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Alex and Beck talk about usernames versus real names; the benefits of slow evolution and low staff turnover; the downside of not seeing one's coworkers often; the community and variety that make a BaT Alumni Gathering magic (coming up in Pittsburgh and California!); the appropriate qualifications to pick the coolest Corvette; showering awards upon a rental Viper RT/10; Radwood over the years; calling every front-engine Porsche a 928 just to irk Beck; the various ways to repower a VW Type 2; Zora Arkus-Duntov; the struggle to not talk Porsches at every opportunity, reinforced once again shortly thereafter; favorite automotive tuners; the best-looking fastbacks; the most compelling color names; and the most desirable of history's automotive factories to go back in time and visit. The full episode is linked above—or you can listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. Links for titles/listings discussed in this episode: 0:40 Lot 1: 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 1:42 Beck's cheap 1974 BMW 2002tii 1:52 Lot #10,000: 1956 Porsche 356A Carrera GS Coupe 12:08 2018 BaT SoCal Alumni Gathering at the Petersen Museum 14:09 2024 BaT Alumni Gathering, August 3 at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix 14:12 Registration is Open for the BaT Alumni Gathering, August 17, 2024 in Monterey 15:35 Event Coverage: Corvettes & C8 Reveal @ Petersen Breakfast Club Cruise-In 28:30 Chevrolet Engineering Research Vehicle (CERV) 40:00 1965-1966 Ford Mustang Fastback results 40:45 347-Powered 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 4-Speed 41:30 BMW 02 Series Touring results 42:40 AC Aceca results 43:12 Aston Martin DB2/4 results Got questions for the BaT staff or suggestions for our next guest? Don't hesitate to let us know! Write in to podcast@bringatrailer.com and we'll do our best to address them.

Plus, stay tuned because later in the show I'll tell you what the big South Korean battery makers said over the weekend about their fightback against the Chinese. Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, your trusted source of EV information. It's Monday 4th March, I'm Martyn Lee and I go through every EV story so you don't have to.            We go live at 5pm UK, that's Midday Eastern.  Patreon supporters get the episodes as soon as they're ready and ad free. You can be like them by clicking here.   Nissan LEAF Owners Losing App Access https://evne.ws/49IosxK 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5: Enhanced Battery and Styling Upgrades https://evne.ws/3wG27SN BMW Unveils New 5 Series Touring with Four Drive Options https://evne.ws/49XkTmR New York City Debuts America's Quickest EV Charging Station https://evne.ws/49UEjZr Lotus Emeya Wraps Up Winter Trials with Impressive Specs https://evne.ws/49Z22bg FedEx Express Spain Integrates Electric Vans into Fleet. https://evne.ws/430gCwy Tesla Initiates Construction of Innovative Drive-In Theater and Diner Supercharger in LA https://evne.ws/434GaJi South Korean EV Battery Giants to Showcase New Technologies https://evne.ws/49U8zUo Mack Trucks Embraces EV Future with Battery-Electric Models https://evne.ws/433KyrZ BYD Reduces Yuan Plus Price and Introduces New Glory Edition https://evne.ws/49RKwoY Leapmotor's Aggressive Pricing Strategy in China's EV Market  https://evne.ws/49ZrjBN SVOLT Energy Launches EV Battery Production in Thailand https://evne.ws/4a13f1H Smart Technology: The Differentiator in China's NEV Market https://evne.ws/433ZXIt China Accelerates Electric Vehicle Production https://evne.ws/4a13gCN

It's EV News Briefly for Monday 4th March, everything you need to know in less than 5 minutes if you haven't got time for the full show. I'll be back later but Patreon supporters get the episodes as soon as they're ready AND ad free. You can be like them by clicking here. Nissan LEAF Owners Losing App Access https://evne.ws/49IosxK 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5: Enhanced Battery and Styling Upgrades https://evne.ws/3wG27SN BMW Unveils New 5 Series Touring with Four Drive Options https://evne.ws/49XkTmR New York City Debuts America's Quickest EV Charging Station https://evne.ws/49UEjZr Lotus Emeya Wraps Up Winter Trials with Impressive Specs https://evne.ws/49Z22bg FedEx Express Spain Integrates Electric Vans into Fleet. https://evne.ws/430gCwy Tesla Initiates Construction of Innovative Drive-In Theater and Diner Supercharger in LA https://evne.ws/434GaJi South Korean EV Battery Giants to Showcase New Technologies https://evne.ws/49U8zUo Mack Trucks Embraces EV Future with Battery-Electric Models https://evne.ws/433KyrZ BYD Reduces Yuan Plus Price and Introduces New Glory Edition https://evne.ws/49RKwoY Leapmotor's Aggressive Pricing Strategy in China's EV Market  https://evne.ws/49ZrjBN SVOLT Energy Launches EV Battery Production in Thailand https://evne.ws/4a13f1H Smart Technology: The Differentiator in China's NEV Market https://evne.ws/433ZXIt China Accelerates Electric Vehicle Production https://evne.ws/4a13gCN

