TSLA earnings madness, Rivian layoffs, Ford pauses F-150 Lightning, 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 madness, Rivian layoffs, Ford pausing F-150 Lightning, and more.

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

• Tesla (TSLA) releases Q3 2025 financial results: earnings decline despite record revenue (electrek.co/2025/10/22/tesla-tsla-releases-q3-…)

• Elon Musk: Tesla is increasing EV production based on anticipated demand for self-driving (electrek.co/2025/10/22/elon-musk-tesla-is-incr…)

• Elon Musk says he needs $1 trillion to control Tesla’s robot army. Yes, really. (electrek.co/2025/10/22/elon-says-quiet-part-ou…)

• Tesla announces production of a new solar panel in the US (electrek.co/2025/10/23/tesla-production-new-so…)

• Tesla confirms electric semi truck production is delayed despite recently claiming otherwise (electrek.co/2025/10/23/tesla-semi-electric-tru…)

• Two former Tesla self-driving leaders are telling a different story than Elon Musk (electrek.co/2025/10/24/former-tesla-self-drivi…)

• The Cadillac Escalade IQ will be GM’s first vehicle with eyes-off driving (electrek.co/2025/10/22/cadillac-escalade-iq-gm…)

• Rivian to lay off about 4% of staff to possibly lean down ahead of 2026 R2 launch [Update] (electrek.co/2025/10/23/rivian-lay-off-staff-le…)

• Ford is halting F-150 Lightning production to focus on more profitable gas and hybrid trucks (electrek.co/2025/10/23/ford-halts-f-150-lightn…)

• GM kills BrightDrop electric van production, blames ‘slow demand’ as sales were ramping (electrek.co/2025/10/21/gm-kills-brightdrop-ele…)

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/kt7YjRTnQG0