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Nearly 40% of consumers surveyed are ready to consider an EV for their next purchase. But even with those folks, there is a certain amount of anxiety and trepidation over making a radical transition from an ICE vehicle to an EV.

John Possumato is Founder and CEO of driveitaway.com, which is a company that works with dealers to allow customers rent to own vehicles. We can use the service for any type of vehicle, but in this week's episode Possumato talks about how appropriate and useful this service is to would-be EV buyers, and also how both dealers and consumers can take advantrage of the Federal tax credits vailable for many EVs.

WardsAuto announced its annual "10 Best Engines and Propulsion Systems" recently, and made the presentations to the winners at the Informa/WardsAuto Electrification 2023.

The list of winners includes internal conbustion engines, hybrids, plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles.

The judges--Editor-in-Chief Bob Gritzinger, Editorial Director Dave Zoia, Managing Editor Jim Irwin, WardsAuto Contributor Drew Winters, WardsAuto Intelligence Analyst Christie Schweinsberg and WardsAuto Senior Editor David Kiley--discussed how and why the winners were chosen. WardsAuto Podcast Host David Kiley moderated the panel at the Conference. And we share it here.

The U.S. government is putting $7 billion into building hydrogen hubs across the country. There is more than $50 billion in additional investments in hydrogen production and applications: cars, hydrogen production, trains, planes, stationary power and even ships.

The first big push, set to happen over the next ten to fifteen years, is converting diesel-powered semi-trucks and generators to hydrogen fuel-cells. Despite the promises of how the cleanest burning energy on the planet can mitigate carbon emissions, there is plenty of controversy and debate around whether we should or can develop a hydrogen economy.

Thomas Stephenson--Founder, Chairman and CEO of Pajarito Powder--a New Mexico-based supplier to the hydrogen industry, and one of the most knowledgable advocates for hydrogen power, joins us to chew over the latest news about hydrogen.

The car-driving public in the U.S., as well as Europe and China, is getting used to the idea that we are heading toward driving electric. By 2040, a scant 17 years from now, every new car sold is expected to be a battery-electric vehicle (BEV). But that is not the only big change coming. Over the same period, cars will get better and better at driving themselves.

Ride with Host David Kiley as he experiences Ghost Autonomy's L4 Self-driving car.

Honda has an amazing reputation the world over for its internal combustion engines.But for its first BEVs, the Japanese automaker is using General Motors' Ultium platform. We address why. And we ventured to Utah's Zion National Park to put the the Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness Edition through off-road paces and diascuss the company's electrification plans.

Government mandates are pushing the U.S., China and Europe to electrification of our personal vehicles. In a decade, two-thirds of all new-vehicle sales are supposed to be battery-electric-vehicles.

But dealers are not exactly enthusiastic. An EV fleet will mean less service business for dealers, plus they are being required by automakers to make significant investments to sell, service and recharge electric vehicles.

WardsAuto's principal retail analyst Nancy Dunham, and automotiveMastermind senior director of dealer relations talks to WardsAuto Podcast host David Kiley about the tension over EVs at the dealer level.

There are always developments happening with batteries that will bring down prices and give us longer ranges. Wards Intelligence's battery analyst Adam Raggozzino chats about solid state tech and why battery prices are falling. And Steve Patton from global consulting firm EY talkis about what consumers like and fear about EVs.

The WardsAuto Podcast is sponsored by leading global auto supplier AAM.

Range is extremely important in the BEV wars, and the '24 Acura ZDX has range up to 320 miles. Acura sales chief Emile Korkor joins us.

Meantime, Hyundai added two more BEVs to the IIHS list of Top Pick+. We speak to Hyundai's global safety chief Brian Letouf about engineering safety into BEVs.

In episode 12, WardsAuto Podcast Host David Kiley talks to Mike Austin, senior analyst for EVs at GuideHouse Transportation Insights. Austin, a former journalist and now leading analyst jawbones the big issues with WardsAuto. WardsAuto Podcast is sponsored by American Axle.

Continental North America, a unit of Continental AG is a major supplier of systems, components and parts, as well as tires. But it is becoming a more software-focused company to maintain its leadership as a Tier One supplier to automakers as the whole global business shifts from internal combustion engines to electrification.

CEO Aruna Anand talks about the shifts inside Continental that made it WardsAuto's Tier One Supplier of the Year in 2023.