What do people from Birmingham, Bradford and America all have in common? They will all probably be offended, by O, in this episode of Drivel. Also in this episode the not-so-dynamic duo provide lots of unwarranted consumer advice, which is probably neither useful nor correct, Mo reminisces about the time when two WWE superstars fought each other in a boiler room, Take-Aways on Alum Rock Road are reviewed in the most lacklustre food review ever, O becomes a chav and Mo makes a weird noise in response to the new BMW 7 Series. The car being reviewed this week is the G21 BMW 3 Series Touring. Not just any BMW 3 Series Touring. It's Mo's new BMW 3 Series Touring and he has been forced to review it because of an Instagram poll. (How many times can we type BMW 3 Series Touring in this paragraph before you get irritated? Just once more. BMW 3 Series Touring. Irritated?) Instagram: @drivelpodcast Twitter: @podcastdrivel Email: DrivelPodcast2020@gmail.com

Wanna split £100? You get £50 free AND save money on 100% green electricity by moving to Octopus Energy. Plus I get £50 to support this podcast but ONLY if you do it by using my unique referral code. I moved to Octopus recently and had been putting it off for ages,  but I kicked myself for not doing it sooner, as it’s literally a 5 minute job to give them your details.   Click here: https://share.octopus.energy/free-puma-452   On today’s podcast: Volkswagen Group Now Making EVs In Five Locations" Google Uses AI To Plot Fastest, Most Efficient EV Road Trips Chinese battery producers plug into soaring German EV sales Tesla's dirty little secret: Its net profit doesn't come from selling cars Tesla offering discount to customers with existing orders for Model S and Model X Tesla Model S and Model X refresh gaming, infotainment system GPU details leaked All Tesla Vehicles Now Have Efficiency-Boosting Heat Pump BMW considers moving up i4 production     Show #980   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Monday 1st February. 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.   VOLKSWAGEN GROUP NOW MAKING EVS IN FIVE LOCATIONS" Volkswagen Group's manufacturing capabilities of MEB-based electric cars expanded significantly and, including the small Transparent Factory in Dresden, there are now five sites globally." says InsideEVs: "The total combined maximum production capacity of those plants is more than 900,000, but it will take quite some time to reach such a level. Zwickau, Germany - up to 330,000, six models. Transparent Factory in Dresden, Germany. Mladá Boleslav, Czechia. FAW-Volkswagen plant in Foshan, China - up to 300,000. SAIC Volkswagen plant in Anting, China - up to 300,000. In Zwickau, Volkswagen produces around 800 all-electric ID.3 and ID.4 cars per day. When new models join the line, the rate will be up to 1,500 vehicles per day or 330,000 vehicles per year at its peak. In 2022, three new plants will also start production of MEB-based cars: Emden and Hanover plants in Germany and Chattanooga in the U.S."   https://insideevs.com/news/483167/volkswagen-group-five-plants-meb-based-evs/   GOOGLE USES AI TO PLOT FASTEST, MOST EFFICIENT EV ROAD TRIPS "In a blog post this week, Google says it has devised a new Maps feature that uses “graph theory” to sort through all the permutations and give drivers accurate information about how to drive and charge along the way.  There are so many factors to consider — the state of charge of your battery when you begin, how far your car can drive given weather, traffic, and elevation changes, and the availability of chargers along your route are all important considerations." says Steve at CleanTechnica: "at the present time the only two cars with Android Automotive baked in are the Polestar 2 and Volvo XC40 Recharge, although more models are on the way."   Google said in a blog post: "“Today, we present a new approach for routing of EVs integrated into the latest release of Google Maps built into your car for participating EVs that reduces range anxiety by integrating recharging stations into the navigational route,“Now when you enter a destination that requires two or more recharge stops, algorithms in Maps will search and filter through tens to thousands of public charging stations to find the most efficient route — all in less than 10 seconds. You can see how long each charge will take and your updated total trip time, so your final ETA will never again be a mystery, Based on the battery level and the destination, Maps will recommend the charging stops and the corresponding charging levels that will minimize the total duration of the trip. To accomplish this we engineered a highly scalable solution for recommending efficient routes through charging stations, which optimizes the sum of the driving time and the charging time together.”"   