In the <a href="https://electrek.co/guides/electrek-podcast/">Electrek Podcast</a>, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss a very telling Tesla Optimus fail, Rivian's AI/Autonomy day, Mercedes GLB EV, and more.



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



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<li><a href="https://electrek.co/2025/12/07/tesla-optimus-robot-takes-suspicious-tumble-in-new-demo/">Tesla Optimus robot takes a suspicious tumble in new demo</a></li>



<li><a href="https://electrek.co/2025/12/12/tesla-us-sales-drop-to-under-40000-units-following-tax-credit-expiration-lowest-in-years/">Tesla US sales drop to under 40,000 units following tax credit expiration, lowest in years</a></li>



<li><a href="https://electrek.co/2025/12/09/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-claims-driverless-robotaxis-coming-to-austin-in-3-weeks/">Tesla CEO Elon Musk claims driverless Robotaxis coming to Austin in 3 weeks</a></li>



<li><a href="https://electrek.co/2025/12/11/rivian-ai-autonomy-day-silicon-chip-platform-lidar-level-4-self-driving/">Rivian AI & Autonomy Day: In-house silicon chip, next-gen AI platform, LiDAR for Level 4 self-driving [Video]</a></li>



<li><a href="https://electrek.co/2025/12/09/subaru-uncharted-ev-prices-start-at-35000-with-300-miles-range/">Subaru’s new electric SUV delivers over 300 miles range and it starts at under $35,000</a></li>



<li><a href="https://electrek.co/2025/12/08/new-mercedes-glb-3-row-luxury-electric-suv-images/">The Mercedes GLB is back as an electric SUV and it’s better in just about every way [Images]</a></li>



<li><a href="https://electrek.co/2025/12/11/global-ev-sales-jump-21-in-2025-as-europe-surges-and-the-us-stalls/">Global EV sales jump 21% in 2025 as Europe surges and the US stalls</a></li>



<li><a href="https://electrek.co/2025/12/11/ford-sk-on-kill-massive-us-battery-joint-venture-split-factories-between-them/">Ford and SK On kill massive $11.4B US battery joint venture, split factories between them</a></li>
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Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4:00 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET:



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