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There are some companies that have a masterful awareness of their own self-image and leverage it to the max. Among those is Dodge. And in the press release for the new Charger Daytona SRT EV Concept…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
The news that Stellantis North America was discontinuing the internal-combustion variants of the Dodge Charger and Challenger perhaps isn’t the most shocking development to come out of the automotive…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
With the Ford F-150 Lightning and Rivian R1T on the market, and soon to be joined by the Chevy Silverado EV and Tesla Cybertruck, the era of modern EV trucks is upon us in earnest. However…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Are the specs for the EV Meyers Manx concept stretch goals or overtly ambitious? Opinions differ on this episode of The Watt Car podcast, although everyone agrees a future with an electric Meyers Manx…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Will they or won’t they? Will Dodge’s next Charger and Challenger be EVs? According to one news outlet, no. According to another, probably. According to a Dodge PR rep, yes. The question then becomes: when…
BY PHIL ROYLE
From an electrician’s bill to a random encounter with a Telsa owner, this episode kicks off with a trip down a rabbit hole. Onto the news, Herbert Diess might have lost his VW gig over a software boondoggle…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Last week’s news is this week’s news, as the tail end of last week saw multiple notable EV unveiling. We seamlessly transition from that to the latest electrification happenings, including the Chevy Blazer EV…
BY PHIL ROYLE
General Motors CEO Mary Barra has gotten a lot of headlines lately for proclaiming that GM intends on beating Tesla on a unit volume basis for EVs by 2025. While many are incredulous at this boast…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Hyundai wasn’t done with its announcement, dropping the veil on the N Vision 74. Yes, it’s powered by a hydrogen fuel cell (hence the asterisk in this story’s title), but it’s still awesome…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Charging infrastructure is a frequent topic here on The Watt Car, and for good reason. You could have the most amazing EV technology on the planet, but if you don’t have a practical means of charging…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
We saw photos of the stunning Hyundai Ioniq 6 last week. This week, we finally have some official specifications on the car. Being as it’s based on the same E-GMP platform as the Ioniq 5 crossover/hatch…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
This week, one of The Watt Car Podcast’s co-hosts gets home Level 2 charging while the other one’s mother orders an EV. Onto the news, Rivian cuts jobs, Canoo catches a break…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Technical problems send one of The Watt Car Podcast’s hosts to a Starbucks for this week’s episode, but that doesn’t stop the fun, as we discuss Ford Lightening and Rivian/Amazon van sightings in the wild…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Should you expect your friends to pay to charge your EV? EV charging etiquette is the eternal question. Or, it’s the question we tackle this week. What’s the answer? We don’t know…
BY PHIL ROYLE
For a period, it seemed that the crossover body style was becoming the de facto definition of “car” globally. The traditional “three-box” sedan was being unceremoniously shoved aside in favor of the utilitarian form factor…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
As we’ve discussed on this blog and our podcast, some have leveled the epithet “soulless” against EVs. Yes, they may be objectively strong performers, with impressive 0-60 mph and quarter-mile times…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
This week, we look at EV charging speeds, towing, road trips, battery recycling, autonomous driving safety, fast Kias, EV hot rods, and whether the EV charger Quickening has begun…
BY PHIL ROYLE
The MCS charging standard is officially revealed, so it’s time to geek out over 1,250 volt, 3,000 amp EV charging — that’s enough to blow your mind! That was big news, but it didn’t stop us from also chatting about…
BY PHIL ROYLE
In Episode 39 of The Watt Car podcast, Phil Royle and I interviewed Rustam Kocher and Oleg Logvinov of CharIN, the international standards organization responsible for creating the Combined Charging System…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
It’s a thought-provoking episode this week as we head back two years to a TEDx talk that needs a little unpacking. Along the way, we discuss EV efficiency compared to raw ICE and hybrid powertrains…
BY PHIL ROYLE
