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The Watt Car EV Podcast
Not your average EV, plug-in, and hybrid (and fuel cell!) automotive podcast.
Episodes
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #52: Will They Be Mining Hydrogen on the Moon?
The search for a budget EV for a friend takes The Watt Car Podcast hosts on a journey that leads them to the Hyundai Kona Electric. From there, it’s towing…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #51: Level 1 Charging on Caffeine
This week, we begin by reviewing the good and the bad from our weeklong evaluation of the Ford Mustang Mach-E GT Performance Edition. Plus, we dive into the…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #50: I’ve got an adapter for that
This week, Phil Royle fails at home charging with a Ford Mustang Mach-E, while Edward A. Sanchez has more juice for his Tesla Model 3 than his car can handle…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #49: Deloitte, like Detroit; Hyundai, like Sundae
This week, a displaced Edward A. Sanchez laments his temporary loss of Level 2 home charging, and is now forced to live a life on public chargers – at least…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #48: The Chevy Silverado EV, Mercedes-Benz EQXX, Chrysler Airflow, and more from CES 2022
We’re live from the show floor at CES 2022 – sort of. This week, we bring you a firsthand account from CES, with unveilings from Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Chrysler…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #47: Inoffensive, but in a Good Way
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…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #46: EVs and the Camping Conundrum
This week, we spin a yarn about the camping community’s inevitable march toward EVs and electrification. From towing with EV trucks to custom trailers designed…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #45: Curbside Charging, An Interview With FLO's Cory Bullis
This week, The Watt Car Podcast hosts Edward A. Sanchez and Phil Royle interview Cory Bullis, the Senior Public Affairs Specialist for FLO, diving headlong…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #44: The Platypus of EVs
This week’s big stories include official EPA numbers for the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6, the Cybertruck will now get a quad-motor version and crab walk, Elon…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #43: More Efficient with Efficiency
EV charging infrastructure maintenance, potential Tesla Model Y bashing, a CEO unable to say the “T” word, a new electric UTV, Mercedes-Benz’s new efficient…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #42: The Shining Paragon of Longevity
Is Toyota’s Akio Toyoda singing the right electrification song? Will synthetic fuels become a viable alternative to EVs for mainstream consumers? Given their…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #41: Live-ish from the LA Auto Show
We recorded this week’s The Watt Car Podcast live from the floor of the 2021 LA Auto Show! Following eight hours of walking the halls at the Los Angeles…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #40: The Citroën Ami Demon Edition?
Is there a dark underbelly to over-the-air updates? Is the delivery variant of the Citroën Ami a 28 mph Dodge Demon? Is the Genesis GV60 EV crystal ball…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #39: Megawatt Charging with CharIN
Every EV owner knows of CCS, but did you know that you have the non-profit organization CharIN to thank for the Combined Charging System? And now CharIN is at…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #38: There is no Dacia Sandero in this group
Did you know that the Tesla Model 3 outsold the Dacia Sandero in Europe in September? Big news, we know </sarcasm>! Actually, it is big news, and we’ll tell…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #37: Snacking vs. Gorging
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…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #36: Teslas Growing Like Weeds
Picking up from last week, we cover a family member’s continuing adventure in purchasing a used electrified vehicle before discussing LG absorbing much of GM’s…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #35: Doing the Bare Minimum
Is Tesla moving its headquarters to Texas? Did BEVs recently outsell diesels in Germany? Does Rivian have enough orders to make a business of it? Will Foxconn…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #34: An Interview with Research Fellow Dr. Joanne Leach
This week, The Watt Car’s Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez welcome Dr. Joanne Leach to the podcast. A Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham in the…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #33: A Claw Motion
How do you wind down car windows? Is it with a thrilling four-button claw motion or a more lackadaisical two windows at a time? This week, co-host Edward A…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #32: EV Chargers in a Batman Alley
This week, podcast co-host Phil Royle tests a 2021 Ford F-150 PowerBoost Hybrid and ponders whether Ford should produce a plug-in version in addition to the…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #31: An Interview with Us
Ever wonder how The Watt Car came to be? Co-hosts Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez relive the old days talking about their car histories, work entanglements…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #30: Ironing Out the Problems
This week, podcast co-hosts Edward A. Sanchez and Phil Royle discuss a Nürburgring Model S Plaid crash, the Citroën Ami and Opel Rocks-e, Genesis EV news and…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #29: B as in Boom
Before diving into the explosive issue of the Chevy Bolt, The Watt Car Podcast co-hosts Edward A. Sanchez and Phil Royle discuss McDonald’s at Superchargers…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast #28: Like a Deftly Thrown Bowling Ball
Arguably the most expensive episode of The Watt Car Podcast ever, co-hosts Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez discuss Rimac Nevera acceleration, how the Tesla…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 27: Herbert’s Big Adventure
