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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Take A Break From The Feed w/ Amanda Mull | Tech Won’t Save Us
Paris Marx is joined by Amanda Mull to discuss the effects of constantly “monitoring the situation” through custom news, social, or live feeds, including higher rates of anxiety and disconnection, and what can be done to recalibrate.
Amanda Mull is a senior reporter at Bloomberg Businessweek and writes the Buying Power column.
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