Welcome to today’s show! This week, Chevrolet kills off the Bolt EV and Bolt EUV, Demand for EVs soars globally, and Tesla’s lawyers seem to suggest Elon Musk was the victim of a deep fake… These stories, and many more on today's show! ----- Here are today's show sponsors: - Electric Vehicle Association - Head to https://www.myeva.org - EnergySage - Start your journey to a cleaner, greener future by heading to https://www.energysage.com/p/transportevolved - Atmos Financial - Bank better at https://www.joinatmos.com/?ref=c-TE ----- Support the show: - Take a membership out with the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/transportevolved - Buy the team a coffee -- or a meal! https://ko-fi.com/transportevolved - Click the "JOIN" Button next to this video to become a YouTube channel member. - Buy some TE Exclusive swag (including our new Pride 2022 Designs) at https://www.redbubble.com/people/TransportEVd/ - Donate using BitCoin to our wallet BC: 1QRZRGCCXUKPDZ2DZ9KX9JYJXMZDYHYGFZ0MN4WH Interact with the show: - Mastodon https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/@show - Discord: https://discord.gg/9WAjfQn - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TransportEvolved Subscribe to our second channel, Transport Evolved Take2 at https://www.youtube.com/transportevolvedtake2 --------- Chapter Marks: 00:00 - Start 00:30 - Welcome! 00:54 - Chevrolet Bolt EV, Bolt EUV to cease production at the end of this year 01:52 - Volvo halts order books for EX90 as it sells out of first-year allocation 02:49 - Volkswagen Q1 Sales of EVs show positive year on year growth, less so Quarter-on-Quarter 03:50 - Tesla’s latest battery degradation data is good news for customers 04:45 - BYD spokesperson casts doubt on the future of fully autonomous vehicles 05:44 - City of Portland, Oregon considers zero emission delivery zone covering 16 downtown blocks 06:38 - U.S. Federal GOvernment announces $400 million in grants for school bus fleets to decarbonize 07:32 - IEA says global EV demand is expanding at a rapid rate thanks to China, Europe, USA 08:27 - MG Comet unveiled at impressively low price for Indian market 09:26 - U.S. Senate tries to roll back EPA rules for big rigs 11:24 - GreenUR student group from Richmond University, VA, call for divestment of the school’s endowment 11:45 - Audi’s latest lease product in the U.S. lets you add a charging station to your lease package 12:01 - GM, Samsung SDI sign new joint battery agreement worth billions 12:19 - Tesla reintroduces more comprehensive tweaking of regen braking 12:37 - Lucid teases more footage of its Gravity SUV 12:56 - Audi unveils prototype-inspired RS e-tron GT 513/2 Limited Edition car 13:15 - Coast Connect wins $45 million in grants toward public transit projects in Santa Cruz County 13:31 - Tesla makes Model S/X Yoke a $250 optional upgrade, not standard fit 13:52 - Redwood materials enters into a battery recycling partnership with Rad Power Bikes 14:09 - Shelby announces limited-edition, European-only Shelby Mustang Mach E GT 14:27 - Tesla tries to get owners of older cars with free, unlimited supercharging to trade their vehicles in 14:48 - Fisker Ocean officially now certified for sale in Europe 15:03 - Mercedes-Benz brings subscription and ad-hoc performance modes to the US for EQS and EQE variants 15:21 - Formula E pushes back plans for 600 kW mid-race charging, citing supply chain woes 15:39 - VinFast adds more money to its coffers 15:57 - Honda says its first in-house EV build on a new platform will be a mid- to large-size vehicle 16:17 - Hyundai IONIQ 5 N to feature more energy-dense battery pack compared to existing IONIQ 5 models 16:35 - Consumer Reports says EVs are more costly to insure on average than ICE vehicles 16:52 - Tesla inventory is at an all-time high 17:10 - Building on data from 2021, a new study says SuperUsers could really help our emissions if they go electric. 17:30 - The state of Utah gets ready to tax EV owners for public charging - all while lower gas tax 17:49 - Texas considers new $200 EV tax over existing fees for EV drivers 18:05 - California now has 1.5 million plug-in vehicles on its roads - 1 million of which are EVs 18:25 - NIO says 60% of its customers prefer to battery swap instead of charge 18:41 - Hertz reports 10% of its fleet - equivalent to 50,000 cars - is now electric 18:58 - Tesla found guilty of violating U.S. labor law 19:15 - Costco appears disinterested in resuming EV charging at its stores 19:34 - Tesla planning Chinese-made entry-level Model Ys for Canada to help satisfy EV incentive laws 19:51 - Northvolt commits to developing batteries for electric aviation 20:06 - Tesla, Fastnet challenge monopoly of Autobahn fuelling stations 22:01 - NYC considers a proposal to install electric bicycle, micromobility charging stations 22:49 - Tesla falls back on Deep Fake arguments to keep Autopilot case out of court 24:03 - Thanks, and Goodbye!
