The EVs for Everyone Podcast

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 that mythical 2019 $40k promise if you ignore inflation, reality. But wait! New information surfaced this week and it's definitely a limited-time deal ending February 28th, because nothing says "trust us" like a countdown timer f...

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, complete with humble cloth seats and slightly dialed-back towing, yet it still promises a solid ~325-mile range. Elon teases that this “affordable” version is “only for the next 10 days,” leaving everyone wo...

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 industry analysis. First, Farley’s push for a new universal EV platform (UEV), is positioned as a bold effort to create efficient, affordable American EVs amid massive reported EV losses and industry pullbacks. Th...

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 keeping tabs on clean energy wins), and Erika Myers (CharIN North America’s queen of charging standards). Erika drops the mic on those “EV slowdown” headlines while Rachael spotlights states...

Live from NADA in Las Vegas, Melinda Zabritski, Head of Financial Insights at Experian Automotive, confesses she finally caved and bought a Hyundai Ioniq 5 and discovered range anxiety is mostly just hype. Late model used EVs remain elusive unicorns, so budget conscious shoppers are forced to hunt older models or risk higher monthly payments. Prices spiked in 2021 and apparently decided to never d...

Live from the Cox Automotive stage at NADA 2026 in Vegas, I teamed up with the dynamic duo: Pete Grupposo (SVP, Sales at Manheim + NextGear Capital) and Patrick Janes (AVP, vAuto Inventory Solutions) to dissect the tidal wave of off-lease BEVs crashing ashore this year. We're talking a jaw-dropping 185% surge, rocketing from modest numbers to roughly 300,000 units flooding the used EV scene. Yes,...

Live from the electric buzz of Formula E in Miami, I sat down with Brandon Baldassari, Head of Jaguar USA, for a no-holds-barred chat on why the Leaper is ditching gas for good. Jaguar isn't just dipping a paw into EVs, they're cannonballing in with a 100% electric future. We break down the design-first manifesto fueling their wild new 1,000HP four-door GT (yes, horsepower that high in a Jag), the...

Matt Damon sets the tone for this episode while I throw on another hoodie and warm up my third cup of coffee. First up, essential cold-weather EV survival strategies, from preconditioning your battery while plugged in to prioritizing seat heaters over cabin blasting and making sure your tires are *inflated* to combat that dreaded 20-40% range loss in sub-zero temps. Have you heard? Tesla's groundb...

Official EV4E merch has dropped! (more deets at the 5:05 mark). In other news, Hyundai is finally waving goodbye to its ICE i10 hatchback after 18 years and 3.3 million units sold. In its place? The IONIQ 3, an affordable entry-level EV dropping in April 2026 with zero plans to grace U.S. shores just yet. Meanwhile, Ford's playing geopolitical chess by flirting with China's BYD for hybrid batterie...

Mike Murphy, veteran Republican strategist and founder of EVs for America , proves you can love Detroit muscle, GOP grit, and EVs without short circuiting your identity. On today's episode, he shares eye opening polling showing Republicans' old "EVs are for tree-huggers" vibe has flipped from a +18 net agree to a -2 in just three years, a 20-point thaw. Yet Elon Musk remains the ultimate party-poi...

The internet was in a tizzy yesterday over Tesla's latest "love you but gotta pay monthly" move, so of course we gotta talk about it. Starting February 14th (Happy Valentine's Day!), Tesla is axing the one time $8,000 Full Self Driving (FSD) purchase. New buyers (and existing owners) now face the monthly glow-up: $99/month or $999/year. Existing owners who already purchased FSD outright? You're gr...

Bear wants you to know the crossing guard hooked him up with two treats today. Good boy status is now confirmed. Also, Stellantis is discontinuing all plug-in hybrid models in North America starting with the 2026 model year. That means the Jeep Wrangler 4xe, Grand Cherokee 4xe, and Chrysler Pacifica PHEV are officially fading into the sunset, cue the sad violins. Meanwhile, Ford is pushing hard to...

Buckle up for round two of our CES 2026 auto highlights series! Cormac Martin, General Manager of MOVE America and MOVE London, joins the show to dive deep into autonomous vehicles (AVs) and of course the unstoppable robot takeover. We start with the Lucid-Uber-Nuro robotaxi partnership, unveiled in all its glory at CES, where "collaboration" means turning competitors into a blurry trio of frenemi...