https://cleantechnica.com/2021/01/31/google-uses-ai-to-plot-fastest-most-efficient-ev-road-trips/   CHINESE BATTERY PRODUCERS PLUG INTO SOARING GERMAN EV SALES "Two Chinese makers of electric vehicle batteries are set to break ground this year on $3.2 billion worth of production facilities in Germany to serve Europe's expanding market for new-energy cars, following in the footsteps of industry leader Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd." reports Nikkei Asia: "SVOLT Energy Technology, a spinoff from Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor, plans to break ground on two factories, at a combined cost of about 2 billion euros ($2.42 billion), in the western state of Saarland by year-end. Farasis Energy (Ganzhou), which sold a 3% stake last year to automotive group Daimler in a deal valued at 900 million yuan ($138.8 million), aims to start construction of a 600 million euro factory in the eastern town of Bitterfeld by the end of March. SVOLT aims to churn out 24 gigawatt-hours worth of auto batteries a year in Germany, a quarter of its global target, while Farasis aims to put out 6 GWh from Bitterfeld by next year on the way to full output of 10 GWh. CATL has said its German plant will be able to produce 14 GWh of batteries."   President of SVOLT Europe: "Before we settled on Saarland, we scouted more than 30 locations, including in Eastern Europe, and we found that only in Germany would we be able to quickly recruit enough talent and source electricity in a way that our clients' climate targets can be met"   https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Chinese-battery-producers-plug-into-soaring-German-EV-sales   TESLA'S DIRTY LITTLE SECRET: ITS NET PROFIT DOESN'T COME FROM SELLING CARS "Tesla posted its first full year of net income in 2020 -- but not because of sales to its customers. Eleven states require automakers sell ascertain percentage of zero-emissions vehicles by 2025. If they can't, the automakers have to buy regulatory credits from another automaker that meets those requirements -- such as Tesla, which exclusively sells electric cars." according to CNN: "It's a lucrative business for Tesla -- bringing in $3.3 billion over the course of the last five years, nearly half of that in 2020 alone. The $1.6 billion in regulatory credits it received last year far outweighed Tesla's net income of $721 million -- meaning Tesla would have otherwise posted a net loss in 2020."   https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/31/investing/tesla-profitability/index.html   TESLA OFFERING DISCOUNT TO CUSTOMERS WITH EXISTING ORDERS FOR MODEL S AND MODEL X   "After years of waiting Tesla finally announced a design refresh to the Model S and Model X earlier this week. Along with the drastically redesigned interior, Tesla also increased the prices of all variants of its flagship vehicles." says DriveTeslaCanada: "That increase left customers with existing orders placed before the increase suddenly facing having to pay about $10,000 USD more than originally planned. Those customers are now learning Tesla is softening the blow just a bit, by offering a $2,000 discount on existing orders."   Twttier user @raffaeri: “My boss ordered a Model X a few weeks ago. He got a call from Tesla today. For 2000€ more he can have the Refreshed Model X but... it won't be available until September. The order page said March 2021! So Tesla can not deliver Model S/X in Europe until September!"   https://driveteslacanada.ca/model-s/tesla-offering-discount-to-customers-with-existing-orders-for-model-s-and-model-x/   TESLA MODEL S AND MODEL X REFRESH GAMING, INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM GPU DETAILS LEAKED "A renowned tech leaker has shared what could very well be a block diagram depicting some details of the Model S and Model X refresh’s in-car gaming system/infotainment system GPU. Based on the information presented in the leak, it appears that Tesla’s in-car gaming system would indeed be on par with some of the market’s most popular consoles. " reports TEslarati: "ccording to the leaked block diagram, Tesla will reportedly be using an AMD Navi 23 GPU for its onboard infotainment system, which would be equipped with 16Gb (2GB) Samsung GDDR6 memory chips (K4ZAF325XM). Considering that there are four modules depicted in the leaked diagram, it appears that Tesla’s infotainment system will have 8GB of memory in total. Tesla’s official webpages for the Model S and Model X refresh note that the vehicles’ in-car gaming system offers up to 10 teraflops of processing power, which is comparable to those offered by dedicated gaming consoles like the Sony PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X."   Storage?   