This episode starts with a fun new product: the Cozy E-Charging Station from Little Tikes! https://www.littletikes.co.uk/cozy-e-charging-station/
Then we took a real sharp turn … into US politics. “Trump is attacking electric vehicles. Automakers already bet their future on them.” https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/28/business/cars-trump-uaw-electric-vehicles/index.html
Then we cover some US EV fast charging news:
EVgo Starts To See Results From Reliability Improvement Program
Electrify America Opens Easy Trips To The Grand Canyon For CCS EVs
We also talked Honda’s and Acura’s “try all the things” approach to EV charging: https://cleantechnica.com/2023/09/29/honda-acura-sign-several-deals-to-expand-charging-options/
Perhaps we should have started with this one, though. The latest news from Kia is that its EV9 will start at $55,000 — https://cleantechnica.com/2023/09/29/kia-ev9-to-sell-for-54900-in-us-get-plugcharge-in-europe/
Staples is using new Brightdrop electric vans, and they look cool! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/silvana-poto-gilbert-361b8a35_planetpassionate-oneteam-7gen-ugcPost-7111029474464317440-8xs8/
And Jo’s favorite story of the day was surely the new Xiaomi-backed SSC SC-01 electric sports car from heaven: https://carnewschina.com/2023/09/26/xiaomi-backed-startup-reveals-sc-01-ev-sports-car-with-425-hp/
Then there’s the brief but cool news of Edinburgh, Scotland, getting 50 electric buses: https://cleantechnica.com/2023/09/29/50-new-electric-buses-will-soon-be-operating-in-edinburgh-scotland/
But … the show wasn’t over yet. We ended with a discussion of how many people will actually buy the Tesla Cybertruck. We don’t know. You don’t know. But we discuss it: https://cleantechnica.com/2023/09/29/nobody-really-knows-how-well-tesla-cybertruck-will-really-sell/
