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Wheel Bearings — 464 episodes

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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

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Driving Old Cars

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Powdered Sugar Everywhere

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Too Many Brands

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All The Switches

10

Going Rogue

11

Boulder Incoming

12

The Darth Vader Edition

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The Scammer Edition

14

To The Cosmos and Beyond

15

Denver Croissants

16

Can't Share Non-Existent Profits

17

We All Know The Truth

18

A conversation with Toyota EV Chief Engineer Masaya Uchiyama

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Heirloom Furniture Dollies

20

Finnicky Door Handles

21

Adios To A Pioneer

22

A Conversation With Zeekr's Giovanni Lanfranchi

23

How Much For That Old Truck?

24

Chinese EVs North of the Border

25

Unplugging Stellantis

26

One Trick Pony

27

Surprises and Disappointments

28

Lightning Strikes Out

29

Going Autonomous

30

Updating the Wedge

31

Banning Subscriptions, Sort Of

32

EV Pulse Reunion

33

It's the Rogue-Lander PHEV

34

Fun Not Hardcore

35

The Tim Badge

36

Eyes Off

37

Ep 424 On Tuesday

38

Take the Bill Challenge

39

Losing Your Soul

40

Coming Tuesday Morning

41

Clever for the Sake of Clever

42

China, Brakes, Hybrids, Subscriptions

43

10 Years After Dieselgate

44

The Plural of Leaf is Leafs

45

Slate Duallie

46

Overlanding Minivan

47

The Benefit of Listening

48

Getting A Kick Out Of Kicks

49

Companies Behaving Well and Badly

50

Midsummer 2025

51

Airport Garage Towing

52

Colors In The Driveway

53

Too Much Name

54

Buying A Used EV

55

Hot Charging

56

How Many Tasks

57

Leafs Not Leaves

58

What Kind of Pie?

59

Stopping Beating The Horse

60

Adandoned Gas Stations

61

Does Robbie Fit

62

Fake Recovery Hooks

63

Too Much Seat Comfort

64

Get The Versa

65

New York, New York

66

Does the World Want Cheap Electric Trucks

67

Smart Off-Roading

68

99% Looks or Capability

69

Swap or Charge

70

Cars Are Better Than Crossovers

71

Yes, Car Buying Still Sucks

72

Why Is High Temperature Cold?

73

All The Weathers

74

No Pop Ups!

75

Good And Bad Cold Weather Advice

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Buy While You Can

77

Swagoneer

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Canoo Without A Paddle

79

Do You Want a Luxury Minivan

80

Live From Las Vegas

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Happy New Year

82

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

86

Are Bad Font Choices A Bad Sign?

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Be More Humane

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Working for the WKNDR

89

We've Got The Buzz

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Scouting Mission

91

Where's The Plug?

92

AI Stock Boondoggle

93

What Is All-New?

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Simulated Engagement

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ADAS Distractions

96

Touchscreen Vents Are Stupid

97

Get Your Recalls Fixed

98

Hyundai Is Busy

99

Volvo's Mikael Ljung Aust on Driver Understanding

100

Losing the Buzz

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Should Have Saved The Name

102

No Fancy Brunch

103

Declining Value Proposition

104

Manila Vanilla, It's Yellow

105

Basically A Fast Economy Car

106

No Real Safety Benefit

107

It's An Electric Flex

108

It's About The Style

109

1.6 Miles Of Copper

110

Do You Need An AI Best Friend?

111

Plug-in Hybrids Are Or Are Not Fine

112

The Best EV Value

113

Too Heavy

114

Two Transmissions in One

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A Little Digital Kiss

116

The Girl In The Trunk

117

Finding The Hidden Charge Port

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No Soap Please

119

Still Too Much

120

Faster Than Magma

121

Jumping Raptors

122

Touch The Vent Not The Screen

123

Return of the Gremlin

124

Who Cares About Efficiency?

125

What's Happening at Jeep?

126

Testing Tires

127

Killing Unused Features

128

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

134

Winter Socks for Tires

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Strategic Crown Vic Reserve

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Are We Ready To Swap?

137

Better Late Than Never?

138

Not A Daily Driver

139

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

182

Faking It

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All-Season High-Voltage Corvette

184

Surviving CES

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Making Resolutions

186

Great Googly Moogly

187

Just Get A Maverick

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Not Full Self-Driving

189

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

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The End Of An Era

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It's Infrastructure Week!

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Nested Nostalgia

276

Reporting From The Middle Of America

277

Ch-Ch-Changes

278

More Questions, Answers, And Names

279

Nilay Patel On Mustangs, Raptors, Apple Cars and Touchscreens

280

Who Will Win The Electric Truck Battle?

281

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

282

Extremely Underwhelming Vehicle

283

Electric Vehicles for Teenagers

284

The Three-Wheel Driver

285

What's In Your Garage?

286

What's a BrightDrop?

287

Do Logos Even Matter?

288

Highs, Lows, and Minivans

289

Adios, 2020

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Robot Dogs and Taxis

291

The Mach-E edition

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Not So Uber Anymore

293

Old Enough to Know Better, Too Young to Care

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Bad HMI Design Decisions

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An Offensive Face

296

Questions, Questions, Questions

297

The Right Vehicle For The Job

298

Green Dragons and Organs

299

Keeping It Running

300

How Much Is Too Much?

301

Who Gets to Sell the EVs?

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Into The Air

303

Jeep Plugs In

304

High Performance Bargains

305

Pineapple Pizza? Absolutely…Or Not

306

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

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From Miata to Aston Martin

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Stupid Stocks and Plug-in Hybrids

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Hybrids, hybrids, and more hybrids

315

£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

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Preserving Your Ride

320

Press On Regardless

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Sheltering In Place But Still Driving (for now)

322

GM Gets Plugged In

323

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

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Dependability, the Badger, and in-car exercise routines

325

Live (ish) from LA and Chicago

326

Ep. 138 - It's All About the Context

327

Big Screens and Blimps - CES 2020

328

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

329

Who's Going To Buy All The EVs?

330

SUVs, Big, Little and Faux

331

Sedans, SUVs and More Cybertruck

332

Electric Trucks

333

Ford Mustang Mach-E, Dave Pericak interview

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Not Your Grandfather's Mustang

335

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 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