Tesla FSD Beta update, Tesla sends Chinese engineers to the US, Mercedes EQE US pricing, and more

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discuss Tesla's latest FSD Beta update, Tesla sending Chinese engineers to the US, Mercedes-Benz EQE US pricing, and more.



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




Tesla releases new Full Self-Driving Beta update with high-level changes



Tesla reluctantly gave Full Self-Driving Beta demo to DMV and critics



Andrej Karpathy considers coming back to Tesla to work on Optimus and AGI



Tesla tries to replicate Giga Shanghai’s success in the US with Chinese engineers



Tesla price cuts are resulting in cancellations for China EV brands



Panasonic aims for at least 30 GWh of batteries at new Kansas factory expected to supply Tesla



Mercedes-Benz shares EQE pricing for US, starting below $75,000 with 305 miles of range



Subaru won’t build electric cars in the US because it can’t compete with McDonald’s wages




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/eFtHk9yaKsU