This week:
1) States face roadblocks on path to lower tailpipe emissions.
2) BMW remains committed to ICE cars for at least 30 more years.
3) The Prius is no longer Toyota’s top-selling hybrid.
4) Sony shocks CES by unveiling a car.
5) The Fisker Ocean might actually be areal thing.
6) Tesla’s Gigafactory 4 has to tread lightly in the forest.
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This week’s news…
State legislatures hell bent on being oil industry supported whores
Tesla on track for 5,000 Model 3’s PER WEEK by end of the year
Maybe the telegraph was having a bad day
Dealers are very influential, which should scare the shit out of us
Phillip Barclay shared this one with us, Audi busted for cheating in Hong Kong
Car ban fails to curb air pollution in Mexico City
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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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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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