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Diferente de 2024, esse ano as chuvas devem continuar no mês de maio. Os mapas mostram chuvas na região central e norte do Brasil que são reflexo da massa de ar polar que atua sobre o sul.Quanto ao frio, a possibilidade de geada é pequena. A partir da quinta-feira (01/05), o frio perde força e as temperaturas voltam a subir.Assista à análise completa ou clique na parte de interesse:0:32 Chuvas para região central e norte1:07 Destaque para o frio3:12 Frente fria traz chuvas para o RS4:14 Sul e Sudeste com previsões de chuvas irregulares5:50 E o MATOPIBA?

At NAB Show 2025, Donovan Davis, Product Specialist for Osmo for DJI showcases the Osmo Mobile 7 gamble with a new tracking module that works with any app, built-in tripod, lighting controls, and 10-hour battery life. The DJI Mic Mini offers compact wireless audio with Bluetooth and receiver options. The RS-4 Mini gimbal supports both smartphones and mirrorless cameras, featuring customizable controls, gesture tracking, and 13-hour battery life.  Show Notes: Chapters: 00:07 Introduction to NAB Show 2025 07:39 Gimbal Innovations and Features 07:58 Quick Start and Durability 09:29 Introducing the DJI Mic Mini 13:15 Pricing and Compatibility of Mic Mini 15:04 The RS-4 Mini Gimbal 18:24 Customization and Pricing of RS-4 Mini 19:46 Closing Remarks and Future Updates Links: DJI Osmo Mobile 7P Gimbal Stabilizer https://amzn.to/42PDCPj DJI Mic Mini (2 TX + 1 RX + Charging Case), Wireless Microphone https://amzn.to/4jRY1dB DJI RS 4 Mini Gimbal Stabilizer for Cameras https://amzn.to/42xivTa Support:      Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon      http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect:      Web:      http://macvoices.com      Twitter:      http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner      http://www.twitter.com/macvoices      Mastodon:      https://mastodon.cloud/@chuckjoiner      Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner      MacVoices Page on Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/      MacVoices Group on Facebook:      http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice      LinkedIn:      https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/      Instagram:      https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:      Audio in iTunes      Video in iTunes      Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher:      Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss      Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

Today we're continuing in our Real Stories season and we're going to talk about Protection - talking about the life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection that underpins any financial plan.   Shownotes: https://meaningfulmoney.tv/RS4 

Programa emitido en Onda Cero MS el Viernes 22. En el podcast de esta semana hemos hablado de la Semana Europea de la Movilidad con nuestro compañero Jose Lagunar que nos explica para que sirven estas acciones y cual es el motivo de que existan. Así como las ventajas de que cada vez más ciudades se adhieran a esta iniciativa. El Audi RS4 representa la cúspide de la deportividad de la marca, aunque siempre hay espacio para mejorar con el pack Competition Plus. Este paquete, que cuesta 20.000 euros, trae asientos RS con detalles en negro piano y una opcional tapicería de fibras recicladas. En el interior, abunda el Alcántara y la fibra de carbono, junto con un sistema multimedia de 10,1 pulgadas y comodidades en las plazas traseras. En cuanto a sus especificaciones técnicas, el RS4 tiene 4.78 metros de longitud, 1.86 metros de ancho, 1.43 metros de altura y una batalla de 2.82 metros. Pesa 1,820 kilos y ofrece un maletero de 495 litros. Su aceleración de 0 a 100 km/h es de 3.9 segundos y alcanza una velocidad máxima de 290 km/h, con un consumo de combustible de 9.8 l/100 km y emisiones de CO2 de 222 g/km. El comportamiento dinámico destaca por su altura ajustable y suspensión roscada, pero sacrifica el confort interior. Su potencia, frenos y caja de cambios de 8 marchas garantizan un rendimiento excepcional. El sonido del escape añade un toque deportivo. En cuanto a su exterior, el RS4 tiene una apariencia impactante, con aletas ensanchadas y detalles de fibra de carbono. A velocidades legales, consume 8.3 litros a los 100 km. Bajo el capó, el motor TFSI V6 biturbo de 3.0 litros produce 450 CV y 600 Nm de par máximo, lo que le permite acelerar de 0 a 100 km/h en 4.1 segundos. El precio del Audi RS4 Competition Plus es de 124.380 euros. Y cerramos el programa hablando de que en el mundo de los concesionarios y otros negocios, dos tendencias destacan: los márgenes más estrechos y la consolidación en empresas más grandes. Esto se debe en parte a las crecientes inversiones necesarias para mantener altos estándares de calidad en los concesionarios. Los negocios familiares más pequeños enfrentan dificultades y son absorbidos por grupos más grandes con ambiciones de expansión. Según datos del INE y Ganvam, en los últimos cinco años, el número de grupos de concesionarios con más de 250 empleados ha aumentado de 3 en 2018 a 39 en 2022. Por otro lado, las pymes han disminuido considerablemente: las pequeñas empresas de 10 a 50 trabajadores pasaron de 1,352 a 945, un 30.1% menos, mientras que las medianas (50-250 empleados) también se redujeron de 349 a 243, un 30.4% menos. Sin embargo, el autoempleo, empresas con 1 o 2 trabajadores, creció casi un 13% y registró 4,147 empresas al final del año pasado. El director general de Ganvam destaca que, a pesar de la consolidación, son las pequeñas y medianas empresas las que generan la mayoría de los 350,000 empleos directos en el sector. También enfatiza la importancia de la estabilidad política y la inclusión de la distribución en la agenda política en una estrategia de transformación del sector automotriz. Presenta y dirige: Fernando Rivas https://twitter.com/rivasportauto Redacción Seguridad y Economía: Jose Lagunar https://www.linkedin.com/in/joselagunar/ Redacción: Antonio R. Vaquerizo https://twitter.com/Antortxa Puedes seguirnos en nuestra web: https://www.podcastmotor.es Twiter: @AutoFmRadio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/autofmradio/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC57czZy-ctfV02t_PeNXCAQ Contacto: info@autofm.es

※ 投稿邮箱：418150505@qq.com※ 本文章首发订阅号：百车全说，订阅号阅读更加方便，欢迎关注。※ 想要进群，添加微信：46415254（盾牌）这两天要说热度最高的车型，那一定是特斯拉Model 3。因为新款Model 3正式上市了，但是售价却上涨了不少，从之前的23.19万涨到了25.99万，直接贵了2.8万元。所以网上争议不断，有说新款售价上涨很正常，可以接受，毕竟在老款基础上升级了不少地方。但是大部分网友还是觉得特斯拉新款Model 3的这个价格太贵了，坚决不买，其他车型上新都是降价，好歹也是平价。你特斯拉直接上涨接近3万，属实离谱。所以今天这期节目就来聊聊新款特斯拉Model 3上市，谁笑了，谁又哭了？和老款有什么区别？以及什么时候适合出手？新款Model 3上市，谁笑了，谁又哭了?按照特斯拉的惯性，一般新车上市，一定会伴随着老款车主的各种哀嚎和抱怨，以及集体投诉。就像今年年初，特斯拉Model Y最高直接降价4.8万元，好家伙直接一夜直接之间损失了5万。这对于一台30万的车来说确实非常夸张。所以降价有多狠，当时的维权就有多激烈。但是此次特斯拉新款Model 3的上市算是打破了特斯拉一贯的降价传统，不仅平价都没有，直接涨价好几万。目前新款Model 3后轮驱动版售价为25.99万，相比老款上涨2.8万。双电机长续航版价格为29.59万，这价格仅仅比Model Y长续航全轮驱动版低了4000元，3和Y你买谁？所以这次新款上市对老车主来说，尤其是最近几个月刚刚提车的车主来说几乎没有任何杀伤力。相反，新款比老款贵3万，还会变相地刺激老款的销量，以此来清一波老款Model 3的库存。同时新款Model 3的提车周期比较长，要到今年的第四季度，如果你现在再犹豫犹豫，明年过年前能否开上手，还是两说的事。但是要说这次Model 3上市，真正要哭且哭得最惨的反而是特斯拉Model S和Model X的车主。因为虽然今天新款Model 3是主角，本该割韭菜的也理应是老Model 3车主。但是Model S/X却出乎意料的降价了，而且降价幅度非常之大，最高降幅达到了15万多。其中，Model S双电机全轮驱动版售价从75.49万元降至69.89万元，降幅5.6万。Model S三电机全轮驱动版 Plaid售价从95.89万元降至82.89万元，降幅13万元。而这还不是最狠的，特斯拉Model X，双电机全轮驱动版售价从83.69万元降至73.89万元，降幅9.8万元，Model x三电机全轮驱动版 Plaid售价从98.99万元降至83.89万元，降幅15.1万元。并且原来买S和X选颜色需要额外付费，现在5款配色全部免费。所以如果再加上之前颜色选配的1.5万，这次降价最高达到了16.6万元。不仅如此，这已经是新款特斯拉Model S/X上市以来的多次降价了。最早的时候特斯拉Model S Plaid的官网售价为102.89万，Model X Plaid为105.89万。所以特斯拉Model S/X Plaid的售价累计降了20和22万。而最早一批特斯拉Model S/X Plaid车主大概是在今年5月左右提的车。也就是说这两款Plaid的车主在短短的四个月时间里损失20多万，直接五分之一的车价没了，能这么做的估计也只有特斯拉了。有人可能会说，82.89的裸车价，加上保险不到85万落地就能买到一台千匹的顶级家用车，确实非常的香。要知道，特斯拉为什么在这一天调价，是不是跟另一个品牌有关呢？因为当天晚上，极氪001FR首发，最大马力1265匹，官方给出的零百加速成绩2.36秒，还带800v高压充电，坦克掉头，甚至卫星通信技术。觉得这个价格划算的人，肯定会算一笔账，同样的价格如果去买燃油车，只能买到四五百匹马力的奥迪RS4/5、宝马的X4M等，连全新的M3和M4都不一定能买得到。而你现在却能买到千匹的特斯拉，别说百公里加速，它100km/h-200km/h的加速也才4秒多，这可比一众性能车的零百加速还要快，所以真的快到你无法想象，尾灯都看不到。因此Model 3新款上市是开胃菜，ModelS/X降价才是主菜。新款和老款有什么区别？新款Model 3的变化如果放在其他车型上，那绝对叫中期改款。但是在Model 3自己身上，那确实叫全新一代，因为距离2016年Model 3发布已经过去了7年。不过这次新车外观、内饰都有了很大的变化。首先是外观，整体轮廓没有任何变化，不过之前的鲶鱼脸也变得更加精神，大灯也更加细长了。车侧部分没有任何变化。车尾的变化也主要是尾灯部分，也变得更加狭小，变成了回旋镖的样式。剩下的就是轮毂样式和颜色的区别了。尺寸上，新车的轴距没有变化，宽度和高度只有一两毫米的区别，长度增加26毫米。所以看得出来，严格意义上新款就是Model 3的中期改款。相比外观的变化，新车在内饰上的变化要更大。虽然乍一看好像没什么变化，前排依旧没有液晶仪表，只有一块15.4英寸的中控大屏。虽然这块屏幕要比MODEL X上的17英寸小一点点，但是很多功能已经有了。比如新款Model 3取消了所有方向盘后面的拨杆，比如老款方向盘右边的怀挡和左边的转向灯拨杆，取而代之的是集成在了方向盘上，和Model S/X一样。比如左右转向灯、喇叭，远光灯和雨刷都通过按键集成在了方向盘上。并且倒挡和前进挡也变成了屏幕左侧的滑动条，通过向上和向下滑动来挂入D和R档。不过和Model S不同的是，新款Model 3档位的物理按键放在了中央后视镜附近，而Model S是在杯架旁边。所以驾驶新款Model 3会有一丝丝开飞机的感觉。不过看得出来，特斯拉也在努力的想要打造不同于别的新能源车型的一些东西，比如驾驶习惯。所以当你习惯新款特斯拉的操作之后，再去开别的车会发现很难上手，但是法拉利和兰博基尼除外。因为法拉利和兰博基尼的转向灯、远光灯和雨刷也都集成在了方向盘上。但是法拉利和兰博基尼没有拨杆是因为方向盘后面是两块巨大的换挡拨片，没有位置放拨杆了迫不得已才这么做。而特斯拉是为了节省成本才这么做，还是有本质区别。不过整个内饰改变最大的地方我觉得是增加了氛围灯。因为老款特斯拉本身就是毛坯房的装修风格，更不可能给你氛围灯，所以到了晚上车内黑漆漆的。但是新款增加了环抱式的氛围灯，贯穿前排车门和整个中控台，并且后排也有。看起来变动不大，但是到了晚上质感就完全不一样了。此外，新款Model 3还多了一块8英寸屏幕，但可惜的是放在了后排，也是和Model S/X一样。后排乘客可以通过这块屏幕调整后排座椅加热、后排空调等功能，并且也支持播放音频和视频内容。但反人类的是，这块屏幕尺寸很小，位置又很低，根本不适合长时间观看。所以这块屏的最主要作用还是用来调节后排的座椅空调等的，并不是真的用来看视频的，要不然理想的大彩电真的白搞了。同时，新款Model 3前排座椅支持座椅通风，长续航有17个扬声器，标准版是9个。且新车前后车窗均采用双层玻璃，优化了密封系统和隔音材质，据说风噪声和环境噪声降低30%，冲击噪声降低25%，道路噪声降低20%。这需要等动态试驾后才能知道结果。新车取消了所有雷达，变成纯视觉方案。不管是官图还是某些同行的实拍图，新款Model 3的车身上都没有任何一个雷达。纯视觉方案的本质就是低成本，但精髓是芯片自研，且算力强大。这不是随便一个车企说模仿就能模仿的。目前来看，虽然特斯拉在自动驾驶方面投入了很多成本，但实际在咱们这儿落地还是有很大难度，因此大多数人觉得特斯拉的驾驶辅助，还没有华为ADS2.0，小鹏的X-NGP好用。在动力上，目前新款只推出了两个普通版，一个是单电机后驱版，它的参数与老款一致，依旧采用宁德时代磷酸铁锂电池，电池容量提升6kWh，CLTC纯电续航提升到606km。另一个是四驱长续航版本，采用450马力双电机驱动，百公里加速4.4秒，搭配宁德时代78.4kWh三元锂电池，CLTC续航713km。而且据说这款宁德时代的三元锂电池是最新研发的定制产品，支持更高功率的充电以及更强的抗低温性能，不过目前还没有具体参数，后期也会随时跟进。配置怎么选？新款Model 3只推出了两个版本，但是两个版本的差价3.6万元。多花这么多钱，一是提升续航，二是提升动力，如果你对动力和续航没有焦虑，后轮驱动板也足以满足日常使用。毕竟老款卖的最好也就是标准版，完全够用。四驱长续航也只是锦上添花而已，动力更强了，配置再高一点而已，没有实质性的大变化。至于Performance性能版，后期一定会有的。但肯定的是性能一定要比老款还要更快，但也达不到Model S Plaid的水准。购买建议新款Model 3的上市，我相信一定有很多消费者想问什么时候降价？现在是9月份，指望12月之前降价，我觉得可能性不大。我们可以关注特斯拉相关新闻，看他的产能变化，以及订单变化。如果订单少，产能没跑满，那有可能年底降价。如果订单已经覆盖了产能，今年降价基本没戏。但还是那句话，我的建议肯定是非刚需不买，只要家里还有车，不是急着用车，那肯定继续等。你们说对吗？作者：三刀、新一编辑：新一可以添加微信46415254加入我们的社群音频图文更新在订阅号： 百车全说每期抽三条留言，每人赠168元的“芥末绿”燃油添加剂一瓶点击订阅，每周三，周六更新会有提醒新听友可以搜索：百车全说2014，百车全说2015，百车全说2016，往期300多个小时的节目可供收听

