Tesla sales fall, Honda brings back ASIMO, and a bunch of stuff from CES2025

Despite big discounts and 0% financing, Tesla sales are down for the first time in a decade ... but there's even bigger robot news with the return of Honda ASIMO, a flying car from China, and a whole lot more from today's episode of Quick Charge! CES2025 was all about AI – and not just what AI could do, but what AI could do for you. That's where ASIMO comes in, helping everyone have a better time in there car and not at all just a modern day version of KITT dreamed up by a bunch of Gen X executives (wink, wink). We also cover some neat stuff from Suzuki, Aptera, Volvo, and more. Enjoy! Source Links Tesla US sales dropped by as much as 5% despite record incentives and Cybertruck Can Model Y refresh reignite Tesla’s growth? This is the Tesla Model Y Juniper refresh, just unveiled in China CES2025 | new Honda 0 EV models inch closer to production Aptera signs LG as battery supplier for its solar electric car This new solar + storage site will help power the Las Vegas Strip Prefer listening to your podcasts? Audio-only versions of Quick Charge are now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded, usually, Monday through Thursday (and sometimes Sunday). We’ll be posting bonus audio content from time to time as well, so be sure to follow and subscribe so you don’t miss a minute of Electrek’s high-voltage daily news! Got news? Let us know!Drop us a line at [email protected]. You can also rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show.

On today's exciting episode of Quick Charge, we explore not one but two existing electric truck fleets that crossed the 5 million miles driven mark this year, along with some potentially exciting news for last-minute shoppers looking for a sweet deal on a new Toyota or GMC Sierra EV, and the Electrek EV of the year. We've also got a rundown of some of the best new 0% financing deals to close out 2024, featuring news from Ford, GMC, and Toyota. We also talk about why Tesla got omitted from the list. Source Links Tesla Semi factory gets its main structure, on track for production in 2025 Schneider electric semi truck fleet hits 6 million miles driven Milestone: Motiv Electric Trucks logs its 5 millionth electric mile Toyota’s bZ4X electric SUV looks much better with a matte green finish [Images] Get these 0% financing deals before Trump kills the EV tax credits [UPDATE] Click here to find 0% financing deals on GMC Hummer and Sierra EV near you. Click here to find 0% financing deals on Ford Mustang Mach-E near you. Click here to find 0% financing deals on Toyota bZ4X near you. Tesla (TSLA) goes back to 0% financing but forces you to buy ‘Full Self-Driving Electrek’s EV of 2024: The Volvo EX30 Click here to find great local deals on the all-new Volvo EX30. Prefer listening to your podcasts? Audio-only versions of Quick Charge are now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded, usually, Monday through Thursday (and sometimes Sunday). We’ll be posting bonus audio content from time to time as well, so be sure to follow and subscribe so you don’t miss a minute of Electrek’s high-voltage daily news! Got news? Let us know!Drop us a line at [email protected]. You can also rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show.

On today's high-powered episode of Quick Charge, we've got Honda fuel cell manager David Perzynski here to talk about Honda's forty year history developing hydrogen powertrains, and the role Honda sees for HFCEVs in a battery dominated world. In the course of the conversation we talk about several hydrogen articles posted in 2024, as well as some Honda projects related to CES. You'll be able to read more about those, below. Enjoy! Source Links MAN CEO: “impossible” for hydrogen to compete with BEVs Hydrogen early adopter faces big problems amid Nikola challenges Nikola hydrogen semi seems belly-up as production halt rumors swirl Hyundai XCIENT hydrogen fuel cell electric semi trucks arrive in Georgia Honda debuts hydrogen-powered Class 8 fuel cell Semi truck concept Honda releases lease details for its interesting CR-V fuel cell plug-in hybrid Prefer listening to your podcasts? Audio-only versions of Quick Charge are now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded, usually, Monday through Thursday (and sometimes Sunday). We’ll be posting bonus audio content from time to time as well, so be sure to follow and subscribe so you don’t miss a minute of Electrek’s high-voltage daily news! Got news? Let us know!Drop us a line at [email protected]. You can also rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show.

