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All in opinion
This week, the Associated Press posted a story noting how slow charging (or the public perception thereof) is hampering the adoption of electric cars by consumers…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
This week, The Watt Car podcast co-hosts Phil Royle and Edward A.Sanchez kick off the conversation with a survey that was obvious to anyone who has ever charged an EV…
BY PHIL ROYLE
The revolution that needs to happen in EV charging is massive, nationwide proliferation of pull-through Level 3 DC fast chargers…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
After more than a year of carrying the uninspiring moniker C_Two, Rimac’s second-generation hypercar finally has a proper name: Nevera. The Nevera’s performance specs and capabilities are formidable…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Lightning strikes again on this week’s podcast, with co-hosts Edward A. Sanchez and Phil Royle discussing the Ford F-150 Lightning once more. The elephant in the room, however…
BY PHIL ROYLE
There are nearly as many different opinions about EVs as there are people, even among their advocates. Among very well-informed electric vehicle advocates and “experts” there are many different perspectives…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
The Watt Car Podcast hosts Edward A. Sanchez and Phil Royle stay up late to chat about the F-150 Lightning debut, speculating about the unspoken portions of Ford’s presentation…
BY PHIL ROYLE
The North American automotive market, where full-size trucks dominate the sales charts, watched the introduction of the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning EV with keen interest…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Canoo, some might say, is adrift – and things could get worse. The company began its existence by teasing an ambiguously intriguing people pod that boasted “membership, not ownership”…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Promises, promises, promises – that’s the recurring theme on this week’s The Watt Car Podcast. Teasing new EV products is Harley-Davidson with its pending LiveWire lineup, Ford reveals…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Electrification news flies freely this week with hosts Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez discussing GM’s solution to what has become a bit of an EV charging mess…
BY PHIL ROYLE
A study conducted by UC Davis and published on the ecologically focused website nature.com has been making the rounds in the EV blogosphere. Although I typically skip over these…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Hosts Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez jump in this week with Honda’s surprising EV revelation, which Phil then ties into Hino Motors, REE, and Toyota in some obscure way…
BY PHIL ROYLE
One of my first posts for The Watt Car was one advocating for universal interoperability with EV charging. This concept has been long talked about by EV advocates and charging providers…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Hino Motors, it was announced today, is partnering with REE to provide “new value to society through next-generation commercial mobility”…
BY PHIL ROYLE
I came across an interesting article on the enthusiast website The Drive the other day, with a short story and a couple of videos on 1930s British steam trucks…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
It’s raining EVs on this week’s episode of The Watt Car’s automotive electrification podcast, with hosts Edward A. Sanchez and Phil Royle firing through as many as they can in one hour…
BY PHIL ROYLE
It’s back to the racetrack for Phil Royle as he questions a number of Tesla Model 3 enthusiasts about their track-side charging habits and then reports his findings to co-host Edward A. Sanchez…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Electrified RV and boondocking discussions persist, albeit briefly this week. From there, co-hosts Edward A. Sanchez and Phil Royle talk trucks with the reveal of the GMC Hummer EV SUV…
BY PHIL ROYLE
In Episode Number 8 of The Watt Car Podcast, Phil and myself went down the rabbit hole of the feasibility of battery electric RVs and powersports vehicles…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
