TSLA earnings debacle, FSD ticket, Toyota finally waking up? FSGP, 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 earnings debacle, FSD getting me a speeding ticket, Toyota potentially waking up to the future being electric, and more.

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

• Tesla (TSLA) releases Q2 2026 financial results: record revenue, big profit miss (electrek.co/2026/07/22/tesla-tsla-q2-2026-fina…)

• Tesla says ‘Robotaxi’ is expanding — its own chart shows it’s not (electrek.co/2026/07/22/tesla-robotaxi-growth-f…)

• Elon Musk hints at Tesla (TSLA)-SpaceX merger on earnings call (electrek.co/2026/07/22/elon-musk-hints-tesla-s…)

• Tesla still has no real plan for Hardware 3 owners promised FSD (electrek.co/2026/07/22/tesla-hardware-3-fsd-no…)

• Tesla Autopilot and FSD crashes hit record 207 in a single month (electrek.co/2026/07/22/tesla-adas-crashes-reco…)

• Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ got me a speeding ticket, and Tesla killed the fix (electrek.co/2026/07/20/tesla-fsd-speeding-tick…)

• NHTSA targets Tesla’s ‘Radar Saves Us’ document in FSD crash probe (electrek.co/2026/07/21/nhtsa-tesla-radar-saves…)

• Toyota warns it ‘cannot survive’ as the next-gen Corolla EV becomes its make-or-break (electrek.co/2026/07/23/toyota-warns-cannot-sur…)

• BYD’s sleek new flagship EV has a range of 1,008 km: Here’s our first look at it [Video] (electrek.co/2026/07/24/byd-confirms-new-flagsh…)

• Results are in! These teams are moving on to the 2026 Electrek American Solar Challenge (electrek.co/2026/07/24/results-are-in-these-te…)

Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4:00 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET):

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