Drive Thru News #9 - April ’21

The Drive Thru is our monthly recap where we've put together a menu of local, racing, electric-vehicle and random car-adjacent news. Tune in for Episode #9 covering April of 2021.

Just some of the topics we covered this month:

• California Senators Push Biden to Set End Date for Gasoline-Car Sales
• Jeep Is Launching a Charging Network to Facilitate EV Off-Roading
• Lost & Found: 2016 Dodge Dart, sold in 2021
• CONFIRMED: VW Name-Change to Voltswagen Is Real
• Everything We Know About The Corvette Stingray SUV
• 1970’s Hyundai Pony - redone as an EV
• “Open butthole” TESLA command
• New “ugliest car” has to be added to our list!
• Motorsports News
• HPDEjunkie.com Track Day Report
• and much, much more! 

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00:00:00 Introduction and Sponsors

00:00:50 California's Push to End Gasoline Car Sales

00:02:49 Challenges of Electric Vehicle Adoption

00:05:58 Innovations in Fuel and Battery Technology

00:11:33 Jeep's Move into Electric Vehicles

00:14:27 Stellantis' Undead Cars

00:19:34 Volkswagen's Electric Future

00:34:07 Rediscovering Classic Cars as EVs

00:34:57 Hyundai's Retro EV Transformation

00:35:53 MG's Electric Revival

00:38:34 Mazda's Rotary Hybrid SUV

00:43:02 Tiny Electric Vehicles: The Future of Urban Transport?

00:49:35 Tesla's Quirky Features and Controversies

01:02:06 Driving Safety and Public Service Announcements

01:07:59 Highway Stunts and Reckless Driving

01:09:33 Reckless Driving on the Beltway

01:10:15 The Consequences of Dangerous Driving

01:13:31 Lost and Found: Big Red Turbine Truck

01:15:29 The Ugliest Car: 1973 Moe's Safari

01:18:47 Rare Supercars and CarMax Unicorns

01:21:25 Motorsports and GTM News

01:32:47 Electric Vehicles in Drag Racing

01:38:47 Upcoming GTM Events

01:43:24 Closing Remarks and Thank You

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