Tesla sales are dropping, tariff situation, Nissan/Honda deal falls through, 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 sale dropping, the tariff situation, the Nissan/Honda deal falling through, and more.

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

• Tesla sales dropped 60% in Germany (electrek.co/2025/02/05/tesla-sales-dropped-60-…)

• Tesla sales crash in another market and this time, it can’t blame Model Y (electrek.co/2025/02/06/tesla-sales-crash-in-an…)

• Tesla sales hold OK in China amid Model Y changeover (electrek.co/2025/02/07/tesla-sales-hold-ok-in-…)

• Tesla increases Model X price, brings back incentive Elon Musk said was ‘not coming back’ (electrek.co/2025/02/07/tesla-increases-model-x…)

• Mercedes EVs can charge on Tesla Superchargers, starting today (electrek.co/2025/02/04/mercedes-evs-can-charge…)

• Canada announces plans for 25% tariff on electric vehicles coming from the US (electrek.co/2025/02/03/canada-announces-plans-…)

• Nissan is scambling to find new EV partners as panic sets in (electrek.co/2025/02/06/nissan-scambling-find-n…)

• GM is cutting a shift at its EV plant in Mexico because of the Honda Prologue (electrek.co/2025/02/03/gm-cuts-shift-mexico-ev…)

• Here’s our first look at Volkswagen’s cheapest EV, with prices starting at about $20,000 (electrek.co/2025/02/05/volkswagen-teases-first…)

• Trump just canceled the federal NEVI EV charger program (electrek.co/2025/02/06/trump-just-canceled-the…)

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/Kp7t_z1N73E