New Tesla van? Tesla acquisition, battery swap

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including a potential new new Tesla van, a old but undissclosed Tesla acquisition, Nio's battery swap program, and more.


The Electrek Podcast is me, Fred Lambert, editor-in-chief of Electrek, and Seth Weintraub, founder and publisher of Electrek and the 9to5 network, discussing all our top stories of the week while taking questions from our readers and highlighting the most insightful comments on the site.
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Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast today:
Tesla is making 12 passenger electric van for Boring Company, says official
GM starts electric van program said to aim to ‘beat Tesla to the segment’
Tesla drastically accelerates Model Y delivery timeline — What is happening?
Tesla quietly acquired automated manufacturing firm to design factories
Rumor: Tesla and UK government are working on a factory
Nio might have figured out battery swap for electric cars as it completes 500,000 swaps
Rivian Adventure Network: Electric pickup maker hires Tesla staff to build charging network
2021 is going to be the year for electric revolution – 10 new EVs coming next year
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/w9uMZ7skH34