TWC Podcast #47: Inoffensive, but in a Good Way
By Phil Royle – Dec. 30, 2021
It’s the holidays – did Santa bring you anything fun? The Watt Car Podcast hosts discuss the EV-related gifts they received, then they dive into this week’s electrification news, which includes the unveiling date of the Chevy Silverado EV, Lotus moving toward full electrification, Hyundai shuttering its Engine Development Center, VinFast EVs hitting the road, Chrysler pre-announcing its inoffensive Airflow EV, autonomous ride-sharing with Waymo and Geely, plus more.
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SHOW NOTES
Lego Electric Car 41443: https://www.lego.com/en-sg/product/olivia-s-electric-car-41443
Silverado EV will be revealed virtually: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2021/12/23/gm-participate-virtually-ces-because-omicron-spread/9010290002/
Lotus ends production on Elise, Exige, and Evora: https://media.lotuscars.com/en/news-articles/production-ends-for-lotus-elise,-exige-and-evora-new-era-ramping-up-as-another-draws-to-a-close.html
Hyundai Group shutting down its Engine Development Center: http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html
VinFast delivers first EVs to customers in Vietnam: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Vietnam-s-first-homegrown-EVs-go-on-sale-in-milestone-for-VinFast
VinFast parts ways with CEO Lohscheller: https://www.carscoops.com/2021/12/that-was-fast-vinfast-ceo-quits-after-less-than-a-year-on-the-job/
Chrysler will show Airflow EV concept at CES 2022: https://insideevs.com/news/556534/chrysler-airflow-concept-ces2022-debut/
Waymo partnering with Geely control-less ride-hailing EV: https://blog.waymo.com/2021/12/expanding-our-waymo-one-fleet-with.html
Jeff Zurschmeide involved autonomous accident: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/self-driving-bus-crash-vegas-account/
Goodyear introduces EV-specific tire: https://electrek.co/2021/12/27/goodyear-launches-new-tire-optimized-electric-car-tesla-vehicles/
Episode cover art courtesy Chrysler
Music courtesy Twisterium at Pixabay
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