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What's the Alternative?
by Tyler Herrmann
In this weekly-ish podcast I will go over recent news in the electric vehicle (and alternative fuel) industry that piqued my interest and provide my thoughts, insightful or otherwise, on said news.
Episodes
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Hot Takes!
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose! Thank you so much for support in any way you provide it, whether that's via Patreon, sharing the podcast with friends and family, reviewing on your...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 47 (February 6, 2023)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose! Thank you so much for support in any way you provide it, whether that's via Patreon, sharing the podcast with friends and family, reviewing on your...
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Return of the Archduke (End of Hiatus, Norway Thoughts, Tesla Charging Standard, and more)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose (though payments are halted until I come back)! Thank you so much for support in any way you provide it, whether that's via Patreon, sharing the…
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NEVI Draft Federal Minimum Standards
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose! Thank you so much for support in any way you provide it, whether that's via Patreon, sharing the podcast with friends and family, reviewing on your...
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Taking a Break!
Yep, I'm taking September and October off, but I'll be back afterwards! If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose (though payments are halted until I come back)! Thank you so much for support…
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 46 (July 10, 2022)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose! Thank you so much for support in any way you provide it, whether that's via Patreon, sharing the podcast with friends and family, reviewing on your...
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Guest Episode - Amogy's CEO, Seonghoon Woo
Huge thanks to Seonghoon Woo, CEO of Amogy, who took a lot of time out of his schedule to have this conversation with me! If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose! Thank you so much for…
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EPA Clean School Bus Rebate Program - June 2022 Update
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose! Thank you so much for support in any way you provide it, whether that's via Patreon, sharing the podcast with friends and family, reviewing on your...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 45 (June 5, 2022)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose! Thank you so much for support in any way you provide it, whether that's via Patreon, sharing the podcast with friends and family, reviewing on your...
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Act Expo 2022 - Day 4
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Expo 2022 - Day 3
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose! Thank you so much for support in any way you provide it, whether that's via Patreon, sharing the podcast with friends and family, reviewing on your...
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Act Expo 2022 - Day 2
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose! Thank you so much for support in any way you provide it, whether that's via Patreon, sharing the podcast with friends and family, reviewing on your...
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Act Expo 2022 - Day 1
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose! Thank you so much for support in any way you provide it, whether that's via Patreon, sharing the podcast with friends and family, reviewing on your...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 44 (May 4, 2022)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose! Thank you so much for support in any way you provide it, whether that's via Patreon, sharing the podcast with friends and family, reviewing on your...
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Discussion: How Should We Prioritize Public Funding for Alternative Fuel Projects?
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose! Thank you so much for support in any way you provide it, whether that's via Patreon, sharing the podcast with friends and family, reviewing on your...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 43 (April 10, 2022)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose! Thank you so much for support in any way you provide it, whether that's via Patreon, sharing the podcast with friends and family, reviewing on your...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 42 (March 20, 2022)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose! Thank you so much for support in any way you provide it, whether that's via Patreon, sharing the podcast with friends and family, reviewing on your...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 41 (March 7, 2022)
**During this episode I used the word "OEMs" a lot, that means "Original Equipment Manufacturers", which is a general term we use to refer to the companies who actually manufacture the equipment we're discussing. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter...
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Infrastructure Bill Round-Up (2/18/2022)
HUGE DISCLAIMER: As always, I do not represent any organizations I work for in my professional life, these are my thoughts and my thoughts alone. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose!…
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 40 (February 18, 2022)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose! Thank you so much for support in any way you provide it, whether that's via Patreon, sharing the podcast with friends and family, reviewing on your...
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Climate Change, Plants, and Ecology with Planthropology's Vikram Baliga
NOTE: At about 1hr into the show, Vikram discusses the nutritional content of fresh foods vs foods picked long before consumption. He discusses this topic in a bit more detail around 6min into Episode 53 of Planthropology, which deals with how we grow fruit. If you have any feedback or…
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 39 (February 7, 2022)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose! Thank you so much for support in any way you provide it, whether that's via Patreon, sharing the podcast with friends and family, reviewing on your...
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First-Year Retrospective and the Future of the Show!
