The InEVitable

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman chat with former CTO of Lamborghini & current Advisor at Eccentrica, Maurizio Reggiani! Maurizio talks about the Bugatti EB 110, his engineering background, Marcello Gandini, his path to Lamborghini, Audi's acquisition of Lamborghini, the expansion of the Lamborghini brand, and Eccentrica's V12 Lamborghini Diablo restomod! 0:54 - Question of the Day 5:...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman chat with Principal Analyst for Guidehouse Insights, Sam Abeulsamid! The guys discuss misconceptions about battery life, charging infrastructure issues, cheap EVs, lessons learned from the early adoption phase, the viral WhistlinDiesel Tesla Cybertruck durability test fail video, why Tesla abandoned their $25k model, whether NACS is a good idea, Ionna char...

The future of hypercars! MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Liebermna take the show on the road to 2024 Pebble Beach Classic Car Forum for a panel discussion with three top designers - Sasha Selipanov (Founder/CEO Nilu27), Davide Amantea (Chief Design Officer Automobili Pininfarina), & Mitja Borkert (Design Director, Automobili Lamborghini)! 0:33 - Pebble Beach Car Week! 3:30 - Today's guests......

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman chat with CEO & President of SEMA - Mike Spagnola! SEMA, or Specialty Equipment Market Association, is one of the largest trade shows in America! The guys chat with Mike about the history of SEMA, ushering in the EV era, The Chevron Doctrine, CARB EO, Cal Bill SB301, drivers of tomorrow, & what to look out for this year! 0:40 - Special Announcement...

Motortrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman sit down with Rivian Founder & CEO, RJ Scaringe! RJ talks about EV adoption, Rivian R2, Rivian R3 & R3X, Rivian Commercial Van, Autonomy, Improvements from Gen 1 to Gen 2, NVIDIA partnership, Android Automotive, Unreal Engine, VW partnership, GenAI, international markets, NACS, Halloween mode, and a lightning round! 2:26 -Are EVs really InEVitable?...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman take the podcast on the road to Portland International Raceway for Portland E-Prix to chat with Nissan Formula E Team's Head of Performance & Simulation, Cristina Fernandez, AND Track Side Electronic & System Engineer, Charlotte Henry! The group discusses the Portland E-Prix, specifics about Portland International Raceway, the race strategy of a Fo...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman take the podcast on the road to the 2024 Portland E-Prix to chat with Nissan Formula E Team's Managing Director & Team Principal, Tommaso Volpe! Tommaso talks about the race season, the evolution of Formula E, the new Gen 4 car, the chess game of Formula E racing, finding the right drivers for Formula E, and more! 0:56 - Question(s) of the Day - Formul...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman sit down with MBRDNA Experience Designer, Dalal Elsheikh! What will user experience look like 10-15 years from now? Will we be exclusively looking at screens? What about VR or AR? How will AI be implemented? 2:12 - Question of the Day. 7:43 - Dalal's role at Mercedes. 11:51 - Will Screens be the standard moving forward? 15:00 - CarPlay. 18:27 - Can cars ke...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman sit down with stuntman, Rally Champion, X Games athlete, & world explorer - Andrew Comrie-Picard! Andrew talks all about the TransGlobal Car Expedition - the world's FIRST around-the-world expedition through BOTH geographic poles! Learn more at TransGlobalCar.com 0:36 - Question of the Day. 5:12 - What is the TransGlobal Car Expedition!? The route. 6:3...

MotorTrend's Ed oh & Jonny Lieberman chat with Electrify Expo Founder & CEO - BJ Birtwell! Want to test drive an EV? Want to learn more about EVs? The guys discuss the mission of Electrify Expo, the EV learning curve, the politicization of EVs, fighting FUD, rapid advancement by the Chinese market, and more! Learn more at ElectrifyExpo.com! 0:37 - Question of the Day! 8:35 - 3 years of Ele...

