Truly Scary Car Finance Crisis Continues, & Robotaxis Are Coming For You!! || EV Obsession

editor 1 November 2023

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Jo Borras and Zach Shahan talk both fun and scary topics in this special Halloween edition of EV Obsession. Topics include:

0:00 — Intro
1:13 — BP buys Tesla Superchargers, $100 million worth
8:04 — “Give Car Back” has been trending up lately, a lot
18:45 — Phoenix Uber riders can now order a Waymo robotaxi
27:07 — Meanwhile, Cruise has had to suspend robotaxi services in California following a highly unfortunate death there
37:05 — EHang has been approved for commercial air taxi services in China using its autonomous electric EH216-S
44:56 — Some Tesla fans asked DALL-E to create a vintage Tesla. This is what they got.
55:36 — Dutch students have created the world’s first solar-powered off-road vehicle (as far as we know)

Links are here:

Why BP Bought $100 Million Worth of Tesla Charging Hardware

BP Places $100 Million Order For Tesla’s Ultra-Fast EV Chargers

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Phoenix Uber Riders Can Now Order A Waymo Robotaxi

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2023/10/30/cruise-suspends-robotaxi-operations-what-they-msut-do-to-fix-it/?sh=562764ab626d

(1/3) The most important thing for us right now is to take steps to rebuild public trust. Part of this involves taking a hard look inwards and at how we do work at Cruise, even if it means doing things that are uncomfortable or difficult.

— cruise (@Cruise) October 27, 2023