Let's look at the last year of the podcast and think about the future of the show and of the industry! You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose! Thank you so much for support in any way you provide it, whether that's via Patreon, sharing the podcast with friends and family, reviewing…
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 38 (January 23, 2022)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler You can now support me on Patreon, if you so choose! Thank you so much for support in any way you provide it, whether that's via Patreon, sharing the podcast with friends and family, reviewing on your...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 37 (January 17, 2022)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler Electric Vehicles: Yet another study shows that communities of color are disproportionately exposed to air pollution from transportation. Volkswagen doubled EV deliveries in 2021, delivering 263k EVs...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 36 (January 6, 2022)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler Electric Vehicles: There was a really interesting study released recently that looks at winter range loss for many EV models and compares them. There's a fantastic chart in there you should absolutely...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 35 (January 2, 2022)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler Electric Vehicles: GM is extending the production halt of the Chevy Bolt until February. Green Car Reports now has a first drive article for the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and it looks pretty great. Both the…
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The Steel Industry with Zane Voss - Part 2
If you have any feedback about this episode, you can find me @archduketyler on Twitter. A HUGE thanks to Zane Voss for appearing on the show! I absolutely loved making this episode and I'm very grateful for all of his time. Links: Car Shredding Machine Video with dramatic music and awesome…
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The Steel Industry with Zane Voss - Part 1
If you have any feedback about this episode, you can find me @archduketyler on Twitter. A HUGE thanks to Zane Voss for appearing on the show! I absolutely loved making this episode and I'm very grateful for all of his time. Links: Car Shredding Machine Video with dramatic music and awesome…
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 34 (November 28, 2021)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler Electric Vehicles: Tesla has continued its price increases, with the Model Y now starting just over $60k. A study found that adding wireless charging to EVs increased interest in EVs by nearly double.…
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 33 (November 10, 2021)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler Electric Vehicles: The U.S. Department of Energy released a report with some CO2/mi figures for different vehicle types, and they're mostly unsurprising. 402 g/mi - Gasoline 206 g/mi - Electric…
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 32 (October 29, 2021)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler Electric Vehicles (and other fuels): Apple is apparently struggling to find a battery manufacturer for its electric car. As I've said a billion times, any company serious about electric vehicles needs…
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 31 (October 20, 2021)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler Electric Vehicles: Waymo vehicles have decided to use a single street as a turnaround point and it's hilarious. Nikola has landed a Letter of Intent from PGT Trucking to lease 100 fuel-cell trucks in...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 30 (October 12, 2021)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler Electric Vehicles: Tesla has accused Rivian of stealing trade secrets related to battery technology. Tesla has increased the prices of the Model 3 and Y by $2,000, which means the cheapest Tesla is now...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 29 (October 3, 2021)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler Electric Vehicles: The Lucid Dream is going into proper production with deliveries beginning in October! Madrid has purchased 30 more fully electric buses for a total of 85 electric transit buses in…
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 28 (September 28, 2021)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler Electric Vehicles: Ford is considering producing Mach-E's as dedicated police vehicles. Ford is investing in battery recycling, specifically targeting closed-loop recycling. Part of this is through a…
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 27 (September 19, 2021)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler Electric Vehicles: GM is allegedly asking owners of Chevy Bolts not to park within 50ft (15m) of other vehicles. I didn't see this recommendation on GM's website, but it was originally reported by...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 26 (September 14, 2021)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler Electric Vehicles: If Chevy ends up needing to replace all the battery packs in Bolts due to the recall, owners may end up with a range increase due to newer, better batteries. This may mean 8% more...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 25 (August 22, 2021)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler Electric Vehicles: Chevy has recalled all Bolts made for battery issues. Around 140k Bolts were recalled for battery replacement. If they manage to find another solution, they can implement that, but…
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 24 (August 15, 2021)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler Important videos about the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report: Simon Clark (a proper climate physicist) talks about the IPCC report. Hank Green talks about possible approaches for...
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Guest Conversation - Petroleum Pat Talks About the Petroleum Industry!
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler This is the first episode of its type, so I would love feedback on whether I hit a good balance of technical and comprehensible. Is this episode too long? Is it too unstructured? Any feedback would be...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 23 (July 21, 2021)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler **I apologize for the audio quality of this episode, I had a weird mic issue this week and was not able to get it fixed before this episode.** Electric Vehicles: Ford patents a method for charging EVs...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 22 (July 12, 2021)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler Electric Vehicles: Rivian patented a new maneuver enabled by their four-motor design. Atlanta will purchase 10 new electric transit buses! Virginia has updated its "Virginia 511" app and website to show...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 21 (July 7, 2021)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler Sandy Munro talks about the Mach-E door. Electric Vehicles: Lordstown Motors' CEO and CFO have both resigned. So that's promising. Unsurprisingly, stocks immediately dropped by about 20% and has not...
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Deep Dive: Renewable Natural Gas
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler This is the first episode of its type, so I would love feedback on whether I hit a good balance of technical and comprehensible. Is this episode too long? Is it too unstructured? Any feedback would be...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 20 (June 21, 2021)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler Electric Vehicles: Lordstown Motors: President of Lordstown Motors states that there are enough "binding orders" to stay afloat until May 2022. SEC filing states that Lordstown Motors does *not* have...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 19 (June 13, 2021)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler **I didn't discuss the Tesla Plaid Model S announcement in this episode because there isn't much new to say about it. It may come up in a later episode, but if you want to learn more about it in the...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 18 (June 6, 2021)
Episode Notes If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler Headlines from this episode: Electric Vehicles: BMW announced two new EVs for sale in Q1 2022: BMW i4 Sedan: BMW iX SUV: Both shooting for 200kW charging A comparison of the BMW i4 to the...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 17 (May 31, 2021)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler CORRECTION: In the section about the federal EV tax credit, the quoted article was incorrect. The sunset period is triggered (as I suggested would be better) by the percentage of EVs sold in the nation,...
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Weekly-ish News - Episode 16 (May 21, 2021)
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to find me on Twitter @archduketyler **While editing this episode, I noticed that my claim about the average home generator size may be slightly off from the actual average. The numbers I gave were in line with my experience, but may not…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In this weekly-ish podcast I will go over recent news in the electric vehicle (and alternative fuel) industry that piqued my interest and provide my thoughts, insightful or otherwise, on said news.
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Tyler Herrmann
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