And Finally is thanks to Alan finishing his little project. A video of the best rock crawler RC vehicles. Do enjoy! Link in the show notes to see it.

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List of the Week is all about forgotten cars of the 1980s. Quite US heavy but a great list! Do tell us your choice.

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Lunchtime Read is thanks to Keith WR Jones and the The Joy Of Specs site, talking about estates. Fascinating read.

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Jozef Kaban is joining MG's parent company SAIC. He's finally found a home after leaving VW last year. More talent going to China.

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Lamborghini have added a battery to their Urus, making it a PHEV. Much power, silly quick, going to cost a lot too.

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The electric G-Class is revealed by Mercedes, with a lot of other G-labelled aspects to it. Apparently 'aerodynamics' and 'G-Class' fit in the same sentence now.

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Alan chats about the Vauxhall Grandland, which has been revamped and put on the new STLA Medium platform. Looks smart and will have an EV version.

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Samsung has teased a faster charging battery, as well as a version that will last 20 years. Apparently. All off into the future though. Conveniently so.

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Mercedes have charged an eActros 600 lorry at 1 mega watt, for the first time. This is a big step for charging lorries, due to their use case and needs of industry.

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Cyberattack on Leicester City Council means the street lights are kept on. Now imagine more critical parts being affected. Please take it seriously councils.

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Lotus are losing their chief commercial officer, Mike Johnson, after just 18 months. Odd. Apparently his decision.

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Stellantis CEO is very punchy about the UK's ZEV Mandate. He explains why and possible solutions. Will politicians listen? 🤷‍♂️

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This week's News Show is now out. Alan is on his own as Andrew has lost the internet.

We start with #dieselgate making a return as Continental are fined.

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VW in a spot of bother, over the use of the ID name. One of their suppliers used it for years previously, with a trademark. Ooops. Court for those two.

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VW workers in southern USA vote to unionise, for the first time. Big deal for the car industry and the region.

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JLR reveal their portable battery storage system, giving Ranger Rover and Sport PHEV batteries a second life. Excellent recycling.

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We get to say positive things about JLR! Hooray. Sales up 22% in 2023, thanks to getting hold of parts. Even Jaguar is up.

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Tesla's turn for 'a bit of a week'. Sack over 10% of workforce, recall ALL Cybertrucks and randomly drop prices.

We chat about that and more this week.

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The Government reject calls for private buyers to be incentivised to grab EVs. Some in the industry REALLY cross, but what did they expect?

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We start this week's show with the news that the Welsh Government is going to change some of the 20mph limit roads BACK to 30.

Maybe stop and plan in future?

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