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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/

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#151 Attack of the Tesla Clones

5 Aug , 2015 Video

This week Danny, Russell, Patrick and Paul take on…

The dumbest possible law we could make…
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2015/07/29/us-will-finalize-long-delayed-quiet-cars-rules/30828651/?utm_content=buffer8ead1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Please for the love of all that is holy, please, stop…Link bait of the decade…
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=apple+bmw&safe=off&tbm=nws

Chinese continue their creativity explosion making more direct copies of other country’s products…
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1099332_youxia-electric-tesla-clone-from-china-so-bad-it-makes-us-laugh

We’re all driving bugs now…
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/03/us-toyota-sales-idUSKCN0Q805F20150803

Infotainment…
http://www.androidheadlines.com/2015/07/toyota-will-not-add-android-auto-in-2016-models.html

Volt 2.0

http://insideevs.com/2016-chevrolet-volt-rated-at-53-miles-electric-range-106-mpge-42-mpg-on-gas/

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#140 Power Trio

21 May , 2015 Video

This week Danny and Russell tackle the topics with the help of Patrick Connor.

It’s 2005 all over again, the return of the “does it make sense” math as applied only to alt cars…(Thanks Evan)
http://www.edmunds.com/about/press/hybrid-and-electric-vehicles-struggle-to-maintain-owner-loyalty-reports-edmundscom.html

Democratic state Rep. Senfronia Thompson criticized the company by saying that “it would have been wiser if Mr. Tesla had sat down with the car dealers first.”
http://fortune.com/2015/05/18/tesla-texas/
And then there’s this…
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098276_ftc-calls-michigans-tesla-ban-protectionism-for-dealers

Why you should never read TIME, calling this link bait is being far too nice
http://time.com/3882476/tesla-consumer-reports/

repurposing versus recycling
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098326_used-toyota-hybrid-batteries-repurposed-at-yellowstone-national-park

And this, soon to be available through the Prius Chat Shop…

Installed 5 seconds ago and I already have a favorite new #Prius accessory. Magnetic shifter mount. Coming to PC Shop pic.twitter.com/dRsgGmKsPo

— PriusChat (@PriusChat) May 20, 2015