High performance EV tuning! MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman sit down with RyWire Founder/Owner, Ryan Basseri! Ryan discusses his EV S2k - a Honda S2000 with a Tesla Motor & batteries, his first EV conversion with Bisimoto, his Honda Civic EG & EK conversion kits, and more! 0:45 - Question of the Day - EV Trolls. 6:50 - Honda guy. 9:00 - Honda tuning. 10:31 - The EV S2k - Tesla-Po...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman sit down with The Mobility House's CEO North America, Greg Hintler, and Head of Business Development & Growth North America, Zoheb Davar! The mission of The Mobility House to create Zero Emission, Zero Cost charging through the use of their smart charging technology - ChargePilot! 0:39 - Question of the Day - Range Anxiety. 4:53 - What is The Mobility...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman sit down with GM Energy's VP, Wade Sheffer, and Head of Product & Revenue, Aseem Kapur! GM Energy joins the InEVitable to discuss their revolutionary new way to power the home with the GM Energy Home System! The guys discuss home energy storage, bi-directional charging, load shifting, smart charging, educating consumers, GM Energy PowerBank, Energy Gen...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman continue their conversation with Out Of Spec Review Founder, Kyle Conner! PART 2 includes Kyle's thoughts on towing with EVs, tow racing over the Rocky Mountains, Silverado EV, cold weather, charging in freezing weather, plug-in hybrids, BMW XM, charging infrastructure, Electricity America, NACS, Rivian, EV testing, and the most important factor about an E...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman chat with Out of Spec Review Founder, Kyle Conner! PART 1 includes Tesla Model 3 Performance vs Hyundai IONIC 5 N, Tesla Cyberbeast, cars in the Out of Spec fleet, Porsche Macan Electric, One-Pedal driving, breaking the Cannonball Run record in EV, automotive influences, about his review process, his interest in EVs, and misinformation around EVs! Hear mor...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman chat with Hagerty CEO, McKeel Hagerty! McKeel discusses the wide reach of Hagerty, the All-Porsche Broad Arrow x Air|Water Auction, the early years of Hagerty, the National Historic Vehicle Registry, the impact of Autonomous driving on car insurance, his passions to fight for our right to drive, preserving car culture, Tesla, the EV Holy War, his first EV...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh sits down with Sonatus Co-Founder/CEO Jeff Chou, and ARM's Director of Automotive Partnerships Robert Day! The group discusses the partnership between Sonatus & ARM, and how they're assisting the automotive industry's transformation into the Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) era. 0:55 - Question of the Day. 6:36 - About today's guests. 9:42 - What is Sonatus? 12:25 - What is A...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman welcome back Actor/Director/Producer - Daniel Wu! Daniel discusses racing in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge, his recent trip to Shanghai & Hong Kong, the Chinese EV adoption boom, his experience at Jidu headquarters exploring the Ji Yue 01 "Robocar", American Born Chinese, Asian representation in Hollywood, his future racing goals, Software Defined...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman chat with Gensler's Mobility & Transportation Practice Area Leader, Dylan Jones, about Gensler's new book, "Design for a Radically Changing World". What will our future cities look like in a world of Software Defined Vehicles? 0:58 - Question of the Day: InEVitable. 7:30 - What is Gensler? 10:18 - How the automobile has shaped our cities. 14:26 - The A...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman chat with the Head of Fiat North America, Aamir Ahmed! The guys chat with Aamir about the all-electric Fiat 500e being released in the North American Market, Fiat Pass, Fiat House, Fiat Live Store, and more! 0:37 - Question of the Day: Big Brother. 5:07 - 2024 Fiat 500e - Best selling city car in Europe! 6:10 - Comparing to the former model, current packag...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman chat with Dr. Emily Fischer of Science Moms to talk all about climate change, atmospheric science, wildfires, outdoor & indoor air quality, childhood asthma, and what we can do to combat all of this! Dr. Emily Fischer is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University, and member of Science Moms! Learn more at ScienceM...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman chat with Pebble's CEO Bingrui Yang & CTO Stefan Solyom! Pebble is taking the hassle out of recreational living with their 100% electric, remote controlled, self-propelled, and self-hitching - Pebble Flow! 0:53 - Question of the Week: Small affordable EVs. 5:32 - About Pebble. 7:43 - Getting a look at the Pebble Flow, all-electric camper! 8:37 - Magic...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman sit down with Founder & CEO of Hardline27 - Sasha Selipanov! Sasha talks about his recent experience with the Tesla Cybertruck, his Bertone Pharoah design, his role on the Lamborghini Huacán, his design philosophy, Bugatti Chiron, Genesis Essentia, Koenigsegg, his take on EVs, what defines a good hypercar, Hardline27, and more! 0:35 - Question of the D...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman are back with their final episode from the CES show! FIRST, the guys chat with MotorTrend's 2024 SDV Innovator Award Winner - Worldwide SDV Tech Leader for Amazon Web Services, Stefano Marzani, about how AWS Cloud Services are assisting the automotive industry, and what our Software Defined future will look like. NEXT, the guys chat with Mercedes Benz AG C...

MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman are back with more from the CES show as they chat with XPeng Motors President & Vice Chairman, Dr. Brian Gu, AND the CEO of MIH Consortium, Jack Cheng! This episode is all about Flying Cars, "Smartification", and Software Defined Vehicles! 1:39 - Question of the Week! Chinese EVs in America? 6:38 - Dr. Brian Gu on XPeng's AeroHT - FLYING CAR! 7:53 - Ge...