It’s the holidays – did Santa bring you anything fun? The Watt Car Podcast hosts discuss the EV-related gifts they received, then they dive into this week’s electrification news, which includes the unveiling date of the Chevy Silverado EV, Lotus moving toward full electrification, Hyundai shuttering its Engine Development Center, VinFast EVs hitting the road, Chrysler pre-announcing its inoffensive Airflow EV, autonomous ride-sharing with Waymo and Geely, plus 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 NOTESLego Electric Car 41443: https://www.lego.com/en-sg/product/olivia-s-electric-car-41443 Silverado EV will be revealed virtually: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2021/12/23/gm-participate-virtually-ces-because-omicron-spread/9010290002/ Lotus ends production on Elise, Exige, and Evora: https://media.lotuscars.com/en/news-articles/production-ends-for-lotus-elise,-exige-and-evora-new-era-ramping-up-as-another-draws-to-a-close.html Hyundai Group shutting down its Engine Development Center: http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html VinFast delivers first EVs to customers in Vietnam: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Vietnam-s-first-homegrown-EVs-go-on-sale-in-milestone-for-VinFast VinFast parts ways with CEO Lohscheller: https://www.carscoops.com/2021/12/that-was-fast-vinfast-ceo-quits-after-less-than-a-year-on-the-job/ Chrysler will show Airflow EV concept at CES 2022: https://insideevs.com/news/556534/chrysler-airflow-concept-ces2022-debut/ Waymo partnering with Geely control-less ride-hailing EV: https://blog.waymo.com/2021/12/expanding-our-waymo-one-fleet-with.html Jeff Zurschmeide involved autonomous accident: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/self-driving-bus-crash-vegas-account/ Goodyear introduces EV-specific tire: https://electrek.co/2021/12/27/goodyear-launches-new-tire-optimized-electric-car-tesla-vehicles/ Episode cover art courtesy ChryslerMusic courtesy Twisterium at PixabayEmail comments and questions to [email protected]: https://www.thewattcar.com- Podcast - Facebook - Google News - Twitter -

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