Elon’s dirty deals, Tesla’s credit losses, and electric semi trucks save BIG money

On today's disturbingly dirty episode of Quick Charge , Elon Musk is undoing nearly two decades of decarbonization by pumping out massive amounts of pollution to keep his xAI and Grok slop-machines rolling – and hurting some of America's most vulnerable communities at the same time. Tesla's troubles with pollution and carbon don't end there, either – two of company's biggest buyers of carbon credits are taking their business elsewhere, and the damage to Tesla's bottom line could be in the billions. Plus: it's a record month for Hyundai IONIQ 5 sales, electric semi trucks really do save fleets money, and some cool pictures of Volvo heavy equipment assets getting topped off at the Circle K! And, before you ask: NO! The irony is not lost on me ... but I didn't waste any water making the image, I just copy/pasted it in (he said, defensively). Source Links Tesla loses Toyota and Stellantis from its EU CO2 pool, taking billions with them Elon Musk’s xAI is undoing Tesla’s climate work all in the name of AI slop Hyundai bucks the trend as IONIQ 5 EV sales surge 33% in record-setting February Real-world test: electric semi trucks can save fleets nearly $160,000 per truck Where do you charge your wheel loader? Try the Circle K! Prefer listening to your podcasts? Audio-only versions of Quick Charge are now available on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , TuneIn , and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are (allegedly) recorded several times per week, most weeks. We’ll be posting bonus audio content from time to time as well, so be sure to follow and

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Elon’s dirty deals, Tesla’s credit losses, and electric semi trucks save BIG money is an episode from Quick Charge by 9to5Mac.

This episode is 11:36 long.

This episode was published on Mar 4, 2026.

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