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Vor knapp 25 Jahren brachte Audi den ersten RS 4 als Nachfolger des zusammen mit Porsche entwickelten RS 2 auf den Markt. Der nur als Avant erhältliche B5 wurde bei der quattro GmbH gebaut und war damals so stark wie ein Ferrari F355. Der 2,7-Liter-V6-Biturbo leistet 381 PS und bietet reichlich Tuning-Potenzial. Dank Allrad und Sechsgang-Handschaltung sprintet der RS 4 in 4,9 Sekunden auf 100 km/h und hat mittlerweile einen Legendenstatus inne. Zu Recht? Diese und viele weitere Fragen beantworten wir in der neuesten Folge von "Erst fahren, dann reden".

Join me as I catch up with Ewan Dalton from the UK, a car enthusiast with a passion for significant historical Hondas, classic Alfas, and fun British sportscars. We delve into how company cars have shaped UK car culture and why it's crucial to ask the right questions before buying exotic Italian cars. Ewan shares his insights on picking cars that were on the edge of the spectrum and knowing when it's time to switch things up - spoiler alert: it usually comes after an amazing drive!We also explore the rich history of Goodwood, Ewan's experience attending the Le Mans 24 hours, and draw parallels between the current electric revolution and the quartz crisis.  And of course, there are some fantastic stories woven throughout. So, grab a seat, get comfortable, and immerse yourself in this captivating conversation. It's a must-listen for any member of our car tribe!My thanks go out to Ewan for the conversation!Song: Time, Pink Floyd  Support the showClick for all the links: For enquiries: DannyPMedia@outlook.com

In this video, we'll be taking a closer look at a rare 2008 Audi RS4 that's currently up for auction on Bring a Trailer. This particular RS4 is one of only 2,000 units produced for the North American market, making it a highly sought-after model among enthusiasts. Under the hood, the car boasts a powerful 4.2-liter V8 engine that produces 420 horsepower and 317 lb-ft of torque, making it capable of 0-60 mph in just 4.5 seconds. We'll be discussing the car's condition, history, and features, as well as making a prediction on what the final auction price might be. We'll also be comparing it to similar RS4s that have sold on Bring a Trailer in the past, in order to get a better idea of what the market is currently like for these high-performance sedans. At the end of the video, we'll reveal the results of the auction and see how our predictions stacked up against the final sale price, and we'll also provide an analysis of the factors that may have influenced the final price. As a fun twist, we invite our audience to make their own predictions and play along like "The Price is Right"! Whether you're an Audi enthusiast or just curious about the auction process, make sure to tune in and see what this rare and powerful RS4 has to offer! Listing: 2008 Audi RS4 on Bring a Trailer www.derfaszination.com

Lance hat schon wieder einen neuen Kombi, aber dieses Mal einen BMW. Wie kann das sein? Eigentlich musste er sich doch gerade noch an den RS4 gewöhnen. Mehr zum M3 und wieso, weshalb, warum er das gemacht hat, erfahrt ihr in der neuen Folge von Autoliebe. Viel Spaß beim Zuhören. Folge direkt herunterladen

In this week's episode, we binge watch all 10 episodes of Netflix's Edgerunners before recording. It's also been a little cold out. Adam talks about his wild weekend of driving. From the epic VW and Audi show called Waterfest in NJ, to the Flight 93 memorial the following day in PA. He put about 1000 miles on the RS4 and talks about the awesome trip. In the second half, AJ brings us news of the Railway Labor Union's strike coming to an end. We talk all the details. And finally Adam talks another big huge expensive project he's undertaking soon - retrofitting the Euro-spec B9 Avant Sport Adaptive Suspension to his Allroad. We round out the second half with some trivia, and a sneak peak into next week's discussion of the tragic limo accident that happened in NY in 2018. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brokecarsnobs/message

In this week's episode - we hit up New Hartford for lunch and experience the best drivers of NY. Hyundais and Kias are actually super simple to steal apparently. California starts requiring inspection stations to use palm prints to log in. Canada institutes a luxury tax on expensive cars, boats, and other vessels. We're back in Neptune for another week. In the second half, Adam gives us an update on the RS4 and reminds us about his trip to NJ in a few days. A discussion of donuts appears. AJ asks us how traffic has influenced society as we know it. Then some trivia and some true and false questions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brokecarsnobs/message

In the first half of this week's episode - Adam experiences AJ's hell on his way to record this episode. The RS4 is at A&K Eurowerx to get its air conditioning fixed. We start watching Veronica Mars at Bruce's request. Some news, such as student loans getting forgiven, a man gets shot and killed for stopping to help a person on the side of the road, Tesla yokes are peeling, and Australia ponders license changes for fast cars. In the second half, this past week's Cars and Bids in review in review. And then AJ brings us the lowdown on oil. From its history in cars, to refinement, to barrels, to environmental impact. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brokecarsnobs/message

In the first half of this week's episode - we journey through America's history with the one and only Nicolas Cage. Adam's RS4 finally undergoes its Takata airbag recall at Audi Cicero, and he discusses some upcoming car-related events he plans on attending. Most notably a meet in Connecticut put on by the A4 B9 Facebook group, at Hoffman Audi of New London and, of course, Waterfest 26 in Atco, New Jersey. In the news, speaking of NJ, their Department of Environmental Protection is cracking down on illegally modified diesels - not necessarily rolling coal, but EGR and DPF deletes. We discuss. Jeep is pulling out of China, Tesla will start charging for GPS nav, the average cost of a new car breaks records, and the new Civic Type R gets some power figures. In the second half, AJ brings us the stats on what cars people of different political stances own. Some of them will surprise you, most notably how BMWs are considered "near-luxury", much to Adam's glee. AJ also brings us obscure car parts, and we try to guess what they are and what do. We round out this week with a solid conversation about Star Trek and a Mothmoon Manbeam prediction for the ages. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brokecarsnobs/message

In this week's episode, we watch one of Tom Hanks' earlier films - Volunteers. An update on the RS4 (it's finally, truly, completely, done). The used car market appears to be slowing down - at least according to Doug DeMuro. He's generally pretty reliable, but we discuss nonetheless. Cars in Europe may soon come equipped with automatic speed limiting tech. An Explain Like I'm 5 (ELI5) post from Reddit about why cars are able to drive sometimes three times higher than the highest speed limit. An Audi A6 Avant with a V10 is up on the auctions sites and Adam loses his mind. In the second half, AJ poses hypothetical car symptoms and we have to guess what the cause is. Afterwards, car-related careers, what kind of education they require, and what their salary ranges are. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brokecarsnobs/message

In this week's episode, AJ nearly gets into an accident. Adam talks the RS4's Servotronic valve, and gets a new light on the dashboard. Bruce receives a gift. Our movie this week - Coherence. The 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed has concluded, and a new record has been set - the McMurtry Spéirling driven by Max Chilton, made it to the top in 39.08 seconds! Top Gear is "under fire" for wasting gas/petrol. Ford's F-150 Lightning is coming with a "no resale" stipulation. A VW timing belt tensioner gets mistaken for a bomb, if you can believe it. In the second half, we discuss what manufacturers offer the most number of models. Is this increasing or decreasing in history? Is there a reason why? A speed round of guessing manufacturer parent companies. And a bunch of true or false questions - can you do better than us? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brokecarsnobs/message

In this week's episode, we watch a movie that is more applicable than ever - God Bless America. Adam and AJ hit up Wegmans in the morning for some Cars & Coffee. We kept the Rings together with a certain RS3, but also saw a Skyline disguised as a Suzuki, a VW Cabrio, Focus ST and of course all the old classics. Adam finishes his work on the RS4! All that remains is an alignment. AJ posits a question - what we have done to our cars now and in the past to make them our own? And what have we seen done in other people's cars? In the second half, a NYS Congress hopeful proposes legalizing ATVs and side-by-sides to be driven on public roads. What does that mean for the car and truck drivers out there? A long time radio and TV personality has passed on - Tom Park, known for his HUGE commercials with the late Billy Fuccillo. Adam talks about how drag strips across the country are closing. A friendly reminder with these hot temperatures to check for your kids and pets when getting out of your car. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brokecarsnobs/message

In this week's episode, we bring the jungle to the city by playing Jumanji. Adam goes into detail about why his day was awful when this was recorded. RS4 woes abound, from broken Servotronic valves to torn axle boots, the finish line is within sight to getting the High Mileage Hero back on the road. Since last weekend was also Father's Day, AJ brings us the top gifts if your father also happens to be a petrolhead. In the second half, another truck hits the Onondaga Lake Parkway bridge. We talk the Lightyear 0 (zero), a new EV that can allegedly go months without being charged. Partially thanks to solar panel tech on the car, and a larger battery. Audi is getting crazy with their headlight tech again, this time in the form of lights that can change opacity as well as what design becomes opaque. Michigan becomes the third state to legalize "digital" license plates - a device installed in place of your regular plate, that is actually a digital display that shows your tag. Finally, AJ brings us the trivia in the form of the "Top 10 Collectible Cars", car myths (or not), and some True or False questions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brokecarsnobs/message

In this week's episode, it's a short one! Our movie this week was 1993's Dazed and Confused, which surprisingly had a lot of cars in it. We talk about how nice a month June is, birthdays galore. Short people. Adam brings us news about the RS4's steering rack. Germany ban's motorcycles for parts of the year because of how loud they are - except electric ones aren't allowed either? AJ see's an ad for one of Hyundai's hybrids. In the second half, San Diego bans at-home car washes due to the water shortage. We discuss - including how commercial car washes are not banned, how to conserve water when washing your own car, how much water is used when washing one's car, water reclamation, etc. AJ brings us to our next topic, car repair education. How it's changed over the years, and what options there are today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brokecarsnobs/message

小時候小編看到Audi A4在路上穿梭時，總會被它”小鴨尾”車尾所吸引，對，當初代號B5、也就是接續Audi 80的第一代A4在外型上多了份洗鍊的前衛感，不過A4當年厲害的不只是外型，1.8升引擎採用每缸5氣門設計、並推出1.8T低增壓動力，面對當年的C-Class、3 Series可說是科技滿滿。台灣在1995年引進，初期引進1.8 NA、1.8T兩種動力型式，之後陸續推2.4、2.8升動力，1998年再推出1.6升入門款。在1999年搭載2.7升渦輪增壓引擎的S4由總代理推出，至於馬力高達380hp的RS4則是2000年由貿易商所引進。一起來回味第一代A4當年風光的情景！

In this week's episode, we discuss the mind bendy movie "Everything Everywhere All At Once". Then, Adam spent most of the day detailing the RS4 only to encounter power steering problems - naturally the day before A&K Eurowerx's Cars & Coffee the next day. That's the way it goes sometimes. Adam's allergies are at a 10, Bruce spots some Hondas (a matte S2000 and a Ridgeline crying out for death), and AJ talks driver that cut people off. NY passes a Right To Repair bill, and Ford is embracing the online-only, zero-negotiation, car delivery model. How will the market react? In the second half, we name car or truck mods that people think are cool but really aren't. Case in point? Challenger splitter guards (see this episode's cover). Bruce flexes his Grand National knowledge for a second. Adam talks plaid headliner for his RS4 since the factory liner is starting to sag. AJ builds a Lotus and then brings us some trivia in the form of car riddles. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brokecarsnobs/message

Explosion des prix des carburants : ‘le gouvernement perçoit directement au moins Rs 4 milliards à travers l'excise duty', soutient CaderSayen-Hossen Le Premier ministre, PravindJugnauth, a soutenu dimanche qu'il ne pouvait laisser la STC aller en faillite pour expliquer l'explosion des prix des carburants. Un sujet évoqué dans l'Interview Grand Format hier. L'ancien ministre du Commerce, Cader Sayed-Hossen, chiffres à l'appui a tenu à démontrer à quel point le gouvernement encaisse des milliards de roupies rien qu'avec les droits d'assises. Cette taxe est de Rs 12,20 pour l'essence et Rs4,70 pour le diesel. CaderSayen-Hossen soutient qu'en 2020, plus de 500 millions de litres de carburants avaient été vendus. Ce qui fait qu'à travers les droits d'assises, le gouvernement encaisse directement au minimum, plus de Rs 4 milliards.

