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This week, we have a massive roundup from the third quarter as automakers report their EV sales and production, Volvo sticks to its promise to make the EX30 at a low starting price, and an EV that Klingon’s shouldn’t drive.

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Chapter Marks:

00:00 - Start 00:31 - Welcome! 00:38 September and Q3 sales and production estimates roll in from Rivian, Tesla, Ford, Gm, Hyundai, Volvo, BMW, Audi, Volkswagen and NIO 01:04 - Figures for Rivian 01:31 - Figures for Tesla 02:03 - GM EV Sales (US) 02:39 - Ford EV Sales (US) 03:09 - Hyundai EV Sales (US) 03:35 - Volvo Global EV Sales 04:00 - BMW Quarterly Sales (US) 04:25 - Audio Sales (US) 04:49 - Volkswagen Q3 U.S. Sales 05:18 - Nio Global EV sales 05:50 - Volvo keeps to its promise to make EX30 start from just over $35,000 in the U.S. 06:39 - Ford introduces the F150 Lightning Flash 07:36 - Jay Leno Drives the Tesla Semi - and we learn some interesting facts as a consequence 08:24 - Lordstown Motors assets sold to a company whose majority shareholder is Lordstown’s former CEO. 09:20 - Zero Motorcycles announce price cuts for all 2022 and 2023 model motorcycles in the U.S. 10:09 - Sponsored Segment: UGears 11:40 - Formula E sets record fanbase for its last season, puts it higher than NASCAR in fan numbers 12:00 - Toyota signs a partnership agreement with LG Energy Solutions 12:16 - Nissan sales plummet in China 12:34 - New study says that the U.S. needs 100x the number of EVs it currently has to meet net zero goals by 2050 12:55 - Toyota, Suzuki working together on BZ Compact Hatch 13:11 - Genesis GV60 gets new, lower-priced, longer-legged model for 2024 model year 13:28 - Joby Aviation celebrates completing multiple test flights with four different pilots 13:46 - Volkswagen hires new head for its software development who previously worked at Tesla, Rivian and Google 14:03 - Honda unveils an electric version of its popular N-van in Japan with V2H capabilities 14:21 - EVgo switches to kWh pricing where legally allowed in the U.S. 14:37 - Tesla pushes an OTA that makes blinkers flash more quickly post-collision 14:55 - Flanders, Belgium now allows people to take a moped test on high-power electric bicycles 15:12 - Rivian begins delivering Max-Pack equipped vehicles 15:31 - Munro Electric unveils its Series-M, opens a new crowdfunding campaign 15:48 - Lightyear abandons its EV plans 16:07 - OneWheel recalls all of its self-balancing skateboards 16:26 - VBolkswagen picks its Wolfsburg production facility as home to the upcoming e-Golf 16:43 - Kawasaki launches its electric models in the U.S., order books now open 17:01 - OLA rumored to be preparing for an IPO via reverse-merger by the end of this year 18:35 - Rivian stock falls after company says it’s about to issue significant quantities of Senior COnvertible notes 18:54 - Lucid officially starts sales of its Lucid AIr Pure, its cheapest model to date 19:10 - Kia says U.S. order books for the EV9 will open on October 16th 19:26 - Factorial Energy ships engineering samples to automakers 19:42 - Cruise robotaxi involved in an accident in San Francisco after another car hit a pedestrian that became trapped under it 20:05 - Sponsored Segment: Atmos Financial 21:38 - Tesla launches the most affordable Model Y it’s sold in the U.S. yet 22:25 - Slovak company unveils quadricycle that can be electric or internal combustion 23:24 - Thanks, and Goodbye!