TWC Podcast, Episode 4: Putting your eggs in the self-driving basket
By The Watt Car Staff – March 4, 2021
This week on The Watt Car Podcast, hosts Edward A. Sanchez and Phil Royle discuss Ioniq 5 sizing, more USPS contract drama, Volvo’s 2022 C40 Recharge, U.S. specs for VW’s ID.4, the chip shortage, car fires, and a town in northern California says it has no need for more gas stations – ever.
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SHOW NOTES
The Ioniq 5 has been spied at charging stations in South Korea and Germany: https://insideevs.com/news/491172/watch-hyundai-ioniq-5-spotted-charging/
CleanTechnica defends having some ICE mail trucks in fleet: https://cleantechnica.com/2021/02/24/why-it-makes-sense-for-usps-to-have-some-gas-vehicles/
Postmaster General says only 10 percent of new mail trucks will be EV: https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/25/22300281/usps-new-mail-truck-ev-electric-workhorse-biden-dejoy
Workhorse is meeting this week with the USPS about overturning the USPS decision: https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/1/22307333/workhorse-usps-mail-truck-contract-oshkosh
Volvo unveils the 2022 C40 Recharge: https://www.thewattcar.com/home/2022-volvo-c40-recharge-unveiled-volvos-first-native-battery-electric
VW ID.4 U.S. specs have been released: https://www.thewattcar.com/home/2021-volkswagen-id4-us-specs-and-pricing-released
VW ID.Buzz heading for a 2023 release: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2021/03/01/volkswagen-microbus-vw-id-buzz-electric-van-self-driving/6866703002/
Even Tesla has been affected by the chip shortage: https://electrek.co/2021/02/25/tesla-shuts-down-model-3-production-line-amid-chip-shortage/
Hyundai stockpiles microchips: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-semiconductors-hyundai-motor-an/analysis-hyundai-bought-chips-when-rivals-didnt-its-assembly-lines-are-still-rolling-idUSKBN2AQ0EF
Hyundai Motor Co. recalls 82,000 electric vehicles: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hyundai-motor-electric-recall/hyundai-motor-to-replace-battery-systems-in-costly-electric-car-recall-idUSKBN2AO0JS
NHRA looks to include EVs in drag racing: https://www.thewattcar.com/home/nhra-faces-its-silent-future-with-ev-adoption
Need for metals for EV batteries puts conservationists and mining companies at odds: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-mining-insight/to-go-electric-america-needs-more-mines-can-it-build-them-idUSKCN2AT39Z
Petaluma, Calif., bans construction of new gas stations: https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/petaluma-city-council-moves-to-ban-new-gas-stations/
AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson tells CNBC he believes so-called “range anxiety” is overblown: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/16/autonation-ceo-electric-car-range-anxiety.html
Music courtesy Twisterium at Pixabay.
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