On today's festive episode of Quick Charge, Tesla steps up for its owners by calling in mobile charging stations to cut down on wait time. Meanwhile Hyundai has some extra goodies for your stockings and Texas is cleaning up its act. We've also got big savings for Toyota bZ4X and Subaru Solterra shoppers, as well as some good environmental news in the form of new solar and wind projects coming online at a record clip, and a dirty Texas mine that's cleaning up its act. Source Links Tesla deploys a fleet of ‘Megapack Chargers’ to help with holiday travels Hyundai EV drivers can score a free NACS adapter for Tesla Superchargers: Here’s how Subaru’s Solterra electric SUV is getting much cheaper for 2025 Click here for local deals on Subaru Solterra EV Is Toyota finally ditching the bZ4X name with new electric SUVs en route? Click here for local deals on Toyota bZ4X US renewables’ total installed capacity likely to exceed natural gas within 3 years One of Texas’ dirtiest coal plants will swap to solar with help from US grant Prefer listening to your podcasts? Audio-only versions of Quick Charge are now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded, usually, Monday through Thursday (and sometimes Sunday). We’ll be posting bonus audio content from time to time as well, so be sure to follow and subscribe so you don’t miss a minute of Electrek’s high-voltage daily news! Got news? Let us know!Drop us a line at [email protected]. You can also rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show.

On today's energizing episode of  Quick Charge, judges rule that Montana's companies owe their kids a cleaner future, the Dacia Sandero looks set to overtake the Tesla Model Y in the European sales race, and a bunch of other stuff. We've also got two brand-new, zero-emission Honda EVs set to debut at the CES show in January, a new and better way to recycle electric car batteries developed by BMW, and a massive new solar project being bankrolled by Walmart. Source Links Tesla (TSLA) sales in Europe are down 14% year-to-date and it’s time to worry Tesla Model Y likely to lose its crown as top-selling car in Europe to Dacia Sandero Honda teases two 0 Series EV prototypes to be unveiled at CES BMW to build $10 million center to pioneer new EV battery recycling method Historic Montana youth climate lawsuit upheld by state Supreme Court Walmart and Nexamp are rolling out 31 solar farms in 5 states Prefer listening to your podcasts? Audio-only versions of Quick Charge are now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded, usually, Monday through Thursday (and sometimes Sunday). We’ll be posting bonus audio content from time to time as well, so be sure to follow and subscribe so you don’t miss a minute of Electrek’s high-voltage daily news! Got news? Let us know!Drop us a line at [email protected]. You can also rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show.

On today's episode of Quick Charge, the Trump administration has lost its first battle against state's rights in California while Tesla faces down (what it's calling) a union coup in Germany. Meanwhile, SoCal Edison puts 280 Chevy Silverado EV pickups to work on California's roads and Colorado is putting up a bunch of new DC fast chargers. We've also got a possible Honda-Nissan-Mitsubishi merger shaping up in Japan, some dumb thieves in China, 130 new hybrid bucket trucks getting to work in the northeast, and a massive, twin-rotor wind turbine that is finally online. Source Links Court rejects challenge to California’s clean air rules Trump said he’d kill Honda and Nissan close in on an EV merger to survive the industry’s rapid shift to electric Man sentenced to prison for stealing Tesla secrets, other still at large Tesla accuses union of coup at Giga Berlin as tensions rise SoCal Edison adds 280 Chevy Silverado EV trucks to service fleet Avangrid set to add 130 new hybrid bucket trucks to utility fleet Colorado’s state EV fast charger program adds 33 highway sites The world’s largest single-capacity floating wind platform has two turbines Prefer listening to your podcasts? Audio-only versions of Quick Charge are now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded, usually, Monday through Thursday (and sometimes Sunday). We’ll be posting bonus audio content from time to time as well, so be sure to follow and subscribe so you don’t miss a minute of Electrek’s high-voltage daily news! Got news? Let us know!Drop us a line at [email protected]. You can also rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show.

On today's episode of Quick Charge, it's bad news for Tesla as the nonexistent demand for its Foundation Series Cybertruck models leads Musk to desperate tactics. Meanwhile, the company's new AI4 computers have major safety concerns, and Trump is moving to kill EV tax credits. We've also got record-breaking sales from BYD to prove that the US President doesn't matter when it comes to global EV adoption, a record-setting electric semi truck order from Canada, and a big solar project coming online in America's dairyland. Source Links Tesla is buffing Foundation Series badges off Cybertrucks to sell them as regular trucks Tesla is having major issue with its self-driving computer inside new cars Trump transition team has fleshed out its plan to destroy the US EV market BYD’s largest production plant has already built 1 million EVs in 2024 as annual sales soar Labatt Breweries places single largest Volvo VNR Electric truck order in Canada Wisconsin’s most powerful solar farm just got the go-ahead Prefer listening to your podcasts? Audio-only versions of Quick Charge are now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded, usually, Monday through Thursday (and sometimes Sunday). We’ll be posting bonus audio content from time to time as well, so be sure to follow and subscribe so you don’t miss a minute of Electrek’s high-voltage daily news! Got news? Let us know!Drop us a line at [email protected]. You can also rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show READ MORE: Nikola hydrogen semi seems belly-up as production halt rumors swirl.

