Episodes

Sony Honda's Afeela Is STILL In Hot Water with California New Car Dealers, Here's Why   Episode 252 Dealer franchise law is front and center in today's episode with Brian Maas, President of the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA) where we talked about...

Shockingly Satisfied (Again?) JD Power's 2026 U.S. Electric Vehicle Experience Ownership Study   Episode 251 Covering the automotive industry these days often feels like trying to hit a moving target blindfolded or playing an endless round of Whack-a-Mole. Yet...

VOICE MEMO: The AV Arms Race and VW Dealers Are Still Salty About Scout Motors   Episode 250 Uber’s letting you hail the future: this summer you can book a driverless Zoox in the Uber app in Las Vegas, with LA on deck for next year. Meanwhile, U.S. Transportation...

Trump Said 'No Tax on New Car Loans' But Forgot to Mention the Math (with The Wall Street Journal)   Episode 249 Grab your calculator, ping your CPA, and maybe get a comfort snack or two because Trump’s new car loan tax break might be less ‘cash in your pocket’...

When "Spidey Sense" Isn’t Enough: The New Face of Fraud with Experian Automotive   Episode 248Jim McGuire, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Experian Automotive, joined me at NADA a few weeks ago to talk about the rising threat of fraud in auto dealerships....

VOICE MEMO: The $60k Cybertruck (Part 2) and Lamborghini Says: EV? Hard Pass   Episode 247 The vet said Bear is chunky. Now he wants a second opinion. Earlier this week, we talked about Tesla dropping the Dual Motor AWD Cybertruck to $59,990 finally approaching...

VOICE MEMO: The Cybertruck Is On The Clearance Rack Now   Episode 246 Good morning to everyone except the one guy who roasted my mic flag in Vegas a few weeks ago. Let's get into it! Tesla drops a more wallet-friendly dual-motor Cybertruck base model at $59,990,...

WATT'S SO FUNNY? Detroit’s EV Pullback is "Only" Costing $50 Billion  Episode 245 Comedian Blake Wexler joins the show today to unpack the latest EV twists and turns and fair warning: you'll need a sense of humor and imagination for this one. This is *not* an in-depth...

The One With All The Trailblazing EV Icons  Episode 244 In honor of Galentine's Day, I've assembled a powerhouse trio: Alycia Gilde (LA County’s decarbonization dynamo wrangling fleets for 10 million people), Rachael Nealer (Atlas Public Policy’s sharp eyed analyst...