Tesla investing in xAI, Norway 100% EV, Aptera goes public, 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 Tesla investing in xAI, Norway going 100% EV, Aptera going public, and more.

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

• Tesla investing in xAI: the good, the bad, the ugly (electrek.co/2025/10/17/tesla-investing-in-xai-…)

• Elon Musk’s SpaceX and xAI are buying Tesla’s unsold Cybertrucks (electrek.co/2025/10/13/elon-musks-spacex-and-x…)

• Norway says ‘mission accomplished’ on going 100% EV, proposes incentive changes (electrek.co/2025/10/15/norway-says-mission-acc…)

• GM’s feeling the heat after the US pulled the plug on the $7,500 EV tax credit (electrek.co/2025/10/14/gms-feeling-the-heat-af…)

• Aptera secures access to $75 million to bring its solar car to production (electrek.co/2025/10/14/aptera-secures-access-7…)

• Kia plans to build 100,000 EV2 and EV4 models a year, far more than expected (electrek.co/2025/10/15/kia-plans-to-build-1000…)

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/95on4af77Rc