 325kW in North America (electrek.co/2025/01/28/tesla-announces-all-v4-…)

• Tesla’s charge port location is due to Elon Musk’s garage layout, says Lucid CEO (electrek.co/2025/01/31/teslas-charge-port-loca…)

• Meet the updated BMW iX: Now with more range, a light-up kidney grille, and a lower price (electrek.co/2025/01/29/updated-bmw-ix-more-ran…)

• Ford just dropped a tri-motor Mustang Mach-E EV for NASCAR and it looks beastly (electrek.co/2025/01/31/fords-new-mustang-mach-…)

• Kia EV5 is sadly not coming to the US, but it will arrive next door with an NACS port (electrek.co/2025/01/31/kia-ev5-sadly-not-comin…)

• After delays, the VW ID.7 now won’t be coming to the US at all (electrek.co/2025/01/28/after-delays-the-vw-id-…)

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/bh9lYzcwlWI