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EV enthusiasts are used to having ICE loyalists lobbing insults their way via social media. EV lovers simply don’t get it, they say – electric vehicles are the obvious real gross polluters. It’s just another day…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Until now, GM’s Ultium truck lineup consisted of two models, the Chevrolet Silverado EV and the GMC Hummer EV. Although the Silverado EV could be optioned up to over $100,000, they were essentially…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
It’s snooty car talk on this week’s episode of The Watt Car EV Podcast, with a chat about the Rolls-Royce Spectre and Cadillac Celestiq. On the polar opposite side of that coin is Foxconn, although…
BY PHIL ROYLE
The existence and development of the Rolls-Royce Spectre has not been a great secret, with the brand itself teasing camo-wrapped prototypes roaming the streets of the UK and Europe. Today, we finally have…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Those in the electronics industry have undoubtedly heard of Foxconn, but you ask most people on the street, and chances are you’ll be greeted with a blank stare. Well, the iPhone manufacturer has signaled…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
This week, Cadillac finally did the data dump on the highly anticipated 2024 Celestiq ultra-luxury sedan. While the newly-released specs are reasonably impressive, considering the price Cadillac is asking for it…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
A paper emerged from Stanford University in September that challenged the notion that the best time to charge an EV is at night. Many reported on the paper’s findings, but we…
BY PHIL ROYLE
What starts as another jovial episode of the podcast takes a turn when Info Wars enter the conversation. But before we get there, we discuss the Tesla Bot, hurricanes, Maserati’s first EV, global EV sales…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Good news! Good news! The Watt Car’s merch store is back up and running, with new irreverent EV T-shirts to boot! To celebrate, we spend this week’s episode of the podcast discussing the age old EV question…
BY PHIL ROYLE
This week, researchers from Stanford University released a study in which the authors sound the potential alarm that continued “off-peak” (predominantly nighttime) charging could stress the grid…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Tesla now offers a CCS adapter in the U.S., but is physically plugging in too tedious and fiddly for new EV owners? If so, wireless charging might be the answer. While wireless EV charging was a bit of a pipe dream…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Is Rivian on the prowl with its Camp Mode and a potential partnership with Mercedes-Benz? We dig in, while also chatting about Hyundai’s N Vision 74 concept being an ICE car in disguise, a suspiciously familiar…
BY PHIL ROYLE
This week, we get political. Spurred by a five-minute, time-limited debate between Kentucky Republican Representative Thomas Massie and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg…
BY PHIL ROYLE
As the inevitability of the electrification of transportation draws ever-nearer, the opponents and skeptics of the technology seem to be ramping their FUD campaigns into hyperdrive…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
We’ve been busy autocrossing a Mustang EV conversion and buying Tesla beanies. But once we get to the news, we have more questions than answers when it comes to California’s newly-passed 2035 EV mandate…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Pebble Beach now brings EV debuts, including not only the Kia EV6 GT but also the car that’s plaider than Plaid: the Lucid Air Sapphire. The Sapphire holds no bargain-basement sticker price, putting it…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Ever the showman, Elon Musk reveled in the Model S Plaid’s status as the world’s fastest sedan. For a period, the 1,000-hp, tri-motor large liftback was effectively unchallenged in that status. The closest equivalent…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
There’s not much we didn’t already know about the 2023 Kia EV6 GT – and its “official” reveal at the 2022 Monterey Car Week didn’t really give us much more info than what has been previously shared. We knew…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Dodge unveiled its unapologetic EV Charger Daytona SRT concept, and we couldn’t be happier. It’s loud (literally), in your face, and fabulous from front to back. What’s the battery size? Nobody knows…
BY PHIL ROYLE
