Electrek Podcast: Tesla Roadster Delay, US EV Deliveries, Battery Swap Revival, and More

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 the Tesla Roadster delay, EV deliveries in the US, battery swap coming back, and more.

The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel.

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

• Rivian continues to ramp with R2 even as EV market growth slows
• Tesla (TSLA) Q3 2026 deliveries slip 2% to 486,532, but beat estimates
• Tesla Model 3 gets range and performance boost, plus a new 16-inch screen in US
• Tesla launches capability to drive away while plugged in after deadly Supercharger shooting
• Tesla patents ‘Electric Fan Car’ with 4 ducted fans ahead of Roadster reveal
• Tesla (TSLA) wins SEC OK to auto-vote retail shares with board ahead of SpaceX merger
• Ford’s $30,000 Fathom EV pickup production launch faces uncertainty [Update]
• The new 2027 BMW i3 is here with up to 468 miles of range, but it’s not cheap
• BYD’s cheapest EV is getting bigger and fancier
• NIO sells 30% of battery swap unit to Geely at more than $2 billion
• Hyundai starts selling electric Ioniq V for under $15,000, but you can’t have it
• Aptera (SEV) now says it needs $25M to start production, stock drops 15%

Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 4:00 p.m. ET (or the video after 5 p.m. ET):