Tesla Robotaxi expansion, heavy duty EVs, and last week’s pain at the pump

On today's pumped-up episode of Quick Charge , we notice how funny it is that Tesla makes a big Robotaxi announcement every time the TSLA earnings call looks like a disappointment. Tesla's tiny territory maps in Houston and Dallas underscore just how difficult it's been for the brand's camera-only autonomous driving ambitions to yield anything like Elon's early promises, and the timing of the announcement – just days ahead of what's bound to be a tough, tough Q1 earnings call – leaves a lot to be desired. We've also got a massive, 600-ton electric excavator in India and a 40+ tonne quad-axle electric semi from Mercedes-Benz that is ready to do some real dirty work. All that and the results of our "pain at the pump" survey, when you hit "play." Source Links Tesla launches ‘Robotaxi’ in Houston and Dallas with tiny geofences Tesla’s ‘Robotaxi’ expansion looks like another stock pump before earnings MASSIVE 600 ton Liebherr mining excavator converted from diesel to electric Hot and ready: Mercedes is taking orders for its new eArocs 400 vocational truck Survey Sunday: how much pain at the pump will it take to switch to EV? 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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This episode was published on Apr 21, 2026.

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