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#179 New York Auto Show Review

31 Mar , 2016 Video

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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2016, auto show, Bolt, Chevy, Chrysler, EV, featured, hybrid, Hyundai, LE, minivan, new york auto show, nyias, pacifica, Plug-in, plug-in ioniq, prime, Prius, review, Tesla, Toyota, Volt

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#174 Nevada Hates The Sun

18 Feb , 2016 Video

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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2016, auto show, berkshire hathaway, Bolt, Canada, Chevy, chicago, EV, featured, Ford, Hyundai, law, LE, legislator, mark coughlan, nevada, nv energy, Patrick Connor, paul guzyk, russell frost, solar, tax, Tesla, tony schaefer, toronto

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#166 94.59 MPH

9 Dec , 2015 Video

Tesla powertrain failure rates

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1101153_two-thirds-of-earliest-tesla-drive-trains-to-fail-in-60000-miles-owner-data-suggests

Green Mountain Power first to sell Tesla 7KwH Powerwalls for $6500
http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/12/vermont-utility-says-it-will-be-the-first-to-install-tesla-powerwalls-in-the-us/

A discussion of model years, patience, and the value of keeping a schedule
http://priuschat.com/threads/midwest-deliveries-in-februrary.159983/#post-2274213

Fuel cell vehicle goes fast
http://voiceherald.com/2015/12/07/hyundai-tucson-fuel-cell-sets-land-speed-record.html

Safety in the digital age
http://bigthink.com/connected/texting-driving?utm_campaign=Echobox

Ontario charging stations

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-to-spend-20-million-on-electric-vehicle-charging-stations/article27641719/?service=mobile

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Charging, Eco, featured, first, fuel cell, Hyundai, LE, Prius, priuschat, Tesla

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#156 – The Slow Road to Hell

17 Sep , 2015 Video

This week Paul joins Tony, Russell & Danny on the slow road to hell that is the 2016 Prius reveal. It’s so slow that we might have an autonomous Google car in production first. Or a Porsche Tesla Model S competitor. Or an Audi e-tron Tesla Model S competitor. Or a Hyundai Prius-fighter.

Or maybe not. Listen in for thoughts on those cars announced at Frankfurt and more from the 2016 Prius reveal in this week’s What Drives Us.

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2016 Prius, audi, autonomous, danny cooper, EV, featured, first, frankfurt, Hyundai, LE, Model S, paul guzyk, porsche, Prius, russell frost, Tesla, tony schaefer

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#154 Russell Rants About Tesla & Airbnb

26 Aug , 2015 Video

This week Tony, Patrick and Russell discuss a new Hyundai hybrid and EV, Gm building an EV plant in China and long discussion about what type of tech we want in our vehicles.

What types of tech do we want in our vehicles? (ignore the link baity headline)
http://fortune.com/2015/08/25/apple-carplay-android-report/

Another “Prius fighter” but forgive the link bait, this might be real
http://wot.motortrend.com/1508_spied_ev_variant_of_hyundai_prius_fighter_spills_its_all_electric_guts.html

GM to build half billion EV factory in China
http://www.hybridcars.com/general-motors-begins-building-470-million-ev-factory-in-china/

Two minutes news…

Hawaii moves away from fossil fuels

http://www.thenation.com/article/hawaiis-governor-dumps-oil-and-gas-in-favor-of-100-percent-renewables/

Tesla and Airbnb

http://cleantechnica.com/2015/08/22/tesla-airbnb-partner-up/