TWC Podcast #107: The T Word
By The Watt Car Staff — Feb. 23, 2023
This week, we discuss Ram halting $100 preorders for its 1500 REV just five days after starting, Hyundai directly addresses Tesla in a commercial, Elon Musk pushes back against one U.S. government entity, then shakes hands with another. Meanwhile, BP buys TravelCenters of America (is this to grow BP’s EV footprint?), Subway gets into the EV charging game, and road tripping across America in an EV might be easier with one particular brand — oh, there’s that “T” word again. Plus more!
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SHOW NOTES
Ram stopped taking orders for the 1500 REV: https://electrek.co/2023/02/17/ram-closes-reservations-for-its-first-electric-truck-the-1500-rev/
Hyundai calling out Model Y by name: https://youtu.be/qBZc9_U1pRQ?t=82
Elon Musk says calling a NHTSA-mandated OTA a recall is “flat wrong”: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3862825-musk-says-calling-nhtsa-tesla-action-a-recall-flat-wrong/
Elon Musk and California governor Gavin Newsom hold joint news conference: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/22/newsom-musk-recharge-bromance-announcement-00084060
BP buys TravelCenters of America: https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/bp-buy-travelcenters-america-13-billion-2023-02-16/
BP has 22k EV chargers and a deal with Hertz: https://www.bp.com/en_us/united-states/home/news/press-releases/bp-plans-to-invest-1-billion-in-ev-charging-across-us-by-2030-helping-to-meet-demand-from-hertzs-expanding-ev-rentals.html
Subway plans network of “Charging Oasis” locations: https://newsroom.subway.com/2023-02-21-Subway-Restaurants
Spy shots of long wheelbase VW ID. Buzz: https://www.autoblog.com/2023/02/21/vw-id-buzz-lwb-spy-shots/
Bentley discontinues its W12 to focus on EVs: https://www.thewattcar.com/home/replacing-displacement-bentley-discontinues-w12-in-favor-of-ev-development
Axios’s Joann Muller takes 1,500 mile road trip in Kia EV6: https://www.axios.com/2023/02/21/electric-car-ev-road-trip-lessons
This week’s hosts: Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez
Episode cover image courtesy Tesla
Music courtesy Twisterium at Pixabay
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