On today’s exciting episode of Quick Charge, we’re exploring the industry’s backlash – real or imagined – towards Elon Musk’s SpaceX merger talks, Full Self Driving’s staff revolt, and even large, utility scale solar projects. All this and more when you hit that play button!

We also explore Elon’s history of billion-dollar self dealing, why Tesla’s labeling team doesn’t trust FSD, Waymo’s new 6th gen hardware gets real, and why (or who) is actually upset by utility-grade solar projects going up in their back yards.

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• Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX merger would be Musk’s 4th billion-dollar self-deal
• Tesla’s own AI trainers don’t trust ‘Full Self-Driving’ or its safety stats, Reuters finds
• Waymo starts offering rides in new Ojai robotaxi with 6th-gen Driver
• Most big US solar projects don’t spark backlash after all, study finds

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