Rivian R2 first drive, BYD goes nuts on flash charging, Donut Lab's miracle battery is dead, and more
Show notes
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 our Rivian R2 first drive, BYD going nuts on flash charging, Donut Lab's miracle battery being seemingly dead, and more.
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Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast:
- Rivian R2 First Drive: This is everything I need to upgrade my Model Y except…
- BYD is deploying 2.4x more charging power per month than Tesla
- BYD is bringing its 5-min ‘Flash’ electric car charging to Canada
- China’s EV shift cut pollution enough to prevent 262,000 deaths
- BMW put the new iX3 through the paces, and it still drove 500 miles on a single charge
- Waymo launches $30/month ‘Premier’ membership with priority pickups and cashback
- Donut Lab’s ‘solid-state’ battery exposed as regular li-ion in damning investigation
Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4:00 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET:
https://www.youtube.com/live/uJKSZ8q0jhA