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Wheel Bearings — 468 episodes

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What Is A Moonroof

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Tracked By Flock

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Diesels Dying

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No Silverado Hybrids

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Following Fedex

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Live From Nebraska

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How We Cruise

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Selling To Little Old Ladies

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Lots of Honda Hybrids

10

Driving Old Cars

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Powdered Sugar Everywhere

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Too Many Brands

13

All The Switches

14

Going Rogue

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Boulder Incoming

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The Darth Vader Edition

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The Scammer Edition

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To The Cosmos and Beyond

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Denver Croissants

20

Can't Share Non-Existent Profits

21

We All Know The Truth

22

A conversation with Toyota EV Chief Engineer Masaya Uchiyama

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Heirloom Furniture Dollies

24

Finnicky Door Handles

25

Adios To A Pioneer

26

A Conversation With Zeekr's Giovanni Lanfranchi

27

How Much For That Old Truck?

28

Chinese EVs North of the Border

29

Unplugging Stellantis

30

One Trick Pony

31

Surprises and Disappointments

32

Lightning Strikes Out

33

Going Autonomous

34

Updating the Wedge

35

Banning Subscriptions, Sort Of

36

EV Pulse Reunion

37

It's the Rogue-Lander PHEV

38

Fun Not Hardcore

39

The Tim Badge

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Eyes Off

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Ep 424 On Tuesday

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Take the Bill Challenge

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Losing Your Soul

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Coming Tuesday Morning

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Clever for the Sake of Clever

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China, Brakes, Hybrids, Subscriptions

47

10 Years After Dieselgate

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The Plural of Leaf is Leafs

49

Slate Duallie

50

Overlanding Minivan

51

The Benefit of Listening

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Getting A Kick Out Of Kicks

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Companies Behaving Well and Badly

54

Midsummer 2025

55

Airport Garage Towing

56

Colors In The Driveway

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Too Much Name

58

Buying A Used EV

59

Hot Charging

60

How Many Tasks

61

Leafs Not Leaves

62

What Kind of Pie?

63

Stopping Beating The Horse

64

Adandoned Gas Stations

65

Does Robbie Fit

66

Fake Recovery Hooks

67

Too Much Seat Comfort

68

Get The Versa

69

New York, New York

70

Does the World Want Cheap Electric Trucks

71

Smart Off-Roading

72

99% Looks or Capability

73

Swap or Charge

74

Cars Are Better Than Crossovers

75

Yes, Car Buying Still Sucks

76

Why Is High Temperature Cold?

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All The Weathers

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No Pop Ups!

79

Good And Bad Cold Weather Advice

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Buy While You Can

81

Swagoneer

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Canoo Without A Paddle

83

Do You Want a Luxury Minivan

84

Live From Las Vegas

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Happy New Year

86

Wrangling Beagles

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Charging The Charger

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Tacos At Every Charger

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Let's Go Racing

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Are Bad Font Choices A Bad Sign?

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Be More Humane

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Working for the WKNDR

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We've Got The Buzz

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Scouting Mission

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Where's The Plug?

96

AI Stock Boondoggle

97

What Is All-New?

98

Simulated Engagement

99

ADAS Distractions

100

Touchscreen Vents Are Stupid

101

Get Your Recalls Fixed

102

Hyundai Is Busy

103

Volvo's Mikael Ljung Aust on Driver Understanding

104

Losing the Buzz

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Should Have Saved The Name

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No Fancy Brunch

107

Declining Value Proposition

108

Manila Vanilla, It's Yellow

109

Basically A Fast Economy Car

110

No Real Safety Benefit

111

It's An Electric Flex

112

It's About The Style

113

1.6 Miles Of Copper

114

Do You Need An AI Best Friend?

115

Plug-in Hybrids Are Or Are Not Fine

116

The Best EV Value

117

Too Heavy

118

Two Transmissions in One

119

A Little Digital Kiss

120

The Girl In The Trunk

121

Finding The Hidden Charge Port

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No Soap Please

123

Still Too Much

124

Faster Than Magma

125

Jumping Raptors

126

Touch The Vent Not The Screen

127

Return of the Gremlin

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Who Cares About Efficiency?

129

What's Happening at Jeep?

