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In Episode Number 8 of The Watt Car Podcast, Phil and myself went down the rabbit hole of the feasibility of battery electric RVs and powersports vehicles…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
It’s a bit of a rabbit hole on this week’s The Watt Car Podcast. Phil Royle takes a trip in an RV...and a podcast is born. Co-host Edward A. Sanchez helps Phil get back on topic…
BY PHIL ROYLE
This week, Hyundai’s premium Genesis brand unveiled the Genesis X concept, a svelte two-door coupe in the vein of the late Mercedes S-Class coupe, BMW 8 Series, and other large, luxury coupes…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Kia teased us with some handsome photos of its forthcoming EV6 electric crossover two weeks ago, with a promise that more detailed specifications would be coming soon…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Today, Lexus pulled back the covers on its LF-Z Electrified concept, a battery-electric (BEV) model intended to showcase the future design language of the brand…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
In hopes of changing customer’s minds about the suitability of EVs for just having fun, BRP, the parent company behind such well-known powersport names as Rotax, Sea-Doo, and Ski-Doo…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
In the wake of Rivian’s announcement of its Adventure and Waypoint charging networks, Jeep unveiled plans for a 4xe nationwide charging network. But unlike Rivian…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Off roading dominated our attention in this week’s electrification news, from good to bad. We’ll start with the good. Jeep previewed its Magneto EV concept…
By PHIL ROYLE
This week’s The Watt Car Podcast sees Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez chat about EV tire wear, tree pollution problems, Jeep 4xe fuel economy, an EV Wrangler…
BY PHIL ROYLE
This week, France’s Groupe Renault released a video and press release outlining their vision for total lifecycle management of EV batteries, including second-life…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Many EV advocates have lobbied for the “normalization” of electric cars. As cool and futuristic as Teslas and some other EVs are, their in-your-face future-forwardness can be a little off-putting…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Of the scores of EV startups vying for market share and consumer attention, one perhaps best poised to take advantage of the popularity of trucks and SUVs in the U.S. market appears to be Rivian…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Fuel economy figures have just been announced for the 2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe. When plugged in and fully charged, it gets a combined fuel economy figure of 49 mpg…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
It’s been about a week since Kia teased us with more information regarding its forthcoming EV6. In the tiniest tidbit of a preview, Kia revealed that its curvy EV crossover…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Toyota has unveiled the Aygo X prologue, its latest full battery-electric concept, and made it explicit in the news release that the car was designed specifically for the European market…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
On this week’s very special episode of The Watt Car Podcast, Edward A. Sanchez geeks out in his interview with Chelsea Sexton, who rocketed to EV fame through the movie Who Killed The Electric Car?…
BY PHIL ROYLE
After showing various iterations of concepts, BMW has finally revealed the production-intent models of its electric i4 sedan and iX crossover…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
I want to preface this post with the caveat that I’m a Tesla owner, and a general fan of the company and its products. Before I bought my Model 3, I was an avid reader…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Unity of purpose and “sticking to the script” is important in the corporate world. It’s generally not a good look when different executives are telling the public different things…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
To re-emphasize its credentials in the EV space, Volkswagen held its inaugural “Power Day” on March 15, 2021. While some cynically see this as a thematic rip-off of Tesla’s “Battery Day”…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
