Tesla Roadster gets a date, VW XL1 comes back electric, BYD's new Tesla fighter, 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 the Tesla Roadster getting a reveal date, VW XL1 coming back electric, BYD's new Tesla fighter, and more.

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

• Tesla teases new Roadster reveal for October 1: ‘Go for launch’ (electrek.co/2026/09/12/tesla-roadster-october-…)

• Tesla’s record month: 4 fatal Autopilot and Full Self-Driving crashes (electrek.co/2026/09/15/tesla-four-fatal-driver…)

• Tesla’s new ‘Accordion’ Supercharger could speed up its slow buildout (electrek.co/2026/09/16/tesla-accordion-superch…)

• Volkswagen Mission Efficiency: the XL1 comes back as 1,000-mile range electric car (electrek.co/2026/09/14/volkswagen-mission-effi…)

• BYD undercuts the Tesla Model 3 with its new Formula S EV, starting at under $29,000 (electrek.co/2026/09/16/byd-undercuts-tesla-new…)

• Volkswagen’s new electric hot hatch delivers more power than the Golf GTI [Images] (electrek.co/2026/09/16/vws-new-ev-hot-hatch-mo…)

• Lucid and Bolt to deploy 25,000 autonomous EVs across Europe (electrek.co/2026/09/17/lucid-bolt-25000-autono…)

• Hyundai opens orders for its new electric van, starting at about $66,500 (electrek.co/2026/09/17/hyundai-opens-orders-ne…)

• Kia’s new EV van is over 17.5 ft long and can haul 9 people or lots of cargo [Images] (electrek.co/2026/09/14/kias-new-ev-van-17-5-ft…)

• Hyundai warns the US may be next in line for a wave of cheaper Chinese EVs (electrek.co/2026/09/18/hyundai-warns-us-wave-c…)

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/mtxhuW6pS_A