TWC Podcast, Episode 26: Adventures in car washing
By Phil Royle – Aug. 5, 2021
On this week’s The Watt Car automotive electrification podcast, co-hosts Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez discuss average car consumers, un-average billionaire CEOs, a new EV lap record at Laguna Seca, Magna continuing what seems like plans for EV domination, Mercedes-Benz gearing up to unveil more EVs, a potential EV Camaro, and more!
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SHOW NOTES
Did they or didn’t they? Elon Musk and Tim Cook: https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/30/elon-musk-wanted-to-be-apple-ceo-but-tim-cook-dropped-an-f-bomb-on-that-idea/
Randy Pobst and Unplugged Performance’s Model S Plaid sets Laguna Seca EV record: https://twitter.com/UnpluggedTesla/status/1422019887824728066?s=20
Magna-LG partnership: https://www.thewattcar.com/home/magna-the-most-important-ev-startup-you-probably-havent-heard-of
Mercedes-Benz to show its first AMG EV, the EQE, at the IAA Mobility show in Munich: https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaSite/en/instance/ko/Lead-in-Electric-Mercedes-Benz-at-the-IAA-MOBILITY-2021.xhtml?oid=50905437
Camaro rumored to be killed off in favor of EV performance sedan: https://www.thedrive.com/news/41722/gm-to-lean-on-gasoline-sales-to-support-electric-transition
Tesla 2021.24 software update adds Disney+, “car wash” mode, TeslaCam updates for automatic saving of clips in collisions or airbag deployments, “Stay connected to Wi-Fi” (but still no embedded hotspot): https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/tesla-software-update-adds-disney-car-wash-mode-and-more/
Grand jury indicts Trevor Milton, founder of electric carmaker Nikola, on three counts of fraud: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/29/us-prosecutors-charge-trevor-milton-founder-of-electric-carmaker-nikola-with-three-counts-of-fraud.html
The Verge offers a great Nikola headline: https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2021/8/3/22607724/nikola-earnings-hydrogen-truck-trevor-milton
Electrify America to phase out CHAdeMO chargers on its network: https://insideevs.com/news/522882/electrify-america-ends-chademo-installations/
Music courtesy Twisterium at Pixabay.
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