Podcast: Tesla has another Cyberflop, lots of cheap Ford electric pickups, VW in trouble, and more

| Sep 4 2026 - 12:30 pm PT In the 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 latest Cyberflop, lots of cheap Ford electric pickups, VW in trouble, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post, like this one, on the site with an embedded link to the live stream. Head to the YouTube channel to get your questions and comments in. After the show ends at around 5 p.m. ET, the video will be archived on YouTube and the audio on all your favorite podcast apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS We now have a Patreon if you want to help us avoid more ads and invest more in our content. We have some awesome gifts for our Patreons and more coming. Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast: Tesla opens search for Cybercab fleet sales, but FSD owners are still left out Tesla Cybercab is already under NHTSA investigation after launch Tesla Full Self-Driving can now take over manual driving to avoid a collision Tesla settles fatal Autopilot fire truck lawsuit, avoiding jury trial Ford wants to sell 100,000 Fathoms in the $30k EV truck’s first year Range Rover’s first luxury electric SUV costs $140,000 and delivers V8 power [Images] Polestar 4 SUV launches at €57,900 — and it finally has a rear window These EVs retain their battery best, largest-ever study finds Rivian rolls out RivianOS 2, unifying software across R1 and R2 VW to cut 100k jobs and may stop building EVs at 4 plants Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4:00 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET): FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More. Author Fred Lambert fredlambert Fred is the Editor in Chief and Main Writer at Electrek. You can send tips on Twitter (DMs open) or via email: fred@9to5mac.com Through Zalkon.com, you can check out Fred’s portfolio and get monthly green stock investment ideas. Fred Lambert's favorite gear