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The Smoking Tire

Selika Talbott: An EV/AV Reality Check

The Smoking Tire

Zack Klapman, Matt Farah

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4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Selika Talbott is the Founder and CEO of Autonomous Vehicle Consulting. She is a leading industry voice for responsible investment, engagement, and preparation for New Mobility including robot delivery, autonomous and electric vehicles, and self-driven freight. On this show we discuss urban planning (the good, bad, and dumb); why EVs might not save the world; what entrepreneurs are doing wrong; the motivations behind EV mandates; the impact of lithium mines on communities and how to improve them; "Green washing"; why Times Square isn't a good example of how to make a city "walk-able"; and a LOT more. Read more about her here: https://www.selikajosiahtalbott.com/about-2 LinkIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/selika-josiah-talbott Twitter: https://twitter.com/sbjesq Recorded October 15, 2022 That’s 20% off with free shipping at https://www.manscaped.com, and use code TIRE The main course for Thanksgiving dinner can sometimes be a main source of stress! Not anymore. Sign up today at https://www.butcherbox.com/TIRE and use code TIRE to get one 10 to 14 pound Turkey FREE in your first box. 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

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0:00.0

Often the people in government and I was one of those myself don't possess the requisite knowledge for the lived experiences for the people who are making decisions for so here's an example.

0:11.3

I am now in academia and I'm talking to people across the country about electrification and how we get people to move to EVs and somebody heading one of the largest customer EV associations says to me it's going to be fabulous.

0:27.7

We're all going to have to plug in either at home or at work to charge and it'll be just a great new world.

0:34.7

No blank spots there at all. Are you kidding me? No blank spots whatsoever.

0:40.7

People live in high rise neighborhoods. Where are they plugging in?

0:46.7

Hey folks, welcome to the Smoking Tire Podcast and today's episode is brought to you in part by ManScape. You know what's up with that bush? That bush needs trimming.

0:58.7

And if you don't know about it, you better hear about it. ManScape are the best products for gardening, that area.

1:06.7

Making care of that bush is important and these products are so good you're going to be showing pride in your new bush free yard. It's a fact that you will have the best kept nuts sack on the cul de sac.

1:18.7

And if you don't think that's fucking written in this script, you are wrong. They wrote nuts sack on the cul de sac because the people at ManScape are big and bold just like that bush.

1:29.7

And be the most hygienic version of yourself by using our discount code tire for 20% off and free shipping at ManScape.com.

1:39.7

Dude, these scripts from ManScape are hilarious. They love talking about bush and they love talking about leveling up the full body grooming game.

1:50.7

They sent us the performance package 4.0. It sounds like it's a part of a car. It sounds like you're getting extra horsepower, but it's not. It's the lawnmower 4.0.

2:01.7

It's the electric trimmer and it's a bush's worst nightmare. It's designed to reduce grooming accidents and shave hair on loose skin thanks to a ceramic blade in advance skin safe technology.

2:13.7

There's not a lot of tremors out there designed for balls. Correct. I mean, most are designed for faces and adapted to balls. This one, other way around.

2:24.7

You could use it on your face or your head or other parts of your body, but it's meant for your nuts.

2:31.7

Basic landscaping science says when you trim the hedges, the tree stands taller. It's hilarious. It also comes with the weed whacker. It's fine-tuned nose and ear ear.

2:46.7

This fine-tuned nose and ear hair trimmer will make sure your nasty nose pubes are under control. Me being an A-rab, the ears. It's the ears. They need work.

2:58.7

My nose is growing after the last five years. It just hit 35 and it was like, what is all this stuff? I've got bushes now.

3:04.7

I used to make fun of my grandpa for them. Shit's coming out of his ears. Now I hit 40. Turns out my boy was just like me.

3:11.7

No joke when this box arrived. It had the new nose trimmer there. I was excited. I'm about that. I'm about that weed whacker ear and nose hair trimmer.

3:20.7

The performance package purchased also comes with two free gifts. The shed travel bag and the patented high performance reduced chafing, man-scaped boxers.

3:30.7

I put the boxers on. They are nice. They reduced chafing. They're made of a very soft, very high performance material.

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