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#149 Observing Korea

22 Jul , 2015 Video

This week Evan, Tony, Patrick and Russell discuss…

Next gen PiP to have 30-35 miles of EV range, according to an anonymous source
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1099222_next-toyota-prius-plug-in-hybrid-to-have-30-to-35-miles-of-range-source

Toyota starts taking Mirai orders, unicorns everywhere cower in fear
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mirai-hydrogen-car-arrive-october-809923

Craig Scott, national alternative fuel vehicle manager at Toyota, “With batteries there is a fundamental science problem that we don’t know how to solve.”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2015/07/20/toyota-on-mirai-vs-tesla-battery-electric-vehicles-have-fundamental-physics-problem/

Toyota recalls 625,000 Priuses globally (109,000 in the US)
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/toyota-recalls-625000-hybrids-vehicles-worldwide/1/452126.html

Apple hires Doug Betts formerly of Chrysler
http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/20/9007149/apple-hires-car-executive-doug-betts-chrysler

This week’s Tesla killer
http://www.manufacturingglobal.com/lean/502/Should-Tesla-be-running-scared-Faraday-Future-is-the-new-kid-on-the-block

Depends on how you define “hybrid”
http://www.koreaobserver.com/hyundai-kia-rank-3rd-in-2014-global-hybrid-car-sales-39306/

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apple, batteries, Chrysler, EV, evan fusco, featured, fuel cell, future, hybrid, hydrogen, Hyundai, Kia, LE, mirai, Model S, Patrick Connor, Plug-in, Prius, Prius Plug-In, russell frost, Tesla, tony schaefer, Toyota

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#144 Pop Culture Invasion

17 Jun , 2015 Video

This week, Danny Cooper, Russell Frost and Patrick Connor talks about stocks, movies and, oh, yeah, some car stuff too…AND a special and very brief appearance by a vacationing Tony Schaefer

The Tesla model 3 will be a platform for a variety of vehicles
http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/15/8784205/teslas-critical-model-3-will-be-a-family-of-vehicles-not-just-a-car

Journalist type guy predicts 4G Prius will get better MPG and be sportier
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098719_2016-toyota-prius-coming-soon-55-mpg-hybrid-to-be-sportier

Honda decides to bury the dead horse
http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-honda-civic-hybrid-and-cng-20150615-story.html

Hyundai doesn’t understand why no one wants H2 cars?
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098721_hyundai-tucson-fuel-cell-global-sales-below-target-company-admits

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098734_chevy-nissan-reveal-second-life-uses-for-electric-car-batteries?utm_content=buffer4a2a2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/uber-drivers-are-employees-not-contractors-california-labor-commission-n377031

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/korean-cars-surge-quality-says-j-d-power-n377101

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batteries, Chevy, danny cooper, Eco, EV, featured, h2, Honda, hybrid, LE, nissan, Patrick Connor, Prius, russell frost, Tesla, tony schaefer, Toyota

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#140 Power Trio

21 May , 2015 Video

This week Danny and Russell tackle the topics with the help of Patrick Connor.

It’s 2005 all over again, the return of the “does it make sense” math as applied only to alt cars…(Thanks Evan)
http://www.edmunds.com/about/press/hybrid-and-electric-vehicles-struggle-to-maintain-owner-loyalty-reports-edmundscom.html

Democratic state Rep. Senfronia Thompson criticized the company by saying that “it would have been wiser if Mr. Tesla had sat down with the car dealers first.”
http://fortune.com/2015/05/18/tesla-texas/
And then there’s this…
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098276_ftc-calls-michigans-tesla-ban-protectionism-for-dealers

Why you should never read TIME, calling this link bait is being far too nice
http://time.com/3882476/tesla-consumer-reports/

repurposing versus recycling
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098326_used-toyota-hybrid-batteries-repurposed-at-yellowstone-national-park

And this, soon to be available through the Prius Chat Shop…

Installed 5 seconds ago and I already have a favorite new #Prius accessory. Magnetic shifter mount. Coming to PC Shop pic.twitter.com/dRsgGmKsPo

— PriusChat (@PriusChat) May 20, 2015

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This week, Danny Cooper, Russell Frost, Evan Fusco, Paul Guzyk and Patrick Connor discuss the usual range of activity including, why we need an Indiegogo project to push a hybrid battery price decrease, how thieves are targeting some of those same hybrid batteries and more, yes, more on the Apple car.

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