On this week’s episode of TEN – Transport Evolved News! Honda tells its customers to try a hybrid for their next car, weeks after canceling its Prologue EV. New sales data from Q2 and multiple surveys show EV owners are happier than ICE owners, and while Waymo is now 68% safer than the average human, its fleet are racking up parking violations in Austin, Texas. These stories and more, on today’s show! Watch the show today on YouTube, or (if you’d prefer – we would) – PeerTube! 👥 Sponsors - Electric Vehicle Association - EnergySage - Win an EV with CCAN Action Fund!1 - Support the Show: - Buy us a coffee - YouTube channel - TE Swag - Amazon affiliate - Donate Bitcoin: 1QRZRGCCXUKPDZ2DZ9KX9JYJXMZDYHYGFZ0MN4WH - Join the Conversation: - Subscribe to our Main Channel, Transport Evolved or our second channel, Transport Evolved Take Two - Don’t forget to check out Kate Walton-Elliott’s new venture, Antithesis Press! Episode Timeline - 00:00 – Introduction and sponsor shoutouts! - 00:21 – Welcome to the show - 00:32 – Mercedes-Benz debuts the new GLA EV - 01:44 – BMW debuts a long wheelbase version of the iX5 and BMW will star making high-voltage iX5 batteries from September - 02:51 – Volvo gets rid of LiDAR on the EX90 and ES90, pays owners compensation for it instead - 04:04 – New renewable data for May shows serious growth - 05:17 – NHTSA working on new safety rules for flush door handles - 06:20 – Another Anti-Chinese Bill has hit the U.S. senate while Florida wants to use EV charging money on flying cars and Fed government forcing AI data centre on public land through solar review - 07:58 – As BMW increases iX3 production, and BMW confirms it still wants to make the i3