En este podcast motor vamos a contaros como es la gama RS de Audi. La gama de deportivos premium más vendida de España. Entramos en un mundo donde la marca de los cuatros aros habla de que además de fabricante de coches son fabricantes de emociones o de sueños. Todos los coches que hemos podido probar en el Circuito de Navarra y en las carreteras de montaña aledañas son el resultado de la experiencia de Audi en competiciones como el Mundial de Rallyes, Le Mans, la Fórmula E o, más recientemente, el Dakar. Por lo tanto Audi Sport se revela como el mejor laboratorio para los coches de serie. Además esta jornada de pruebas la hacemos cuando la gama ya está completada con el modelo de acceso, el Audi RS3. Por su puesto entre los coches probados estaba el primer eléctrico de la gama RS, que es el Audi e tron GT RS. En este podcast podrás comprobar como nos recibía a la llegada al Circuito de Los Arcos nuestro gran amigo Ignacio González, Director de Comunicación de Audi España. Además vamos a tener más protagonistas. Y es que vamos a conocer porque Audi es una de las marcas del grupo Volkswagen con menos problemas con los semi conductores. Y lo haremos entrevistando a Beatriz Sánchez Directora de Planificación de Ventas de Audi España. Conoceremos con ella como es la relación entre la fábrica y los concesionarios. Beatriz es el enlace en España. Con ella descubriremos que la marca alemana ha realizado a nivel global 385.000 entregas en el primer trimestre de 2022 con un beneficio operativo de 3,400M de euros. Por otra parte, en España y en lo que va de año el mercado ha bajado un 12 por ciento con 233K unidades vendidas frente a las 264K del 2021. Por eso en Audi no se quieren descuidar y están trabajando En innovación y mejora del modelo de negocio para el afrontar el futuro potenciando la satisfacción de producto, la deseabilidad de la marca y la imagen de marca. Veremos como la competición llega a los coches de la gama RS y es que en Audi entraron en los rallyes para demostrar como funciona la tracción quattro, en Le Mans para potenciar el sistema de propulsión diésel TDI y la Formula E para ver las posibilidades del vehículo eléctrico. Cerramos con Beatriz analizando los datos de 2021 en el que se vendieron 368 coches de la gama RS con un crecimiento del 11 por ciento con respecto al año anterior. En lo que respecta a 2022 van como líderes de este segmento que se denomina high performance vehicles. A continuación hablaremos con Sergi Pisabarro que tiene el excelente trabajo de ser el Product Manager de la gama RS. Una gama que está compuesta por 14 carrocerías y 10 modelos. O, lo que es lo mismo,la gama de Audi sport más completa de la historia En ella encontrarás coches con potencias que van desde los 400 caballos hasta los 620. Con 480 a 830 Nm de par. Todo ello gracias a motores turbo, V10 atmosférico y eléctricos. Audi RS3 tiene una carrocería ensanchada con 33mm más en, por ejemplo, el frontal. Carrocerías compacto y sedán. 10 mm más bajo que un S3. La principal novedad es el repartidor de par RS Torque splitter que distribuye el par en función de la conducción. RS3 hace 7:40 en Nurburgring récord de su categoría Primero probaremos el mítico motor 5 cilindros que llegó hace más de 20 años con el Audi RS2. Hablamos del 2,5 TFSI de 400cv y 500 NM con la caja S Tronic de 7 marchas. Un motor que sólo usa Audi y el Cupra Formentor VZ5. Esta mecánica la monta el Audi TT RS que es como un mini R8 con el que comparte volante. Además del Audi RS Q3 que fue el primer SUV prestacional de la marca. El más vendido de Audi Sport. Carrocería ensanchada en 10 mm. Después nos pusimos a los mandos del V6 biturbo 2.9 TFSI de 450cv y 600Nm de par con el cambio tiptronic de 8 marchas. Ese motor lo encontramos en el Audi RS4 Avant. 25 años de este concepto que se empezó llamando RS2. Es la quinta generación, Y también en el RS 5. Audi RS 5 y RS4 se inspiran mucho en sus hermanos mayores con carrocerías ensanchadas en 30mm. Toca otro paso hacia arriba en la escala de valore de la gama RS. Ponemos en marcha el V8 4.0 TFSI con 600cv 800 Nm de par con tecnología mild hybrid y tiptronic de 8 marchas Los ocho cilindros los montan el Audi RS 6 Avant y el Audi RS 7 Sportback comparten frontal y son los modelos que sentaron las bases de la imagen actual de Audi Sport. Carrocería ensanchada en 40mm sobre los 6 y 7 convencionales. Con el V8 también encontramos el gigante SUV Audi RS Q8 con estabilización activa de balanceo de la dirección a las cuatro ruedas y llantas de hasta 23 pulgadas, las más grandes de la marca. Ojo que ahora nos montamos en el más deportivo de todos. El Audi R8 con el 5,2 V10 FSI desde 570 caballos y 550 Nm de par. Su caja de cambios es la S tronic de 7 marchas y tracción trasera. Hay una opción con tracción cuatro que amplia su motor hasta los 620cv. El Audi R8 es la máxima expresión de la gama RS. Un icono súper deportivo. Nacido en circuito y fabricado para la carretera. Más del 50 por ciento de las piezas las comparte con el modelo de carreras. Muchas fibra de carbono. Todo el habitáculo está pensado por y para el piloto y la conducción. Cerramos las pruebas montándonos en la esperanza para que la deportividad no muera junto con el fin de los combustibles fósiles. Hablamos del Audi RS e-tron GT RS un modelo cien por cien Audi Sport. Simboliza la idea de ser el mejor deportivo premium del mundo. Sonido e-tron. Dirección a las cuatro ruedas, diferencial autoblocante, suspensión neumática, tracción quattro eléctrica... Para mover este mastodonte de casi dos toneladas y media tenemos un motor eléctrico de 440kw (598 caballos) que pueden aumentarse hasta los 646 en el momento en el que usas su ‘turbo’ boost. En cuanto al par dispone de 830 Nm. Para abastecer toda esta potencia dispone de 93 kWh en una batería de 800 voltios. Y cerraremos este podcast de coches con la mejor guinda del pastel. Nos daremos una vuelta de copiloto con un gigante de las carreras. Iremos con Luis Villamil un veterano de los circuitos que atesora en su palmarés múltiples victorias y hasta siete campeonatos de España. Luis nos comentará desde el puesto de conducción del Audi R8 como es el Circuito de Los Arcos y como se afrontan sus virajes para ser efectivo seguro y sacarle el máximo partido a la máquina más sugerente de toda la gama RS. - Presenta: Fernando Rivas https://twitter.com/rivasportauto - Coordina: Jose Lagunar https://twitter.com/JoseLagunar - Nacho Gonzalez: https://twitter.com/nachoglezm - Beatriz Sánchez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beatriz-sánchez-larreta-441842a/ - Sergi Pisabarro: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergipisa/ - Luis Villamil: https://www.facebook.com/luis.villamil.35 - Audi España:https://www.audi.es/es/web/es.html - Trazado Circuito de Los Arcos (Navarra): https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuito_de_Navarra Puedes seguirnos en nuestra web: https://autofm.es/ y https://www.podcastmotor.es Twiter: https://twitter.com/AutoFmRadio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/autofmradio/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC57czZy-ctfV02t_PeNXCAQ Contacto: info@autofm.es

In this week's episode, Adam isn't getting along with other drivers on the road - including when he almost got ran over, and when a big ole pickup truck was not impressed by the RS4. He also shows how confused he is about Indiana Jones movies. Elon continues to troll the internet, shortages are everywhere, gas prices are going back up, and the world is coming to an end. We talk 034Motorsport's new Stage 3 kit for the Audi B9 S4 and S5 (huge horsepower numbers!) and the fact that two of us have non-functioning AC in their cars now. Lovely with this weather being as toasty as it has been. In the second half, Top 20, Top 25, and Top 10 lists. Specifically, the Top 20 places to find abandoned vehicles, the Top 25 cars in GTA 5, and the Top 10 worst cars ever made. Sprinkled in between - the Toyota Hilux is a damn amazing truck that should have been sold in the US. Also, a first generation Audi TT with a European diesel engine swap. It was legal in California for a couple years, till a CARB official trolling the forums found out about it. And lastly, unique Mexico-registered cars that show up in Cali. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brokecarsnobs/message

In this week's episode, we all offer an update on how the past week went. Bruce had hydraulic line issues on his truck, Adam's brakes might have air in the line still, and AJ doesn't want us to talk about Will Smith. Besides the slap heard around the world, we talk about our upcoming return to Watkins Glen for the 2022 Opening Weekend. This spawns discussion as to whether a certain RS4 or Allroad will be making the trip. We round out the first half with some empassioned car video game talk. In the second half, a bunch of news. From Audi's "paywalled" HVAC functions in the new e-tron, to Audi and Porsche possibly joining Formula 1, to Tavarish finally making the Hellcat Pacifica a thing (why tho?). We play a game of mad libs, and then AJ brings us a solid few rounds of trivia surrounding car statistics. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brokecarsnobs/message

Want to support the podcast so we can make better episodes more often? Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/behindtheglassThis week Tony and I discuss:01:24 Not the best start

Runstreakuka: Tone forteller som sin runstreak-uke og at hun forbereder seg til et løp i mai. I den forbindelse prøver hun seg på litt mer strukturert trening med detaljerte økter hver uke og inndeling i ulike faser. Jon løper oddetallsutfordringen til Einar Hagemann. Det ble kanskje litt kort mellom primtall i desember og rett på ny mengde i januar, så han har fått kjenne på noen av de kjente vondtene. Vi snakker om styrketrening som støtte for runstreaken - Tone jobber for å holde seg på 2 økter i uka, mens Jon gjerne skulle hatt en styrkestreak - En styrkeøkt på 10-15 min hver dag med ulike øvelser og lurer på om noen, kanskje i Facebook-gruppa er gode på sånt. Vi snakker også om at det er utfordrende å løpe på dette vinterføret, Jon løper med selvpiggede sko og Tone løper i terrengsko (Saucony Switchback iso). Det er tungt og glatt, men ser på det som god trening likevel. Jon har vært på farten rundt i Norge i julen og det ledet ham til å reflekterer rundt runstreak for folk som bor i grisgrendte strøk, der det ikke er veiskuldre eller gangveier/fortau. Vi konkluderer med at føler oss veldig privilegerte som bor i Oslo og har mange muligheter og nok så greie temperaturer. Januarutfordring Flere har rundet ett år, så Shout out til: Ann-Kristin Skjelle Asbjørnsen Anne-Grethe Flatjord  André Glomsvoll Jarl Odin Herland Elin Møllegaard Katrin Øien Stian Løkken Avsluttede runstreaker Vi snakker om det å avslutte en streak og begynne på en ny. Hvor det finnes en liste for Retired streaks og når man begynner på en ny benenvner den nye med f.eks. RS4, dag 34. Runstreak og ultra Vi snakker om at en runstreak er som et ultraløp i seg, med dagsetapper på minimum 1.61km. Men: man må ikke løpe ultra for å løpe runstreak, men man utvikler et ultramindset. At man kan bruke runstreak i oppkjøringen til løp.

Episode 37 fam, and tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Eat some turkey, get your stuffing on, and enjoy the time with those who're closest to ya. In the first half of this episode, AJ shows off his knowledge of Italy. Our movie this week - Thank You For Smoking. Bruce gets on the Forza bandwagon with a new Xbox, new TV, new internet, new router, new everything. Adam drools over another car that's for sale online - a C5 RS6 Avant clone. Technically an S6, but with an RS6 drivetrain and a 6-speed swap! DANG. We talk about the John Deere strike, and striking at deers. In the second half, Adam gives it a go at doing his own trivia. His section, Car and Driver's 2022 Best 10 cars and trucks - but with our opinions on their picks. Also the fastest American made cars for each decade. Then AJ jumps in to save the day, with the largest "wheeled" vehicles on earth, the most unique vehicles he could find, and Bruce and Adam must guess what's so special about 5 random people. Adam also brings us what happens when the RS4 goes into storage - spending more money on the Allroad. Some special engine bay trim, European cargo management system, and ECS Tuning Street Shield skid plates are next on the list. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brokecarsnobs/message

Sam Moores is a photographer, podcaster, classic car collector and supercar owner who has owned some fascinating supercars including the famous blue Ferrari F40 which broke records when it was recently sold He talks with Dev about some of the amazing cars he has owned and discusses what makes a car valuable and why for him it's about buying cars that you like and enjoy. Listen in and hear this fascinating conversation about what makes a car interesting and why there are people out there who want something different   KEY TAKEAWAYS I had my fun with the Ferrari F40 but it wasn't my forever car Cars that appreciate are those with low mileage, are in as original condition and have only had one owner There are now dedicated platforms for selling cars and selling my car this way was a good way to get the best return The Ferrari F40 is  fun  to drive in short bursts more than over long periods of time Ferrari produce beautiful cars that are masterpieces of art There are a lot of people out there who want something different I had my time, enjoyed it and made some memories You shouldn't really buy a car as an investment you should buy because it's something you like and it makes you happy I like driving and have done some wicked road trips to Sweden I've owned and sold a few cars that have made money It's about rarity and being interesting - it has to be kinda cool or have something about it I'm going to wait until I find something that is special for me I need a daily practical car – RS4, an electric car – the fiat 500 converted to electric because now in the city you really do need to have an electric car McLaren F1 GTR is my all-time favourite car and for something old a 65 Porsche short wheelbase   BEST MOMENTS ‘Over time I've got more and more into cars' ‘It went for more than anyone thought it would because of the history and it had become a bit of a personality' ‘The most fun I've ever had on a road trip has been in the snow'   VALUABLE RESOURCES Full Throttle With Dervish podcast https://linktr.ee/carchatpodcast https://www.sammoores.com https://www.instagram.com/sammooresphoto/?hl=en https://twitter.com/sammooresphoto?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/car-chat/id1432553826 https://www.youtube.com/c/sammooresphoto/videos   ABOUT THE HOST Dervish is a Spacecraft Designer and a Mechanical Engineer by day and podcaster by night. As a Spacecraft Designer, he has worked on some of the biggest space projects and is a creative engineering force always interested in projects that involve solving global challenges. As a podcaster, he brings together fascinating stories and content from those who are at the heart of the classic and supercar worlds with a hint of design and engineering woven into the mix. He has a passion for classic cars and supercars and has recently built his own Triumph TR3  junior electric car for his son. When he is not involved with cars he loves restoring antique and vintage items. CONTACT DETAILS https://www.patreon.com/user?u=43111944                                         See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 33 is here, and with it we bring you the Russian state anthem for some reason. Our movie this week - The Hunt for Red October. Oh wait, maybe that's why... ANYWAY, we are joined by the diminutive Agent Starling in our recording and talk about Tesla's Full Self Driving (FSD) tech beta that has been rolling out to customers it deems are worthy. More on the chip shortage, this cold weather crap we've got going on in NY, and talk about winter tires. We open up this month's Petrolbox, which included a bunch of Hoonigan-themed merch. And Adam gives us an update on his most recent RS4 and Allroad projects. In Part Two, AJ brings us four rounds of trivia. The first? The word "car" in various languages, while Bruce and Adam try to guess. It goes about as well as you could expect. Then, countries with the most (and least) number of cars per 1000 citizens. Round three, weird driving laws not in the USA. And lastly, the harshest penalties for drunk driving in the world. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brokecarsnobs/message

