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#190 Introducing The Rolls Royce Ipecac
This week Russell, Paul, Mark and Patrick discuss…
The first electric touring motorcycle.
What has to be the ugliest concept vehicle ever unveiled, a self driving Rolls Royce.
Why Nissan Leaf sales have slowed so much.
Nissan confirms 200 mile range Leaf coming.
Tesla talking about acquiring Solar City.
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#184 Your Friendly Robot Receptionist
Aside from our usual Faraday Future tagging, this week we cover…
Russell
Me talking about buying an electric motorcycle. Or trying to anyway.
Tony
I want to talk hyper loop.
Mark
New Nissan xStorage (like a Tesla Powerwall)
Mark
Here we go, owner claiming Tesla crashed on its own!
Russell
I once knew a guy who was sure that the best idea for a restaurant ever, in the history of food service, was a Dracula themed restaurant where the menus are shaped liked bats. Yeah, that was the whole idea. He was sure it was a winner. Faraday Future thinks our future is robots. Lots and lots of robots.
Tony
Could we have a new, viable EV player?
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#183 It’s OK, The Monkey’s Driving
This week our panel take on:
You Say Autonomous Cars Will Encourage More People to have sex in cars Like that’s a bad thing
Volvo pisses on Tesla’s autopilot functionality
H/T Cooper: RAV4 Hybrid has made the Prius V irrelevant and redundant…already
Salient numbers:
RAV4 Hybrid sales for April 2016-3,807. YTD 2015-8,741 2016-4,970
Prius v sales for April 2015-1,322 and for April 2015-2,462
Bye bye Prius v
Mark Coughlan talks about how Awesome the new 2G Chevy Volt is (and how awesome In-N-Out is).
The Chevy Jolt may be a dumb name but it’s a great idea, even if it is bogus
Japan has more charging spots than gas stations?
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#179 New York Auto Show Review
This week we dig down deep on the 2016 New York Auto Show. We tackle and take apart the new Prius Prime, the Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid minivan, the Hyundai Ioniq in all its forms, the Chevy Bolt and talk about Tesla reservations for the Model 3 as well as their proposed valet supercharger system. All that and more, tonight…
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#177 And You Get A Free Bag Of Weed
Tony
My topic, per Andrew Bell:
http://stalbert.ca/city-hall/news/news-releases/city-of-st.-albert-purchases-three-electric-buses
russell
Leaf owners need to upgrade and pay for it
https://transportevolved.com/2016/02/29/telematics-system-in-2011-2015-nissan-leaf-electric-cars-will-need-3g-upgrade-before-next-year-and-you-may-have-to-pay-for-it/?utm_content=buffer2b5b2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Tesla S P100D outed?
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/03/07/tesla-model-s-p100d-hacker-twitter/
Still the wrong metric
http://www.wired.com/2016/02/electric-car-revolution-now-scheduled-2022/?utm_content=buffer69cd5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Mark
First Chevy Volt travels 300,000+ miles
http://www.hybridcars.com/chevy-volt-travels-300000th-mile/
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#174 Nevada Hates The Sun
This week we speculate how the Nevada legislature can so stupid, visit the Chicago Auto Show *and* the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto and much more. Patrick Connor, Mark Coughlan, Paul Guzyk, Tony Schaefer and Russell Frost dive deep into world of crazy lawmakers and cars.
And funny enough, as I was posting this show this morning, this tweet from actor, Mark Ruffalo showed up…
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#173 Do NOT Burn VW Dealerships
This week, Mark, Tony and Russell wrestle to the ground…
Volt powertrain uber alles
Bye bye ELR
VW plays the villain card
Maybe an electric Bentley
http://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/bentleys-electric-car-plans-revealed-20160207-gmnzhd.html
Prius Superb Owl Commercials
http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2016/02/where-i-show-you-what-twenty-million.html
Autonomous driving gets better
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/uoc–nai020516.php
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#170 We Answer The Unanswerable
The VW saga continues…
California rejects proposed “solution”
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1101854_california-rejects-vw-diesel-fix-plan-gaps-lacks-detail?fbfanpage
Honda and GM to fuel cell plants
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1101933_honda-gm-to-build-factory-for-fuel-cell-production-by-2025
An unanswerable but very important question, why is oil so cheap?
http://ourfiniteworld.com/2016/01/19/why-oil-under-30-per-barrel-is-a-major-problem/
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Special: Mark Coughlan at NAIAS talks with Chevy about the Bolt battery
Our man, Mark, talks to Chevy about the Bolt battery.
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#169 Ice Sculptures at NAIAS
This week we dedicate the entire show to a discussion about the Detroit Auto Show, more formally known as the North American International Auto Show or NAIAS. Detroit is the big one and that’s why we were very happy when one of our own, Mark Coughlan, could attend and give us a view from inside the first press day.
We talk about the Chevy Bolt, Tesla, the Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivan, and much more. Join us for a solid hour of new cars, concept cars, things that make sense and things that don’t.
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