Tesla's disaster earnings, Beijing Auto Show is mad, new EVs galore

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 disaster earnings, the Beijing Auto Show being absolutely insane, and a plethora of new EVs unveiled this week.

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

• Tesla (TSLA) releases Q1 2026 financial results: slight beat on earnings (electrek.co/2026/04/22/tesla-tsla-q1-2026-fina…)

• Tesla seems to say Robotaxi launch will be pushed back in 5 US cities (electrek.co/2026/04/22/tesla-seems-to-say-robo…)

• Tesla (TSLA) pulled questionable levers to make Q1 2026 financials look good (electrek.co/2026/04/22/tesla-tsla-q1-2026-one-…)

• Elon Musk pushes unsupervised FSD for consumer Teslas — again (electrek.co/2026/04/22/tesla-elon-musk-unsuper…)

• Tesla will build factories just to retrofit millions of HW3 cars it said could do FSD (electrek.co/2026/04/22/tesla-will-build-factor…)

• Tesla confirms Cybercab production has started despite delays in unsupervised driving (electrek.co/2026/04/23/tesla-cybercab-producti…)

• Tesla announces HW4 Plus with doubled memory — will HW4 follow HW3 to the grave? (electrek.co/2026/04/23/tesla-hw4-plus-upgrade-…)

• Tesla (TSLA) quietly discloses $2 billion AI hardware company acquisition buried in filing (electrek.co/2026/04/23/tesla-tsla-quietly-disc…)

• Tesla Model YL prototype spotted on US roads for the first time (electrek.co/2026/04/23/tesla-model-yl-prototyp…)

• Porsche Cayenne Coupe Electric is an off-road capable, 2.4s 0-60mph beauty and beast (electrek.co/2026/04/23/porsche-cayenne-coupe-e…)

• BMW unveils the new i7 with nearly 450 miles of range and Neue Klasse style [Images] (electrek.co/2026/04/22/bmw-unveils-new-i7-450-…)

• XPeng unveils GX flagship SUV with 750 km range, L4-ready hardware for $58,000 (electrek.co/2026/04/24/xpeng-gx-flagship-suv-b…)

• Hyundai unveils sleek new IONIQ V: a production car that looks like a concept (electrek.co/2026/04/24/hyundai-ioniq-v-china-6…)

• Hyundai unveils the IONIQ 3 with class-leading range and a new infotainment [Images] (electrek.co/2026/04/20/hyundai-ioniq-3-debuts-…)

• CATL is launching sodium-ion batteries in EVs in 2026, aiming for 370+ miles range (electrek.co/2026/04/22/catl-launching-sodium-i…)

• Rivian (RIVN) starts R2 production days after tornado hit factory, deliveries this spring (electrek.co/2026/04/22/rivian-r2-starts-produc…)

• Xpeng is actually building this electric flying car — I visited the factory (electrek.co/2026/04/22/xpeng-aridge-flying-car…)

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/A7NTG5vjRuM