What a week! From U.S. President Joe Biden’s electrification executive order to new EPA standards to a possible Elon Musk biography, there was plenty to…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 26: Adventures in car washing
On this week’s The Watt Car automotive electrification podcast, co-hosts Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez discuss average car consumers, un-average billionaire…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 25: The Slinky Effect
It’s all yoke all the time on this week’s episode of The Watt Car podcast, although to their credit, neither co-host Edward A. Sanchez or Phil Royle are happy…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 24: A spider's web of charging cables
It’s stories galore on this week’s The Watt Car automotive electrification podcast, and none of them tie together. Still, that won’t stop co-hosts Edward A…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 23: The buzzword meter is off the charts
Co-hosts Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez meet up in person between podcast recordings, and Model 3 charging shenanigans ensue. Which leads to the question…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 22: Not Soulless, Just Sterile
On this week’s episode of The Watt Car automotive electrification podcast, co-host Edward A. Sanchez has his dreams come true with the news that EV supercar…
The Watt Car EV PodcastEpisode 21: An interview with Karma Automotive’s Jeff Holland
This week on The Watt Car podcast, co-hosts Edward A. Sanchez and Phil Royle welcome Jeff Holland, Director of Public Relations at Karma Automotive, to discuss…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 20: The Tesla yoke of minivans
When it comes to EVs, charging is kind of important, so this week, The Watt Car podcast co-hosts Edward A. Sanchez and Phil Royle discuss that very topic in…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 19: A multiplicative system
This week, co-hosts Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez bag on and praise Tesla for its latest release, the Model S Plaid. But there are other things to celebrate…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 18: It usually self corrects
Podcast co-hosts Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez discuss Ed’s latest Tesla mobile service call for an issue he figured would fix itself. Spoiler alert: it…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 17: Feeling like a Slurpee
This week, The Watt Car podcast co-hosts Phil Royle and Edward A.Sanchez kick off the conversation with a survey that was obvious to anyone who has ever…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 16: The Elephant in the Room
Lightning strikes again on this week’s podcast, with co-hosts Edward A. Sanchez and Phil Royle discussing the Ford F-150 Lightning once more. The elephant in…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 15: Lightning Strikes!
The Watt Car Podcast hosts Edward A. Sanchez and Phil Royle stay up late to chat about the F-150 Lightning debut, speculating about the unspoken portions of…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 14: A lot of promises
Promises, promises, promises – that’s the recurring theme on this week’s The Watt Car Podcast. Teasing new EV products is Harley-Davidson with its pending…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 13: The Trouble With Dendrites
Electrification news flies freely this week with hosts Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez discussing GM’s solution to what has become a bit of an EV charging…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 12: Hitting the limitations of physics
Hosts Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez jump in this week with Honda’s surprising EV revelation, which Phil then ties into Hino Motors, REE, and Toyota in some…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 11: It's Raining EVs
It’s raining EVs on this week’s episode of The Watt Car’s automotive electrification podcast, with hosts Edward A. Sanchez and Phil Royle firing through as…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 10: EV chargers off the back of a truck
It’s back to the racetrack for Phil Royle as he questions a number of Tesla Model 3 enthusiasts about their track-side charging habits and then reports his…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 9: The Realm of the Supertruck
Electrified RV and boondocking discussions persist, albeit briefly this week. From there, co-hosts Edward A. Sanchez and Phil Royle talk trucks with the reveal…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 8: Shifting the EV paradigm, and other corporate speak
It’s a bit of a rabbit hole on this week’s The Watt Car Podcast. Phil Royle takes a trip in an RV...and a podcast is born. Co-host Edward A. Sanchez helps Phil…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 7: Going the Distance
This week’s The Watt Car Podcast sees Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez chat about EV tire wear, tree pollution problems, Jeep 4xe fuel economy, an EV Wrangler…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 6: An Interview With Chelsea Sexton
On this week’s very special episode of The Watt Car Podcast, Edward A. Sanchez geeks out in his interview with Chelsea Sexton, who rocketed to EV fame through…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 5: Just Wait Until Next Week
ZSW reports on EV registrations and adoption around the world: https://www.zsw-bw.de/en/newsroom/news/news-detail/news/detail/News/electric-cars-on-the-rise-glo…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 4: Putting your eggs in the self-driving basket
SHOW NOTES The Ioniq 5 has been spied at charging stations in South Korea and Germany…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 3: The USPS of Podcasts
SHOW NOTES Hyundai revealed the facelifted 2022 Hyundai Kona EV: https://www.motortrend.com/news/2022-hyundai-kona-electric-first-look-review/ McLaren unveils…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 2: The One Hour Box
Hosts: Philip Royle and Edward A. Sanchez SHOW NOTES Chevy unveils the next Bolt EV and EUV (6" longer w/ 3" more leg room) on Valentine's Day…
The Watt Car EV PodcastTWC Podcast, Episode 1: The Beta
SHOW NOTES Ford isn't going to get left behind: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/05/ford-wont-cede-the-future-to-anyone-on-electric-vehicles-ceo-farley.html Tesla…