https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-new-infotainment-gaming-gpu-specs-leak/   ALL TESLA VEHICLES NOW HAVE EFFICIENCY-BOOSTING HEAT PUMP And a story from InsideEVs on the Model S/X Heat Pump: "People were so entertained with the steering yoke on the refreshed Model S and Model X that they probably did not know both cars now also present a heat pump. First offered in the Tesla Model Y, this component aims to offer higher energy efficiency in electric vehicles during the winter. The 2021 Tesla Model 3 already presents one, making the entire Tesla lineup for offering it."   https://insideevs.com/news/482829/all-tesla-vehicles-heat-pump/   BMW CONSIDERS MOVING UP I4 PRODUCTION "According to a media report, BMW brings forward the production start of the all-electric i4 from the year’s end to August or September. This means BMW could roll-out the first cars in Germany in 2021. In China, meanwhile, BMW has significantly reduced the price of its iX3 electric SUV." says electrive; "The i4, as is well known, is being built in Munich. Preparations for the production of the all-electric Gran Coupé started last summer. For six weeks, vehicle production was suspended during the Bavarian summer holidays to retool the existing production facilities so that in future the BMW 3 Series Sedan, the BMW 3 Series Touring, both with combustion engines and hybrid drive, the BMW M3 and the all-electric BMW i4 can be manufactured on the same line. As the German Handelsblatt now reports about group circles, the start of production of the i4 is to be brought forward to August or September."   They also reported news of the iX3 in Germany: "The Munich-based company activated the online configurator for the iX3 last month in their native Germany and published the associated price and equipment list. The starting price is slightly lower than originally announced, namely 66,300 euros for the Inspiring variant. The higher equipment variant Impressive is listed from 71,800 euros. The German environmental bonus of 7,500 euros can still be deducted from the official prices. The first cars will be delivered at the end of January."     NEW QUESTION OF THE WEEK Have you seen the social media meme of putting two photo’s side by side and titling them ‘how to started’ and ‘how it’s going’. 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Show #636   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Saturday 9th November 2019. 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.   NISSAN LEAF SALES IN JAPAN DROP BY 51% IN OCTOBER 2019 "Nissan is not able to prevent the LEAF from falling in its home market and in October the rate of decrease even accelerated!" reports InsideEVs: "Combined with a decrease in the U.S. and probably not strong results in Europe (at least not good enough to release a sales report), Nissan's EV outcome is disappointing, especially for a pioneer that undertook a tremendous effort to bring the LEAF to the market. Ten years later, the best LEAF ever, available in two battery options (40 kWh and 62 kWh) is selling at a lower level than a few years ago. In Japan, only 820 LEAFs were sold in October (down 51% year-over-year), although LEAF was still the #40 most popular model."   https://insideevs.com/news/381088/nissan-leaf-sales-japan-october-2019/   BMW 320E TOURING MODEL COULD BE UNVEILED NEXT YEAR "This year the Bavarians launched an impressive number of plug-in hybrids, including the 330e PHEV. However, in the future, more plug-in hybrids will be launched, including the 320e in the 3 Series range." according to BMW Blog: "During a recent meeting held in Munich, highlighting the results BMW achieved over the first nine months of the year, BMW CEO Oliver Zipse talked about hybrid Touring versions coming next year.   “By the end of the year, we will have 12 fully electric and plug-in hybrid models on the roads. Customers desire our plug-in hybrids because they can use them as their only vehicle,” said Zipse. “The 3 Series Touring will also be available as a plug-in hybrid variant next year,” he added."   https://www.bmwblog.com/2019/11/06/bmw-320e-touring-unveiled-next-year/   VOLKSWAGEN TO INTRODUCE ID. SPACE VIZZION "Volkswagen has released design sketches of the 7th model it intends to build on the MEB electric car platform. The car is known for the time being as the ID. SPACE VIZZION." says Clean Technica: "The ID. SPACE VIZZION is a wagon of tomorrow that combines the aerodynamic characteristics of a Gran Turismo with the spaciousness of an SUV. Stylistically, the ID. SPACE VIZZION follows the design DNA of the ID. family, yet has a completely independent and progressive character.”   