Podcast: TSLA earnings debacle, FSD ticket, Toyota finally waking up? FSGP, more

This week's Electrek podcast rounds up news mostly about electric vehicles rather than home energy upgrades, so there is not much here that touches your house directly. Topics include Tesla's second-quarter earnings, which showed record revenue but a big profit miss, along with questions raised about the company's robotaxi expansion claims and comments Elon Musk made about a possible Tesla-SpaceX merger. There is also discussion of Tesla's "Full Self-Driving" (FSD) driver-assist system, including a report of FSD contributing to a speeding ticket and a record 207 Autopilot or FSD-related crashes in a single month, plus a federal safety regulator looking into a Tesla document related to FSD crash investigations.

Other stories touch on Toyota, which reportedly said it "cannot survive" without a successful next-generation Corolla EV, and a new flagship electric vehicle from BYD with a claimed range of 1,008 kilometers. The episode also mentions results from a solar-powered car racing competition for student teams.

None of this involves home energy programs, rebates, or efficiency upgrades. If you are weighing upgrades like insulation, heat pumps, or solar for your house, this particular roundup will not affect those decisions. It is mainly of interest if you follow electric vehicle and clean transportation news generally.