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#390 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Tiny Costly Red Machinie

19 Jan , 2021   Video

Expanding Equity In Electric Mobility

The Kandi is ready to sell.

This Week In Tesla

Chicago’s MetraRail introduces dedicated Bike Cars

Convert an original Mini to EV

Mustang Falls short with EPA Ratings Allegedly

Ford Invests in Kansas City Plant

They can’t ditch the proprietary InfoTainment systems fast enough

The doesn’t have a battery. The car _is_ the battery

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#389 The Mourning After

17 Jan , 2021   Video

00:00 Show Start

05:30 New Recycling Factory in NE Indiana

22:00 Ford to Make all-EV e-Transit

30:25 This Week in Tesla

40:00 Massachusetts Votes for Right to Repair

45:25 Shout Outs and Go Home

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#384 It’s All Downhill From Here

25 Sep , 2020   Video

00:00 Show Start

06:10 Nikola investigated for Fraud

18:00 Cadillac Forces Dealers to Install Chargers

27:45 This Life in Tesla

40:40 California to End ICE New Car Sales

50:35 Ford Announces EV F-150

56:00 Lordstown Shows Interior

1:00:45 VW Reveals ID.4

1:11:50 – Shout Outs and Go Home

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#376 Highly Automated Tunnel of Love

23 Jul , 2020   Video

00:00 Start the Show!

06:15 Using Artificial Intelligence to Boost Mass Transit

13:05 15 States Join California to Electrify Heavy Vehicles

18:30 Boring Company Las Vegas Terminal Renderings 

36:10 German High Court Disallows Tesla’s Use of Term “AutoPilot”

45:20 Ford Creates 1,400hp Mach-e Monster

54:10 EV-related Stocks are Hot Right Now

1:01:05 Shout-outs and Go Home!

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#374 The Fast and the Dead

11 Jul , 2020   Video

00:00 Intros 04:10 Ford Mach-e Battery Reporting

12:45 Dodge Hellcat SUV

17:50 Pandemic Brings Fewer Crashes but More Fatalities

25:25 Suzuki Across PHEV is the RAV4 Prime

31:10 Moving Forward Act moves to the Senate

38:00 Solar-Powered Level-2 Charging Station

42:45 Muni Cutting Bus Routes

55:55 Let’s Go Home

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#372 Burrito Powered Segway

27 Jun , 2020   Video

  1. Even with the pandemic – or perhaps because of it – aviation is getting rid of their dirtiest planes and looking to green tech to save fuel and money.
  2. GreyP showcases really cool – but expensive – e-Bikes. If you don’t have the cash for a GreyP, RadBikes has more mainstream – and affordable – options. Also, Segway is ending their 2-wheel personal transport platform.
  3. 3-wheel tuk tuks typically use very dirty 2-stroke diesel engines. A company wants to replace them all with an EV version.
  4. Thinking of converting an ICE vehicle to an EV? Paul weighs in on just how expensive and difficult that process will be. And there’s lots that can go wrong.

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#370 AutoStupid

11 Jun , 2020   Video

  1. As though Sequester in Place wasn’t harming locally owned business enough, riots across the globe have indiscriminately crippled or fully shuttered small businesses. Please support your local businesses.
  2. A study (with a very small sample size using self-reporting) found that drivers with autonomous features tend to be less attentive and perform actions unrelated to driving.
  3. The Ford Escape Plug-in is expected to get 37 miles per charge before the ICE kicks in. It is expected to have a base MSRP of $5,000USD lower than the RAV4 Prime but, due to its smaller battery, will not qualify for higher incentived.
  4. Hyundai has reached a point where they are making great strides in market share for their EVs. Could this be their tipping point? Will we see even more Hyundai/Kia EVs and perhaps even a Genesis EV?
  5. Even with the drop in carbon emissions as a result of Sequester in Place, all major car manufacturers are expected to miss the Paris Agreement targets for emissions. As the targets and deadlines slip by, maintaining a habitable environment gets harder and harder.

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#362 You Bought It But It’s Not Really Yours.mp4

18 Apr , 2020   Video

On this week’s the panel discuss, electric RVs, what does it mean when you own something but the company that made the product controls it, Ford PHEV truck rumors and more.

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#356 – Three Fifty Something

7 Mar , 2020   Video

1) The Union of Concerned Scientists have completed their study and concluded that ride sharing (such as Uber and Lyft) introduce almost 70% more pollutants than the rides they are replacing. Not only the rides they are replacing but taking people off mass transit.

2) A study of vehicles interacting with pedestrians at a crosswalk showed that there is a direct correlation between how aggressive the vehicle is towards the pedestrians and how much that vehicle costs. So yeah, rich drivers are bigger jerks and the data backs it up!

3) The coronavirus is impacting the supply lines of vehicle manufacturing along with other appliance manufacturing. Couple this with Ford’s continuously declining stock price and market share and we’re starting to wonder whether Ford can avoid a bankruptcy or total liquidation.

4) Continuing our discussion about Tesla’s Buffalo, NY, factory, the state of New York is looking to sell some manufacturing equipment it had purchased for Tesla but was never used.

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#355 Solar Shakedown

26 Feb , 2020   Video

  1. The guys get into a tussle over Tesla’s Gigafactory in Buffalo New York now that Panasonic has pulled out of the location. Will there ever be Solar glass?
  2. After 40 years of trying to figure it out, scientists have finally figured out why solar panels experience a 2% efficiency drop within the first hour of operation.
  3. Hyundai released images of a concept vehicle that is supposed to serve as inspiration for their upcoming EV vehicles.
  4. Ford allows drivers to sign up for insurance and use their connected cars to track their driving habits. Spoiler: if you’re being paid, you’re the product.

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