Electrify Podcast

Fresh back from Long Beach and the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, Jo and Matt talk about the commercial side of e-mobility, from trucks to buses and everything else used to move mass amounts of people and cargo.

It has been over two years since Tesla unveiled a new car model, and with the Cybertruck seemingly still far from entering production, Jo and Chris ask the big question - has Elon Musk grown bored with his own EV company, even as EV sales soar 500% over the past year?

Jo reunites with friend of Electrify News Matt Teske to go over all the big moves in the past few months since he got busy with his own project, Chargeway. Topics include an electrified Corvette, electric lawnmowers, Nikola finally delivering its semis, and much more. 

It's a tale of two concept cars - the Lincoln Star vs. the KIA EV9, which had two very different introductions to the automotive press that really underpin the different paths these two brands took on the road to electrification. Also in this episode, Jo and Chris talk about CAKE (the ridable kind) and how the new BMW 7 Series is the first interesting 7 Series in a long, long time.

Tesla disrupted the car market in more ways than one - from going all-electric, to its direct sales model, and its guaranteed resale prices. But not everything Tesla does differently is always the disruption we want or need. In this episode, Jo and Chris speak with KJ Gimbel of Xcelerate Auto about what they are seeing on the secondary EV market, and why Tesla might be creating a scarcity of its own used cars.

Autonomous vehicles have been a pipedream since the earliest days of science fiction, promising a world where mobility can be achieved without paying the least bit of attention. But in a world where people with GPS devices still manage to drive straight into lakes and off cliffs, Jo and Chris ask the question - how much further are we from autonomous cars, and what role will the EV revolution play?

Rivian, one of the most promising EV truck startups, has had more than a few setbacks in the past year with big partners Amazon and Ford backing away, a stunning plummet in share value, and a loss of investor trust. In this episode, Jo talks with former Rivian employee Jason Cortes about what he sees as the challenges, and opportunities, that remain ahead for the ambitious electric pickup startup.

DeLorean Motor Company CEO Joost de Vries reveals his plans for reviving the famous DeLorean Motor Company as an all-electric brand - and those plans go beyond just a single model. Get the scoop on how DeLorean is shaping up to become one of the boldest new entries into the e-mobility market.

What is this, a crossover episode? 

Yup. In this episode, Jo joins with Branden Boggs, host of the YouTube channel Everyday EV, for a discussion that ranges from Tesla tattoos and electric Subaru's to the EVs and brands that have impressed them the most.

With electric cars and trucks now coming out from every manufacturer, the question of EV charging infrastructure is on everyone's minds - how much is needed, where is it needed, and what will it look like? In this episode, Jo and Chris take a look at different companies, from coffee shops to carmakers and even fossil fuel titans, that are tackling the EV charging problem head-on.