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Testing Tires

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Killing Unused Features

132

Bringing Back Hybrids

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Lucy With the Football

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Dealers be Dealering

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Tell Me A Dinosaur Story

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And The Winners Are...

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We Can't Have Nice Things

138

Winter Socks for Tires

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Strategic Crown Vic Reserve

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Are We Ready To Swap?

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Better Late Than Never?

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Not A Daily Driver

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Frunk-Gating

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Appropriately Named

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Don't Call It A Hybrid

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The Tardis of EVs

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Falling Short and Expensive

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A Very Expensive Bumper

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A Long Note

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I Found It A Little Wonkety

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Sharing a Bench With Your Bestie

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Suitcase Scooter

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Made In China

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Extinction Event

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Send Them To School

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The Most Audacious

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The Detritus of Daily Life

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Just A Boondogle

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Bad Lessons

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It's Mostly New

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The Fancy Sandwich of SUVs

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No More Grey

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Comfy Seats

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It Hears Me

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Tremors Big and Small

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Yanking the Steering Wheel

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Buzz Me

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Live From the Kona Coast

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New York Conversations

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It's Very, Very Bad

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One And A Half

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The Essential Part Not Included

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Oh That Grille!

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Champagne Mode

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Inaccessible Chargers

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Just a Skosh More

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It's Got Sting

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Just Bring It To America

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It's Ridiculous

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Just Get The XL

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Blue Cruise or Blues Clues?

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Smooshed Cars and Smacked Snow Banks

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Bait and Switch

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Eyes On The Road

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It Handles Rough Roads Great

186

Faking It

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All-Season High-Voltage Corvette

188

Surviving CES

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Making Resolutions

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Great Googly Moogly

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Just Get A Maverick

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Not Full Self-Driving

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Off-Road Supercars

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Vinfast has Landed

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More Convertibles Please

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Improving the User Experience

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Off to the Ocean

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Creeping Featuritis

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Top Novice

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Sony Software In Your Car?

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Go Anywhere, But You Might Not Get Out

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Big Enough For A Drum Kit

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Give It 6 More Months

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A Taller Prancing Horse

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Getting Buzzed

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Don't Fake Fires

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Power is Not Enough

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An EV With An Exhaust System?

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A Really Long Dirt Driveway

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How Much For The Paint?

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You Are The Kindling

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Failure to Charge

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Locked in the Center

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Into the Swamp

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Cadillac Sings a New Tune

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Broncos Big and Small

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Talking About Pie

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ToyotaPalooza 2022

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Teslas Can't See Aircraft

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The Porter Wins

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The Scout Lives

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Lightning Strikes

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The Deer Ran Into Me

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Some Compromises

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Coexisting Assistants

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Not A Crazed Squirrel

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100 HP Per Cylinder

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Orange is Rugged

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Electric Volvos and More

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The Buzz is Back

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Gliding Actively Sometimes

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They've Seen Cars With 4 Wheels

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They Can't Be Hard When It's Cold

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A Saucy Badger

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400 LBs of Snow and Ice

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Into the Wilderness

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Going Wide

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And The Winner Is ...

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Going With the Flow

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Return of Avalanche and Airflow, Eventually

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Great In Principle

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I See Pixels

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That's a Giant Wiper

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Hauling Anything But Ass

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The Perfect Mulch Hauler

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Driving a whole bunch of stuff

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Phoenix From The Ashes

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You'll Make Your Money Back in a Week

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Don't Get A Bad Car Loan

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Indy Goes Driverless

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It Grows On You

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Munster Challenger

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When Enough Is Enough

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It's Not So Ugly

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Now With Maximum Grille

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I'm Not a Bus

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It's Not Just Another Hyundai

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Mars Is Not The Utopia Elon Thinks It Is

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One Heading Out The Door, The Other Heading In

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Classic Nameplates Return

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Launching, Road Tripping and Parking

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Ultra Fine, Fine and Ok

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Sweet, Sweet Options

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Dodge Will Sell American eMuscle

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Interesting and Slightly Less Interesting

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Just a Basic Entry Level Sedan

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You Can Have Too Much Grille

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Return of the PT Cruiser

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Small Trucks and Toyota-Pallooza

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Wanna Buy A Sports Car Assembly Line?

