Tesla 'recall' bonanza, Ford on Tesla, Nikola troubles, and more

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including a series of Tesla recalls that are not really recalls, Ford makes a fascinating comment on Tesla, Nikola Motors is in troubles again, and more.

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

Tesla’s heat pump problem causing loss of heat explained in new NHTSA recallTesla is asked to disable Boombox feature when in drive, NHTSA deems it a safety riskFord CEO: We would rival Tesla right now if we were producing enough electric vehiclesTesla loses Roadster chief engineer behind several important vehicle programs to FordTesla is ‘feverishly’ working on new Roadster that will be an ‘exciting flying machine,’ says chief designerPresident Biden finally acknowledges Tesla as ‘America’s largest EV maker,’ calming Elon Musk fansHere’s the DFEH lawsuit against Tesla, and it’s way more serious than the company made it soundTesla gets all its Supercharger cables stolen at brand new stationNikola Motors (NKLA) loses its whole supply chain leadership, puts hiring freeze as situation looks direBiden announces $5 billion over 5 years for a nationwide EV charging network

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

https://youtu.be/yU4hKyg32gI