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Elon gets $26 billion while Tesla gets flooded with lawsuits and Dojo is dead
1 hour 2 minutes Posted Aug 8, 2025 at 7:46 pm.
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In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Elon Musk getting a sweet $26 billion payday from Tesla while the company gets flooded with lawsuits and Dojo is dead.
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Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast:
Tesla board (TSLA) gives Elon Musk $26 billion worth of shares
Tesla withheld data, lied, and misdirected police and plaintiffs to avoid blame in Autopilot crash
The Tesla Autopilot lawsuit floodgates are open, lawyer who beat Tesla is going for round 2
Tesla used car prices keep plummeting, dips below average used car
Tesla’s Dojo supercomputer looks dead as more execs leave for competing startup
US military is buying Tesla Cybertrucks to use as targets for missiles
Ford puts new electric pickup on the back burner, but promises lower-priced EVs
Lucid (LCID) cuts production target for 2025, but there’s more to it
Acura is teasing its new all-electric RSX before its debut at Monterey Car Week
Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at
https://www.youtube.com/live/XSkN5y-116k