Podcast / Tech Won’t Save Us / May 9, 2024

Tesla Is Choosing Hype Over Substance

On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Ed Niedermeyer on Tesla’s stagnation as an electric-vehicle manufacturer.

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Tesla is Choosing Hype Over Substance with Edward Niedermeyer | Tech Won’t Save Us
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On this week's episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Ed Niedermeyer to discuss Tesla's stagnation as an electric vehicle manufacturer and what that could mean for its future as competitors cut into their market share. 

Ed Niedermeyer is the author of Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors, and is the co-host of the Autonocast, a podcast on the future of transportation.

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Tesla electric vehicle on display

Employees of the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin Brandenburg work on the final inspection of the finished Model Y electric vehicles on March 22, 2022.

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On this week’s episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, we’re joined by Ed Niedermeyer to discuss Tesla’s stagnation as an electric vehicle manufacturer and what that could mean for its future as competitors cut into their market share.

Ed Niedermeyer is the author of Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors, and is the cohost of Autonocast, a podcast on the future of transportation.

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The SpaceX IPO Gives Elon Musk Even More Power w/ Sean O’Kane / Tech Won’t Save Us
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SpaceX is finally going public, and it’s bad news for anyone who wants to rein in Elon Musk. Sean O’Kane joins Paris Marx to discuss the flimsy sci-fi ideas Elon Musk is using to justify the company’s massive valuation and the way corporate governance rules are shifting to give him even more power.

Sean O’Kane is a senior reporter at TechCrunch.

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Paris Marx is a tech critic and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast. He writes the Disconnect newsletter and is the author of Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation.

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