Slate Unveiled A Cheap EV. Tesla's Is Still A Mystery. On this week's Plugged-In Podcast: Our thoughts on Slate's cheap pickup, a battery breakthrough from CATL and turmoil at Tesla. By Tim Levin Apr 25 -
Subaru Finally Gets Serious About EVs On this week's podcast, we chat about Subaru's EV comeback, the Lucid Gravity, and a new Senate bill that could ban Chinese cars. By Patrick George Apr 18 -
What If China's BYD Is The Real Winner In The Tariff Wars? On this week's podcast, we look at how and why BYD keeps on winning. Plus, what's up with Slate's $25,000 electric pickup truck? By Patrick George Apr 11 -
What Tariffs Mean For America's EV Race We discuss the impact of tariffs on the auto industry's electric transition—and your wallet. Plus, what's next for Tesla? By Patrick George Apr 4 -
How Mercedes Wants To Make EV Fast Charging Work Like It Should Does Mercedes-Benz have the right recipe for the fast-charging experience you actually want? Plus, Hyundai's EV plant and Rivian's Also. By Patrick George Mar 28 -
We're Answering Your EV Questions On Our Podcast Got questions about going electric? We've got answers. (Probably.) Email us and we'll cover them on the Plugged-In Podcast. By Patrick George Mar 21 -
BYD's 5-Minute EV Charging Breakthrough, Explained China continues to absolutely smoke the U.S. when it comes to electric vehicles. Plus: We drive the Cadillac Escalade IQ. By Patrick George Mar 21 -
Is Toyota Finally Serious About EVs? Toyotathon is here, and everything's computer. Plus: We discuss Trump's White House Tesla showcase and offer some EV buying advice. By Patrick George Mar 14 -
Tesla Sales Keep Cratering In Europe. Now What? We talk Tesla's struggles, Waymo's expansion and why slow EV charging is way more useful than you think. By Tim Levin Mar 7 -
How To Save EVs From Politics Republican strategist Mike Murphy talks to The Plugged-In Podcast about how electric cars became so "tribalized"—and how to fix it. By Patrick George Feb 28 -
The 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Is Better Than Ever On this week's episode of the InsideEVs podcast, we cover Patrick's drive in the 2025 Ioniq 5, new Kias coming and anti-Tesla protests. By Tim Levin Feb 21 -
Are EVs With Gas Engines The Future? We discuss where extended-range EVs—or EREVs—fit into tomorrow’s transportation picture on this episode of the Plugged-In Podcast. By Maddox Kay Feb 14 -
What On Earth Is Going On At Tesla? Plus, we talk to the CEO of Revel, who's working to improve EV charging access in maybe the toughest place for it: New York City. By Patrick George Feb 7 -
How Rivian Thrives In The Trump Era Of EVs What's an EV startup to do if EV tax credits end and tariffs spike? On the Plugged-In Podcast, we explain what RJ Scaringe had to say. By Patrick George Jan 31 -
Trump's War On The 'EV Mandate,' Explained On the Plugged-In Podcast, we discuss the changes coming—or not—to the EV field under President Trump. Plus, are things looking up at Polestar? By Patrick George Jan 24 -
Can Toyota Learn To Act Like Tesla? On the Plugged-In Podcast, we discuss the new Tesla Model Y, Toyota's EV challenges and a recent Rivian R1T road trip. By Tim Levin Jan 17 -
Honda, Sony And Chinese EVs: The Big News From CES 2025 On this episode of the Plugged-In Podcast, Patrick and Tim discuss the big news out of CES and Tesla's sales slump in 2024. By Tim Levin Jan 10 -
The Big Winners And Losers Of The EV Race In 2024 In this episode of the Plugged-In Podcast from InsideEVs, we reflect on the biggest EV stories of 2024. By Tim Levin Jan 3 -
China's EV Takeover: Why They're Winning The Electric Race In this episode of the Plugged-In Podcast from InsideEVs, Kevin Williams joins us to talk about the rise of China's electric sector. By Patrick George Dec 27 2024 -
How On Earth Can Dodge Sell An Electric Muscle Car? In this episode of the Plugged-In Podcast from InsideEVs, we consider the Dodge Charger EV, electric road trips and the Honda/Nissan merger. By Tim Levin Dec 20 2024 -
Tesla Model Q? And How We Chose 2024's Best Electric Vehicles In this episode of the Plugged-In Podcast from InsideEVs, we discuss the latest Tesla rumor and our 2024 Breakthrough Awards testing. By Patrick George Dec 13 2024 -
Is Everyone Mad At Jaguar For No Good Reason? In the first episode of the rebooted Plugged-In Podcast from InsideEVs, we talk Jaguar, plus Stellantis' woes and California vs. Trump. By Patrick George Dec 6 2024 -
Renault 5 Debuts, Retro Fiats, Ford NACS Launches, Apple Car Is Dead Plus Consumer Reports now says plug-in hybrids are good. By Eric Loveday Mar 1 2024 -
Honda Prologue First Drive, Ultium Issues And Dacia Debuts A New Spring Plus we talk about how much EV range you really need. By Eric Loveday Feb 23 2024 -