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#402 Roll That Beautiful (Mini) Bean Footage

12 Feb , 2021 Video

Timeline:
00:00 Intros
02:50 Why good reporting is so important
06:15 ALEXA uber alles
10:25 Amazon To Pay $61.7 Million to Settle FTC Charges
15:35 Tesla is forced to finally recall defective screens
21:20 This Week in Tesla
29:00 Where can you go in an EV with 1,000 miles of Range?
32:40 Iceland after a decade of investing in Green Tech
41:45 MiniCooper Motor Mojo – the 2022 MiniCooper EV
48:45 California Wins Emissions Fight
52:40 The Boring Company gets approval for LVCC Loop extension to Resorts World
56:10 SHout-outs and Go Home

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#392 It’s Parade Season Bitches!

23 Jan , 2021 Video

GM dumps Trump, joins California
Don’t let a moose lick your car
This Week In Tesla
Nissan debuts an electric Titan truck
Wind powered cargo ship could make shipping much cleaner
BMW blows it with a pointless redesign
Boring company Vegas tunnel simulation
Cadillac dealers offered cash to just go die
Rivian sells out launch editions of both new EVs
Mustang meets it’s EPA range goals

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Transport Treehouse #7

28 Sep , 2020 Video

Dean Taylor has over three decades in the electric transportation area with a focus on regulatory and legislative affairs, external engagement and business and strategy development. After retiring from Southern California Edison he’s become an independent consultant for many EV organizations.

Newsom’s Executive Order: https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/9.23.20-EO-N-79-20-Climate.pdf

Dean’s LCFS webinar presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eRrZAqaOHk&feature=youtu.be&t=1040

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#384 It’s All Downhill From Here

25 Sep , 2020 Video

00:00 Show Start

06:10 Nikola investigated for Fraud

18:00 Cadillac Forces Dealers to Install Chargers

27:45 This Life in Tesla

40:40 California to End ICE New Car Sales

50:35 Ford Announces EV F-150

56:00 Lordstown Shows Interior

1:00:45 VW Reveals ID.4

1:11:50 – Shout Outs and Go Home

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# 379 Isn’t it Ionic?

14 Aug , 2020 Video

00:00 Intros

06:00 A Little Self-Promotion

11:15 Hyundai Launches Ionic Brand of EVs

20:55 The Politics of Saving the Environment

29:40 This Week in Tesla

36:15 California Court Rules Uber and Lyft Must Call Drivers “Employees”

50:45 GM’s SuperCruise is a Subscription Service

1:05:20 Shout-outs and Go Home

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Transport Treehouse #2

10 Aug , 2020 Video

Infrastructure Week, part 1: Kitty Adams

Our first guest for Infrastructure week is Kitty Adams, She is the Executive Director and Founder of AdoptACharger.org. Ms. Adams has facilitated the installation of hundreds of EV chargers in 10 states, and has participated in a number of CEC and CARB workshops regarding alternative fuel vehicles and EV charging infrastructure. She was successfully awarded CEC grant funding to install EV charging at the California State Parks, and most recently a GFO as part of a team to design a micro grid in a disadvantaged community. She has presented at the Electric Power Research Institute Symposium, and has consulted on EV charging projects and policies nationwide.

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#376 Highly Automated Tunnel of Love

23 Jul , 2020 Video

00:00 Start the Show!

06:15 Using Artificial Intelligence to Boost Mass Transit

13:05 15 States Join California to Electrify Heavy Vehicles

18:30 Boring Company Las Vegas Terminal Renderings

36:10 German High Court Disallows Tesla’s Use of Term “AutoPilot”

45:20 Ford Creates 1,400hp Mach-e Monster

54:10 EV-related Stocks are Hot Right Now

1:01:05 Shout-outs and Go Home!

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#373 Body Bags are Extra

2 Jul , 2020 Video

American Airlines has started filling their planes to capacity during a pandemic.
Toyota is severely limiting the supply of the RAV4 Prime for some reason.
California is mandating that all commercial trucks be fully-electric by 2045.
2-sided solar panels that track the sun can increase energy production up to 30%.
Minnesota is suing ExxonMobile and Koch Brothers for damages caused by their disregard of their own research.
All Americans need to support the “Moving Forward” act.
Hyundai has introduced an all-electric shuttle bus.
Oslo is testing inductive charging for taxis.
Electrify American has completed their first cross-country charging network.