#375 Gouged In The iX3
00:00 Intros
02:40 Nissan Announces the Ariya EV and Abandons CHADeMo
17:00 Dealers Mark up RAV4 Prime up to $10,000
25:30 SCE Spending $350M on Infrastructure
29:30 New BMW iX3 EV
46:00 Polestar 2 Review: It’s Nice!
52:55 VW’s Top Software Guy is Out
57:50 Shout outs and Go Home
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#374 The Fast and the Dead
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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#373 Body Bags are Extra
- American Airlines has started filling their planes to capacity during a pandemic.
- Toyota is severely limiting the supply of the RAV4 Prime for some reason.
- California is mandating that all commercial trucks be fully-electric by 2045.
- 2-sided solar panels that track the sun can increase energy production up to 30%.
- Minnesota is suing ExxonMobile and Koch Brothers for damages caused by their disregard of their own research.
- All Americans need to support the “Moving Forward” act.
- Hyundai has introduced an all-electric shuttle bus.
- Oslo is testing inductive charging for taxis.
- Electrify American has completed their first cross-country charging network.
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#370 AutoStupid
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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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# 369 2020 is Going to Kill Us All!
- Please make the world a better place. Join a sit in if that’s your thing. If you’re more of an introvert, make sure you do your research and vote. Get your friends and family to vote. Change the world. It’s the least you can do.
- Russell spends – literally – a few seconds teasing about his upcoming Toyota Supra review.
- There are dealers in the US right now selling Jaguar I-Pace for up to $21,000 USD under MSRP! Seriously consider picking one up.
- Toyota announced RAV4 Prime pricing and – all things considered – you can get a RAV4 Prime for less then a RAV4 Hybrid.
- Bicycles are better for you and the community. Go Ride a Bike!
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#353 AWD and the Chicago Auto Show
1) Russell has just returned from a Toyota event in which he was driving their brand new AWD systems they are introducing in their sedans.
2) Tony and Jon B spent two days at the Chicago Auto Show and provide their impressions of what they saw.
3) Jon B provides speculative insights as to what the upcoming RAV4 Prime might reveal about possible changes coming to the Prius Prime.
4) Jaguar is having to temporarily stop production of the I-Pace due to a battery shortage.
5) Why is it extremely possible that ICE vehicles are not going away anytime soon?
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#223 The Official Tesla Linkbait Show
Not really.
Russell rants about linkbait featuring Tesla and cites more than a dozen examples of stories that exist simply for a click.
He also talks about the Prius Prime door.
Patrick talked about why the Tesla Model 3 probably isn’t shipping in July and why that is just fine.
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#221 Hydrogen Kool-Aid
Russell’s rant
I still hate the financial press, a lot.
Tony
If we just avoid going political
Mark
Workhorse W-15 with 80 EV miles of range gets an order for 500 units.
Tony
Panasonic has a new solar roof for the Prime
Paul
Russell’s happy news
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#220 Exploding Puppies
Russell’s rant
Silicon Valley is full of assholes.
Tony
Honda’s 80 mile Laughing Stock.
http://jalopnik.com/hondas-new-all-electric-car-kind-of-sucks-1792781223
But dealers protect us. From what we have no idea.
https://www.oakbrooktoyota.com/new-toyota-prius-prime-westmont-il
Autonomous racing. Or: if a race car bursts into flames and no one is inside does anyone care?
https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/19/self-driving-car-race-ends-with-crash/
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#217 Tesla, Elon Musk, Trump, Faraday Future and more Disasters
This week’s show starts with a fiery debate between Evan and Russell over Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Come for the excitement and stick around for the excellent news coverage this week.
Russell Rant/s…
You can’t have it both ways, Elon Musk is normalizing trumps craziness
Thanks Igor
For posting info on the prime availability in NY state via twitter
And so begins the walkback of shame
Mark
VW tells us how they will spend the $2B Dieselgate Fine
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