In this week's episode, the first half is all over the place. It's been monsoon season here in NY apparently, and our car movie this week was 2003's "Grind". Adam brings us up to speed on the next modifications for his cars - headlight upgrades for his RS4, and disabling his Allroad's auto stop-start feature. We talk about John Deere's ongoing strike, Tesla shenanigans with the Cybertruck, and Ford's range upgrade on the Mach-E. In the second half, the main attraction this week - an in-depth discussion on the car video game industry. How it started, where its been, where it is, and where it's going. From the first car arcade game decades ago with simple rolling scenery and a stationary car, to the latest games featuring accurate physics, day/night cycles, and weather changes. We talk about our own experiences playing these games, from the Gran Turismo series, through all the Forza Motorsport and Horizon series, to GTA 5 - a game that, while not marketing itself as a racing sim, damn sure pulls it off. And finally, Bruce and Adam's trip to a scrapyard in search of some illusive Audi doorblades. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brokecarsnobs/message

In this week's episode, Adam successfully fixes both of his cars' issues - the RS4's exhaust rattle, and the Allroad's inspection! The big news this week is that we received our first Petrolbox, a monthly service that sends you a box of random car-related goodies. We check out what came this month, and offer up a 5% discount for a Mishimoto order - check our Facebook for the code. We round out the first half with various excuses people have for why they lost a race, the Lucid Air, and the big one - a Twitter thread that possibly shows instantaneous battery failure in a Tesla Model 3. We discuss. In part dos, we discuss a couple instances of crazy legal battles involving cars. From a trademark dispute on a "Gone In 60 Seconds" Eleanor resto-mod to Ferrari's extreme steps to control their brand. When you think of certain cars, are they a certain color? We talk about those kinds of perceptions. Finally we wrap up this episode with some more curated trivia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brokecarsnobs/message

In this week's episode, we did a double feature for our car movie - 2000's Road Trip, and 2006's Accepted. Ask me about my wiener. Following our critical theatrical assessment, we debate the car industry or something like that. Then our first main segment - Bruce and Adam take the RS4 to the Route 31 Cars n Coffee at a local Wegmans, and see both a tank and a DeTomaso Pantera! And no, we don't mean a band covered in tomatoes. A discussion proceeds as to proper car meet etiquette, as well as some interesting behaviors we've witnessed at meets like this. In Part Dos, AJ brings the pain in the form of some Grade A, top tier car jokes. And then, mistakes we've made while working on our cars as well as some risks involved when you start modifying. Bruce brings us some news, including a couple automotive icons that are up for sale, as well as reports of a new Nürburgring King. And finally, the always entertaining trivia portion. This episode we follow up last week's mechanic know-how quiz with some more questions in the same vein. Some of this week's batch threw us for a loop - did you do better than we did? DISCLAIMER - Yes, there is a Pacifica reference in this episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brokecarsnobs/message

In this week's episode, Bruce had been up for 22 hours at the time of recording. It's been hot out this weekend, and 2/3 of the Broke Car Snobs team attend A&K Eurowerx's 5th Anniversary Cruise-In in an RS4 with no AC. It was hot. We discuss the event, and bring up the possibility for future episodes collaborating with the shop - they're doing some great things with the car community, so go check them out if you're in the Euro scene! Our movie this week, obviously, is Kill Bill Vol. 2 and man were there a ton of cars in this one (/s). Finally, we share our experiences going faster (not really) than the posted speed limits. In Part 2, we talk some more about car safety when it comes to hot weather - keep your pets in mind when leaving them in your car when the weather gets toasty people! There's some grinding of gears this week as well, from your typical lethargic pedestrians in the road, to the amazingly ironic situation Bruce found himself in this past week. We talk the new 2022 Toyobaru GTZ-86 - some of us are more impressed than others. Rounding out this week, AJ has an [REDACTED] and we have another super fun round of trivia. Some of which was more surprising than expected. DISCLAIMER - Yes, there is a Pacifica reference in this episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brokecarsnobs/message

Show #1095. If you get any value from this podcast please consider supporting my work on Patreon here. Plus all Patreon supporters get their own unique ad-free podcast feed. Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Thursday 27th May. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they’ve built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It’s a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too. U.S. STEPS CLOSER TO NEW $12,500 EV TAX CREDIT"The US Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday approved a bill to increase the tax credit for electric vehicles assembled by union workers in the US up to $12,500. This would apply to electric vehicles up to a price of $80,000." reports Chris Randall at Electrive: "The new law would remove this existing cap, but a different, future limit is included in the proposal: For example, the tax credit would be phased out over a three-year period once 50 per cent of car sales in the US are electric cars. Now for the proposed increase in the credit up to $12,500: The proponents of the bill, led by Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, propose to increase the $7,500 tax credit by $2,500 for vehicles assembled in the US and by another $2,500 for vehicles manufactured in plants whose employees are members of or represented by a union." Yahoo! News points out: “That would mean smaller credits to automakers such as Tesla, Volkswagen and others who do not have U.S. union workers, and companies building EVs outside the United States. The EV incentives are estimated to cost $31.6 billion through 2031, according to a congressional estimate. The bill must still be approved by the full Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. The bill also includes a 30% tax credit for manufacturers to retool or build new facilities to produce advanced energy technologies including batteries and new incentives to purchase commercial electric vehicles." https://www.electrive.com/2021/05/27/us-senate-approves-increase-of-ev-tax-credit/ https://news.yahoo.com/u-senate-panel-advances-ev-025709643.html RIVIAN DELAYS DELIVERIES OF THE R1T LAUNCH EDITION BY ONE MONTH"Rivian said that deliveries of the R1T Launch Edition, the limited edition release of its first series of “electric adventure vehicles,” will be delayed by a month, according to an update on its website." reports Tech Crunch: "Customers who preordered can now expect to start receiving their pickup trucks in July instead of June, with Launch Edition deliveries to be completed by Spring 2022. The change was first spotted by the Rivian Forum. The one-month delay was due to a combination of small issues, including delays on shipping containers, the ongoing chip shortage as well as ensuring the servicing piece is properly set up, a Rivian spokesperson said." https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/27/rivian-delays-deliveries-of-the-r1t-launch-edition-by-one-month/ FORMER WAYMO FINANCE CHIEF DWYER JOINS EV STARTUP RIVIAN"Rivian Automotive Inc., the electric-vehicle startup backed by Amazon.com Inc., has hired a former finance chief from Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving arm Waymo LLC. Gerard Dwyer, who was Waymo’s chief financial officer, joined Rivian this week as vice president of business finance, according to a post on LinkedIn." says Bloomber: "Waymo, long viewed as the leader among autonomous-driving startups, is seeking to raise as much as $4 billion from outside investors and also considering an IPO, Bloomberg reported last week, citing people familiar with the plans." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-27/former-waymo-finance-chief-dwyer-joins-ev-start-up-rivian FIRST ALL-ELECTRIC GOOGLE STREET VIEW CAR IS A JAGUAR I-PACE"For the past few years, Google has equipped its mapping vehicles with air pollution sensors. Google worked with Jaguar Land Rover on the first all-electric Street View car that will be tasked with measuring air quality in Dublin, Ireland." says 9to5Mac: "A Jaguar I-Pace is being used for this effort, and it will see a roof mounting for the tall Street View camera, as well as a new rear-window glass for wiring and redesigned interior switchgear for sensor controls. The visual system was last updated in 2017 to provide higher-resolution images while being less bulky. The vehicle will also be equipped with Aclima mobile air sensors that record nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, as well as fine particles (PM2.5). Meanwhile, Google is partnering with the Dublin City Council on the Environmental Insights Explorer tool that provides local data on air quality." https://9to5google.com/2021/05/25/electric-google-street-view-car/ FIRST RIDE IN THE ELECTRIC LUCID AIR SEDAN "The ride was comfortable, and while the Air makes the low-speed pedestrian noises all EVs are required to make, nothing is piped into the cabin. That means riding in an Air is a mostly calm and serene experience, at least until the driver floors the throttle. After my first encounter back in 2017, I was impressed with how well-built the Air was. Despite being an alpha prototype, everything I poked or prodded worked, including the three screens and their UI. But the car I rode in this past weekend felt like a huge step beyond that earlier experience in every regard." writes ArsTechnica: "Lucid is currently building a batch of 70 preproduction cars, with another run of 100 that, among other things, will be used for PR and marketing. And I can't tell you how curious I am to drive one of them." https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/05/we-got-our-first-ride-in-the-electric-lucid-air-sedan/ HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 SUBSCRIPTION WILL LET EV INTENDERS TRY BEFORE THEY BUY"Although Hyundai hasn’t yet announced a base price or price range for the 2022 Ioniq 5 electric vehicle, it’s already suggested that a new subscription plan will be one of the ways you can get behind the wheel of this very intriguing EV.  Hyundai Motor America on Monday said that in their research they found that what it terms “mobility pioneers”—people more eager to try electric vehicles—were used to using subscription services in many parts of their life." according to Green Car Reports: "This is Hyundai’s second try offering an electric car under a subscription plan. In 2017 and 2018 it offered the Ioniq Electric with an “Ioniq Unlimited” program—focused toward cost-conscious Millennials—that folded charging costs, scheduled maintenance, and even replacement costs of wear items into a single monthly payment. Although Hyundai won’t detail the program until later in the year, there are already two key differences. This time, it’s intended for intervals as short as one to three months, and it’s aimed at a more affluent crowd—just those who want to try before they buy." https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1132386_hyundai-ioniq-5-subscription-will-let-ev-intenders-try-before-they-buy TESLA LOSES U.S. DESIGNATION FOR SOME ADVANCED SAFETY FEATURES"Newer Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles will no longer be labeled as having some advanced safety features after the automaker said it was removing radar sensors to transition to a camera-based Autopilot system, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Wednesday." reports Automotive NEws: "The U.S. agency confirmed it updated its website to show that Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles produced on or after April 27 "do not have NHTSA's check mark for recommended safety technologies: forward collision warning, lane departure warning, crash imminent braking and dynamic brake support." The agency said it "only includes check marks for the model production range for the vehicles tested." The NHTSA's five-star crash ratings website includes check marks for up to four recommended advanced safety technologies." https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/tesla-loses-us-designation-some-advanced-safety-features EVGO LAUNCHES RESERVATIONS CHARGING PROGRAM ON US WEST COAST"Public fast-charging network EVgo has announced a new program called EVgo Reservations that gives drivers the freedom to claim their spot at a charger ahead of time. The initial rollout consists of 17 locations across California and the Seattle area in a pilot program that has already expanded." says electrek: "In a recent press release, EVgo announced 17 locations that now feature the new EVgo Reservations program. The company’s software team developed this new feature by integrating various makes and. models of EV fast chargers with its own back-end software system. As a result, drivers can now make a reservation at a charger of their choice while en route, or up to two weeks in advance" https://electrek.co/2021/05/26/evgo-launches-reservations-charging-program-on-us-west-coast/ AUDI A4 RANGE TO BE TOPPED BY ELECTRIC"Audi’s finalised plans for the all-new A4 include an electric-only four-wheel-drive performance RS model and a hybrid RS4" says Autocar: "Set to challenge the Tesla Model 3 and newly unveiled BMW i4, it is based around the Premium Platform Electric (PPE) architecture that has been developed in a joint engineering programme between Audi and Volkswagen Group sibling company Porsche. The PPE platform used by the A4 E-tron will be shared with the upcoming Audi Q6 E-tron, as well as an electric version of the second generation Macan currently under development at Porsche. The line-up will be crowned by an electric RS performance model from the Audi Sport division, packing up to 469bhp" https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-2023-audi-a4-range-be-topped-electric-and-hybrid-rs-duo QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM Do you have an opinion on hydrogen power for personal transport? Yes or No, both good answers, and if yes then what do you think? Email me your thoughts and I’ll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com   It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing. Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid. PREMIUM PARTNERSPHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBYPORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATIAUDI CINCINNATI EASTVOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONALCARCHARGING.COM and ALOHACHARGE.COM DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNELRICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UKEMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/

Le constructeur Audi nous emmène dans les coulisses de la gamme RS. Ces modèles d'Audi Sport sont les fers de lance du constructeur. Mais comment se déroule leur développement? Passons côté coulisses. Texte Nicolas Laperruque A découvrir https://www.histo-auto.com/fr/actualite/667/comment-audi-faconne-ses-modeles-rs

#audiquattro #audirs #cochedeportivo Se cumplen 40 años desde que la marca Audi creó la marca “quattro”, con la que define a sus coches de tracción integral o total conectable. En este vídeo os cuento mis experiencias, sus detalles técnicos más destacados, y cómo la enseña Quattro ha sido capaz de proyectar a la marca Audi como un tipo de vehículo Premium y Deportivo. Durante el recorrido, os hablaré de todos los Audi Quattro que más me han entusiasmado y los que me han dejado huella, con imágenes históricas y propias inéditas y originales. También algo de material técnico con el que complementar el contenido. Así como en Volvo Seguridad es la palaba que todo el mundo tiene en el cerebro, la mezcla entre deportividad primero y seguridad después, quattro es un ejemplo perfecto de cómo una tecnología propia, que no inédita, puede proyectar la imagen de marca para dotarla de valor. Desde el original Audi Quattro hasta el e tron y el etron sportback, pasando por todos los RS (RS2, RS4, RS5 y RS6), haremos un repaso a los favoritos empezando y terminando por el glorioso Audi R8. Puedes ver el video correspondiente a este podcast en el siguiente link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ43Eaz-cao

This week Aaron Chung from Weibo is back! He joins Maxx, Tom, Mitch, and Ken for some chat about the Le Mans Hypercar class, modern speedsters/barchettas, and how he started his massive model car collection. Plus an update on Aaron's RS4.

