There’s a whole lot of experimentation going on this week. From podcast co-host Ed Sanchez recording his first EV video to Fiat revealing a car-based BYOC solution, the question isn’t can we, it’s should we? In a similar vein, Dodge is back with its Charger Daytona EV exhaust, Toyota reveals an EV delivery van that’s not a Toyota, Lucid gets another cash infusion, and more! Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Audible, Spotify, Stitcher, PocketCasts, iHeartRadio, Podbean, and more! Or heck, use your favorite podcast application.SHOW NOTESEd’s first (unofficial) The Watt Car video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OUsZZpXLUk Dodge shares clip on Instagram of the Charger Daytona EV’s Fratzonic “exhaust”: https://www.instagram.com/p/C-S5b4uuOVf/ Toyota’s latest EV van is a rebadged Fiat (or Ram ProMaster): https://insideevs.com/news/728700/toyota-proace-max-ev/ Fiat Grande Panda EV goes BYOC, but not how you think: https://insideevs.com/news/729217/fiat-ev-retractable-charging-cable/ Lucid gets another $1.5 billion cash infusion from the Saudi sovereign wealth fund: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/lucid-gets-15-billion-cash-infusion-saudi-shareholder-quarterly-revenue-beats-2024-08-05/ Lucid’s Peter Rawlinson says, “It is not possible [with today’s technology] to make an affordable pickup without an internal combustion engine”: https://www.theautopian.com/lucid-ceo-it-is-not-possible-to-make-an-affordable-pickup-truck-without-an-internal-combustion-engine/ Lotus puts EV sports car model on hold because car would be too tall/heavy with current battery technology: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/electric-lotus-elise-not-possible-current-battery-technologySolution for EV fires? A big blanket: https://www.theautopian.com/these-firefighters-have-a-great-solution-to-electric-car-fires-a-giant-blanket/ This week’s hosts: Phil Royle and Edward A. SanchezEpisode art courtesy FiatMusic courtesy Twisterium at PixabayEmail comments and questions to [email protected]: https://www.thewattcar.comBuy merch: https://www.thewattcar.com/store

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