On today's heavy-duty episode of Quick Charge, we take a look at Nikola Motors' troubling finances, reliability problems with their hydrogen semi trucks, and an all-new, all-different electric Toyota cute-ute makes its debut. Will it be enough to take Toyota to the front? On any other day a new Toyota crossover – and an electric one at that – would be the big news of the day, but massive deals on a new Toyota bZ4X and $1 billion investment in a new paint shop need to be acknowledged, as well. All that, plus big-time recycling news! Source Links Nikola (NKLA) confirms more layoffs as it desperately tries to avoid bankruptcy Hydrogen early adopter faces big problems amid Nikola challenges Toyota invests another nearly $1 billion in Kentucky to prep for its first 3-row electric SUV Toyota is offering $10,000 off 2025 bZ4X EV models before they even hit the lot click here to find local deals on a new Toyota bZ4X near you Toyota finally unveils its new electric SUV: Meet the Urban Cruiser EV Glencore + Cyclic Materials go large on copper recycling for EVs, clean energy Prefer listening to your podcasts? Audio-only versions of Quick Charge are now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. ew episodes of Quick Charge are recorded, usually, Monday through Thursday (and sometimes Sunday). We’ll be posting bonus audio content from time to time as well, so be sure to follow and subscribe so you don’t miss a minute of Electrek’s high-voltage daily news! Got news? Let us know!Drop us a line at [email protected]. You can also rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show! Read more: Hydrogen early adopter faces big problems amid Nikola challenges.

On today's prime time episode of Quick Charge, Amazon is taking on Tesla with the launch of an online car shopping tool AND by snagging Elon's longtime head of Autopilot hardware development. Tesla isn't taking the news lying down, however – they're eyeing new markets for Cybertruck expansion! That's right – Tesla is once again looking into expansion plans in India and the Chinese market seems once again in play for the controversial Cybertruck. We've also got a huge solar financing deal and buffoonery surrounding the USPS, so be sure to let us know what you think in the comments. Source Links Hyundai is now selling EVs on Amazon: Here’s how you can snag one Tesla loses its head of Autopilot HW engineering to Amazon’s self-driving effort Tesla (TSLA) is reportedly exploring entering the Indian auto market again Tesla Cybertruck receive homologations in China days after denying rumor of launch US Postal Service says it is going electric despite Trump A record $847M raise powers a commercial rooftop solar wave Prefer listening to your podcasts? Audio-only versions of Quick Charge are now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded, usually, Monday through Thursday (and sometimes Sunday). We’ll be posting bonus audio content from time to time as well, so be sure to follow and subscribe so you don’t miss a minute of Electrek’s high-voltage daily news! Got news? Let us know!Drop us a line at [email protected]. You can also rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show! Read more: Hydrogen early adopter faces big problems amid Nikola challenges.

Tonight on Quick Charge, we wonder if the upcoming Tesla Cybercab could actually benefit from growing a few pedals. Meanwhile, Tesla Supercharger customers are getting a better deal this week, and there's a new, $2 billion solar project coming on line in southern California. We've also got a report showing that EV charging sessions were up 50% YoY during the Thanksgiving weekend, an inexpensive flat-pack truck that's bringing e-mobility to Africa, and a whole lot more. Source Links EVs and hybrids hit a record high in US sales in Q3 2024 Report: EV charging sessions were up 50% YoY during Thanksgiving week Tesla implements much-needed Supercharger price reduction as network hits all-time-high Tesla Model Q: rumors emerge about new sub-$30,000 electric car coming Flat-pack OX electric truck gets a $163 million order, expands in Africa A huge $2 billion solar + storage project in California powers up Prefer listening to your podcasts? Audio-only versions of Quick Charge are now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded, usually, Monday through Thursday (and sometimes Sunday). We’ll be posting bonus audio content from time to time as well, so be sure to follow and subscribe so you don’t miss a minute of Electrek’s high-voltage daily news! Got news? Let us know!Drop us a line at [email protected]. You can also rate us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show! Read more: Hydrogen early adopter faces big problems amid Nikola challenges.