Danny van Dongen is an accomplished racing driver and has started several businesses in Europe and the US, including a racing school, a racing series, as well as successfully starting up Hankook Motorsports that offers tires for racing in the US to nearly all forms of both amateur and professional racing series.  We would like to thank Danny and the team for their RS4's our tire of choice for endurance racing and the official tire of both Lucky Dog and WRL endurance racing series.  We try to summarize some of Danny's racing career initially and then we move into the area of tires, their construction, and their proper use in racing.  This is hoped to be a good introduction to tire technology, hopefully we can have Danny back for a 201 level discussion. On this Dominating with Dawson episode, we talk about the monster under the bed that many do not acknowledge, fear as a factor in going fast and going faster.  Fear is literally a totally natural thing and affects everyone at some point.  We talk about it, where it may arise, and several ways of dealing with it.  This may be a first of several parts in this area. You can follow Danny on Instagram at @DannyvanDongen We hope you enjoy this episode! Best regards, Vicki, Jennifer, Alan, and Bill Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training Podcast and Garage Heroes In Training racing team drivers   Highlights from this episode include: 1)  How his racing experience has helped with both car testing and development as well as tire testing, also complimenting his business development in both areas. 2)  How his race at the 25 Hours at Thunderhill went last year and the pleasure of a mostly night race on a very muddy track.  His skid school training was really pushed to the limit. 3)  How the different Hankook Motorsports tires are designed and manufactured to be longer lasting and more stable, perfect for endurance racing. 4)  A discussion of the benefits and challenges in designing a tire, both slicks/racing tires as well as the 180 tread wear tires we race. 5)  The basics of tire designations and understanding the letters and numbers typically on a tire such as 245/40 ZR17 vs 225/50 VR16 etc. 6)  Tips on tire and rim selection and the importance of the interaction of the rim width and the tire tread width. 7)  Important considerations like rim width to tire width, tire profile, tire loading, tire circumference interaction with the car gearing, etc. 8)  How the mass of a tire affects the heating up of the tire and affects the endurance/stability of the tires. 9)  Whether you need to break in a tire, how to break it in, and why the cars are always swerving back and forth at the beginning of a race. 10)  How best to pre-heat your tires on pace laps.  Also, please avoid the marbles, nothing good can come from them. 11)  Heat cycling, proper tire break in, and storage of tires for racing slicks and possibly RS4's.  Sunlight is not your tire's friend. 12)  Optimum tire temperatures and hot tire pressures for the RS4's and similar tires. 13)  Whether heat cycles are an issue on RS4's, as well as racing tires and slicks. 14)  Bill reminisces about his bad Armor All experience when he was much younger. 15)  The importance of tire temperature and pressure and general windows for the Hankook tires.  Including how to measure and interpret the tire temperatures when testing at the track, as well as suggested car or tire changes to respond to tire temperature variation across a tire or from side to side and/or front to back. 16)  Temperature ranges and pressure ranges for slicks and R comps tires and how it varies by the compound you select. 17)  Autocross users may need to look at using tire warmers to alleviate the problem of thermal transients and never reaching a true steady state temperature or pressure. 18)  Jason from Lucky Dog has been keeping a secret from us related to using RS4's in the rain on a track.  We will have to talk with him at Charlotte, lol. 19)  A good discussion of filling the tires with air vs nitrogen vs carbon dioxide.  The key is keeping the water out so that it wont boil in the tire affecting the stability of the air pressure during a race. 20)  What is involved in keeping tire records and how to actually use the information.  Sounds like Bill will be making another excel spreadsheet immediately. 21)  We tried to get some breaking news on the new RS5's but we did find two new size additions that are coming soon.  All NDA's stayed intact during the episode. 22)  Vicki brings up the time when Bill lost a tire, again.  She just can't help it whenever an opportunity arises. 23)  Vicki is jealous of the Lucky Dog RS4 tires having a Lucky Dog sticker and is trying to figure out how to do it with our logo.  Still tbd but she is all over it.

Show #854   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Friday 31st July 2020. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to.   Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they’ve built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It’s a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too.   7,000 RESERVATIONS FOR THE FISKER OCEAN "Fisker, which pins its hopes of rising from the ashes in the Ocean electric SUV, dished out a hard figure to judge just how much interest there is in its upcoming EV. It's nothing spectacular, but there's certainly interest." says CNET: "The company said Friday it has 7,062 reservations for the Ocean. Compared to recent news surrounding preorders (I'm thinking Tesla Cybertruck and Ford Bronco) it's a drop in the bucket. However, it goes to show there is an audience for Fisker's SUV with oodles of sustainable materials inside. The reservations come from 30 countries and Fisker said the figure virtually sells out the first planned production run in late 2022. Additionally, Fisker talked about a second SUV for the first time it dubbed a "sports crossover." The image shows a swoopy design sort of reminiscent of the Volkswagen ID 4. Behind it, the startup also wants to produce a pickup truck."   https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/fisker-ocean-electric-suv-reservations-future-models/   VOLKSWAGEN DELAYS DEAL TO SUPPLY A POWERTRAIN FOR HENRIK FISKER'S NEW EV "Buried as almost a passing note in a recent investor presentation by car designer and EV startup founder Henrik Fisker was news that Volkswagen has delayed negotiations to supply powertrain parts for his company’s upcoming Ocean crossover. Sounds like a big problem." according to Jalopnik: "This could be a huge problem for Fisker Inc., as it’s already advertised and sold deposits for a vehicle with certain projected performance—deposits it accepted without even knowing for certain what the fundamental hardware of the vehicle would be. Any major changes from here could mean major changes to the Ocean as advertised. If they’re changes for the worse, expect to refund some deposits."   https://jalopnik.com/volkswagen-delays-deal-to-supply-a-powertrain-for-henri-1844572271   Here’s a statement from Fisker Inc.: "We remain in conversation and parallel development with several industry-leading platform and manufacturing OEMs and suppliers, and will continue to consider any opportunities that would enable us to enter into definitive manufacturing and supply agreements before year-end. We are committed to taking any actions that advance our objective of delivering the Ocean as early as the end of 2022.”"   TESLA RELEASES Q2 2020 SAFETY REPORT "In the 2nd quarter, we registered one accident for every 4.53 million miles driven in which drivers had Autopilot engaged. For those driving without Autopilot but with our active safety features, we registered one accident for every 2.27 million miles driven. For those driving without Autopilot and without our active safety features, we registered one accident for every 1.56 million miles driven. By comparison, NHTSA’s most recent data shows that in the United States there is an automobile crash every 479,000 miles."   In comparison, Tesla had an accident on Autopilot every 3.27 million miles in Q2 2019.   AMERICA’S CHEAPEST ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE COMING COURTESY OF CHINESE AUTOMAKER KANDI "Chinese electric vehicle and parts manufacturer Kandi Technologies Group  is officially bringing two EVs to the United States through its subsidiary Kandi America — news that has prompted run up in its share price in the past day. " says TEch Crunch: "Kandi Technologies has been talking about bringing EVs to the United States for a couple of years. Now, two models are arriving as early as the end of 2020, beginning in a limited area in Texas. Both are priced under $30,000 before federal incentives. The two models heading to the U.S. are Kandi’s compact K27 vehicle that comes with a 17.69 kWh battery, The larger K23 is also coming to the U.S. market. This small electric SUV has a 41.4 kWh battery and a driving range of more than 180 miles. The K23 starts at just less than $30,000, again, before applying federal incentives."   https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/30/americas-cheapest-electric-vehicles-are-coming-courtesy-of-chinese-automaker-kandi/   AUDI SPORT TO ELECTRIFY EVERY FUTURE RS MODEL "Future Audi RS models will have one powertrain in the future, and it’ll be electrified. According to Audi Sport sales and marketing head Rolf Michl in an Autocar interview about the brand’s intentions, that includes mild-hybrids, plug-ins, and full EVs." reports Motor1: "Both should arrive before 2023 in the form of the RS4 – the plug-in – and the E-Tron GT RS."   https://www.motor1.com/news/436728/audi-sport-electrify-future-rs-models/   LORDSTOWN MOTORS SHOWS OFF ENDURANCE ELECTRIC PICKUP TRUCK IN NEW VIDEO "Lordstown Motors just released a new promotional video with its all-electric pickup - Endurance, scheduled for market launch in 2021 (in Summer 2021 according to what we heard the last time)." says InsideEVs: "The description says: "Keep moving, keep building, keep believing. Endurance will take us forward, because endurance is what got us here. Introducing the all-electric Endurance, by Lordstown Motors.""   https://insideevs.com/news/436695/lordstown-motors-endurance-new-video/   MINI ELECTRIC HITS PRODUCTION MILESTONE MINI Plant Oxford has built more than 11,000 MINI Electrics since production began More than 3,000 MINI Electric orders in the UK to date UK is second largest market for electrified MINI models with 19 per cent sales share for MINI Electric and Countryman Plug-In Hybrid In 2021, a third of MINI 3-Door Hatch models built is expected to be elec   MAHLE AIMS FOR FASTER CHARGING WITH BETTER CONDENSER "Mahle has presented a new type of condenser for cooling systems in hybrid and electric vehicles that should enable faster charging of the traction battery." reports Electrive: "The development of the new condenser was been prompted by the increase in overall demands on cooling systems in hybrid and electric vehicles where the battery, power electronics, electric motors and other components must all be kept within a carefully defined temperature window."   https://www.electrive.com/2020/07/30/mahle-aims-for-faster-charging-with-better-capacitor/   LINK TRANSIT’S 10 NEW BYD BUSES COME WITH WIRELESS CHARGING "BYD is back to building electric buses. The company’s first post-closure delivery completed an order of 10 battery-electric K9S buses to Link Transit in Wenatchee, Washington." says ChargedEvs: The K9S 35-ft electric bus seats up to 32, has a range of 215 miles, and can be charged in 3 to 4 hours. Link Transit’s 10 buses are fitted with wireless charging receivers from Momentum Dynamics, to allowing for en route charging. . In January, Momentum and Link Transit extended their relationship with a new five-year agreement under which Momentum will provide three new 300 kW en route charging stations."   https://chargedevs.com/newswire/link-transits-10-new-byd-buses-come-with-momentum-dynamics-wireless-charging-system/   4 NEW ELECTRIC VANS JUST HIT THE UK & EUROPEAN MARKETS Peugeot e-Expert & Citroën ë-Dispatch - You can now order the e-Expert in the UK, with a starting price of £25,053 (excluding VAT but after the Plug-in Van Grant) Renault ZOE Van - “The All-New ZOE Van is capable of travelling up to 245 miles on a charge, and uses the same powerful 52kWh battery pack and 80kW R110 electric motor as the New ZOE supermini.” Mercedes-Benz EQV - Mercedes-Benz, the EQV, comes with a hefty price tag. Starting prices for the different trims are: EQV 300 Sport — £70,665. 90 kWh battery with 213 miles of range (WLTP).   https://cleantechnica.com/2020/07/30/4-new-electric-vans-just-hit-the-uk-european-markets/     You can listen to all 853 previous episodes of this this for free, where you get your podcasts from, plus the blog https://www.evnewsdaily.com/ – remember to subscribe, which means you don’t have to think about downloading the show each day, plus you get it first and free and automatically.   It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) AVID TECHNOLOGY (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRIGHTSMITHGROUP.COM – FOR CLEANTECH TALENT (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NEW! 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Air purification is always a hot topic with our clients and even more so these days.  Today, we sit down with Steve Mores who is the VP of Sales and Training for Dynamic Air Quality Systems to have an awesome conversation about all the different ways to filter and purify your indoor air.  Pleated filters vs polarized media.  Why do we want to use carbon? Do UV lights really work?   Full disclosure here... GDC sells the Solace Air brand of systems that Steve's company produces for residential application.  We're not trying to make this a 60 minute commercial for them, but I can say, their RS4 system has been a literal life saver for many of our clients.  https://www.thegreendesigncenter.com/product/solaceair-rs4/ 

After months of badgering, we finally weakened Amanda Tully enough to where she agreed to come onto our podcast.  After a disappointing 2019 where she finished 2nd, 1st, 1st, and 1st, we couldn't wait to hear what she was going to do to improve this year, LOL.  Actually, it was a great pleasure to catch up with her and learn about her racing history and how she and her team came to dominate the east coast races last year.  Amanda also discussed with us her recent transition to sim racing and we all shared some of our growing pains, as well as a lot of the fun we are having while home.  Vicki was able to put on her Amanda t-shirt and fangirl for the entire episode.  It was an unintended coincidence that she appeared in episode 111, but it fit with their results from last season.   On this episode of Dominating with Dawson, Ben covers what to do if you have an incident on the track to minimize the effect on your day, and your car.   We hope you enjoy the episode!   Best regards,   Bill, Vicki, Jennifer, and Alan Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast and team members in the GHiT Immature Endurance Racing Team   Highlights from the episode include: 1)  How we first met Amanda and her team at our first ever race at NJMP in 2018. 2)  How Vicki and Amanda bonded at NHMS in the 3PM overflowing hot tub last year. 3)  How Amanda progressed from full newbie racer with HPDE experience to her current successes in Lemons.  It all started with the lure of the fun $500 race car.  Her experiences indicate that even we may eventually get good at this, we shall see. 4)  Amanda may have helped Bill with the "what spares should we bring" discussions that we always seem to have.  Since Amanda said it, Vicki may finally agree.  We shall see. 5)  We try to dissect the "issues" that led to her low performance of the year at Pittsburgh last year where they "only" finished in second place.  But they did win the "I Got Screwed" Award. 6)  How HPDE and especially her past motorcycle HPDE track days may have influenced her driving style, as well as her skill. 7)  We tried getting some more info related to Amanda's latest car for Lemons.  it's still super secret, but we know it is coming.  Rumor has it that we may even be able to pass her team once this year. 8)  Amanda and Bill try to help Vicki with her nervousness in joining the races.  Both shared some of there best/poorest i-Racing performances so far. 9)  We also discuss several similarities and differences we are seeing in sim racing and our more normal meat world racing.  Peripheral vision, lack/different G force feedback, tire grip/physics, and various software settings seem to not be helping any of us at this point.  Still having fun though. 10)  Sim racing:  It's the same, but it's not. 11)  Vicki displays a story about why testing on Fridays should not be optional, especially if it's your first time at a track. 12)  Amanda was even kind enough to go into what she would recommend to improve your performance and fun at a race.  It is all fairly simple, but very important things that she has learned from others and through personal experience. 13)  Brandon and Kelly both get a quick shut out.  Kelly, you need to come out on track. 14)  We also continue our continuing discussion on in car data and lap timing.  Amanda is pretty firm in her position and her opinion isn't going to change any time soon.  Pursuit of a fast lap time has hurt  her team's performance in the race so many times.  It is far more important to get all your laps similar and all your drivers as close as possible. 15)  Our mutual friends in the Folgers car get another shout out. 16)  Bill bonds with Amanda on spares and tools for the track.  Vicki still seems less than enthused. 17)  Amanda is not a fan of our RS4 tire use but prefers the Azenis 615's.  We think it may be worth a retry at some point.  Maybe she will borrow or test ours.  Once we find a few more BMW 8.5" * 17" DSII rims (or DS2). 18)  We need to see if there are any cars that Amanda likes besides her E36 and E92.  There has to be at least one. 19)  We even bond over our poor i-Racing seats. 20)   We joke around about a recent i-Racing event with the Three Pedal Mafia at the expense of our great friends Jeff and Mental.

