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Special LIVE What Drives Us – Tesla Model 3 debut
What a night! In a very special live, almost two hours long What Drives Us episode, Danny Cooper, Russell Frost, Tony Schaefer, Evan Fusco, Mark Coughlan and Chelsea Sexton witness and explain the Tesla Model 3 debut as it unfolded on 3/31/16.
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#179 New York Auto Show Review
This week we dig down deep on the 2016 New York Auto Show. We tackle and take apart the new Prius Prime, the Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid minivan, the Hyundai Ioniq in all its forms, the Chevy Bolt and talk about Tesla reservations for the Model 3 as well as their proposed valet supercharger system. All that and more, tonight…
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2016, auto show, Bolt, Chevy, Chrysler, EV, featured, hybrid, Hyundai, LE, minivan, new york auto show, nyias, pacifica, Plug-in, plug-in ioniq, prime, Prius, review, Tesla, Toyota, Volt
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#178 Follow The Money
This week Mark and Russell take on…
Not sure if I can make it yet but here’s a good news item
gas up fifty cents a gallon where I live
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=gas+prices+rise&tbs=qdr:w
credit where it’s due
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1102812_faraday-puts-up-75-million-bond-to-reassure-nevada-on-factory?fbfanpage&utm_content=buffer5bd95&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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#177 And You Get A Free Bag Of Weed
Tony
My topic, per Andrew Bell:
http://stalbert.ca/city-hall/news/news-releases/city-of-st.-albert-purchases-three-electric-buses
russell
Leaf owners need to upgrade and pay for it
https://transportevolved.com/2016/02/29/telematics-system-in-2011-2015-nissan-leaf-electric-cars-will-need-3g-upgrade-before-next-year-and-you-may-have-to-pay-for-it/?utm_content=buffer2b5b2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Tesla S P100D outed?
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/03/07/tesla-model-s-p100d-hacker-twitter/
Still the wrong metric
http://www.wired.com/2016/02/electric-car-revolution-now-scheduled-2022/?utm_content=buffer69cd5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Mark
First Chevy Volt travels 300,000+ miles
http://www.hybridcars.com/chevy-volt-travels-300000th-mile/
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#176 Explosive Diarrhea Gummi Bears
This week the triumvirate of Tony Schaefer, Paul Guzyk and Russell Frost dive deep into…
Feb 2016 Plugin Electric Sales
http://insideevs.com/february-2016-plug-electric-vehicle-sales-report-card/
russell
LA opens a little thing called the Expo line
http://laist.com/2016/02/25/the_expo_line_will_open_in_santa_mo.php
Our good friends at Faraday Future may be even worse off than we thought
http://jalopnik.com/mysterious-faraday-future-bleeding-cash-blasted-by-for-1761636432?utm_content=buffer1792a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
More on VW
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2016/03/02/volkswagen-emissions-scandal/81214726/
new battery
http://gas2.org/2016/03/01/oakridge-batteries-power-electric-truck-with-400-mile-range/
russell
Honda says new Insight…wait for it…in 20 fucking 18
http://wardsauto.com/technology/new-honda-ev-plug-due-2018
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#175 Haptic Butt Feedback
Lot of news this week with Tony, Paul, Mark, Evan and Russell digging in.
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2016, chicago, Diesel, Eco, EV, featured, gm, google, Honda, LE, Leaf, MPG, nissan, oil, Tesla, Volvo, VW
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#174 Nevada Hates The Sun
This week we speculate how the Nevada legislature can so stupid, visit the Chicago Auto Show *and* the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto and much more. Patrick Connor, Mark Coughlan, Paul Guzyk, Tony Schaefer and Russell Frost dive deep into world of crazy lawmakers and cars.
And funny enough, as I was posting this show this morning, this tweet from actor, Mark Ruffalo showed up…
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2016, auto show, berkshire hathaway, Bolt, Canada, Chevy, chicago, EV, featured, Ford, Hyundai, law, LE, legislator, mark coughlan, nevada, nv energy, Patrick Connor, paul guzyk, russell frost, solar, tax, Tesla, tony schaefer, toronto
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#173 Do NOT Burn VW Dealerships
This week, Mark, Tony and Russell wrestle to the ground…
Volt powertrain uber alles
Bye bye ELR
VW plays the villain card
Maybe an electric Bentley
http://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/bentleys-electric-car-plans-revealed-20160207-gmnzhd.html
Prius Superb Owl Commercials
http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2016/02/where-i-show-you-what-twenty-million.html
Autonomous driving gets better
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/uoc–nai020516.php
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#172 Amputations
Prius: “Well kids, your mother and I need to talk to you…”
http://www.autonews.com/article/20160201/OEM05/302019971/toyotas-fuel-thrifty-prius-family-may-decrease-as-the-automaker More…
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2016, EV, featured, german, Hummer, hybrid, LE, Prius, solar, Tesla, Toyota
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#171 Heated Debate
Douchebag is douchey
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/01/25/first-used-tesla-model-x-offered-with-an-80k-markup/
This just reeks of pump and dump to me
http://www.autoremarketing.com/retail/ev-automaker-mullen-tech-makes-2-new-hires
and their main site:
http://www.mullenusa.com
Why does every FCV cost $500 a month?
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/01/21/honda-clarity-hydrogen-costs-500-month/
Trouble in Apple car paradise
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/25/apple-car-project-titan-faces-team-hiring-freeze.html
Chief of Titan leaving Apple
https://chargedevs.com/newswire/apple-ev-chief-leaving-the-company/
WeFuel, personal fuel delivery, no, seriously
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/01/26/wefuels-gas-delivery-app-is-both-awesome-and-just-plain-stupid/
VW says the evil of silicon valley must be contained and they are just the evil organization to do the containing
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1102074_vw-ceo-mller-automotive-future-must-not-be-left-to-silicon-valley
Tesla’s very self-serving argument for their business model
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/01/21/this-is-why-tesla-is-so-insistent-on-selling-direct-to-customers/
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