Kyle Conner Knows (nearly) Everything EV

The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Kyle Conner is the host and creator of the Out of Spec Studios and YouTube Channel. He is an expert of emerging technologies in the automotive space, especially EVs and autonomous technology. On this episode we talk about why EV chargers don't deliver their advertised kW; why the expensive Teslas are getting worse while the cheap ones get better; towing with the Rivian; riding in a driverless taxi; the weird Austrian EV he can't register; his EV 3-wheeler; why putting electric drive-trains in old cars isn't worth it; why the Mercedes EQS braking system is so strange compared to its peers; and a lot more! https://www.youtube.com/@OutofSpecReviews/videos https://outofspecstudios.com/ Recorded February 19, 2023 Whether you’re an avid fan or a NASCAR newbie, make sure you tune in to the NASCAR Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday, February 26th at 3:30PM Eastern on FOX. Get yourself some of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the planet at https://vuoriclothing.com/pages/pod_tst_sp23. Not only will you receive 20% off your first purchase, but enjoy free shipping on any U.S. orders over $75 and free returns. Want your question answered? To listen to the episode the day it's recorded? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Tweet at us! https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman Click here for the most honest car reviews out there: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtire

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0:00.0	But why do I find when these systems fail me?
0:05.7	That none of that shit you just described is the part that fails.
0:09.4	It's like the fucking credit card reader or the screen or some shit that is like
0:15.2	totally settled science at this point.
0:18.2	My honest opinion is people they don't care.
0:21.4	It's in some cases it's cheaper if no one ever plugs in.
0:25.3	So like they're not financially incentivized to serve the end user.
0:28.6	Right. They're financially incentivized to sit there and never be used basically far too often.
0:35.5	Since we started this rate, your charge think we have people tagging us on charging stations.
0:39.6	I cannot tell you how many charging stations we found that have been installed one to three years ago
0:45.9	that have never been switched on because they just got all the funding to put it in big project
0:50.4	and they're just offline waiting. Wow. Yeah, it's crazy.
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