BANKRUPT, BUSES & DIGGERS | FULLY CHARGED NEWS

EV Channels Review

This episode of Fully Charged News covers a range of EV-related topics, starting with Tesla's financial situation, where the hosts discuss Elon Musk's April Fool's joke about bankruptcy and the company's production of 2,000 Model 3s per week. They highlight Tesla's profitability per car compared to General Motors' Bolt, which is reportedly losing $9,000 per unit. The discussion then shifts to the Jaguar I-PACE, noting Waymo's order of 20,000 units for conversion into autonomous vehicles, with testing beginning this year and fleet integration from 2020. The hosts express enthusiasm for the potential of autonomous luxury vehicles. Other segments include a positive outlook on hydrogen fuel cells for large vehicles like coaches, citing a 455-mile range, and the massive adoption of electric buses in China, with cities like Guangzhou and Xianyang introducing hundreds of units, leading to significant fuel and maintenance cost savings for operators. The episode also touches on the global rise in EV sales contrasting with declining new car sales, particularly diesel, and attributes this to falling battery costs, with a prediction that $100/kWh will be reached by 2025, making EVs cheaper than petrol cars. Finally, the news covers the rollback of EPA standards in the US, the introduction of electric diggers by JCB, the possibility of circumnavigating Australia in an EV, and the Nikola One truck's impressive 1,000-mile range using batteries and hydrogen fuel cells.