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This week, The Watt Car’s Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez welcome Dr. Joanne Leach to the podcast. A Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham in the U.K., Dr. Leach is a researcher of sustainable and livable cities…
BY PHIL ROYLE
The slow-drip of information regarding GM’s Ultium EV platform continues, with GM president Mark Reuss revealing a trio of modular Ultium-family motors designed to power everything from…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
How do you wind down car windows? Is it with a thrilling four-button claw motion or a more lackadaisical two windows at a time? This week, co-host Edward A. Sanchez test drives the VW ID.4 RWD and discovers…
BY PHIL ROYLE
It’s no secret that Tesla and the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) and its state-level organizations have been at odds over the legality of selling cars factory-direct…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
A friend of mine recently called, knowing that I’m an electric car enthusiast, and informed me that he’d just purchased a VW ID.4. My curiosity piqued, and I had to drive it…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
While Tesla retains the distinction of being near top-of-class for efficiency, it must cede the crown in the premium sedan space, at least for now, to Lucid…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
This week, podcast co-host Phil Royle tests a 2021 Ford F-150 PowerBoost Hybrid and ponders whether Ford should produce a plug-in version in addition to the Lightning EV. Meanwhile…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Ever wonder how The Watt Car came to be? Co-hosts Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez relive the old days talking about their car histories, work entanglements…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Concurrent with the IAA 2021 Show in Munich, Hyundai Motor Group announced its Hydrogen Vision 2040 initiative, with a significant emphasis on commercial vehicles and applications…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Every now and then, there are developments in the automotive industry that ultimately have tectonic implications that are only fully seen in retrospect…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
With the ID.3 and ID.4 now in full production, and the ID.Buzz (or whatever it is ultimately called) right around the corner, it was a fairly safe bet that Volkswagen would debut some other electrified concept…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Audi has always held an interesting position among the German premium brands, being generally perceived of as sportier than Mercedes-Benz…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
It was expected that the theme at the 2021 IAA Show in Munich would be electrification, but we’re just now getting a sense of how dominant the theme will be…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Range figures for the 2022 Rivian R1T and R1S were just posted on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s official fuel economy site, fueleconomy.gov. If you’ve followed this blog or the podcast for long…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
This week, podcast co-hosts Edward A. Sanchez and Phil Royle discuss a Nürburgring Model S Plaid crash, the Citroën Ami and Opel Rocks-e, Genesis EV news and rumors…
BY PHIL ROYLE
The 2023 Subaru Solterra EV SUV, Subaru’s first EV, is due to hit showrooms in about a year. Yet while other companies are teasing battery pack sizes, range, charging speed, and various other notables…
BY PHIL ROYLE
For a while, it was a badge of honor for sports car brands to proudly boast that they didn’t have an SUV in their lineup, nor planned to. Yet one by one, each of them succumbed to the overwhelming market pressures…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Nearly every other day, a press release or story comes out about the latest “green” initiative or carbon-neutrality goal announced by a major automaker…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Although the press release on the Opel Rocks-e doesn’t mention the Ami once, just one look at it makes it clear where its origins lie…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Before diving into the explosive issue of the Chevy Bolt, The Watt Car Podcast co-hosts Edward A. Sanchez and Phil Royle discuss McDonalds at Superchargers, the new Genesis GV60, the disappointing Mazda MX-30…
BY PHIL ROYLE
