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Weekly show about future cars and future car technology. This week news about:
- Finally Coming – Mitsubishi prices 2018 Outlander PHEV for U.S. launch – http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1112950_2018-mitsubishi-outlander-phev-starts-at-35500-aggressive-prices-for-plug-in-hybrid-suv
- Banning Engines – State of California thinks about joining ICE ban – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-26/california-mulls-following-china-with-combustion-engine-car-ban
- Prodding Congress – Autonomous vehicle advocates push ad campaign to push autonomous vehicle support. – https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-selfdriving/self-driving-car-advocates-launch-ad-campaign-to-prod-congress-idUSKCN1C114F?il=0
- Chrysler, Sesame Street Pacifica Hybrid Ad HInts at Range Anxiety http://www.newspressusa.com/public/ViewPressRelease.aspx?pr=55679&pr_ref=5650
- Order of Magnitude – Mercedes-Benz commits to $1 billion investment in electric cars in U.S., gets into discussion with Elon Musk on Twitter. – https://electrek.co/2017/09/21/mercedes-benz-invests-1-billion-to-build-its-eq-electric-cars-and-batteries-in-the-us/ – http://fortune.com/2017/09/25/daimler-mercedes-benz-elon-musk-electric-cars/
- HyperFunds – Hyperloop One Raises $245 Million in latest round – https://www.autoblog.com/2017/09/25/hyperloop-one-raises-245m-needs-10-times-that-for-colorado-route/
- Future’s End? – Faraday Future repays Nevada, ends plans for NV factory (for now) – https://www.bna.com/faraday-future-backs-n73014470114/
- Chip Switch – Is Tesla working on new chips with Intel and/or AMD? It depends on whom you ask. – https://www.autoblog.com/2017/09/21/tesla-amd-artificial-intelligence-chip-ai-self-driving-cars/
- This Won’t Suck – James Dyson says his company is working for an electric car from 2020 – https://www.autoblog.com/2017/09/26/dyson-famous-for-vacuum-cleaners-will-offer-an-electric-car-in/
- Worldwide Plans – Audi says it will build electric cars at its factories around the world – http://www.reuters.com/article/us-audi-production/audi-electric-cars-to-be-built-around-the-world-idUSKCN1C222Q?il=0
- Atten Hut! – Daimler gets green light to test truck Platooning in U.S. – https://www.autoblog.com/2017/09/25/daimler-testing-truck-convoy-platooning-technology-us-roads/
- Plugless – BMW prepares to unveil wireless charging option for 530e iPerformance PHEV – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlrcPrzuPMM
- Keeping Pace — Jaguar claims 25,000 orders for iPace electric SUV – http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1112910_jaguar-i-pace-electric-suv-has-already-accumulated-25000-orders-ceo
- Bye Bye RWD – Tesla ends Model S RWD production altogether.
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