Tesla's auto suicide, Model S/X dead, Cybercab fiasco, 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's automotive suicide, Model S/X getting axed in the process, the Cybercab fiasco, and more

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

• Tesla is committing automotive suicide (electrek.co/2026/01/29/tesla-committing-automo…)

• Tesla (TSLA) releases Q4 2025 financial results: slight beat on earnings (electrek.co/2026/01/28/tesla-tsla-releases-q4-…)

• Elon Musk kills Tesla Model S and Model X because of ‘autonomy’ (electrek.co/2026/01/28/elon-musk-kills-tesla-m…)

• Tesla discloses ‘FSD subscriber’ count for the first time: 1.1 million (electrek.co/2026/01/28/tesla-discloses-fsd-sub…)

• Tesla puts 4680 battery cells back in Model Y; Here’s why (electrek.co/2026/01/28/tesla-puts-4680-battery…)

• Tesla panic-files ‘Cybercar’ and ‘Cybervehicle’ trademarks moments after Musk says them (electrek.co/2026/01/29/tesla-panic-files-cyber…)

• Tesla invests $2 billion in Elon Musk’s xAI cash furnace (electrek.co/2026/01/28/tesla-invests-2-billion…)

• Elon Musk is rumored to be floating merger between Tesla, xAI, and SpaceX (electrek.co/2026/01/29/elon-musk-rumored-float…)

• Tesla lands major Semi charging deal with nation’s largest truck stop operator (electrek.co/2026/01/27/tesla-lands-major-semi-…)

• Ford Explorer and Capri EVs updated with longer range, added power, and more (electrek.co/2026/01/28/ford-explorer-and-capri…)

• Kia launched this EV pickup based on the PV5 for $30,000 (electrek.co/2026/01/30/kia-launches-ev-pickup-…)

• This new Chinese EV pickup looks like the Toyota Hilux, but it’s only $18,000 (electrek.co/2026/01/27/18000-chinese-ev-pickup…)

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/9sLdXYG-U60