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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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Expanding Equity In Electric Mobility The Kandi is ready to sell. This Week In Tesla Chicago’s MetraRail introduces dedicated Bike Cars Convert an original Mini to EV Mustang Falls short with EPA Ratings Allegedly Ford Invests in Kansas City Plant They can’t ditch the proprietary InfoTainment systems fast enough The doesn’t have a battery. The […]

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Source: Making sense of electric car window stickers: What it all means | Autoweek

Kacey’s StoryPaul’s StoryThe history of a vehicle we can all believe inThis Week In TeslaEspecially this dumbassRussell’s StoryLet’s talk briefly about survivabilityMumbai taxi ceilings

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This week we tackle the really big themes… VW offer owners a band-aid for arterial bleeding http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1100852_vw-gives-owners-of-2009-2015-2-0-liter-diesel-cars-debit-cards-roadside-assistance Audi says yes to H2 http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/audi/a7/93409/audi-on-the-brink-of-showing-a-fuel-cell-vehicle Chasing the will o’wisp that is Faraday Future http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1100860_more-faraday-info-chinese-billionaire-backer-ex-tesla-staff-for-electric-car-startup Luxury Toyotas recalled for “auto braking” http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1100862_2013-2015-toyota-avalon-avalon-hybrid-lexus-es300h-es350-recalled-to-fix-auto-braking-problem

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Here's a peek at what Toyota/Lexus will be showing at the Japan Mobility Show starting on October 30th. Toyota looks to push their Century line and Lexus looks to push, well, interesting stuff.

Japan Mobility Show 2025 | Corporate | Global Newsroom | Toyota Motor Corporation Official Global Website


Century lineup including some past models.

I'm only going to show things relating to their ground vehicles. Not to be shown is their Joby, Catamaran, House, or Hub.


Sport concept

Micro Concept

LS Coupe Concept

Their LS Concept. Yes it has 6 wheels. I would be hesitant to call it a minivan, more like a van. As a DIYer, no to that!

California adjusts some incentives, when the music stops, who will be left standing? Mitsubishi confirms 100k outlander PHEV sales Exodus at Tesla or just growing up? Saving pedestrian lives via old school technology Is the EPA rating now a guarantee? Another story of interest with the outlander, 20,000 Bees chase the Mitsubishi for 2 days! New Colorado green car instant rebate

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First and foremost, big thanks to Tom Stangl and Bruce Nowrocki for being on the show this week, our first ever, crowdsourced panelists. As usual, thanks as well to all our regular, hard working panelists, Patrick, Paul, Mark and our special panelists tackle… Porsche picks Apple CarPlay over Android Auto http://www.ibtimes.com/porsche-picks-apple-carplay-over-android-auto-due-privacy-concerns-google-data-2128769 Toyota wants the Thai […]

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The success of autonomous driving is limited by the sensors, typically optically based, that map what is seen in front of the car. Both distance, direction, and the calculated relative velocities are critical to guiding a car to avoid other moving and stationary objects. So this paper describes an improved approach:
http://web.media.mit.edu/~achoo/beat/Kadambi_beat_lowres.pdf

Radar works by timing a reflected signal but the problem is sensor time resolution, they are too slow to achieve more than centimeter resolution. This paper outlines how to 'heterodyne' the transmitted and reflected light to achieve millimeter resolution. Better still, it appears to mitigate the fog problem.

There is a big gap between lab and product but the math and physics laid out here is the roadmap to improved, autonomous driving sensors (and others.) Ones that may not require mechanical sweeping of the field.

Bob Wilson

A bit long, the YouTube review shows a lot of things engineers love:



The reviewer definitely likes seeing a non-Tesla performance car.

Bob Wilson

2017 was a transformative year for EV sales and EV launches.

The first affordable EVs with 200+ miles of range rolled out. Families rejoiced to get the first plug-in minivan, the Chrysler Pacifica, and several new luxurious plug-in hybrid EV (PHEV) options came out, including the BMW 530e, Volvo XC60 and S90 T8 and Cadillac CT6.

MINI PHEV gave us another fun driving option, and both Honda and Hyundai began to roll out affordable cars in both all-electric and plug-in hybrid options.

Over 10 new models joined the portfolio of options available in the U.S., and EV sales consistently broke records.

We wrote a bit more about those models. Check out the 10+ EV models that made this another record-breaking year for EV sales, over on the ChargePoint blog.

00:00 Show Start 06:10 Nikola investigated for Fraud 18:00 Cadillac Forces Dealers to Install Chargers 27:45 This Life in Tesla 40:40 California to End ICE New Car Sales 50:35 Ford Announces EV F-150 56:00 Lordstown Shows Interior 1:00:45 VW Reveals ID.4 1:11:50 – Shout Outs and Go Home

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Or "CRZya-Later" With special thanks to Tepperman's Russell Tesla driver dies while using “autopilot”. Maybe this is the end of cute Tesla names. “Autopilot” stunts Paul All time EV Sales record for June 2016 Russell VW “buyback” varies Tony Tonight, we'll see if I can fill in to revive "Danny's Honda Rant". RIP Mark New GM autonomous driving research center

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1) General Motors considers (threatens) to bring back the Hummer nameplate as an EV.2) John Goodenough and others receive the Nobel Prize for inventing the Lithium-Ion battery that is primarily powering our transition to electric vehicles.3) Tesla Gigafactory 3, phase 2 will be a battery manufacturing facility.4) The future of transportation is not cars. Not […]

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00:00 Show Start 05:30 New Recycling Factory in NE Indiana 22:00 Ford to Make all-EV e-Transit 30:25 This Week in Tesla 40:00 Massachusetts Votes for Right to Repair 45:25 Shout Outs and Go Home

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Hello, when I start the car in the morning, it soon turns off and lights up. Check the hybrid system. After that, there is no movement, the engine is strong, when it warms up, I drive perfectly all day, no problems. When we connected it to the computer, we wrote p0452 code soFuel Pump Tank EVAP Pressure Sensor And could this be related to cleaning? Egr?