TEN 343 - ID.4 Pro AWD Priced, Ford F150 Lightning Pricing, Lordstown Says It can Still RIDE

The Timings

00:00 - Introduction
00:44 - Volkswagen ID.4 Pro AWD comes to the U.S., Offers Much-Needed Performance Boost
01:31 - Germany asks Tesla to open up charging stations
02:20 - Honda Kills the clarity, pushes new BEVs and FCVs to be 100% zero emissions by 2040, carbon neutral by 2050
03:17 - Texas's independent/isolated grid can't cope with the heat - and again attempts to shift blame to renewables but actually admits 75% of unavailable generation is fossil fuel power stations.
04:13 - Polestar 3 to be manufactured in the USA
05:01 - Delta Shareholders ask Delta to disclose climate lobbying
05:52 - Priced - F-150 Lighting Priced
06:48 - Audi says 2026 will be the end of the internal combustion engine
07:32 - Lordstown says it has confirmed orders… then backtracks immediately.
08:21 - GM Boosts spending on electrification (again) by another 30% to 35 Billion
09:14 - UK government in talks to become home to gigafactories
09:32 - Port of Los Angeles begins FCEV truck pilot program
09:47 - Peugeot’s e-Rifter seven seat electric van goes on sale in the UK
10:04 - Microlino forms production company as it readies the Microlino 2.0 for production
10:19 - T&e (again) UK auto industry will produce just 4% of European EVs by 2030 without further investment
10:35 - Proterra enters the stock market through a SPAC
10:53 - T&E reports suggests Volvo and Volkswagen the only European car makers on track for electrification in EU by 2030
11:11 - Madrid looks to replace 1000 taxis with Toyota FCEVs
11:31 - GM, Liebherr-Aerospace working on Hydrotec Hydrogen fuel cell based aircraft
11:44 - Baidu announces plans to build 1000 autonomous taxis for use in Beijing.
12:00 - National Grid turns on pole-mounted charging stations on the east coast
12:16 - Nvidia buying DeepMap to advance it's Autonomous driving products.
12:36 - Maine GOP Senator Susan Collins calls EV drivers “free riders” and suggests increasing EV taxes to pay for Biden Infrastructure plan
12:56 - Spain looking to use EU pandemic recovery funds to kickstart EV charger roll out
13:12 - BMW readying X5 HFCV for market
13:28- Mazda adding 13 electrified models by 2025
13:46 - Canoo selects OK for manufacturing facility
14:02 - Toyota CEO maintains that it’s still too early to focus on only electric cars
14:19 - Kiwi Incentives kick off
14:37 - Hydrogen Defender fuel cell prototype confirmed
14:52 - Daimler revamping EV strategy, bringing forward timeline for shift to electric.
15:07 - Ford buys Electrofi
15:22 - Škoda working on a crossover Ev
15:41 - Brightdrop joins University of Washington’s Urban Freight Lab
15:55 - Tesla sticks with the Yoke - but Elon Musk says progressive steering is years away
16:16 - Rivian heading to New Zealand to Test R1T, R1S, Delivery Vehicle
17:01 - Ford CEO says he wants to race the Mustang Mach E 1400 Against the Model S Plaid

Watch Nikki's review of the ID.4 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNAYCkYqVKM

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