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What Is This Doing Here?

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First Close Look At An Electric Pickup

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No One Needs a 700hp Truck, But You Sure Might Want It

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In Search Of A Rental Car

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A Conversation with Nvidia's Danny Shapiro

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Say Hello To Roberto

277

The End Of An Era

278

It's Infrastructure Week!

279

Nested Nostalgia

280

Reporting From The Middle Of America

281

Ch-Ch-Changes

282

More Questions, Answers, And Names

283

Nilay Patel On Mustangs, Raptors, Apple Cars and Touchscreens

284

Who Will Win The Electric Truck Battle?

285

Bonus Episode: Peter Egan on Isettas, Car Writing, and Guitars

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Extremely Underwhelming Vehicle

287

Electric Vehicles for Teenagers

288

The Three-Wheel Driver

289

What's In Your Garage?

290

What's a BrightDrop?

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Do Logos Even Matter?

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Highs, Lows, and Minivans

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Adios, 2020

294

Robot Dogs and Taxis

295

The Mach-E edition

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Not So Uber Anymore

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Old Enough to Know Better, Too Young to Care

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Bad HMI Design Decisions

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An Offensive Face

300

Questions, Questions, Questions

301

The Right Vehicle For The Job

302

Green Dragons and Organs

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Keeping It Running

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How Much Is Too Much?

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Who Gets to Sell the EVs?

306

Into The Air

307

Jeep Plugs In

308

High Performance Bargains

309

Pineapple Pizza? Absolutely…Or Not

310

The Interior and Tech of the Ford Bronco Family

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The True Successor To The F1

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How to Expand the EV Market

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Stash The Doors, Hit The Trails

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Zoom #2 - Subscriptions All Around

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There's A New F-150 In Town

316

From Miata to Aston Martin

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Stupid Stocks and Plug-in Hybrids

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Hybrids, hybrids, and more hybrids

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£500 Million To Learn That It’s Hard To Make Money Building Cars

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What Happens Next?

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Zoom-Zoom #1

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Destination Charges

323

Preserving Your Ride

324

Press On Regardless

325

Sheltering In Place But Still Driving (for now)

326

GM Gets Plugged In

327

Corvettes In The Desert, The Cheapest Nissan, Consumer Reports Top Picks

328

Dependability, the Badger, and in-car exercise routines

329

Live (ish) from LA and Chicago

330

Ep. 138 - It's All About the Context

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Big Screens and Blimps - CES 2020

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An interview with Radenso Radar. Watch your six. And your three. And your twelve.

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Who's Going To Buy All The EVs?

334

SUVs, Big, Little and Faux

335

Sedans, SUVs and More Cybertruck

336

Electric Trucks

337

Ford Mustang Mach-E, Dave Pericak interview

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Not Your Grandfather's Mustang

339

From Basic to Supercharged - Shelby GT500, FCA/PSA, Affordable MINI Cooper EV

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Argo AI CEO Bryan Salesky - automated driving systems with Ford and VW, multi-city AV testing, LIDAR, Maps, and more

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Ep. 127 - Ford’s Jim Farley On Building Mobility Technology, Services and Brands

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Wheelbearings Episode 126

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Wheelbearings Episode 121

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Wheel Bearings #120 - Ludicrous

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Wheelbearings Episode 119

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Wheelbearings Episode 118

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Wheelbearings Episode 117

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Episode #116 - Electrifying Racing

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Wheel Bearings Episode 106 - Live From New York!

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Episode #079 - Larry Burns Talks About Autonomy

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Wheelbearings Episode 43

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Wheelbearings Episode 42 - Maxi Mini, Family Haulin’, Car Subscriptions & Autonomous Safety

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Wheelbearings Episode 41 - SuperCruising Across America, EVs Coming Up Everywhere

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Wheel Bearings Episode 40 - The ADAS and Autonomous Landscape

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Wheelbearings Episode 39 - The Off-Road Ford GT, New Jaguars, Stupid Tech

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Wheelbearings Episode 38 - Grand Touring, Fun Hybrids, Frankfurt and Mazda Cleverness

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Wheelbearings Episode 37 - NSX weekend, warm and hot hatches, and piping-hot pizza

