#409 Elon Take The Wheel
Timeline:
00:00 Intros
04:00 Meijer & EVgo partnership
06:35: Russell’s experience with FSD
20:10 This Week in Tesla
31:40 Upcoming ICE bans and timetables
43:20 Rivian to fund EV chargers at Colorado State Parks
47:10 Detroit Eyeing the EV Truck Market
58:05 Shout-outs and Go Home
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#408 Carma for the Cat Burglars
Timeline:
00:00 Intros
05:55 Cryptocurrencies are Fossil Fuel Hungry
20:50 VW Power Day and BMW’s EV plan
31:00 This Week in Tesla
42:50 CA Law Enforcement finally going after Cat Burglars
50:05 KIA’s EV6
56:25 The Citroën Ami
58:50 Texas strikes back at the Anti-Fossil Fuel Lobby
1:03:25 Shout-outs and Go Home!
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#406 Texas has Gas
Timeline: 00:00 Intros
05:15 Monster Trucks Suck
13:10 Nimbus 3-wheeler
23:20 Gas Companies Fighting Progressive Initiatives
34:25 This Week in Tesla
42:35 Maybe We Should Have Fewer Cars
52:30 Polestar Opening 14 “Spaces” in the US
56:25 Michelin EV Tires
1:00:25 Shout-outs and Go Home
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#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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#404 Pineapple Pizza Not Found
Timeline: 00:00 Show Start
05:53 Membership Tier(s)
07:00 We Won’t Car Our Way Out of This
09:00 GM’s Norway commercial was Tone Deaf and Misleading
16:55 AirStream to Make Electric Assist Campers for EVs
23:00 This Week in Tesla
32:55 Looking at the Texas power situation
1:01:30 Shout-outs and Go Home
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#403 Dam Canadians For Global Warming
This week the panel discusses:
00:00 Intros
05:45 Will Toyota finally bring EVs to the US?
16:40 Legacy Car Companies Quickly Approaching the ICEberg
32:35 This Week in Tesla
40:25 Quebec will use old dams for wind power energy storage
47:30 Colorado Giving away free E-bikes to essential workers
52:15 Shout-outs and Go home!
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#402 Roll That Beautiful (Mini) Bean Footage
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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boring company, California, emissions, EV, LE, recall, Tesla, the boring company, uber
audio only,What Drives Us episode
#401 Attack of the Raccoon Sand Worms
Timeline:
00:00 Intros
03:20 NHTSA to take on battery safety
08:15 AQMD suspends guidelines to accommodate COVID cremations
13:35 You can buy Hasselhoff’s personal K.I.T.T. car
16:10 This Week in Tesla
25:50 Standardize Autonomy Terminology
34:45 SpaceX is now a natural gas drilling company
38:15 SPACs Everywhere!
44:20 Biden to convert federal fleet to made-in-America EVs
50:15 Shout-outs and Go Home
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#397 We Don’t All Wipe The Same
A year in review show where the panel a variety of things that happened and make some predictions for the future.
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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