What Drives Us

Russell First impressions driving the 4G prius. and, more prius So is Toyota really taking steps towards more EVs… and then Tony Toyota recall that hits hybrid owners Mark LA uses power saved from LED street lights to power electric cars.  Have posted story on WDU FB as well Paul VW settled? Mostly, yes. Tony […]

This week Russell, Paul, Mark and Patrick discuss… The first electric touring motorcycle. What has to be the ugliest concept vehicle ever unveiled, a self driving Rolls Royce. Why Nissan Leaf sales have slowed so much. Nissan confirms 200 mile range Leaf coming. Tesla talking about acquiring Solar City.

This week the crew take on… Nikola Motors big electric truck Tesla to sell electric cars at Nordstrom department store, expanding retail footprint The Tesla Suspension story Fiat CEO calls Tesla money losing icon E-Harley in Five Years

This week Tony, Mark and Russell spend the entire show talking with Ben Rich. Ben rides his electric Zero Motorcycle all over North America and is just about to set out on a new voyage around the US. We discuss his techniques for long distance electric motorcycle travel and ev bikes in general. Visit Ben […]

This week we are very proud to have Tesla Model X owner, Dr. Tamara Fusco with us for the first half of the show and we discuss her experience ordering and owning the Tesla Model X. Then Evan, Mark, Tony and Russell cover the week’s events including… Ford Fusion Energi has very familiar specs GM […]

California adjusts some incentives, when the music stops, who will be left standing? Mitsubishi confirms 100k outlander PHEV sales Exodus at Tesla or just growing up? Saving pedestrian lives via old school technology Is the EPA rating now a guarantee? Another story of interest with the outlander, 20,000 Bees chase the Mitsubishi for 2 days! […]

Why Tesla scares German car makers so much This week’s Faraday Future joke, and we make fun of The Verge as well Uber versus Apple is the coming battle Bad internet memes that need to go away Feds change rules making streets better – Second part Fuel Cell makers suddenly see wisdom in plug-ins

Aside from our usual Faraday Future tagging, this week we cover… Russell Me talking about buying an electric motorcycle. Or trying to anyway. Zero Motorcycles Hap’s Cycles Tony I want to talk hyper loop. Mark New Nissan xStorage (like a Tesla Powerwall) Mark Here we go, owner claiming Tesla crashed on its own!  Russell I […]

This week our panel take on: You Say Autonomous Cars Will Encourage More People to have sex in cars Like that’s a bad thing Volvo pisses on Tesla’s autopilot functionality H/T Cooper: RAV4 Hybrid has made the Prius V irrelevant and redundant…already Salient numbers: RAV4 Hybrid sales for April 2016-3,807.  YTD 2015-8,741 2016-4,970 Prius v […]

This week Evan, Paul and Russell go over… A new autonomous driving coalition begins operations Hybrid and EV owners are buying switching to gas cars more than they used to says Edmunds Mitsubishi has been cheating the EPA MPG tests for 25 years VW and the EPA finally at a settlement but it’s not complete…yet […]