Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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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 our Rivian R2 first drive, BYD going nuts on flash charging, Donut Lab’s miracle battery being seemingly dead, and more. electrek.co/?p=471417

01:56 Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast:
08:34 Rivian R2 First Drive: This is everything I need to upgrade my Model Y except…
15:32 BYD is deploying 2.4x more charging power per month than Tesla
23:53 BYD is bringing its 5-min ‘Flash’ electric car charging to Canada
27:28 China’s EV shift cut pollution enough to prevent 262,000 deaths
31:35 BMW put the new iX3 through the paces, and it still drove 500 miles on a single charge
33:44 Waymo launches $30/month ‘Premier’ membership with priority pickups and cashback
38:08 Donut Lab’s ‘solid-state’ battery exposed as regular li-ion in damning investigation