Lotus Evija que faz 0 aos 300 em 9 segundos, Toyota lança Supra mais barato, VW lança um crossover Cabrio, Audi lança novo RS4, Renault oferece agora Bi-Fuel na gama Clio e Captur.   Isto e muito mais no mais recente Podcast do Isto é o que se sabe!

Show #670   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Saturday 18th January 2020. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story to save you time.   Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they’ve built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It’s a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too.   Welcome to new Patreon EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ANDREA JEFFERSON   Audi Q5 TFSI "Audi of America is introducing its first plug-in hybrid (PHEV) variant of its bestselling SUV, the Audi Q5. The Audi Q5 TFSI e (earlier post) will be joined by the A8 TFSI e and the Audi A7 TFSI e in the coming months." says Green Car Congress: "The Audi Q5 TFSI e is equipped with a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder TFSI engine coupled with an electric motor that sits between the engine and 7-speed S-tronic dual-clutch automatic transmission. The lithium-ion battery pack, located under the luggage compartment floor, is made up of 104 prismatic cells and stores 14.1 kWh of energy with a voltage of 381 volts. The climate control system uses a highly efficient heat pump that pools the waste heat from the high-voltage components. The Audi Q5 TFSI e has a range of 20 miles. This mode can be selected for driving scenarios when an engine might not be needed."   https://www.greencarcongress.com/2020/01/20200117-q5e.html   Q7 e-tron 3.0 V6 TDI Diesel, but it's quick and smooth.   AUDI RS "Audi Sport is embracing electrification, planning a range of plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles wearing S and RS badges." according to CarAdvice.com.au: "Audi Sport isn’t just planning RS-badged battery-electric models. It’s also confirmed it’ll introduce RS-badged plug-in hybrid vehicles and Autocar reports one of these is expected to be the next-generation RS4, not due until after 2022."   BMW "Leaked order guides have revealed the starting price of the new BMW X3 xDrive30e, which will launch in the United States in Q1 2020." says CarScoops: "the plug-in hybrid version of the premium compact SUV will start at $49,545, including destination. Its main rivals, the Mercedes-Benz GLC 350e and Volvo XC60 T8, can be had from $51,645 and $54,945, respectively. The arrival of the X3 xDrive30e will bump the number of available models to four, excluding the top X3 M. The lineup kicks off with the X3 sDrive30i, followed by the X3 xDrive30i, which have MSRPs of $41,950 and $43,950, respectively, while the 382 horsepower X3 M40i will set you back $55,900. The plug-in hybrid X3 uses a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine rated at 181 hp and a 107 hp electric motor that’s integrated into the 8-speed automatic transmission. With the battery fully charged, the X3 xDrive30e has an all-electric range of almost 20 miles (32 km)."   https://www.carscoops.com/2020/01/2020-bmw-x3-xdrive30e-phev-will-undercut-the-competition-by-several-thousand-dollars/   In the UK: "BMW has expanded its already extensive plug-in hybrid line-up with the addition of the X1 xDrive 25e - soon to be followed by an X2 model with the badge." according to Next Green Car: " the X1 will offer a range of up to 35 miles on a single charge. X2 specifications are yet to be confirmed, with its launch due in the summer, but expect very similar figures to the X1. BMW’s drive systems are carried over from other PHEV models, which include Auto eDrive, Max eDrive, and Save Battery. Charging the 10 kWh battery will take a little over three hours on a standard 3 kW home or public charge point. Both the X1 and X2 models will join PHEV options already available in the shape of the 2 Series Active Tourer, 3 Series, 5 Series, 7 Series, X3, X5, and i8 ranges, plus BMW’s group stable-mate Mini with the Countryman Cooper S E, as well as the all-electric i3."   https://www.nextgreencar.com/news/8827/bmw-launches-x1-phev-with-x2-soon-to-follow/   CITROEN "Citroën announced the debut of its first plug-in model, the Citroën C5 Aircross SUV Hybrid at the Brussels Motor Show (January 10-19), which starts electrification of the brand" reports InsideEVs: "The C5 Aircross SUV plug-in hybrid version, already available to order, is Citroën’s first plug-in hybrid model of the Core Model Strategy, which by 2025 will lead to 100% of the range having an electrified version, with a new electrified offer every year."   https://insideevs.com/news/391491/citroen-c5-aircross-suv-hybrid/   HYUNDAI "Hyundai and Kia are intensifying their electrification efforts by planning to have 13 hybrids, six plug-in hybrids, 23 EVs and two fuel cell vehicles on sale by the middle of the decade.  2020 will be the year when the most important SUVs from the two brands will be electrified as Hyundai will introduce hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions of the Santa Fe and the next-generation Tucson. As for Kia, they’re planning to take the wraps off the revamped Sorento with both types of hybrid powertrains." according to Yahoo! News   Ceed, Xceed, Sorento, Santa Fe, Tucson, Sportage, Ioniq, Niro, Optima, Kona.   https://uk.news.yahoo.com/hyundai-kia-electrify-tucson-santa-173000633.html     HONDA The 2020 Honda Clarity PHEV begins arriving at dealerships this week. With a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $33,400, The 2020 Clarity PHEV received a 47 miles of all-electric driving range rating with a full charge and an EPA fuel economy rating of 110 MPGe. For longer trips, the hyper-efficient 1.5-liter Atkinson cycle 4-cylinder gasoline engine engages to generate electricity for the electric motor and, under certain conditions, to act as a direct power source. Clarity PHEV’s drive motor produces 181-horsepower and 232 lb.-ft. of torque, drawing power from electricity generated by the gasoline engine and from a 17-kilowatt hour (kWh) battery pack with a recharge time of just 2.5 hours at 240 volts.   JEEP Jeep will introduce plug-in hybrid versions of the Wrangler, Compass, and Renegade. Autoblog says: "The one we’re most interested in is the Wrangler 4xe. We’ve known that a plug-in Wrangler was on its way for a while now, and we’ve even seen detailed spy shots of it. So, now that Jeep has pulled the covers off at the glamorous Consumer Electronics Show, we get to hear all the gritty details, right? Wrong. FCA isn’t talking about the Wrangler 4xe until a later date."   Fiat Chrysler said: "Electrification, including the upcoming no-compromise Jeep 4xe vehicles, will modernize the Jeep brand as it strives to become the leader in 'green' eco-friendly premium technology"   CNBC specultes: "When initially unveiled last year, Fiat Chrysler said the Compass and Renegade plug-in models would offer about 50 kilometers, or 31 miles, of pure-electric range and a new 1.3-liter turbo gasoline engine."   https://www.autoblog.com/2020/01/10/jeep-wrangler-ces-plug-in-4xe/   https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/06/fiat-chrysler-showcases-new-hybrid-electric-jeeps-at-ces-this-week.html   MERCEDES-BENZ "Mercedes-AMG is readying a plug-in hybrid version of its GT 4-Door, slated for launch this year." repotrs Car Advice: "The next Mercedes-AMG C63 is also expected to swap its V8 and rear-wheel-drive for a plug-in hybrid, four-cylinder engine and all-wheel-drive, providing a direct rival for the next RS4.            https://www.caradvice.com.au/817171/audi-introducing-rs-badged-phevs-and-evs-resurrected-r8-e-tron/   MINI Mini Countryman Plug In Hybrid. 26 miles range, three cylinder engine, prices from £32,000   RENAULT News on the Renault Captur E-Tech plug-in arriving in teh UK from June. Leasing.com: "Renault Captur E-Tech, uses the same 1.6-litre engine which is mated to a plug-in hybrid system with an increased 9.8kWH battery pack and 400v electrical system. It can run at 100% electric for 30 miles with a top speed of 85mph. Renault claims the Captur E-Tech can offer 188mpg and emits 34g/km of CO2. Unique driving modes such as ‘Sport’ allows both the petrol and electric engines to combine to take full advantage of available power. ‘E-Save’ on the other hand limits the use of the electric motor and can save at least 40 percent of battery power by drawing it from the combustion motor.   https://leasing.com/car-leasing-news/renault-clio-hybrid-and-captur-plug-in-hybrid-to-debut-at-brussels-motor-show/   SEAT "Cupra is hard at work developing a plug-in hybrid version of the next-generation Seat Leon set to premiere on January 28." according to CarScoops: "The new Seat Leon will be based on an updated version of the VW Group’s MQB platform, much like the new VW Golf and Skoda Octavia and sold in a number of petrol and diesel-powered guises. Cupra, the Spanish automaker’s performance car sub-brand will initially launch a plug-in hybrid version with 241 hp. The added grunt should help propel it to 62 mph (100 km/h) in roughly 6.5 seconds and will be good for an all-electric of up to 35 miles (56 km) thanks to the 13 kWh battery pack."   https://www.carscoops.com/2020/01/seat-confirms-upcoming-leon-cupra-with-a-241-hp-plug-in-hybrid-powertrain/   SKODA In teh UK: "Škoda’s much-anticipated Superb iV plug-in hybrid is now available to order, priced from £31,970. The brand’s first-ever plug-in hybrid, the Superb iV – which will be joined plug-in versions of the fourth-gen Octavia in Q2 2020 – combines a 156hp version of the brand’s 1.4 TSI petrol with a 116hp electric motor, giving a total 218hp and offered in both hatch and estate guise. The result is sub-40g/km CO2 emissions with an electric-only range of up to 35 miles and total range of up to 578 miles."   https://fleetworld.co.uk/first-ever-plug-in-hybrid-skoda-opens-for-orders/   Meanwile AutoExpress reports: "The next Skoda Octavia vRS hot hatch will come with petrol, diesel and plug-in performance options.  VW Group’s plug-in hybrid powertrain to become a performance variant in its own right. The new Octavia vRS PHEV will use the same 1.4-litre four-cylinder turbo petrol engine as the recently launched Golf GTE. No power figures have been confirmed for the hot hybrid, but Auto Express understands that the new model is being tuned to match the output of the petrol vRS. That model will use the 2.0-litre turbo petrol motor. The car will have a battery of at least 13kWh. that battery will give it the ability to go for about 30 miles on electricity alone"   https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/skoda/octavia/108748/new-2020-skoda-octavia-vrs-ready-for-hybrid-power   VW Golf GTE - 31 miles range but not currently availble to order in some countries. PAssat GTE - again unavailable due to high demand.     Other honourable mentions: Volvo XC90 T8 four-cylinder petrols. The Cayenne S E-Hybrid V6 petrol. Mitsubishi Outlander  for 30 miles of range. Hyundai IONIQ PHEV starts at £26,000 but 39 miles of range.  Mercedes-Benz C-Class C350 E Saloon and Estate have a 6.2kWh pack.     TONY BULLOCK I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have and provide some perspective as an owner of a Niro PHEV since August 2018 - one who fully intends to get a BEV as his next car. So far I've done just over 9,400 miles and the vast majority of that has been on battery. Why I chose the PHEV: I had a 63-plate Toyota diesel that I hated driving for environmental reasons. We needed something bigger for the family to take luggage, guitars, friends etc. around. There wasn't anything in my price range that was suitable. The eNiro would have fitted the bill for practical reasons, but it's still pricey. Toyota salesman tried to sell me a hybrid. One Kia salesman tried to sell me a Sportage diesel to clear stock. The same dealer subsequently let me drive their eNiro which he absolutely raved about! :-) I picked up the PHEV from the Midlands and drove it back to Kent. It only took about a week to get it but it was the very last in the UK, otherwise it was a three month wait. If a suitable BEV for my family's lifestyle had been available and affordable in July 2018 then I'd have definitely got one. 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Everyone’s favorite new buzzword is ‘machine learning’ (or ‘ML’) but what exactly is ML and how is it already transforming everyday life and business? We chat with Microsoft engineers about machine learning and the significance of Windows ML, a new AI platform for developers available through the upcoming Windows 10 update. We cover how ML is changing the field of app development and how developers can get started with Windows ML. Finally, a Windows Insider gives us a tour under the hood of his app and discusses how machine learning is baked into the app’s evolution.   Episode transcription   JASON HOWARD:  Welcome to the Windows Insider Podcast.  I'm your host, Jason Howard, and you're listening to Episode 14, What's Up with Machine Learning?  In this episode we chat about ML, its future influence on app development, and the impact of Microsoft's recent Windows machine learning announcement.  Here in the studios with our first guests is Dona Sarkar   DONA SARKAR:  Hi.  I'm Dona Sarkar, Chief Ninja Cat and head of the Windows Insider Program   I'm here today in the studio with some special guests from Microsoft to talk all about everyone's favorite new buzzword, machine learning. I would love for our guests to introduce themselves.  Clint, would you like to go first? CLINT RUTKAS:  Hi.  I'm Clint Rutkas.  I am a Windows developer community champion.  So if you guys have APIs you want in the system, please talk to me. DONA SARKAR:  Exactly.  You'll see him on Twitter a lot talking about the Windows SDK.  So for all of your Windows SDK needs, tweet @ClintRutkas. And then Lucas. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Hi.  I'm Lucas Brodzinski.  I'm the program manager lead of the Windows AI platform team. DONA SARKAR:  That is awesome.  What does that mean? LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Well, we're teaching the robots how to think.  You know, we've added capabilities to Windows for people to do machine learning inference on the edge.  So we're introducing the intelligent edge to Windows. DONA SARKAR:  That is really cool.  Thank you for joining us. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Thank you for having me. CLINT RUTKAS: I actually think it's even more than that.  Think about we're adding machine learning, the ability for every Windows device, not just desktop, device, to be able to do machine learning. So I think the big question is like, what is machine learning and why do we care? DONA SARKAR:  That's exactly the very first question I have for both of you, which is let's go all the way back, back, back.  What is machine learning and why is it different than AI? LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Cool, totally.  So the way to think about AI and machine learning is machine learning is a subset of AI.  The whole concept of AI is you're trying to get a computer to act intelligently, kind of like a human would.  So you can get a computer to do a function like a human would and get a response from the computer as a human would.  Machine learning is a specific technique to try and do that. So for instance, if I'm having a conversation with you guys in real life, like I am right now, you know, I can read your facial expressions and I can kind of change my approach to the conversation based on the facial expressions you guys are giving me. So that's my intelligence.  And we would love to teach computers to be able to react to human interaction in that way.  One potential technique to go about doing that is emotion detection, which there are machine learning models to do. However, machine learning is this technique towards building out this larger intelligence, which is AI. CLINT RUTKAS:  So I think the question is, why would you use machine learning?  Let's say for whatever reason you want to build out a vegetable detector.  Let's say I wanted to detect a carrot versus broccoli versus cauliflower.  So what is a carrot?  So would I do it based on color?  So I have an if-statement that says, okay, well, if it's shaped kind of like a triangle, if it's orange and it's roughly this long in the photo, that's a carrot. Well, there's purple carrots.  DONA SARKAR:  Right. CLINT RUTKAS:  So now I have to add in an additional if-statement there. And then, okay, well, now, what's the difference between a carrot and broccoli?  That's a bit more easy.  But what's the difference between broccoli and cauliflower?  If you ask a kid that doesn't know, has never seen them, they might go like this is a baby version of that. So all those things, once you start having to factor in more and more and more, that code becomes extremely unwieldy, and then that's when machine learning comes in, because now you can start giving -- start training your model, this is exactly what a carrot is.  Here are all the different examples, all the different images we have of carrots, from different angles, different viewpoints, different coloring, different variants.  Same thing with broccoli and cauliflower.  And then magically now we can start getting high confidences with that model, and all I had to do was call a couple lines of code. