Fastest Production Car, IONIQ 6 Sold Out, Fiat 500 Goes Stateside: TEN Episode 411

We have SO MUCH stuff crammed into today's video, and there's barely enough space in our YouTube description to list it all.
That said, it's the start of Thanksgiving week soon, so we think it's okay to sit down for a half hour and enjoy this week's bumper show!

Nikki. x
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Show Timings:
00:00 - Intro + Sponsor Call Outs
00:36 - Welcome!
01:04 - Fiat confirms Fiat 500e is coming to the U.S., after all
02:08 - Lucid unveils the Gravity SUV
03:09 - Court case reveals Elon Musk, Tesla, has considered who might lead Tesla next
04:06 - Volkswagen delivers 500,000 ID models, one year earlier than planned
05:04 - Arcimoto releases its third-quarter earnings
05:58 - Polestar edges toward profitability in Q3 (but isn’t there quite yet)
06:56 - Kelley Blue Book says that interest in Teslas is dropping according to Internet search data
07:57 - Hyundai IONIQ 6 unofficial EPA rating shared in the U.S., sells out of launch edition in Europe
08:58 - Hyundai IONIQ 6, Tesla Model S, Nio ET7, Nissan Ariya, Smart #!, Toyota bZ4X and Subaru Solterra all get 5* ratings from EuroNCAP
11:26 - Sponsored Segment: UGears
13:02 - Largest dutch pension fund (and one of the largest in the world) drops all fossil fuel investments, invests in renewables.
13:18 - UK government to end EV exemption from road tax from 2025
13:33 - Volvo deliveries its first customer trucks to be made with zero carbon steel
13:48 - Former Tesla Australia executive pleads guilty to insider trading
14:05 - Vinfast unveils new electric cars at LA Auto Show
14:21 - Tenet announces it has received support from the state of New York for Warehouse Financing
14:38 - Tesla sends out invites for the Tesla Semi delivery event on December 1st.
14:53 - Vale, GM sign a long-term Nickel supply agreement in Canada.
15:09 - Blink launches three new products at the LA Auto Show.
15:27 - Nissan launches “EV Carefree+” at the LA Auto Show
15:43 - GM executive Mark Reuss claims GM dealerships carried out 11,180 repairs on Teslas last year
15:57 - In China, Tesla cuts the waiting time for all Model 3, Model Y deliveries
16:12 - Toyota debuts bZ compact SUV concept in LA
16:29 - Tesla reports two further fatalities to NHTSA involving either FSD Beta or Autopilot
16:46 - Production of the Fisker Ocean SUV starts, as promised, in Austria.
17:01 - Panasonic, Redwood Materials sign a deal for high-nickel cathode material
17:20 - Tesla faces legal action from Texas Gigafactory construction workers
17:39 - Genesis adds four new states to its list of where you can buy the Genesis G80 Electrified (it’s now 12)
17:55 - Volkswagen’s Project Trinity may be in jeopardy
18:11 - Genesis X Concept Convertible electric vehicle debuts in LA
18:25 - Drako Dragon debuts in LA
18:41 - Volkswagen Teases Scout EV with new website
18:57 - Davinci Motorcycle teases its DC100 electric motorcycle
19:18 - Ford Partners with Rockwell to speed up production
19:34 - Study shows that electric bicycles are more fun than pedal cycles
19:51 - Tesla expands its non-Tesla Supercharger access program to Italy
20:09 - Hyundai launches a new service to help EV owners get solar, energy storage online.
20:24 - Dodge’s electric muscle cars won’t be tunable (officially) outside of sanctioned kits provided by the firm.
20:43 - Coming Soon: BMW iX M60 Review
22:02 - At the launch of its new hybrid, plug-in hybrid, Toyota comes up with a new way to involve EVs…
23:00 - Rimac Nevera sets a new world speed record for EVs
23:53 - Thanks, and Goodbye

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[CrzyMan_Personal]

Holy cow! 35lb is quite the feat! Congratulations! That takes quite a bit of effort and commitment

[crislabossiere]

Congratulations on the weight loss, that can be very challenging. Very happy for you and wish you a happy healthy life.

[uaalien]

Looking good, Nikki! And great episode as usual!

[williamlathan]

The Prius is a good looking Corrolla with a cellphone battery in it.

[maryannrondinella]

Great episode! I can't wait to see a Hyundai Ioniq 6 in person, but even the local Hyundai dealer here in FL has any idea when they will be available. They sold an Ioniq 5 soon after it arrived on the lot! And if Hyundai/Genesis actually makes an EV convertible, they may be pleasantly surprised by customer demand. So many of the crossovers and SUV's are just ghastly ugly.

[DavoJohnston]

A Herbert Diess run Tesla actually sounds like a dream. Personally I'm hoping this happens ASAP

[DavoJohnston]

You are looking amazing Nikki and thank you for another great show!

[donaldburkhard]

Congratulations on weight loss, looking good!😊

[ferkeap]

Lost in translation, the Dutch pension fund is going to divest from fossil and reinvest in sustainable energy, not only "renewable" energy.
5% of there current energy investment is in nuclear

It currently still has €10B in fossil.
There total investment is €500B

[simonalexandercritchley]

Well done Nikki achieving your weight loss of 35 pounds. The trick is keeping it off and remaining healthy which for me has been becoming a vegan wfpb (wholefood plant based) advocate and using intermittent fasting. I have lost 20kg/44 pounds in 3 years having survived a heart attack in March 2019 and now need no meds. In regards the BZ4X and Soltera I am surprised they had a good safety rating considering the wheels may fall off. Keep up the good work.

[gameworkerty]

A 500e would be something I would actually want, no SUVs for me

[johnsamsungs]

I look forward to seeing carbon free steel! I think that is iron! I think you mean fossil carbon free steel. Using green hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

[patreekotime]

To be clear, Volvo cars are still made with traditional CO2-generating steel production. But they are considered NET ZERO because of carbon offsetting. Their steel suppliers ARE working on true zero-carbon steel, but they dont expect it to be ready until 2026. We need to make it very clear the distinction between net zero: which is essentially a financial solution, and true zero carbon technologies.

[unclegeorge]

Isn't the lawsuit about Tesla - Texas against the builders of the factory and not Tesla?

[HenryLoenwind]

It may have been worth the half-second to include the fact that those construction workers were not employed by Tesla.

This is another "don't sue your employer for wage theft but the company who contracted them to do some work and get them to settle to avoid bad press" in my opinion. I'm really interested in seeing if Elon's announcement to not settle such cases is implemented here. If it is, there will be public court records and plenty of YouTube channels to dissect them, even some with actual lawyers.

[linusa]

Nobody notice the entry that GM dealerships have been repairing Teslas since 2021?

[mowcius]

Just a note on 13:18, we don't have road tax, and haven't for a very long time.

It's VED, and goes directly into the general tax fund, and doesn't in any way change infrastructure investment.

[michigandon]

Happy to hear the 500 will be coming to these shores! I *almost* bought a 500e instead of my Spark EV.

[johnmanderson]

Yesterday I witnessed a piano black Lucid air photo shooting in front of the VW AMAG Petit-Lancy dealership in Geneva Switzerland, it seemed obvious that the point of shoot was choosen to have the AMAG logo of the building in the frame with the car. This makes me suspect that maybe AMAG will be involved in the Lucid import / dealership in Switzerland 🇨🇭

[Hans-gbmv]

Toyota ... will they ever learn? Over here, they keep playing radio adverts with a claim of 25% less fuel consumption than an ICE car ... I wonder what ass they pulled that number from. But I have to say, that new Prius doesn't look that bad.