#405 Battery Arms Race
Timeline:
00:00 Intros
04:30 Uber still the most crooked company possible
10:55 Hyundai says it will replace the battery packs in ~82,000 EVs globally 20:40 This Week in Tesla
32:45 Mercedes testing new EV truck
36:25 China and Europe are Winning the EV Battery “Arms Race”
49:05 Shout-outs and Go Home
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#395 Robots Displace Humans
5:15 Toyota Mirai
10:30 Rivian Amazon van undercover
18:05 Hyundai buys Boston Dynamics
24:20 Tesla News – Giga Berlin – China superchargers – Tesla Parade
30:20 Bollinger strangely still rendering
33:33 EV West crate motor
37:00 Zoox autonomous shuttle vehicles
44:30 Personal deliveries are an environmental nightmare and so is packaging / recycling
58:40 Kandi EV cheapest in America
1:00:45 Shoutouts!
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autonomous, china, EV, Hyundai, LE, mirai, robots, Tesla, Toyota, van, Vehicles
#385 Tail Gating on the Moon
This week, we talk about the ongoing Nikola saga, solid state batteries in Mercedes buses, This Week in Tesla with new catchy theme music, Plastic eating enzymes, a cheap EV in China, and Toyota’s Lunar Cruiser.
00:00 Show Start 05:15 New Allegations with Nikola Motors
13:00 Mercedes Introduces Solid State Battery Buses
20:05 This Week in Tesla
28:55 Plastic Eating Enzymes
40:30 A $5,000 EV in China 49:25 Toyota’s Mars Rover
54:10 Shout Outs and Go Home
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batteries, battery, bus, china, EV, LE, nikola motors, solid-state, Tesla, Toyota
Transport Treehouse #6
An amazing conversation with Michael Dunne of ZoZoGo.com. He’s an expert on China so we dig deep on what’s going on there and how our companies are doing in China as well as the future of Chinese car companies there and here. A fascinating look at a complex market with a genuine expert.
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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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2017, apple, articles, Chevrolet, Chevy, china, concept, electric, EV, feature, featured, features, gm, LE, Model S, Patrick Connor, rv, semi, Tesla, truck, trump, van
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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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2017, android, android auto, apple, autonomous, Bolt, Charging, Chevrolet, Chevy, chevy bolt, china, EV, feature, featured, funding, gm, google, law, laws, LE, regulations, review, self-driving, shell, tax, tencent, Tesla, uber
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#214 A Darker Possible Future
This week’s news…
russell
Finally some sense…which, probably won’t last past the 20th
russell
Tonight we lose viewers in Oklahoma
Tony
China halts over 100 coal power projects
russell
The joke that continues to be called faraday future
Mark
Is a Lithium-Ion battery shortage coming?
Paul
Prius Prime Being Dumped On By Some Toyota Dealers
Mark
Chevy’s month by moth rollout plan for the Bolt
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2017, battery, Bolt, Chevrolet, Chevy, china, Eco, epa, EV, faraday future, featured, features, future, LE, LED, prime, Prius, Toyota, usa
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#180 Avoiding The Dead Donkey
This week, Tony, Paul, Patrick, Mark, Evan and Russell take a look at:
Post Oil Saudi Arabia
March 2016 Plug-In Electric Vehicle Sales In US Hit All-Time Record High
BMW EV’s attempt a record at Formula E Race in Long Beach
Faraday Future loves the Model 3
China’s Companies Poised to Take Leap in Developing a Driverless Car
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2016, audi, BMW, cayenne, Chevrolet, china, cmax, Eco, electric, energi, EV, faraday future, featured, Ford, formula e, future, guinness, i3, i8, LE, long beach, model 3, Model S, nissan leaf, oil, panamera, Plug-in, porsche, racing, saudi arabia, Tesla, Volt, world record
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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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2016, alt car, bus, byd, Chevy, china, electric, EV, featured, first, hybrid, LE, Leaf, LED, nissan, p100d, telematics, Tesla, Volt