TWC Podcast #157: Marked Safe From the Tesla Recall

08/02/2024 43 min Temporada 1 Episodio 158

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Tesla’s recall strikes our very own show, but now the icons are bigger on our Model 3 and we’ve marked ourselves safe from the potential ensuing madness. In this week’s news, unions are back, as VW potentially welcomes the UAW into its Chattanooga plant, Toyota suffers its own “dieselgate,” but we expect the results to differ greatly from the OG controversy, Dodge puts its Charger EV on the road, Chinese EV company HiPhi outperforms Tesla, and more! Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Audible, Spotify, Stitcher, PocketCasts, iHeartRadio, and more! Or heck, use your favorite podcast application.SHOW NOTESUAW claims majority of workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant have voted to unionize: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/uaw-says-majority-workers-vw-tennessee-plant-seek-join-union-2024-02-06/ Toyota’s own dieselgate?: https://www.autoblog.com/2024/01/30/toyota-group-plant-raided-in-japan-after-cheating-on-engine-testing/ Dodge Charger EV "the next generation of muscle”: https://www.motor1.com/news/707226/new-dodge-charger-daytona-debut-march-5Chinese EV HiPhi X outperforms competitors in Norwegian winter range test: https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-hiphi-ev-range-crown/ Ferrari benchmark testing a Model S Plaid in Maranello: https://www.motor1.com/news/707448/ferrari-testing-tesla-model-s-plaid/ Lucid offering test drives at Saks Fifth Avenue: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/saks-announces-first-ever-electric-vehicle-partnership-with-lucid-302054052.html Tesla driver wears Apple Vision Pro headset while driving: https://gizmodo.com/apple-vision-pro-tesla-driver-arrested-autopilot-1851224830 This week’s hosts: Phil Royle and Edward A. SanchezEpisode cover by Ed SanchezMusic courtesy Twisterium at PixabayEmail comments and questions to [email protected]: https://www.thewattcar.comBuy merch: https://www.thewattcar.com/store