Tesla Model Y RWD, Cybertruck bait-and-switch, Rivian earnings, 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 Model Y RWD in the US, Cybertruck bait-and-switch, Rivian earnings, and more.

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

• Tesla launches cheaper Model Y RWD in the US (electrek.co/2025/05/06/tesla-launches-cheaper-…)

• Tesla bait-and-switch: Cybertruck owners won’t get Autosteer feature they paid for (electrek.co/2025/05/07/tesla-bait-and-switch-c…)

• Tesla confirms it has given up on its Cybertruck range extender to achieve promised range (electrek.co/2025/05/07/tesla-never-make-cybert…)

• Tesla (TSLA) shareholders get excited for ‘Tesla prototype’ that turn out to be a competitor’s (electrek.co/2025/05/09/tesla-tsla-shareholders…)

• Tesla’s NACS connector will be used by Mazda’s EVs in Japan (electrek.co/2025/05/09/tesla-nacs-connector-us…)

• GOP leader confirms plan to kill $7,500 EV tax credit in budget (electrek.co/2025/05/06/gop-leader-confirms-pla…)

• Rivian’s (RIVN) Q1 2025 report details highest gross profits to date, R2 validations underway (electrek.co/2025/05/06/rivians-rivn-q1-2025-re…)

• Jeep’s most affordable SUV is now electric: The Compass EV is here with +400 miles range (electrek.co/2025/05/06/jeeps-new-compass-ev-an…)

• Toyota’s sleek new C-HR+ electric SUV arrives in Norway with over 370 miles range (electrek.co/2025/05/09/toyotas-new-electric-su…)

• Nissan pulls the plug on its +$1 billion EV battery plant as the alarm bells go off (electrek.co/2025/05/09/nissan-scraps-1-billion…)

• Waymo plans to more than double its self-driving I-PACE fleet within the next year (electrek.co/2025/05/05/waymo-plans-to-more-tha…)

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/DAXL8TXXekI