Tesla Semi nails big test, BMW iX3 range impresses, Xpeng catches up to Tesla, 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 Semi nailing a big test, BMW iX3's range impressing in a new test, Xpeng catching up to Tesla, and more.

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

• Tesla Semi tackles the Grapevine with a loaded trailer, leaves fleet operator ‘amazed’ (electrek.co/2026/06/02/covenant-logistics-tesl…)

• Tesla retroactively added ‘supervised’ to FSD contracts owners signed years ago (electrek.co/2026/06/03/tesla-retroactively-mod…)

• Tesla patents camera wiper for self-driving — resulting in more doubts for FSD owners (electrek.co/2026/06/02/tesla-patents-camera-wi…)

• BMW’s new iX3 drove 485 miles on a single charge, the longest-range EV in NAF’s test (electrek.co/2026/06/04/bmws-new-ix3-drove-485-…)

• Xpeng spends $500M/year on AI training to beat Tesla FSD (electrek.co/2026/06/05/xpeng-vla-interview-cvp…)

• BYD will pay for crashes on its FSD competitor, something Tesla never has (electrek.co/2026/06/01/byd-gods-eye-accepts-li…)

• Toyota pulls the plug on one of its most important EVs (electrek.co/2026/06/01/toyota-pulls-plug-most-…)

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/Ruhm-twKcmE