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What Drives Us Podcast - #385 Tail Gating on the Moon
This week, we talk about the ongoing Nikola saga, solid state batteries in Mercedes buses, This Week in Tesla with new catchy theme music, Plastic eating enzymes, a cheap EV in China, and Toyota’s Lunar Cruiser. 00:00 Show Start 05:15 New Allegations with Nikola Motors 13:00 Mercedes Introduces Solid State Battery Buses 20:05 This Week […]
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What Drives Us Podcast - #195 Tony Reviews The 2016 RAV4 Hybrid - What Drives Us
Tony gets a feel for the big chair at What Drives Us and... Tony RAV4 hybrid drive review Mark EV Charging Corridors Proposed for National Highways Pencils down for Tesla Model 3, Chevy Bolt readies for production Tony Carbon footprint of new cars versus used
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What Drives Us Podcast - #175 Haptic Butt Feedback - What Drives Us
Lot of news this week with Tony, Paul, Mark, Evan and Russell digging in. Paul my 2MT hack a leaf remotely http://jalopnik.com/how-the-nissan-leaf-can-be-hacked-via-web-browser-from-1761044716 Tony http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-24/another-oil-crash-is-coming-and-there-may-be-no-recovery Mark GM changes Power Train title to Propulsion Systems and states half its 8600 work force are now involved with alternate and EV propulsion. http://cleantechnica.com/2016/02/21/gm-stirs-fuel-cell-ev-pot-with-new-propulsion-systems-name/?utm_term=0_d002dfc067-ab4a17aab1-332052489&utm_content=buffer30eb4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Evan Tesla contacts Indiana owners to help fight GM anti-direct sales bill http://www.autoblog.com/2016/02/22/tesla-anti-store-gm-bill-indiana/ or http://electrek.co/2016/02/23/tesla-gm-direct-sales-indiana/ Russell Haptic gas pedal (thanks Patrick)... -
Georgetown Ky Toyota Plant
Source: Toyota Tells Camry Plant Employees to Cut Costs — Now | TheDetroitBureau.com
Employees at Toyota’s largest plant in North America were just delivered a message from Japan: cut costs or lose jobs.I've taken two tours of this plant and it is 'Disneyland for Engineers.' I hope they get the problem(s) resolved.
The company’s plant in Georgetown, Kentucky, produces the Camry, which is the best-selling sedan in the U.S., was told in a video from the company’s plant manager that currently it is cheaper for Toyota to build the Camry in Japan and ship it to Kentucky than it is to simply build it in Kentucky.
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Argonne Impacts of Electrification
This report could just as easily go to Environmental as it crosses a lot of borders:
Source: http://www.ipd.anl.gov/anlpubs/2018/01/141595.pdf
Figures:
1. 1 Annual sales of PEVs in the United States by year
2. 2 Electric vehicle miles traveled by LDVs by year
3. 3 Electricity consumption by PEVs by year
4. 4 Gasoline displacement from ICE vehicles by LDV PEVs by year
5. 5 Fraction of key national metrics which are due to PEVs in the United States by year
6. 6 All-electric range for PEVs
7. 7 Electric efficiency for PEVs
8. 8 Battery capacity added each year for LDV PEVs in the United States
9. 9 Cumulative sales of PEVs by EPA size class
10. 10 Assembly location for PEVs sold in the United States through 2017
11. 11 Cumulative PEV battery capacity remaining on road and scrapped by month
12. 12 Comparison of PHEV utility factor from SAE and WLTP
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What Drives Us Podcast - #191 The Road From Here - What Drives Us
Russell First impressions driving the 4G prius. and, more prius So is Toyota really taking steps towards more EVs... and then Tony Toyota recall that hits hybrid owners Mark LA uses power saved from LED street lights to power electric cars. Have posted story on WDU FB as well Paul VW settled? Mostly, yes. Tony Looks like Fusco is heading back to the gas station after all
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What Drives Us Podcast - #345: Cheaper To Go Green Than Brown
We wrap up the Tesla lawsuit, Kacey talks about his hardware upgrade from Tesla for FSD, new energy storage methods and whether or not Starlink satellites are a curse to astronomers. All that and more! CBC Videos: https://youtu.be/inhyl3lMslA https://youtu.be/9IngBHuwBoM https://youtube/P63ZKVOC8vM https://youtu.be/sUriPl497YE
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What Drives Us Podcast - #376 Highly Automated Tunnel of Love
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 […]
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What Drives Us Podcast - #328 The Wind Beneath my Kilt
1) The HD LiveWire approaches launch – https://youtu.be/rfitxBa7UPg?t=6m40s https://www.rideapart.com/articles/359677/2020-harley-davidson-livewire-ride-review/ 2) The wind doesn’t always blow. . . https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/15/scotland-has-produced-enough-wind-energy-to-power-its-homes-twice-over.html 3) . . . and the sun doesn’t always shine. . . Solar power system that works at night a renewable energy game-changer 4) . . . which is why we have batteries. Energy storage market booms, […]
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What Drives Us Podcast - #169 Ice Sculptures at NAIAS - What Drives Us
This week we dedicate the entire show to a discussion about the Detroit Auto Show, more formally known as the North American International Auto Show or NAIAS. Detroit is the big one and that's why we were very happy when one of our own, Mark Coughlan, could attend and give us a view from inside the first press day. We talk about the Chevy Bolt, Tesla, the Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivan, and much more. Join us for a solid hour of new cars, concept cars, things that make sense and things that don't.
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Need a Green Ride? Manufacturer Lease Rates
Charge!!!: EV Lease Deals - Averages and sorted/filtered tables
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If you don't have a lot of cash, and leading works? Might be the way to go.
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What Drives Us Podcast - #148 Super Mega Hyper Hybrid - What Drives Us
This week Russell works the topics below with Patrick Connor, Paul Guzyk and Tony Schaefer… Subaru sport hybrid comes to Japan http://www.topspeed.com/cars/subaru/2016-subaru-impreza-sport-hybrid-ar170047.html Bugatti Chiron will be a hybrid http://blog.caranddriver.com/electric-bug-bugatti-chiron-hypercar-to-get-hybrid-powertrain/ Chevy Bolt http://boingboing.net/2015/06/29/chevys-200-mile-electric-car.html 4th Gen Prius debut http://priuschat.com/threads/4th-generation-coming-2015.117745/page-246#post-2202352 Terrible reporting, stupid people or both? https://thenewswheel.com/indianapolis-orders-employees-not-to-charge-hybrid-vehicles-at-home/ The LATimes says the Prius is DeadBeforeArrival, more or less http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-new-prius-20150626-story.html […]
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What Drives Us Podcast - #387 Hummers for Humanity
This week we do a deep dive on the debut of the GMC Hummer EV. We go through all the editions and talk about features and pricing. Also, we discuss disposable packing, cover This Week In Tesla and GM’s new battery plant. 00:00 Show Start 05:10 Hummer EV 30:20 This Week in Tesla 37:36 GM […]
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What Drives Us Podcast - #158 Tesla Model X reveal - What Drives Us
Yes, we talk the inside, the outside and everything in between on the Tesla Model X this week, as well dissect some new Volt ads and briefly mention hydrogen. Featuring: Russell Frost Tony Schaefer Patrick Connor Mark Coughlan My 2MN: One more reason why Jeremy Clarkson is an oversized douche http://www.theweek.co.uk/jeremy-clarkson/62887/jeremy-clarkson-comes-to-the-defence-of-volkswagen In addition to our […]
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