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  You hit it really on the nail there.  There are some problems that what we face as developers, you know, our human intuition can solve that problem very, very easily and quickly.   However, when we sit down to write code to fix that problem, it gets a little hard. So, you know, to write the code to detect the difference between two different types of apples can get pretty challenging. An example, the cool thinking about machine learning is, like you said, it creates this model that abstracts that problem away from the developer, so the developer can feed a model on input, an image of an apple.  The model does a lot of computational work to figure out the small nuance differences between different species of apples based on all the training dataset that went into making that model, and the developer just gets an answer of what type of apple it is. DONA SARKAR:  So just to cut you both off for a second rudely, what is "the model?"  You guys are saying, train the model, you know, give the developer the model.  What is that? CLINT RUTKAS:  Okay, so I think maybe a good thing we should probably talk about machine learning is maybe how it works and what are the big components.  So you have an engine, the inference engine, you have I'll say the training system, and then you have the model.  The model is actually what is kind of evaluated.  So if you said, is this an apple, you give the system the model of what is an apple.  Is that a good way to think about it? LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Yeah, the best way to think about it is, given this large set of data, you can train on that data, which basically means you apply a lot of math to it, and you come up with an algorithm that notices patterns, that can solve functions.  And all of that is contained within this model.  So the model is the thing that describes the data that you fed it during training. DONA SARKAR:  I see, okay. CLINT RUTKAS:  And then you have the inference engine, and the reason why it's called an inference engine is because we're not 100 percent confident.  So we're inferring is this thing an apple.  It may be an apple, we may be 99 percent sure it's an apple, but we're not 100 percent sure.  So it's not a definitive answer, but you have to have a confidence that, yes, if it's, you know, let's say above 80 percent, we're pretty positive this is an apple. Speech recognition is a great example of this where you may say, turn on the lights.  It's going to give you a fairly high confidence rating if the model properly interpreted your natural language, but it's never 100 percent sure. DONA SARKAR:  That's right.  And do you feel like right now machine learning has already taking over our lives a little bit, that it's already kind of infiltrated tools and services that we use on a day-to-day?  Do you feel that that is true?  And if so, what are some examples that normal people will understand? LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Yeah, totally.  So, you know, the most recent example is if you look at the Windows photos app, you can actually go into the photos app and type in what you want to search for.  So you can type in "dog" into the search field, and suddenly, all of your photo albums will be searched for what the computer thinks is a dog inside the picture.  And as a user, you're presented with all the pictures that have a dog in it.  And that's using machine learning to do image classification and find specific things and images, in this case being a dog. DONA SARKAR:  That's pretty awesome. CLINT RUTKAS:  Yeah, think about all the speech recognition that is in the world now.  So if you have let's say an Amazon Echo Dot or a Harman Kardon Cortana device, if you talk to it, that's machine learning.  You have machine learning built directly into Windows.  If you search as well, that's all machine learning.  If you go to a search engine, that's machine learning.  There's tons of areas in our lives that we have it, we just don't realize what's it's called yet. DONA SARKAR:  So we think of it more like computing rather than machine learning? CLINT RUTKAS:  Yeah.  I mean, machine learning I view it as it's much more of a topic programmers care about, because it either benefits or hurts us the most when it comes to programming what we need to program. As an end user you just want your answer.  It's like going to a restaurant.  You don't care how the food is made, as long as it's made sanitary, but you get the food and you're happy.  You don't care if it's one person making it or 20 people making it, you just get your yummy food. DONA SARKAR:  Okay.  So that phrase, machine learning, is quite buzzy these days.  Everyone thinks they're working on machine learning or want to work on machine learning.  And I think it was the most used term in job descriptions last year.  That and AI.  So why do you think people, who may not be technical, are so excited about this phrase?  What do you think is the potential like going forward?  We know it's been used a lot, but how can it be used to transform all these other somewhat old school industries, like think hotel, transportation, manufacturing, et cetera? LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Sure.  So, you know, I think we're living in this time where you really have two massive things coming together to kind of fuel all this.  One of it is data.  There's a lot of data out in the world.  And the key thing for machine learning is you need a lot of data to be able to rationalize over.  The other part of it is having access to a lot of compute.  The process of training a machine learning model can be quite rigorous from a computation perspective.  And we're at a point where these two technologies as a for instance having the data and having the compute power have come together. And when you think about sort of all the cool end user scenarios that are possible, I mean, wouldn't it be great if we could have systems that, based on sort of the weather forecast, could predict what kind of hotel availability may be available in a specific city?  That's just one example of how you can make sense of all this data that's around us in a way that could benefit a user. CLINT RUTKAS:  So think outside just the user, think about how this could benefit humanity.  So with machine learning think about growing crops where you can directly use machine learning and models to determine is this a good area for that crop, is something bad happening, should we create targeted pesticide usage versus just blanketing everything.  Or disaster recovery potentially.  Like there's so many different areas where you could do things smarter and faster with machine learning. Manufacturing is another great example.  We showed this at Windows Developer Day.  Imagine you're building out a circuit board, and for whatever reason something hiccoughs and a single transistor is skipped.  With machine learning you can quickly look at it and say, oh, this is missing.  And it's the same model then that would detect if a capacitor was missing, for the most part. I'm looking at Lukas to verify. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Yeah, no, that's exactly right.  CLINT RUTKAS:  You can use that same thing, and then now rather than have to do a recall of, you know, 100,000 units, you caught it before it even shipped out. DONA SARKAR:  That's right. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Yeah, and, you know, to build on that example, there are cases where in order to make sense of the data that's available today requires a lot of specialized expertise in an area. DONA SARKAR:  That's right. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  And sometimes, that expertise is not always available.  With machine learning what you can do is offer the computer to make sense of all the data that a human expert would have accumulated over years, and make some predictions that, you know, the hope of machine learning is to create a model that is accurate enough to sort of mimic what a human would have done in that situation. And that's the really cool part about it, too, because you're potentially unlocking a lot of scenarios where we just don't have enough human experts to do something, and the machine could help in those cases. DONA SARKAR:  That news article that just came out, like the farmers in India who are figuring out how to grow crops more efficiently using machine learning, because they definitely don't have the computational expertise to look at petabytes of data on crop growing, so they've been using machine learning to do that, I thought that was such a cool story. CLINT RUTKAS: Yeah. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Yeah, totally. DONA SARKAR:  That applies in like every country in the world, agriculture as a thing, so yeah. Okay, so recently, Microsoft, we made a big announcement about the next Windows 10 update and machine learning.  Do you mind sharing with our listeners what the announcement was? CLINT RUTKAS:  So in Windows 10 Version 1803, Windows Machine Learning is built in. So that means every system that is running version 18.03 will have machine learning built-in.  And it smartly takes over.  If you're on a GPU, it will leverage the GPU.  If your device only has a CPU, it will only leverage the CPU.  As a programmer you also have some toggle so you can pick and choose.  This also runs on basically any system -- correct me if I'm wrong here, Lucas -- that runs 18.03, it will just work. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Yeah, and the cool thing about it is what we've announced that's going to ship in our next major update is a preview that solves a bunch of problems for developers. So historically, when a developer has approached machine learning problems, there was a couple of barriers of entry that made the process a little hard.  So first, as a developer you would have to figure out, hey, I have this model file that came from somewhere.  And that somewhere could have been one of a handful of different training frameworks.  And each one of them had its own sort of file format associated with it. And the very first task you would have to do as a developer is to ask, well, given this model, I need the corresponding evaluation engine that ships with my software to be available to evaluate this model. With Windows ML we've taken that pain point away, because every single version of Windows has Windows ML in it and is able to evaluate that model. The other problem was having these handful of different training frameworks and different formats meant that as a developer you had this giant format issue of, hey, there's like, you know, six or plus different formats. So, Windows ML has the ability to take an Onyx as a model an input format.  Onyx is something that we're working with industry partners to standardize as the format exchange for ML models.  So as a developer that problem's gone away, too. CLINT RUTKAS:  And we have conversion tools to get your existing models onto Onyx as well. DONA SARKAR:  Oh, that's nice. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Yeah, exactly.  And there's already frameworks that can produce Onyx natively as well.  So Azure machine learning can output Onyx today.  CNTK has a (for in-sys?) to save files as Onyx as well.  And more frameworks will be coming online and the converters are there. But thirdly, and you touched upon this point, Clint, as a developer sometimes I need extra computational horsepower in order to evaluate a model.  I want to be able to use the hardware that's on my clients' machines.  And previously, as a developer I would have to target hardware specifically and not in an abstract manner.  So I would have to know what hardware specific GPUs are available on my customer's machines and write code specific to those GPUs. With Windows ML we've abstracted that hardware problem, and as Clint said, we can do model evaluation on any DirectX 12 GPU or the CPU, and the developer can choose or let Windows decide which one to use. DONA SARKAR:  That's pretty cool. CLINT RUTKAS:  And what's even cooler is it's built to be future proof, I guess future proof with quotes.  So we announced this at Windows Developer Days is that it will also work on an MVPU. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Right, so what we want to do is we recognize there's a bunch of new ML silicon out in the world that's not exactly a GPU.  But we want to be able to talk about to the silicon in a way where a developer doesn't have to make this decision about, well, how do I talk to that hardware specifically. So at Windows Developer Day we showed an early engagement with Movidius, which is Intel's vision processing unit, to be able to do evaluations using this driver model that we're working on in order to bring these devices into Windows. CLINT RUTKAS:  So imagine in the future you have a device that has one of these chips.  Windows ML will just leverage what the best item you have available on your system. DONA SARKAR:  Right, without you having to do a bunch of extra work and learn this new thing.  Okay, that's cool. So machine learning technology now in Windows, super exciting, but what made you guys on the team actually working on it decide to include it in the 18.03 update? CLINT RUTKAS:  So we've been working on this for years in various different ways, in various different subsystems. So I think the better way to think about it is how long it takes to actually get a feature into Windows.  Windows is everywhere.  It's in servers, it's in desktops, it's in a plethora of devices.  So we've been working on features like this and many others, and it takes years for it to actually get here. So building out all the needed required items took a bit, and now it's finally in a state where we can ship it externally and allow developers to start getting their hands on it and really get their hands dirty, without us literally changing out the plumbing back and forth.  It's one thing for us inside of Microsoft to have to deal with some of this stuff, it's a totally another thing when an external developer has to deal with that kind of sausage making.  So now we feel that it's strong, it's in a shippable state, and we'd love to get feedback and developers to start using it. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Yeah, and on Clint's point, we've been doing this for a long time.  We've had a lot of investments in our cloud solutions around AI.  So Azure Machine Learning allows you to do machine learning training.  We have Cognitive Services that allow you to use prebuilt AI in the cloud.  And as Clint was saying, we've finally got it to a point where we were in need of allowing developers to make the edge intelligent as well and do some of these operations without necessarily being able to talk to the cloud. DONA SARKAR:  That's right.  That is awesome.  It sounds like this introduction to Windows machine learning is really going to change the game for app developers going forward. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Yeah, totally. DONA SARKAR:  So Windows machine learning is here, it's in the product by the time this podcast airs, any app developer can use it.  It's in preview, so that's to be noted.  But how do you foresee the field of app development changing as a result of introducing this technology? LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Yeah.  Well, just imagine the intelligence that you can introduce to your app if you had the ability to recognize patterns but not necessarily having to write all the code to do that. So for instance, if you could, given a camera input, realize that, you know, there are these two people standing right in front of me, they're wearing maybe a red shirt, and I know if they're wearing a red shirt they're particularly a vendor at an event.  So maybe I want to provide them with some information about the event.  Imagine sort of all the code that you would have to write if you were going to do that without machine learning.  So one of the exciting things is developers will be able to take on these way more rich scenarios in a way that doesn't require them to write this code.  Now, I think that's just going to unlock like a giant cloud of creativity around how devs approach this space. CLINT RUTKAS:  And I think that's one amazing example.  The other amazing example to me is it allows developers to start doing AI computing on the edge.  And when we say on the edge, it's the end developer system.  There's still times where you're going to have to go up to the cloud and leverage that big horsepower availability in the cloud.  But as a developer you can't do everything in the cloud because of latency for between calls.  Imagine you're dealing with a $30 million device that must have micro-millisecond precision.  I'm not sure if I just made up a term, but I just made up a term. DONA SARKAR:  That's cool. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  And that roundtrip for going up to the cloud and back could be too big of a gap.  But there are also times where, hey, I might have to make a decision, my model locally is unsure of what's going on.  Then I can go send that query up and leverage that big, rich horsepower of the cloud and get a much more definitive answer.  