What Drives Us

Electric motorcyclist, Ben Rich joins us to follow up on his earlier visit detailing his plan to drive around the US. The trip totaled 8,640 miles and Ben is now the first person on an electric motorcycle to make that trip. We spend the hour talking about his experiences and how he did it.

Danny and Russell take on the show as a duo this week. Here’s what they talked about: MB says fuck pedestrians, we’re protecting our customers From Tony Leaf upgrade From Mark Bolt begins oozing out Chevy Bolt Allocations are given to some California and Oregon dealers. And yet… http://insideevs.com/dealer-reveals-additional-chevrolet-bolt-pricing-details/ “The next step in the process […]

Alternate Title, “Oregon Schools Are Not Being Attacked By Clowns” Thanks Patrick. Thank you to Tony Schaefer for the timeline we did at the beginning of the show. Thank you for watching or listening. Thank you for 200 episodes. Thank you to all the people who have participated on the panel or been a guest. […]

This week’s news… Tony Looks like Tesla is not actually going to be manufacturing 500,000 cars as previously promised Paul Magical new VW EV promises to be magical, sometime between 2020 and 2025 Mark Flush, then fill up Russell Shills and idiots, lowering CAFE standards and perceptions Tony Toyota Prius Prime specs published on Priuschat. […]

Russell One excellent point, “Prius has always poached above its weight class, winning customers who would ordinarily spend much more”  -additionally, is this the beginning of the end for hybrid cars? Russell a mistake tesla (hopefully) won’t make again Tony Mercedes-Benz Unveils All-Electric Urban eTruck At IAA Russell This smells like some sweet, sweet bullshit […]

WE’RE BACK! After a brief hiatus we return to talk about EVs for almost the entire show. Tony VW might not sell diesels in US anymore.  http://fortune.com/2016/09/14/volkswagen-diesel-vehicles-sales/ VW says 300-mile range EV will charge in 15 minutes and cost less than gas version Mark Big Chevy BOLT News-238 mile (383km) Range My Chevy Bolt Preview […]

Tony gets a feel for the big chair at What Drives Us and… Tony RAV4 hybrid drive review Mark EV Charging Corridors Proposed for National Highways Pencils down for Tesla Model 3, Chevy Bolt readies for production Tony Carbon footprint of new cars versus used

Tony My topic compliments of Philip Barclay  Mark Bolt EV production confirmed for October Spark EV to remain & Volt upgrades and face lift for 2019 Russell Even if we had autopilot, who really wants it? Unintended consequences and static law in an evolving world CR calls for Tesla to disable autopilot The failure of […]

This week Tony, Russell and Mark grill Danny Cooper. Hey, did we mention Danny is back? Danny’s back! And yeah, we take him apart on his trip to Japan to drive the upcoming Prius Prime.

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 […]