https://cleantechnica.com/2019/11/10/volkswagen-to-introduce-id-space-vizzion-at-la-auto-show-november-19/   PORSCHE CAYMAN ELECTRIC RUMORED TO HAVE 400 HORSEPOWER "Porsche isn't hanging around with its electrification strategy. While the world's attention is firmly upon the Taycan, Stuttgart's first full production electric vehicle (EV), its engineers are busily working on a more affordable battery-powered model. The replacements for the entry-level 718 Boxster and Cayman twins will be all-electric, underlining how serious Zuffenhausen is about jumping onboard the electric battlebus." writes Car Magazine: "Our intel suggests the following specs:   Powertrain  Twin electric motors, rear- or all-wheel drive Output  System total 400bhp Chassis  Aluminium monocoque Due on sale  2023"   https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/spy-shots/porsche/electric-boxster-and-cayman-sports-car/   GM SELLS LORDSTOWN FACTORY TO THE OFFSHOOT OF A STRUGGLING EV STARTUP "GM says the factory’s new purpose will help establish Ohio as a hub for EV manufacturing." says The Verge: "But the Lordstown plant now rests in the hands of a small company that finds itself trying to do what almost no other startup has been able to do: build an entirely new American automaker from (almost) the ground up. To be clear, Lordstown Motors is a new company that was specifically set up to buy the Lordstown plant. It was created by Steve Burns, the founder and former CEO of struggling electric vehicle startup Workhorse. Workhorse has sold electric delivery vans in the past, and is in the running for the contract to build the United States Postal Service’s next-generation vehicle. But the company has recently found itself in dire financial straits. The startup has lost nearly $38 million in 2019, and generated just $4,258 in sales this past quarter."   https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/8/20954956/gm-lordstown-motors-factory-workhorse-electric-vehicles-trump-ev   VOLKSWAGEN STARTS PRE-PRODUCTION IN FIRST CHINA PLANT FOCUSED ONLY ON E-MOBILITY "The new plant of The SAIC Volkswagen joint venture’s new plant—which is dedicated to production of all electric vehicles on Volkswagen’s Modular Electric Drive Matrix (MEB)—has been completed in Anting, Shanghai. Celebrating the start of pre-production, a first China-specific all-electric Volkswagen ID. model rolled off the production line." says Green Car Congress.   It took only 12 months to see the completion of this innovative factory. Congratulations to our colleagues in Anting, who will further prepare to produce the first China-model of the Volkswagen ID. family here in Shanghai. We will speed up our NEV offensive even more, as we expect further e-mobility market growth.   —Dr. Stephan Wöllenstein, CEO of Volkswagen Group China   https://www.greencarcongress.com/2019/11/20191109-vwchina.html   CHEVROLET MENLO EV MAKES CHINA DEBUT "General Motors has a total of 20 new electric cars coming by 2023, but don't think they're all for the US. China is the largest market for electric vehicles in the entire world and GM is absolutely catering to that reality." reports CNET: "On that note, China's latest electric-car entree is served. This is the Chevy Menlo EV that debuted on Friday. Before you ask, no, this isn't coming to the US. A Chevy representative confirmed to Roadshow that the model is specific to China and the company has zero intention of bringing it to the US.  The range figure is pretty close to the Buick Velite 6's as well, which likely means the two share a lot of technology. The Velite 6 is another China-only EV that GM sells locally. The Menlo EV, however, is the first electric car Chevy will sell in China."   https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/chevy-menlo-electric-car-crossover-china/   QUESTION OF THE WEEK The MYEV.com Question Of The Week…   What do you prefer, the carrot or the stick? Ie incentives for EVs or penalties for polluters   I want to say a heartfelt thank you to the 254 patrons of this podcast whose generosity means I get to keep making this show, which aims to entertain and inform thousands of listeners every day about a brighter future. 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BMW’s 5-Series Touring is one of Germany’s most popular station wagons for long-haul trips. Why? Five reasons: ease of use, design, handling, load capacity and fuel efficiency. How does it really measure up on each point?

This week Mandy Turner joins Trent Nikolic and Josh Dowling in Sydney. In car news, the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid has been sold out already, Mazda will be launching an electric car in 2020, and the 2019 BMW 3 Series Touring has been revealed. Sam Purcell reviews the 2020 Holden Colorado after returning from the Victorian launch. Tony Crawford was at the unveiling of the 2020 Bentley Flying Spur and talks to us about just how luxurious the limousine is. Lastly, Kez Casey and Mandy take a drive in the 2019 Abarth 595 Competizione around the streets of Melbourne.

NEWS ROUNDUP ALPINE A110 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG INFINITI Q50 AUDI S8 BMW 5 SERIES TOURING

5 Series M Sport Diesel model confirmed, the 5 Series Touring might be returning to the US, BMW releases the Ultimate Drive iPhone app, and more. RoundelTable airs live every Tuesday at 8PM ET/5PM PT.  To listen live & talk in the chat room, visit live.wheelspin.tv.  To contact us, send emails to roundeltable@wheelspin.tv. To see details & show notes […]