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#343: Selling Out of EVs that Nobody Wants
1) At the LA Auto Show, a Toyota spokesman told a roomful of reporters that there is no demand for EVs. This certainly clears things up in terms of Tesla, the Leaf, Volt/Bolt, Rivian, etc.
2) Ford has reported that the 2021 Mustang Mack E is already sold out.
3) It’s our turn to provide our impression of the Tesla Cybertruck.
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#228 Carma
Huge thanks to Tony who did almost all the news this week…
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#225
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#224 Chevrolet Bolt Review And This Week’s News
This week’s news and reviews…
Mark –
Mark goes into detail on his week driving the Chevy Bolt EV
Paul –
Russell –
Uber news round-up: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Android Auto whips ass on Apple Car Play
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#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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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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#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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#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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#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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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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