This week’s The Watt Car Podcast begins with a vacation, where co-host Edward A. Sanchez snacks rather than gorges at EV chargers. From there, Ed and Phil Royle dive into the news, with Tesla reporting impressive Q3 profits, Foxtron hinting at its EV manufacturing potential, Vietnamese automaker VinFast teasing new EVs, a VW and Tesla bromance, Lucid’s CEO stating the company is a leader in the technological EV race, and more!Subscribe the the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Audible, Spotify, Stitcher, PocketCasts, iHeartRadio, and more – or use your favorite podcast application.SHOW NOTESTesla reports Q3 earnings: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/20/tesla-tsla-earnings-q3-2021.html Foxtron unveils three concepts: https://insideevs.com/news/541487/foxconn-unveils-first-ev-concepts/?fbclid=IwAR3U5mj0LRzEFinuC6FIOWhTbnV8zLmfL8Ssq5jBQvYjO5km1unA3uLrBpI and https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-18/apple-s-iphone-partner-foxconn-unveils-first-electric-vehicles Vietnamese automaker VinFast to debut EVs at LA Auto Show 2021: https://insideevs.com/news/540893/vinfast-electric-suvs-us-debut/ VW CEO Herbert Diess invites Elon Musk to address company executive conference: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/teslas-musk-dials-into-volkswagen-executive-conference-2021-10-16/ Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson says it’s a two-horse race: https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1133872_efficiency-not-range-is-what-drives-lucid-is-it-the-first-true-rival-to-tesla Roughly 63% of U.S. EV registrations in the first eight months of 2021 are Teslas: https://www.kbb.com/car-news/more-than-half-of-all-new-evs-registered-in-2021-are-teslas/ Tesla’s Kettleman City Supercharger location reportedly expanding to 96 stalls: https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-kettleman-city-supercharger-expansion-96-stalls-v3/ Tesla switching to LFP chemistry for standard-range models: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/20/tesla-switching-to-lfp-batteries-in-all-standard-range-cars.html Honda unveils three BEV concepts: https://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2021/10/honda-reveals-trio-of-bev-concepts-shifts-long-term-strategy/ Toyota to invest $3.4 billion in battery development in U.S. by 2031: https://insideevs.com/news/541411/toyota-battery-related-investment-us/ Gruber Motors fire: https://cleantechnica.com/2021/10/19/dozens-of-original-tesla-roadsters-lost-in-gruber-motors-fire/ Episode 37 cover art by Dorothea OldaniMusic courtesy Twisterium at Pixabay.Email comments and questions to [email protected]: https://www.thewattcar.com- Podcast - Facebook - Google News - Twitter -

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