TWC Podcast, Episode 5: Just Wait Until Next Week

By The Watt Car Staff – March 11, 2021

This week on The Watt Car Podcast, hosts Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez discuss worldwide EV adoption rates, an analyst’s prediction that Volkswagen will become Tesla’s biggest rival, Porsche’s unveiling of the Taycan Cross Turismo, Kia’s tease of its EV6, Magna’s progressing technology, the Biden administration’s pondering of an EV tax for transportation infrastructure, and more.

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SHOW NOTES
ZSW reports on EV registrations and adoption around the world: https://www.zsw-bw.de/en/newsroom/news/news-detail/news/detail/News/electric-cars-on-the-rise-global-count-climbs-to-109-million.html

Swiss bank UBS says the EV race it between two players: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/forget-nio-and-xpeng-this-company-and-tesla-will-be-the-top-2-electric-vehicle-plays-by-2025-says-ubs-11615306959

NHTSA Offers Statement on Tesla “Yoke” Wheel: https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-yoke-steering-wheel-nhtsa-statement-march-2021/

Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo: https://www.thewattcar.com/home/2021-porsche-taycan-cross-turismo-wagon-geeks-rejoice

Porsche increases stake in Rimac: https://newsroom.porsche.com/en_US/2021/company/porsche-increases-stake-rimac-automobili-24-percent-23830.html

Kia teases EV6: https://www.thewattcar.com/home/kia-ev6-tesla-model-ys-mainstream-match

Charging Mustang Mach-E on Electrify America is one step. It’s five steps in a VW ID.4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EotuxCptcM4

Magna shows off BEV, PHEV integrated powertrain platforms: https://www.magna.com/company/newsroom/releases/release/2021/03/04/news-release---magna-leverages-cloud-connectivity-and-advanced-e-mobility-innovations-to-decrease-emissions-and-increase-range

Biden administration looking to increase EV fees to pay for promised $2 trillion infrastructure plan: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article249720248.html

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