What Drives Us

What Drives Us

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What Drives Us episodes

  • #409 Elon Take The Wheel

    Timeline:
    00:00 Intros
    04:00 Meijer & EVgo partnership
    06:35: Russell’s experience with FSD
    20:10 This Week in Tesla
    31:40 Upcoming ICE bans and timetables
    43:20 Rivian to fund EV chargers at Colorado State Parks
    47:10 Detroit Eyeing the EV Truck Market
    58:05 Shout-outs and Go Home
    1 hr 7 min
  • #408 Carma for the Cat Burglars

    Timeline:
    00:00 Intros
    05:55 Cryptocurrencies are Fossil Fuel Hungry
    20:50 VW Power Day and BMW’s EV plan
    31:00 This Week in Tesla
    42:50 CA Law Enforcement finally going after Cat Burglars
    50:05 KIA’s EV6
    56:25 The Citroën Ami
    58:50 Texas strikes back at the Anti-Fossil Fuel Lobby
    1:03:25 Shout-outs and Go Home!
    1 hr 14 min
  • #407 Little Pink Tunnels And Nipple Mines

    Timeline:
    00:00 Intros
    04:00 Boring Tunnel update
    09:00 Siemen’s Energy is is looking at hydrogen energy investments
    21:50 This Week In Tesla
    31:15 VW ID-4 “free fuel” offer then charging using Electrify America
    43:45 The war over public spaces
    52:40 Shout-outs and Go Home!
    59 min
  • #406 Texas has Gas

    Timeline: 00:00 Intros
    05:15 Monster Trucks Suck
    13:10 Nimbus 3-wheeler
    23:20 Gas Companies Fighting Progressive Initiatives
    34:25 This Week in Tesla
    42:35 Maybe We Should Have Fewer Cars
    52:30 Polestar Opening 14 “Spaces” in the US
    56:25 Michelin EV Tires
    1:00:25 Shout-outs and Go Home
    1 hr 6 min
  • #405 Battery Arms Race

    Timeline:
    00:00 Intros
    04:30 Uber still the most crooked company possible
    10:55 Hyundai says it will replace the battery packs in ~82,000 EVs globally 20:40 This Week in Tesla
    32:45 Mercedes testing new EV truck
    36:25 China and Europe are Winning the EV Battery “Arms Race”
    49:05 Shout-outs and Go Home
    56 min
  • #404 Pineapple Pizza Not Found

    Timeline: 00:00 Show Start
    05:53 Membership Tier(s)
    07:00 We Won’t Car Our Way Out of This
    09:00 GM’s Norway commercial was Tone Deaf and Misleading
    16:55 AirStream to Make Electric Assist Campers for EVs
    23:00 This Week in Tesla
    32:55 Looking at the Texas power situation
    1:01:30 Shout-outs and Go Home
    1 hr 7 min
  • #403 Dam Canadians For Global Warming

    This week the panel discusses:
    00:00 Intros
    05:45 Will Toyota finally bring EVs to the US?
    16:40 Legacy Car Companies Quickly Approaching the ICEberg
    32:35 This Week in Tesla
    40:25 Quebec will use old dams for wind power energy storage
    47:30 Colorado Giving away free E-bikes to essential workers
    52:15 Shout-outs and Go home!
    1 hr 4 min
  • #402 Roll That Beautiful (Mini) Bean Footage

    Timeline:
    00:00 Intros
    02:50 Why good reporting is so important
    06:15 ALEXA uber alles
    10:25 Amazon To Pay $61.7 Million to Settle FTC Charges
    15:35 Tesla is forced to finally recall defective screens
    21:20 This Week in Tesla
    29:00 Where can you go in an EV with 1,000 miles of Range?
    32:40 Iceland after a decade of investing in Green Tech
    41:45 MiniCooper Motor Mojo – the 2022 MiniCooper EV
    48:45 California Wins Emissions Fight
    52:40 The Boring Company gets approval for LVCC Loop extension to Resorts World
    56:10 SHout-outs and Go Home
    1 hr 2 min
  • #401 Attack of the Raccoon Sand Worms

    Timeline:
    00:00 Intros
    03:20 NHTSA to take on battery safety
    08:15 AQMD suspends guidelines to accommodate COVID cremations
    13:35 You can buy Hasselhoff’s personal K.I.T.T. car
    16:10 This Week in Tesla
    25:50 Standardize Autonomy Terminology
    34:45 SpaceX is now a natural gas drilling company
    38:15 SPACs Everywhere!
    44:20 Biden to convert federal fleet to made-in-America EVs
    50:15 Shout-outs and Go Home
    57 min
  • #400 20 Times Twenty

    Timeline:
    00:00 Show Start
    01:30 Michael Manring
    09:15 Teslaquilla
    14:20 Intros
    24:00 It’s Been 400 Shows!
    35:05 An Apple Car?
    55:10 This Week in Tesla (and GM?)
    1:07:20 Will Tesla Wreckognize E-Mode
    1:13:25 Biden’s Transportation Stimulus Package
    1:20:23 Shout-outs and Go Home
    1 hr 29 min

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