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Wheelbearings Episode 36 - Rome Isn’t Burning, Why Skip The VCs? & Diesel Crossovers

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Wheelbearings Special Episode: NEMPA MIT Technology Conference - "Stronger, Lighter, Faster"

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Wheelbearings Episode 35 – Dull Edge, Travis Gets Sued, Mazda Innovates

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Wheelbearings Episode 34 - AMG Roadtripping, More Miata Love and EV Frustration

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Wheelbearings Episode 033 - Faster, Slower, Fix It Now or Fix It Later

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Wheelbearings Episode 032 - Convertibles, Hybrids, Not Self-Driving and Comcast Hate

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Wheelbearings Episode 031 - Absolutely Mainstream to Utterly Extreme

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Wheelbearings Episode 030 - Crashing and Electrifying

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Wheelbearings Episode 029 - Big Sedans, Servicing Autonomous Vehicles, Racing Old Cars

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Wheelbearings Episode 028 - Uber loses its CEO, JD Power IQS, and your questions

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Wheelbearings Episode 027 - Jags That Burn Oil On Purpose, Cars That Are Too Good and Some That Aren’t

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Wheelbearings Episode 026 - Smokeless Launches and Exhausted Patents

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Wheelbearings Episode 025 - Aging Trucks, New Crossovers, Vintage Convertibles and Cheap EVs

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Wheelbearings Episode 024 - Hauling, Firing, Hiring, Renting and Banning

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Wheelbearings Episode 023 - Ride Hailing is Doomed, VW Advertising, Delphi Spinning Off, GM Diesel Interview

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Wheelbearings Episode 022 - Jeep and Ram spinoff, Apple still into cars, Autonomy and Law Enforcement

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Wheelbearings Episode 021 - Lincolns, Lambos, Buicks and Cadillacs in Manhattan

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Wheelbearings Episode 020 - Buick Regal Sportback and TourX, Hyundai Ioniq, Kia Niro

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Wheelbearings Episode 019 - The Race For Autonomy, New Tech For Old Cars And Flat Tires

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Wheelbearings Episode 018 - Hacking Tractors, Formula E, Piech Drama, Trapping Autonomous Cars

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Wheelbearings Episode 017 - Intel buys Mobileye, Geneva recap, EPA rollback, proposed federal budget

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Wheelbearings Episode 016 - Ford/Argo AI, Automakers winning autonomy, Robert Davis of Mazda, more energy crisis musings

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Wheelbearings Episode 015 - Waymo Will See Uber In Court, Opels and Fried Chicken and Making HD Maps

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Wheelbearings Episode 014 - GM, Opel, and PSA, Ride Hailing Disruption, EPA follow-up, and Questions

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Wheelbearings Episode 013 - Ford Expedition, Executive Order impacts on MPG, EPA abolishment, VW drops diesel development

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Wheelbearings Episode 012 - Chevrolet Bolt, Dodge Challenger GT First Drives, 4 Press Cars, an Interview, and Questions

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Wheelbearings Episode 011 - 2018 Ford Mustang, engineer Tom Barnes, Mazda HCCI, Delphi's Jim Zizelman on Dynamic Skip-Fire

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Wheelbearings Episode 010 - CES and NAIAS

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Wheelbearings Episode 009 - 2016/2017 - the Review/Preview

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Wheelbearings Episode 008 - Autonomy to boost minivans, VW I.D., Ford's autonomous fleet upgrades, Uber's tantrum, Tesla cuts supercharging

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Wheelbearings Episode 007 - Über arrogance, Waymo, new V2V rules

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WheelBearings Episode 006 - MobilEye, GM/Ford automatics, Comma.NEO, Ford predicts the future

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Wheelbearings Episode 005 - Ford EcoSport, making a case for a gas crisis, Lucid Motors, Delphi, and more

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Wheelbearings Episode 004 - Automation, infotainment, visibility, and your questions

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Wheelbearings Episode 003 - Tesla Autopilot Study, Jaguar iPace, Mazda CX-5 Diesel, Chariot Founder/CEO Ali Vahabzadeh

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Wheelbearings Episode 002 - Hyundai Ioniq, Electrified Ferraris, Cord Revival, Peak Automobile

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Wheelbearings Episode 001 - Dan and Sam kick it off