January 18, 2020

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Stories we discuss in this episode (with links):

Tesla responds to Gigafactory 4 protests, opening community office
Tesla Model Y prototype sightings increase
Tesla releases new design drawing, announces Chinese design center
Tesla Autopilot crash rate increases, but still lower than without Autopilot
Tesla sales employees launch petition to increase their salary
Tesla under scrutiny over 127 claims of ‘sudden unintended acceleration’
Tesla Model 3 is disrupting the luxury sedan market
IONITY increases electric vehicle charging prices 500%
China to mandate battery standards for faster country-wide swapping
Daimler announces upcoming electric garbage truck
BMW to close its Munich plant this summer to get ready for all-electric i4 sedan
BMW CEO will cut fuel cells to accelerate battery EVs
Electrek Green Energy Brief: Natural gas growth to slow in 2020, Investment giant BlackRock pulls out of financing thermal coal, Indonesia is to get its first floating solar plant
Near production look at Harley Davidson’s next electric motorcycle
US customs rules electric bicycles are motorcycles, granting tariff exclusion

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