Podcast: Ford Fathom cheap pickup EV, Audi A2, Trump on EVs, and more

This is a rundown of a weekly podcast covering electric vehicle and green energy news, not something that directly affects home energy upgrades. Still, a few items touch on the broader EV and clean-energy market that homeowners with an EV or solar setup might find interesting.

Ford introduced a new affordable electric pickup called the Fathom, starting at $28,350. Audi released what it calls its cheapest and most efficient EV yet. Toyota announced pricing for its 2027 C-HR EV, starting at $37,080, while Lucid pushed back its smaller Cosmos SUV from 2026 to 2027. Tesla and SpaceX confirmed a new "Terafab" chip manufacturing site with a first-phase investment of $16.8 billion, and reports surfaced of hardware failures tied to Tesla's newest self-driving software on older computer systems. There's also a story about political comments on electric vehicles.

None of this involves home energy efficiency, weatherization, heat pumps, or rebate programs — it's strictly vehicle and industry news. If you're weighing an EV purchase alongside home upgrades like a heat pump or solar panels, these pricing and product updates may be useful context, but they don't change anything about home energy rebates or incentives available to you.