Danny and Russell are joined by Tony Schaefer and Jason Holder. Danny discusses his mutli-day test of the new Honda CR-Z hybrid, the 2012 Ford Focus, Volt MPG in charge sustain mode, the EPA and E15, Brammo’s new Enertia plus and much, much more.
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Russell Frost, Danny Cooper, Tony Schaefer, Evan Fusco, Linda Weidemann, Jason Holder and Mark Rickey discuss their driving experiences driving the Prius c, Prius v, Prius plugin, standard Prius as well as the brand new RAV4EV. A great show with lots of in depth information about these vehicles.
Special thank you to Erica and everyone at Toyota for making these vehicles available to us.
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danny cooper, evan fusco, Jason Holder, Linda Weidemann, Mark Rickey, Prius, russell frost, tony schaefer, Toyota
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Featuring Danny Cooper, Russell Frost, Linda Weidemann, Tony Schaefer, Jason Holder and Justin Wages
Show notes:
When everything is a hybrid, will nothing be hybrid?
http://www.pantagraph.com/business/article_e6b7e7dc-a9e3-11e0-81e1-001cc…
who the hell is this for?
http://www.cspnet.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&…
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danny cooper, first, Jason Holder, Linda Weidemann, Prius, russell frost, tony schaefer, Volt
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Hosts: Danny Cooper & Russell Frost
Panelists: Tony Schaefer, Linda Weidemann, Jason Holder
Show notes:
This is your future America
http://green.autoblog.com/2011/03/27/fuel-crimes-rise-as-gas-prices-hit-…
and this is why
http://www.freep.com/article/20110328/NEWS06/103280344/0/NEWS/Sales-fuel…
cheap hydrogen?
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/28/mit-professor-touts-first-practical-a…
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Charging, danny cooper, first, Honda, Jason Holder, Leaf, Linda Weidemann, russell frost, Tesla, tony schaefer
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Danny Cooper, Russell Frost and Jason Holder discuss a ton of news this week. See the show notes below details and links. Watch the enhanced version of the show for the images and links as well.
Show Notes:
Photo of the week
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/06/mercedes-f-cell-world-drive-gets-off-…
Great commercial, bad idea, facebook voice integration in the new chevy cruze
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/05/chevy-cruze-to-read-facebook-feeds-ma…
Battery “myths” maybe not so mythic, maybe so
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/02/nj-ev-owner-with-50-000-miles-logged-…
Charging, Chevrolet, Chevy, Chrysler, danny cooper, hybrid, Jason Holder, PHV, Plug-in, Prius, russell frost, Volt
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It’s the First Anniversary of What Drives Us, we’re having a party and you are invited. Listen to a live recording (that means we don’t edit it) of our first anniversary celebration where we go back and listen to clips from shows that never made it air. Yes, you get to see the ugly underbelly of the What Drives Us machine and possibly learn all too much about your favorite hosts and panelists.
WARNING: As a live recording this show contains explicit language which is NSFW or for young children or for sensitive people who are offended by the classic angle monosyllables. Please do not play this at the office or while picking up the children from school, ok? OK!
Hosts: Danny Cooper & Russell Frost
Panelists: Tony Schaefer, Dr. Evan Fusco, Linda Weidemann and Jason Holder
HUGE THANK YOU to Michael Manring for everything. Now go buy something from www.manthing.com or see him live.
EVEN HUGER THANK YOU to you, our listeners. Seriously, we do this show because we love to and we’re very glad some of you enjoy it as well. Each and every one of you rock.
Show Notes:
This is show is live commentary and clips from previous shows that were never aired. You figure out which is which, that’s part of the fun.
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danny cooper, evan fusco, first, Jason Holder, Linda Weidemann, russell frost, tony schaefer
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Danny and Russell are joined by Linda Weidemann and Jason Holder. This week they discuss SUVs, quick chargers for EVs, Fisker Karma and Tesla Model S pricing, something called the Wheego, a funny looking electric bike, Toyota’s Entune system and make some NAIAS predictions.
