Transport Treehouse #5
Guest: John Voelcker
John returns.
We spend an hour with one of our favorite journos, John Voelcker and discuss GM’s recent EV day, charging, the Chevy Volt and much more. John’s article mentioned on the show: https://www.thedrive.com/tech/32580/why-gm-has-to-prove-its-serious-about-electric-vehicles-this-time
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#364 The Exciting New Kia Labradoodle
- Mark celebrates his 3rd Voltiversary and tells us how reliable and amazingly efficient his 2017 Chevy Volt has been.
- Chicago recently voted to implement more stringent regulations requiring new construction to be ready for EV charging.
- With ridership down and reduced routes, how will the US mass transit system rebound once/if the pandemic is over?
- Kia has surprised a lot of people with the unveiling of the HabaNiro, which they say will be due out by the end of 2021. This will be their first dedicated EV model.
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audio and video,What Drives Us episode
#228 Carma
Huge thanks to Tony who did almost all the news this week…
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audio and video,What Drives Us episode
#227 Elon, Get Your Thumb Out Of Trump’s Ass
Patrick Connor’s feature; Russell’s Rant:
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#225
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audio and video,What Drives Us episode
#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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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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#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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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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