Is Tesla Still a Car Company?
On Tech Won’t Save Us: Ed Niedermeyer on Elon Musk’s trillionaire ambitions and Tesla’s EV decline.
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Is Tesla Still a Car Company? w/ Ed Niedermeyer | Tech Won’t Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Ed Niedermeyer to discuss the mission to turn Elon Musk into the world’s first trillionaire, Tesla’s growing interest in making robots instead of cars, and how other automakers are coming for the EV market it once dominated.
Ed Niedermeyer is the author of Ludicrous and co-host of the Autonocast.
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A Tesla Bot is seen during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 28, 2025.
(Hector Retamal / AFP via Getty Images)Paris Marx is joined by Ed Niedermeyer to discuss the mission to turn Elon Musk into the world’s first trillionaire, Tesla’s growing interest in making robots instead of cars, and how other automakers are coming for the EV market it once dominated.
Ed Niedermeyer is the author of Ludicrous and cohost of the Autonocast.
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Europe is Gutting Its Tech Regulations w/ Aline Blankertz | Tech Won’t Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Aline Blankertz to discuss how right-wing governments and international corporations in the European Union are pushing to gut tech regulations with the goal of boosting AI development in hope of improving economic growth and geopolitical standing.
Aline Blankertz is a cofounder of Structural Integrity.
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