TOPICS:
SUVs lead US auto sales
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/29/AR201012…
EV quick chargers
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/02/chademo-ev-quick-chargers-to-get-wide…
The Karma gets marked up to $95k and Tesla assures everyone the Model S will stay at $57K, Which is the path to success?
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/02/tesla-assures-57k-model-s-will-be-pro…
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Entune, EV, FCV, first, fuel cell, Jason Holder, LED, Linda Weidemann, Model S, NAIAS, Prius, Tesla, Toyota
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Hosts: Danny Cooper & Russell Frost
Panelists: Tony Schaefer, Linda Weidemann, Jason Holder
Special Guest: Chelsea Sexton
A very special epsiode this week. During the first half of the show Chelsea Sexton talks about her experiences with a prototype Chevy Volt. During the second half the entire panel go over their favorite news stories of 2010.
Have a great holiday and we’ll see you again in 2011!
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Chelsea Sexton, Chevy, danny cooper, EV, first, Jason Holder, Linda Weidemann, russell frost, tony schaefer, Volt
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Happy birthday Stella!
Danny & Russell are joined by regular panelists Tony Schaefer, Linda Weidemann and Jason Holder to dissect the Consumer Reports reliability survey. oil futures, recycling batteries, disappearing rare Earth minerals and much more. See our show notes below for a complete listing.
Consumer reports reliability “survey”
http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=286511
Surprise, not so much oil as we thought
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/10/27/alaska.oil.reserves/index.html
Now you see it…
http://priuschat.com/news/prius-v-image-leaks-ahead-detroit-reveal
Now you don’t
http://priuschat.com/news/prius-v-leaked-photo-too-good-be-true
Toyota now recycling batteries…back into batteries. The stainless steel sink business is sad.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/toyota-starts-battery-recycling-busines…
can’t sell them if you don’t have the stuff to make them, rare earths increasing in price
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-26/rare-earths-rival-lure-of-navig…
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-26/nissan-exploring-alternative-so…
“Old GM” which means us, paying to clean up factory for Fisker
http://energyboom.com/transportation/out-old-new-gm-will-fund-fisker-fac…
This is why it is criminal when one of these companies moves their factories out of state or out of country
http://www.freep.com/article/20101026/BUSINESS01/101026028/1320/Ford-Chr…
50 ugliest cars in the last fifty years, so sayeth Damian
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/10/1028_50_ugliest_cars_of_past_50_…
Is this the future of EVs?
http://i.engadget.com/2010/10/27/dbm-energys-electric-audi-a2-completes-…
That’s one way to get people to charge their EVs at home
http://www.greenpacks.org/2010/10/26/peta-to-use-ev-charging-stations-fo…
Just love these because they’re so cool
http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/25/solar-glass-roof-tiles/
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Charging, Chrysler, danny cooper, EV, Ford, Jason Holder, Linda Weidemann, Prius, russell frost, tony schaefer, Toyota
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Danny and Russell are joined by Tony Schaefer and Jason Holder. Danny discusses his mutli-day test of the new Honda CR-Z hybrid, the 2012 Ford Focus, Volt MPG in charge sustain mode, the EPA and E15, Brammo’s new Enertia plus and much, much more.
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Danny Cooper makes a triumphal, post baby return to What Drives Us this week and in turn almost stays awake for the entire show. Panelists Tony Schaefer and Jason Holder add their usual insightful and entertaining commentary on a number of subjects including a survey of current and future hybrids, two-wheeled EVs, Fisker getting ahead of itself and much, much more.
This week’s show notes:
Cheers to the White House for (finally) doing the right thing and bringing back solar
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=white-house-to-get-mo…
White House MAY BE trying set CAFE standards as high as 62MPG but, wait for it, in 2025, no idea what 2112 CAFE standards will be (other than having a cool soundtrack by Rush)
http://www.hybridcars.com/news/white-house-may-seek-set-2025-cafe-standa…
Fisker sorta announces six new cars
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-20018506-48.html
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BMW, danny cooper, EV, Green Drive Expo, hybrid, Jason Holder, LED, tony schaefer