Here's the CES 2026 recap you didn't ask for but definitely need, straight from the neon-soaked chaos of Las Vegas! Edward Wilford, Senior Research Director at Omdia Automotive, joins the show today to spill the latest insights from his week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). We kick off with Nvidia doubling down on automotive as the crown jewel of its "physical AI" empire, dishing out a full...

🎉 It's a new year and a new season! Eat your leftovers before they go bad and let's get into it. Global sales of EVs continue to surge thanks to affordable Chinese brands like BYD, which just dethroned Tesla as the world's top BEV seller with 2.26 million units in 2025 versus Tesla's declining 1.64 million. In the U.S., the end of federal tax credits triggered a sharp Q4 sales drop, leaving EV ma...

In this hilariously festive episode, NYC comedian Charles McBee is back on the show to declare that the Labubu may in fact be Furby’s weird grandchild, kicking off a deep dive into millennial nostalgia. We also talked about Tesla’s holiday software shenanigans, where Santa Mode transforms your ride into a virtual sleigh, and a synchronized "Jingle Rush" light show is irrefutable proof that civiliz...

If you’re a high performing automotive executive who’s tired of pretending the holidays are “the most wonderful time of the year” while quietly bracing for impact, this episode is your permission slip to lead (and live) differently. Family therapist, Joseph Degenhart is here to unpack a truth every driven executive secretly knows: the holidays don’t invent stress, they just turn up the volume on t...

Happy Holidays, my friend! Kirsten Von Busch, Director of Product Marketing at Experian Automotive is back on the show today and this episode kicked off with a hilarious holiday movie quote game, complete with some classics from the 80's, 90's and early 2000's. Then we dove into Experian Automotive’s Q3 EV data: 1.2 million new retail EVs registered in the past year, pushing EVs to nearly 9.9% of...

Joining us today from Hawaii is Ryan Yamauchi, Co-founder of Keyvo, owner of the vehicle subscription consultancy VYCL, and the guy who’s making it possible to subscribe to a car in paradise. He’s teamed up with returning co-host John Possumato, CEO of DriveItAway, to geek out on one of my favorite topics: truly affordable vehicle access for everyone. In this episode, Ryan gives a masterclass wher...

JT Taylor returns to the show after nearly two years, joined this time by co-host John Possumato, CEO of DriveItAway, as we dive into a range of timely topics shaping the automotive industry. “JT” Taylor is a Managing Partner at Accrual Equity Partners (AEP), where he brings nearly 40 years of leadership experience across the automotive, retail, and investment banking sectors. With a career r...

Kirsten Von Busch, Director of Product Marketing at Experian Automotive is back on the show today to talk about the latest EV data from 2025. Battery electrics (BEVs) have skidded to a mere 9.2% overall market share, while hybrids gained 3.1% bringing it to 18.9% of the market. 87% of EV households are secretly hedging bets with an ICE vehicle in the garage, proving even the most loyal BEV drivers...

Dan Krassner, electric vehicle policy expert by day and stand-up comedian by night, joins the show today to discuss the challenges of EV charging in multi-family housing, which poses a significant barrier for nearly one-third of U.S. households. The research from "EVs for All America" indicates that 70% of renters and 65% of condo owners would drive an EV if they had access to reliable overnight c...

Imagine a world where China doesn't just compete in the auto industry—they conquer it. Their master plan? "Scale up, flood in, starve out": Ramp up production to flood global markets with affordable EVs, then squeeze out rivals through sheer volume and cost advantages. And guess what? The stakes couldn't be higher for U.S. innovation, jobs, and national security. Joining me once again to decode th...

Recorded on-site at the Auto Finance Summit in Las Vegas this month, Mitch Fadel, former Upbound / Rent-A-Center CEO and John Possumato, DriveItAway's CEO join me for an exciting episode that will change the auto industry forever. Mitch Fadel's proven track record at Rent-A-Center—scaling from 50 stores to over 2,000—demonstrates his unmatched ability to drive exponential growth and redefine acces...

Melinda Zabritski, Head of Automotive Financial Insights at Experian joined me at the Auto Finance Summit in Las Vegas last week and highlighted her recent report: Experian's State of the Automotive Finance Market Report: Q2 2025. Buyers are going old-school with cold hard cash. 67% of used vehicle deals closed all-cash in Q2, thanks to sky-high affordability hurdles. But don't hit the panic butto...