So you can start doing cost reductions and everything and just make the most of what you have available to you as a developer. DONA SARKAR:  That's really cool. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Yeah, totally.  I'll totally sum it up as doing intelligence on the edge so machine learning evaluations on the edge gives you performance, it gives you scalability, and it also gives you flexibility.  I mean, there's going to be times where you want to be able to do machine learning evaluations, but you can't send your data to the cloud, whether it's due to customer preferences, whether it's due to no connectivity.  Having Windows ML allows you to do that on the edge in those cases where you couldn't do it otherwise. DONA SARKAR:  That is really, really awesome.  So these are all of the upsides and all the goodness.  Are there any unknowns or challenges that you two can foresee?  Radio silence on the radio. CLINT RUTKAS:  Okay, so I would say an interesting thing is it's a new skillset for people to start thinking about.  Some people may think of it as, okay, so I have this model.  This model, I didn't code it, I don't know what's in it, I don't know how to debug it.  But at the same time, to me as a developer when I step back and I think about it, I'm okay with that.  Because you can start verifying your inputs and your outputs.  You can also to be sure like, hey, I've done enough unit testing, I trust this thing.  Also, think about all the APIs you call where you didn't code that thing.  I got this external library from someone.  I didn't code it.  I can't directly debug it.  But I'm okay with that. To me it's the same concept; it's just another skill, it's another tool in your toolbox to make you a more productive developer. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Yeah, I think for me where there's a challenge there's an opportunity, and I think one of the coolest aspects of this is we're going to see two communities that in the past may not have had the closest collaboration start getting really, really close together. And really what I'm talking about there is the data science community and the developer community. DONA SARKAR:  Ah, yeah. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  And when you think about it, you know, historically, the data science community has made these like massive advancements in machine learning, and a lot of these advancements were geared at, hey, how do I get better accuracy out of a model, how do I create a new algorithm to do something that just wasn't possible before? And those are great. From a developer perspective you may have some other concerns that you have to worry about.  So, for instance, you might be worrying about, well, how do I get an answer within, you know, some small, little, tiny threshold of time to make my app useful, how do I do that in a way where, for instance, my install size is not massive? And I think you're going to start seeing these two communities come together and start sort of cross-pollinating needs, wants, desires, and together being able to train and also operationalize, you're just going to see the space evolve huge. DONA SARKAR:  That is amazing.  So you guys can be super honest, do I need to call Sarah Connor on the phone?  Are we going to be ruled by machine overlords? LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  You should always have Sarah Connor on speed dial. DONA SARKAR:  So guys, for a dev like me who has written UWPs and Win32s, how can I get started on machine learning the hell out of my app? CLINT RUTKAS:  So my opinion is go to some of the galleries with models already ready.  This is how easy it is to start getting coded once you have an Onyx model, which you can download any model right now, convert it.  All you have to do is take that Onyx file, drag it into Visual Studio, into your UWP, I believe also Win32. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  We have Win32 and UWP APIs. DONA SARKAR:  That's cool. CLINT RUTKAS:  So you drag it in to your solution, it auto-creates the CS file for you.  From there you get basically your input, your output and your engine.  And basically, you load your model and you call evaluate and you parse your results.  It's basically three lines of code, really. LUCAS BRODZINSKI: Yeah, totally.  CLINT RUTKAS:  I made it sound really simple.  LUCAS BRODZINSKI: No, but you know what, it actually is that simple.  The great thing is with the (for in-sys?) that we added to Visual Studio, as a developer if you have this Onyx file, you don't have to worry about what's inside of it.  We've done our best to expose sort of all the nitty-gritty in a way where you're kind of just plumbing your data types from your apps to data types that the model expects. My way of getting started actually uses some of our other tech that we have in the cloud today.  The easiest thing to remember is there's three steps to starting Windows ML.  You have to load a model.  So that means you have to have a model.  You take some inputs from your application, you bind it to Windows ML.  And then you call evaluate. So how do you get that model?  My favorite way of getting a model is using customvision.ai, which is a service that Microsoft offers to allow you to classify a bunch of images with labels and create a model that basically allows you to feed new images and detect whatever labels you added to the images in the training set. Once you have that model, you bind your application data, whether, you know, it's a picture that you loaded or something from the camera, and you call evaluate.  If I wanted to make an app that, going back to the apple example, detects different types of fruit, I could feed a bunch of images of various types of fruit, each labeled with what fruit is in the image, into customvision.ai, and it will go off and do all the training for me, and just give me a model file that I can then go use in my application. DONA SARKAR:  That is cool.  So say your family, you can take pictures of all of them, label who they are, and then build like some sort of family tree thing. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Exactly. DONA SARKAR:  That's really, really awesome. CLINT RUTKAS:  In all fairness, it's more than a couple photos. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Family reunions will never be the same. DONA SARKAR:  Yeah, all of them. CLINT RUTKAS:  I'm going to need to take a photo of every angle from you.  That'd be great, yeah. DONA SARKAR:  Ah, okay, there you go. Well, you guys, it's Friday night and I know what I'm going to do.  I'm going to go home and ML the hell out of my UWP is what I'm going to do. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Awesome.  Love to hear it. DONA SARKAR:  Because we are cool like that. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  That is the way to spend a Friday evening. CLINT RUTKAS:  I know. DONA SARKAR:  Clint and Lucas, thank you so much for being here and talking to Windows Insiders about ML. Many of them are coming to Build.  They're going to be insanely excited about this. CLINT RUTKAS:  I cannot wait for Build. DONA SARKAR:  I am very excited for Build. And I'm going to go and actually try to ML some stuff.  And when I get stuck, I know who to call. Thank you so much for being here. LUCAS BRODZINSKI:  Thanks for having us. DONA SARKAR:  Have a wonderful day. CLINT RUTKAS:  Thank you. DONA SARKAR:  Bye. JASON HOWARD:  As our previous guests have mentioned, machine learning is a pathway to achieving artificial intelligence or machines that can make decisions like humans, only faster and more efficiently.  Machine learning is built into the AI of so many everyday tools.  For example, Cortana can chat with you about your favorite sports team, because its chitchat function is continually learning from users how to talk about a variety of topics. How are developers from around the world tapping into the power of machine learning and AI?  Up next, we take a tour under the hood of an AI bot built by a Windows Insider from Kenya. Irving Amukasa was awarded an Insider's for Good fellowship from Microsoft for his innovative work with an artificial intelligence app. IRVING AMUKASA:  Yes! JASON HOWARD:  SophieBot answers user questions about sexual and reproductive health.  Anything you've been curious about but too embarrassed to ask, SophieBot will happily answer. Welcome to the show, Irving.  Thanks for joining us. IRVING AMUKASA:  Thanks for inviting me.  I'm really honored. JASON HOWARD:  So I'm going to ask you a tough one, because doing live demos is always a tricky proposition.  Is it possible to open SophieBot and ask her a question so we can hear her? IRVING AMUKASA:  I hope the sound is good.  Let's see if she can talk well. SOPHIEBOT:  Hi there.  I'm Sophie. What would you like to know? IRVING AMUKASA:  What is sexual health? SOPHIEBOT:  Good health is considered to be a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of diseases or infirmity.  The principles of sexual health are the same.  Physical wellbeing means good health and hygiene for your genitals and related systems.  Mental wellbeing means feeling okay about your sexual desires and needs and not guilty or depressed about them.  Social wellbeing means not facing social discrimination because of your sexual desires and needs or because of any problem that may result from unsafe sex.  The combination of all these factors makes for a sexually healthy you. IRVING AMUKASA:  You have the option to turn off that sound.  Before, it is text, no sound. JASON HOWARD:  It sounded like she gave a very thorough answer. IRVING AMUKASA:  Yes. JASON HOWARD:  So let me ask you, what were the existing challenges that prompted you to design SophieBot? IRVING AMUKASA:  Yes, first thing first is this side of the world, it's awkward and hard to talk about sexual health openly.  To even ask a question is even close to taboo.  And sexual health workers and centers aren't as friendly.  That was problem one.  Problem two is the lack of verifiable information out there.  So those two main problems helped us design SophieBot. JASON HOWARD:  So part of it was the stigma of actually asking those questions, but the other half of it is making sure that the answers you're getting are true and correct and will actually, you know, guide you in the right direction. IRVING AMUKASA:  Yes, that's it. JASON HOWARD:  Here at Microsoft we've found that a significant portion of user interactions with Cortana are actually like a social response or a silly joke type question.  Which is super interesting because it shows users the human side of AI as a whole. In your view, why is being able to interact with a humanlike bot appealing rather than using a digital encyclopedia or just a basic search engine? IRVING AMUKASA:  On SophieBot not everyone asks us about sexual health.  Our most popular question we learned was people want to see Sophie's face.  So we also get those questions that are socially type.  So it's inherent in our nature to ask a question, send out a message, and get feedback and build on top of that.  You can't do that with a blog, you can't do that with any other media, that directly instantly sending out a message and getting actual feedback.  That element of communication is ingrained in us, and that's why messaging bots are big.  And messaging apps are popular because they know that one little secret. JASON HOWARD:  So real quick for our listeners I want to talk a little bit about the difference between AI and machine learning. IRVING AMUKASA:  Yes. JASON HOWARD:  As you know, in this episode we're talking about machine learning.  And as some of the other guests have discussed, the terms machine learning and AI, while they're used interchangeably sometimes, they're actually very different things.  Machine learning is a particular method of achieving AI, which is of course allowing machines to have access to tons of data using algorithms and learning how to perform tasks rather than, you know, a developer hand-coding everything line by line. Can you talk some about how SophieBot uses machine learning to become better? IRVING AMUKASA:  So let me go back to AI in general.  SophieBot started off with like old technology that you had to provide everything.  Now we just call the Artificial Intelligence Markup Language.  It falls under something called rule-based AI.  But that wasn't enough to provide answers to our users, so we had to move up on the learning curve.  Machine learning comes in two ways on SophieBot.  First is us getting insights of the question they're asking.  We don't know who you are but we keep track of the questions you ask and the answers we provide for you.  So when users ask questions, it's insightful for us to know which topics are more prevalent and which is the most popular question. So point one is us finding out which is the most popular question.  We don't do a tally of each question, because people have asked similar questions but then in different ways.  You can't do a tally and manually count.  People have asked about STIs or people have asked about HIV and AIDS. What we do instead is use a machine learning model that looks at the words in every single question, looks at the frequency of those words, and how much they weigh on each single question they've asked, so we can have a popularity graph of the most popular question and the most least popular question. So that's how we use machine learning specifically on SophieBot.  It isn't on answering questions, it's on getting insights on the questions already been asked. JASON HOWARD:  Yeah, so you're highlighting key words from what people say to make sure that, you know, even if somebody does ask it differently, that you know how to respond appropriately.  But then because people are very different in how they address topics, they may not use the right words to get the answer they're actually looking for.  So it sounds like you're going to use some of the machine learning to figure out what they're trying to ask, even if they're not asking the question the right way. IRVING AMUKASA:  Yes.  Also including typos.  If somebody doesn't know how to spell chlamydia or gonorrhea, machine learning points them in the right direction. JASON HOWARD:  So not only are you giving them the right answer, but you're helping take some of the human error out of it as well? IRVING AMUKASA:  Yes. JASON HOWARD:  That's brilliant. See, that's one of the fun things about this whole concept of machine learning and AI in general.  It's like even if we don't get it quite right, and we as humans are the ones that set up the constructs that we're working in, we can still use this cloud-based learning and machine learning and the whole concept of AI to correct ourselves to make sure we're going in the right direction still. IRVING AMUKASA:  Yes. JASON HOWARD:  So as machine learning becomes more and more sophisticated in the future, what's your vision for the next evolution of SophieBot? IRVING AMUKASA:  Interesting.  So the next evolution of SophieBot is an end-to-end system that can take any dataset of questions and answers and be able to automate them.  That's the next evolution of SophieBot.  So rather than us elaborately designing full process flows or designing questions and answers, we go to someone who already has a huge dataset of questions and answers. JASON HOWARD:  So are you trying to take her further than answering questions about sexual health?  Are you trying to expand her beyond that?  Or are you trying to make her more adept and capable in the space that she's functioning in currently? IRVING AMUKASA:  We're doing both.  In essence like that's our business model.  We don't make money from you coming to us to ask questions.  That's we fund it to do that by the native nation population. But we are a business, we are going to make SophieBot sustainable.  And the goal for that is to build that model and be able to monetize that end-to-end model in other domains rather than just sexual health. JASON HOWARD:  That's awesome.  Well, Irving, I've got to say, thank you so much for taking the time to be here with us today. IRVING AMUKASA:  No, thanks a lot, and thanks for having me and have a nice day. JASON HOWARD:  Cheers, man. IRVING AMUKASA:  Bless you. JASON HOWARD:  That's a wrap for Episode 14.  Get the Windows Insider Podcast automatically every month by subscribing on your favorite podcast app.  You can also find all of our past episodes on the Windows Insider website.  Thanks for listening and until next time, Insiders. NARRATION:  The Windows Insider Podcast is produced by Microsoft Production Studios and the Windows Insider team, which includes Tyler Ahn -- that's me -- Michelle Paison, Ande Harwood, and Kristie Wang.  Visit us on the Web at insider.windows.com.  Follow @windowsinsider on Instagram and Twitter.  Support for the Windows Insider Podcast comes from Microsoft, empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.  Please subscribe, rate, and review this podcast wherever you get your podcasts.  Moral support and inspiration come from Ninja Cat, reminding us to have fun and pursue our passions.  Thanks, as always, to our program's co-founders, Dona Sarkar and Jeremiah Marble. Join us next month for another fascinating discussion from the perspectives of Windows Insiders.  END

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