TWC Podcast, Episode 25: The Slinky Effect
By Phil Royle – July 29, 2021
It’s all yoke all the time on this week’s episode of The Watt Car podcast, although to their credit, neither co-host Edward A. Sanchez or Phil Royle are happy to talk about it – yet they still do. Moving on from Tesla news, Toyota doubles down (once again) on PHEVs, Mercedes-Benz goes all in on EVs, Bank of America predicts an EV battery shortage in the next five years, Tesla makes money in Q2 (this time without the need for selling regulatory credits), and more!
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SHOW NOTES
Marques Brownlee reviews his new Model S Plaid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyKQ7qtTJag
Elon says refreshed Model S/Xs will be yoke-only: https://electrek.co/2021/07/23/elon-musk-confirms-tesla-not-offer-regular-steering-wheel-model-s-x/
Model S Plaid spotted at Nurburgring with conventional steering wheel: https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-s-plaid-nurburgring-yoke-vs-steering-wheel-test/
Toyota Research CEO says hybrids/PHEVs are more effective at reducing fuel consumption and carbon emissions: https://medium.com/toyotaresearch/carbon-is-our-enemy-lets-use-everything-we-ve-got-to-fight-it-b38bfbc1f16
Mercedes pledges to go all-EV by 2030: https://www.thewattcar.com/home/mercedes-benz-pledges-all-electric-lineup-by-2030
Bank of America report shows EV battery shortage on the horizon: https://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2021/07/automakers-facing-potential-ev-battery-shortage-as-early-as-2025/
Tesla makes record quarterly profit without help of regulatory credits: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/26/22594778/tesla-q2-2021-earnings-revenue-profit-credits-emissions-bitcoin
Tesla opening up Supercharger system will make money: https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-superchargers-estimated-to-make-25b-in-annual-revenue-when-opened-to-other-evs/
Rivian reportedly looking for second U.S. manufacturing facility: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/exclusive-amazon-backed-rivian-confirms-plan-second-us-assembly-plant-2021-07-22/
Lucid goes public after email snafu: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/26/22594177/lucid-motors-spac-nasdaq-saudi-arabia-ev-startup
Music courtesy Twisterium at Pixabay.
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