audio and video,What Drives Us episode
#221 Hydrogen Kool-Aid
Russell’s rant
I still hate the financial press, a lot.
Tony
If we just avoid going political
Mark
Workhorse W-15 with 80 EV miles of range gets an order for 500 units.
Tony
Panasonic has a new solar roof for the Prime
Paul
Russell’s happy news
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2017, battery, Bolt, Chevy, concept, electric, epa, EV, feature, featured, features, Geneva, hydrogen, Hyundai, LE, Plug-in, prime, Prius, solar, Tesla, truck
audio and video,What Drives Us episode
#220 Exploding Puppies
Russell’s rant
Silicon Valley is full of assholes.
Tony
Honda’s 80 mile Laughing Stock.
http://jalopnik.com/hondas-new-all-electric-car-kind-of-sucks-1792781223
But dealers protect us. From what we have no idea.
https://www.oakbrooktoyota.com/new-toyota-prius-prime-westmont-il
Autonomous racing. Or: if a race car bursts into flames and no one is inside does anyone care?
https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/19/self-driving-car-race-ends-with-crash/
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2017, autonomous, ceo, electric, feature, featured, features, Honda, law, laws, LE, prime, Prius, racing, self-driving, Tesla, Toyota
audio and video,What Drives Us episode
#219 Ejected By VW
This week’s news…
State legislatures hell bent on being oil industry supported whores
Tesla on track for 5,000 Model 3’s PER WEEK by end of the year
Maybe the telegraph was having a bad day
Dealers are very influential, which should scare the shit out of us
Phillip Barclay shared this one with us, Audi busted for cheating in Hong Kong
Car ban fails to curb air pollution in Mexico City
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#1, 2017, audi, bus, cheating, Diesel, dieselgate, electric, EV, hybrid, LE, Leaf, model 3, nissan, oil, Plug-in, pollution, Prius, review, Tesla, Toyota, VW
audio and video,One On One,Special Guest,video only
What Drives Us – One On One #3 – GM Talks About The Bolt And Their EV Future
Danny Cooper, Mark Coughlan and Russell Frost have a conversation with Kathy Beslic, National Advertising and Marketing Manager for GM’s Electric Vehicles.
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Bolt, danny cooper, electric, EV, feature, featured, future, gm, LE, lyft, mark coughlan, russell frost, Volt
audio and video,Featured,Features,What Drives Us episode
#218 Drowning Flowers
With thanks to 0101Zero for this week’s title. Here’s the links to this week’s stories…
Russell’s rant
Breathing gets more difficult
Repeat after me, there is no such thing as clean diesel
Car companies insist on being evil, all of them
Mark
Tony
Toyota recalls all 1100 US Mirais for software defect
Paul
Tesla market cap rises to 2/3 of Ford’s value, but does it mean anything?
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autonomous, Bolt, Chevy, Diesel, Eco, electric, epa, EV, feature, featured, Ford, gm, LE, LED, mirai, recall, review, Tesla, Toyota, trump, usa, zero
audio and video,Featured,Features,What Drives Us episode
#217 Tesla, Elon Musk, Trump, Faraday Future and more Disasters
This week’s show starts with a fiery debate between Evan and Russell over Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Come for the excitement and stick around for the excellent news coverage this week.
Russell Rant/s…
You can’t have it both ways, Elon Musk is normalizing trumps craziness
Thanks Igor
For posting info on the prime availability in NY state via twitter
And so begins the walkback of shame
Mark
VW tells us how they will spend the $2B Dieselgate Fine
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2017, Bolt, Charging, Chevrolet, Diesel, dieselgate, electric, elon musk, EV, faraday future, feature, featured, future, gm, google, LE, prime, reveal, Tesla, trump, van, VW
audio and video,What Drives Us episode
#216 Push th’ Little Daisies
This week’s news…
Russell’s Rant: Toyota is losing prius prime sales, already
Mark
The FIRST Chevy Bolt arrives in Canada
January EV sales numbers, Bolt races but Volt is KING
Paul
Tony
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2017, Bolt, Canada, Chevrolet, Chevy, chevy bolt, Diesel, EV, featured, features, first, hybrid, Kia, LE, prime, Prius, prius prime, rv, Tesla, Toyota, Volt
What Drives Us – One on One #2 – Death Of The Prius, Tesla, Volt And Others To Blame?
This week Danny Cooper and Russell Frost take apart claims that the Toyota Prius is on its last legs and why that might be happening. In the process we dig into Tesla, Chevy’s Bolt and Volt as well as other EVs.
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#215 Elon Musk’s Tesla Boring Company (in Ludicrous Mode)
This week’s news and links…
Russell
Paul
It’s hard to believe anything Mitsubishi says
Tony
Because your EV is only as green as the grid that charges it.
Russell
Elon loves trump’s secretary of state
Mark
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2017, boring company, elon musk, EV, featured, features, hybrid, LE, Leaf, nissan, Prius, prius prime, review, Tesla, Toyota, trump, tunnel
audio and video,One On One,What Drives Us episode
One on One #1 – We Welcome Our Hydrogen Fuel Cell Robot Masters
Debuting a brand new show, One On One, where two people wrestle over a recent issue for an in-depth discussion. Today, Danny Cooper and Russell Frost talk about the real future of hydrogen, Toyota, Fuel Cell vehicles and also a little on factory automation and the future of jobs making things.
We cite these links during today’s One On One:
Toyota part of consortium spending 10.7B Euros on hydrogen
Another take on the press release above
Toyota chairman says hydrogen needs more time
Turns out, the rumors of hydrogen’s death may have been premature
Toyota claims to have an EV on the market by 2020
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