TSLA earnings madness, Rivian layoffs, Ford pauses F-150 Lightning, 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 Tesla's earnings madness, Rivian layoffs, Ford pausing F-150 Lightning, 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:

• Tesla (TSLA) releases Q3 2025 financial results: earnings decline despite record revenue
  • Elon Musk: Tesla is increasing EV production based on anticipated demand for self-driving
  • Elon Musk says he needs $1 trillion to control Tesla’s robot army. Yes, really.
  • Tesla announces production of a new solar panel in the US
  • Tesla confirms electric semi truck production is delayed despite recently claiming otherwise
• Two former Tesla self-driving leaders are telling a different story than Elon Musk
• The Cadillac Escalade IQ will be GM’s first vehicle with eyes-off driving
• Rivian to lay off about 4% of staff to possibly lean down ahead of 2026 R2 launch [Update]
• Ford is halting F-150 Lightning production to focus on more profitable gas and hybrid trucks
• GM kills BrightDrop electric van production, blames ‘slow demand’ as sales were ramping

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

https://www.youtube.com/live/kt7YjRTnQG0