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It’s a bit of a rabbit hole on this week’s The Watt Car Podcast. Phil Royle takes a trip in an RV...and a podcast is born. Co-host Edward A. Sanchez helps Phil get back on topic…
BY PHIL ROYLE
This week, Hyundai’s premium Genesis brand unveiled the Genesis X concept, a svelte two-door coupe in the vein of the late Mercedes S-Class coupe, BMW 8 Series, and other large, luxury coupes…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
This week’s The Watt Car Podcast sees Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez chat about EV tire wear, tree pollution problems, Jeep 4xe fuel economy, an EV Wrangler…
BY PHIL ROYLE
On this week’s very special episode of The Watt Car Podcast, Edward A. Sanchez geeks out in his interview with Chelsea Sexton, who rocketed to EV fame through the movie Who Killed The Electric Car?…
BY PHIL ROYLE
I want to preface this post with the caveat that I’m a Tesla owner, and a general fan of the company and its products. Before I bought my Model 3, I was an avid reader…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Unity of purpose and “sticking to the script” is important in the corporate world. It’s generally not a good look when different executives are telling the public different things…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
This week on The Watt Car Podcast, hosts Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez discuss worldwide EV adoption rates, an analyst’s prediction that Volkswagen will become Tesla’s biggest rival…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Volkswagen announced its “Project Trinity” today and released a silhouette showing what looks like a fastback sedan. With this new concept, VW promises…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
This week on The Watt Car Podcast, hosts Edward A. Sanchez and Phil Royle discuss Ioniq 5 sizing, more USPS contract drama, Volvo’s 2022 C40 Recharge…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Today marks the day when Switchback Energy (SBE), the SPAC for ChargePoint, officially changes over to an actual public listing….
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez host Episode 3 of The Watt Car Podcast, diving deep into the Ioniq 5, the potential for a $25,000 car from Lucid Motors…
BY PHIL ROYLE
The Watt Car contributors Philip Royle and Edward A. Sanchez tackle Episode 2 of The Watt Car Podcast in triumphant fashion…
BY THE WATT CAR STAFF
On this President’s Day 2021, The Watt Car is going to look back over some past presidential administrations, and their influence on transportation policy and law…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
If you’ve followed me for a while on The Watt Car, you’ll know I’m one of the biggest cheerleaders for EVs out there. But I’m not so delusional as to think there will not be some speed bumps to large-scale EV adoption…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Join The Watt Car contributors Edward A. Sanchez and Philip Royle in the inaugural The Watt Car Podcast as they discuss this week’s automotive electrification news…
BY THE WATT CAR STAFF
The fear or resistance to EVs is usually based in one of three things: nostalgia, ignorance, or resistance to change. I’d like to address the second of those…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
If General Motors leadership is still scratching their heads as to why everyone isn’t hailing their pledge to go all-electric by 2035 with unquestioning adulation and affirmation…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Tesla and Elon Musk have never been shy to eschew convention and make bold steps to go where none – or few – have gone before…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
In a statement this week, the U.S. Department of Energy released its listing of the 50 states in order of EV charging stations per 100,000 population…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Since General Motors’ CES 2021 presentation and accompanying video, the automotive interwebs have been lit up about the possibility of a Corvette-branded performance SUV, most likely also an EV…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
