Tesla texting and driving, Trump kills mpg, Aptera update, and more - Electrek

In the <a href="https://electrek.co/guides/electrek-podcast/">Electrek Podcast</a>, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla allowing texting and driving on FSD v14, Trump killing CAFE's MPG standard, an Aptera update, and more. <figure class="wp-block-audio"><audio controls src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/12/Electrek_414.mp3"></audio></figure>  The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcOIZzJgLCyMPILY7-1Vsdg/featured?sub_confirmation=1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Electrek’s YouTube channel</a>. As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post, like this one, on the site with an embedded link to the live stream. Head to the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcOIZzJgLCyMPILY7-1Vsdg/featured?sub_confirmation=1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">YouTube chann...