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Lou Rhodes, president of Chrylser's ENVI division in March 2009 with the Dodge Circuit prototype

Throwback: The Last Time Dodge Almost Went For Electric Performance

We’re coming up on a year since Dodge unveiled the Charger Daytona SRT electric muscle car concept and the Hornet plug-in hybrid crossover. In the coming years, the company now known as Stellantis will be introducing a whole range of battery electric vehicle across all of its brands including Dodge. But the electric transition almost happened more than a decade ago. In the late 2000s, Chrysler showed off a variety of plug-in concepts for Dodge, Jeep, and Chrysler following its divorce from Daimler. The automaker even established a new division called ENVI to develop these into production. But then the financial melt-down happened in late 2008 and by spring 2009, Chrysler was going through an expedited chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization and emerged under the new ownership of Fiat as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. FCA’s CEO, the late Sergio Marchionne was not a fan of costly EVs… Read More »Throwback: The Last Time Dodge Almost Went For Electric Performance

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In the garage this week, Nicole has been driving two very different vehicles from the Hyundai Motor Group stable, the new Genesis G90 and refreshed Kia Telluride. Robbie has car for dog lovers, the Subaru Crosstrek and Sam was pleasantly surprised by what the Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in hybrid could do with a fully charged battery. In the news, VW revealed the longer 3 row ID Buzz that’s coming to America. Sam spent some time at the track with Honda getting a ride in an Indycar-powered hybrid CR-V, sampling electric racing go-karts and testing the LogR app with the new Civic Type-R. Lordstown’s electric pickup doesn’t have much Endurance and Tesla claims the cheapest Model 3 now qualifies for tax credits. Finally Ford changes its pricing strategy for Blue Cruise. We also answer listener questions Links Honda electric racing cartsHonda CR-V hybrid racerHonda LogR 2.0 appVW… Read More »Buzz Me

ActivityPub Test

testing to see if the activitypub plug-in works Wheel Bearings has launched a Patreon. If you like the show and would like to chip in toward the cost of producing and hosting it you can join at https://www.patreon.com/wheelbearingsmedia

Roberto Tries Out The BMW i4

Wheel Bearings has launched a Patreon. If you like the show and would like to chip in toward the cost of producing and hosting it you can join at https://www.patreon.com/wheelbearingsmedia

Roberto Drives the BMW iX

Last month Roberto got to go Germany to try out BMW’s newest electric vehicle, the new iX crossover. Wheel Bearings has launched a Patreon. If you like the show and would like to chip in toward the cost of producing and hosting it you can join at https://www.patreon.com/wheelbearingsmedia

Meet The New Wheel Bearings Co-Hosts

Who the heck are these new voices sharing the mic with Sam Abuelsamid? Keep reading to find out about Nicole Wakelin and Roberto Baldwin, our newest Wheel Bearings co-hosts. We’re as excited as you are to hear more of the unique and differing perspectives these two will bring to the show. NICOLE WAKELIN: She writes, she shoots, she covers breaking news, auto shows, and new vehicle launches. She’s freelance automotive journalist Nicole Wakelin. Nicole speaks about all things automotive in lots of places, including podcasts, national broadcasts on NPR, and in-person at conferences (remember those?). As a juror for the North American Car and Truck of the Year and Women’s Car of the Year, Nicole is often driving the cars everyone wants to know about the most. Look for her bylines at Autobytel, CarExpert, CarTalk, NAPA Know How Blog, DriveModeShow, The Boston Globe, Boston.com, and… Read More »Meet The New Wheel Bearings Co-Hosts

Wheel Bearings has launched a Patreon. If you like the show and would like to chip in toward the cost of producing and hosting it you can join at https://www.patreon.com/wheelbearingsmedia

2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E First Drive Video

While driving the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E for the first time in late November, Sam ran the cameras to share his first impressions for an episode of Hands-On-Tech for the TWiT podcast network. You can also read a longer written story about the drive at Debugger on Medium Wheel Bearings has launched a Patreon. If you like the show and would like to chip in toward the cost of producing and hosting it you can join at https://www.patreon.com/wheelbearingsmedia

Audi E-Tron video review

Recently Sam got to spend a week with the Audi e-Tron and the review is available on Hands-On-Tech. Wheel Bearings has launched a Patreon. If you like the show and would like to chip in toward the cost of producing and hosting it you can join at https://www.patreon.com/wheelbearingsmedia

Nvidia Drive Labs

Building a reliable and robust automated driving system is really hard. In the past half decade a lot of progress has been made thanks to the advancements in machine learning and deep neural networks. One of the companies on the forefront of that effort is Nvidia. While most people think of Nvidia GPUs for graphics cards and bitcoin mining, they also have thousands of engineers that works on software. Neda Cvijetic is a senior manager on the automated driving team and she hosts the Nvidia Drive Labs video series explaining some of the core principles of how they are tackling this problem. Wheel Bearings has launched a Patreon. If you like the show and would like to chip in toward the cost of producing and hosting it you can join at https://www.patreon.com/wheelbearingsmedia