282: The Freedom Fries of Cars

The Watt Car EV Podcast · Aug 6, 2026 · 1h 6m

Are freedom cars coming? If Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has his way, they will. The proposal gives Americans the “right to drive disconnected and non-automated” cars. Sounds good, although it only took us a couple of minutes to come up with a better proposal. Also on this week’s podcast, Zoox gets approval for expanded operations in Las Vegas, Waymo hits more legal issues in Santa Monica, Mazda says the next Miata will be ICE and EV, Telo ups the towing ante, and more!

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Transportation secretary Sean Duffy proposes “Freedom Cars” initiative…