What Drives Us

What Drives Us


Latest Episodes

#384 It’s All Downhill From Here
September 25, 2020

00:00 Show Start 06:10 Nikola investigated for Fraud 18:00 Cadillac Forces Dealers to Install Chargers 27:45 This Life in Tesla 40:40 California to End ICE New Car Sales 50:35 Ford Announces EV F-150 56:00 Lordstown Shows Interior 1:00:45 VW Reveals ID...

#383 A Big Weight And A Long Shaft
September 19, 2020

00:00 Show Start 03:58 Heavy Weights and Gravity as Energy Storage 13:30 The $10,000 USD Kandi EV 20:55 Guy Gets Rightfully Scammed 25:10 This Week in Tesla 32:35 Uber Lyft going all-EV? 39:00 The Gig Economy Basically Sucks 49:10 Shoutouts and Go Home

#382 Nikola and GM Sittin’ in a Tree
September 14, 2020

Russell buys a used Prius from Paul and explains why he flew 1200 and drove for 17 hours to do it, GM and Nikola decide to make trucks, the Las Vegas CC buys a monorail, Puerto Rico plans out a better future, new ways to make energy and more.

Transport Treehouse #6
September 07, 2020

An amazing conversation with Michael Dunne of ZoZoGo.com. He’s an expert on China so we dig deep on what’s going on there and how our companies are doing in China as well as the future of Chinese car companies there and here.

Transport Treehouse #5
August 31, 2020

Guest: John Voelcker John returns. We spend an hour with one of our favorite journos, John Voelcker and discuss GM’s recent EV day, charging, the Chevy Volt and much more. John’s article mentioned on the show: https://www.thedrive.

#381 with special guest Rich Benoit (aka Rich Rebuilds)
August 27, 2020

Rich Benoit of Rich Rebuilds spend more than two hours talking about how he got started, his passions, his relationship with Tesla and YouTube commenters and his projects. Do not miss this episode!

Transport Treehouse #4
August 24, 2020

Infrastructure Week, part 3: Matthew Teske Infrastructure Week continues with Matthew Teske of Chargeway. Chargeway’s goal is to demystify the complex and various methods of charging for new EV owners. Matthew explains how this is important and why we ...

#380 In 2025, I Promise
August 22, 2020

00:00 Intros 04:13 – Hybrids, Plug-ins, and EVs 25:15 – Xos Raises $20 Million to Scale Production  32:30 – This Week in Tesla 37:05 – Toyota Solid-State Batteries 43:15 – Tritium Fast Charger

Transport Treehouse #3
August 17, 2020

Infrastructure Week, part 2: David Patterson As infrastructure continues, this episode features a great conversation with David Patterson who was deeply involved in the Mitsubishi I-Miev program, worked with Nissan and Chademo.

# 379 Isn’t it Ionic?
August 14, 2020

00:00 Intros 06:00 A Little Self-Promotion 11:15 Hyundai Launches Ionic Brand of EVs 20:55 The Politics of Saving the Environment 29:40 This Week in Tesla 36:15 California Court Rules Uber and Lyft Must Call Drivers “Employees” 50:45 GM’s SuperCruise i...