The Super Bowl featured many EV ads but will the public be swayed? James may have settled on an affordable EV to replace his gas car. France has decided to go full nuclear instead of full green. Macron has made a major misjudgement on at least one aspect of the plan: We will need more electricity going forward, not less.

Brian buys an expensive automatic expresso machine but he won't reveal the price. Fortunately, there's Google!

James announces that he's settled on an economical EV to try to buy. He goes into the pluses and minuses of the Chevy Bolt EV and how he plans to get one.

EVs are great in winter until you hit the highway. Then they're a real inconvenience says James.

We use abetterrouteplanner.com to plan EV trips in all weather conditions and educate ourselves before buying cars.

We discuss Super Bowl electric vehicle ads from Kia, BMW, Nissan, GM, including The Sopranos inspired Silverado E ad.  Wallbox has a weird and controversial Super Bowl ad advertising a home EV charger box. Emmanuel Macron has announced a “renaissance” for the French nuclear industry with a vast programme to build as many as 14 new reactors, arguing that it would help end the country’s reliance on fossil fuels and make France carbon neutral by 2050.

Tesla dominates 2021 car sales in the state of California. Only the Toyota Camry sold more and just barely. 

• Hydrogen fuel-cell opportunity window has passed for cars, diminished for trucks
• Elon Musk links Tesla's current legal and regulatory troubles to its disruptiveness, lack of ads and political contributions
• 78% of people in the U.K. support the 2050 net zero climate target; 4% (four percent) oppose it.
• Elon Musk might have actually followed through with the supposedly “world hunger-ending donation” that he questioned last year as Tesla reveals he has donated billions of dollars worth of shares over the last few months.
• Tesla (TSLA) is reportedly receiving competing bids for second Gigafactory in China
• Through its new climate change strategy, the US Army intends to slash emissions without compromising readiness. Will use microgrids and EVs to hit net zero by 2050.
• Wisconsin’s public utility companies are now pressuring members of the Wisconsin legislature to pass a bill that would ban government entities from owning or leasing EV chargers and would allow stations to charge for electricity only if it comes from the utility companies and not from privately owned onsite solar installations.
• RAM pickup truck EV with range extender engine announced

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