The TechMobility Podcast
Welcome to The TechMobility Podcast, your ultimate source for authentic insights, news, and perspectives at the nexus of mobility and technology. We're all about REAL FACTS, REAL OPINIONS, and REAL TALK! From personal privacy to space hotels, if it moves or moves you, we're discussing it! Our weekly episodes venture beyond the conventional, offering a unique, unfiltered take on the topics that matter. We're not afraid to color outside the lines, and we believe you'll appreciate our bold approach!
Episodes
310 episodes
Tariffs, Subaru Trailseeker and Diesel: The Forces Reshaping How America Moves
A tariff can change an automaker’s strategy faster than a new vehicle can change its showroom. We start with Ford’s plan to phase out China-built Lincoln models for the U.S. and the 52.5% tariff that threatens their economics. But the bi...
From Robot Centaurs to Microplastics: Technology’s Unexpected Consequences
A robot centaur with glowing eyes and power-tool hands may look like something out of science fiction, but it points toward a serious question: what should the robots working alongside us actually look like? We explore increasingly uncon...
Air Taxis Need Trust, 2026 Genesis G70 Impressions, China AI’s Clean Energy Bet, and the Zoox Robotaxi Takes the Wheel
A flawless safety record sounds like the bare minimum for the next wave of transportation, but history says that is not how new mobility earns trust. We start by wrestling with a hard question hanging over electric air taxis and eVTOL aircraft:...
Toyota’s Bet on Batteries, School Brain Breaks, Cheaper Homes, and a New Spin on Energy Storage
EV headlines make it sound like the future is already decided, but what people actually buy tells a more interesting story. We start with Toyota’s next moves in battery development and why hybrid vehicles are suddenly the center of gravity for ...
Land Rover's Jeep Question, The Honda Prelude Returns, Somerville Saves Lives, and Superyachts Sell in Secret
Would you purchase a “premium” SUV if the bones underneath come from a brand with a history of quality headaches? We start with a headline that raises exactly that kind of uncomfortable question: Jaguar Land Rover exploring U.S.-specific produc...
China’s EV Push, Fool’s Gold Breakthrough, Commercial Driver Fatigue Tech, and the Deep-Sea Mineral Race
Chinese EVs are being built in the millions, but the real shock isn’t volume. It’s how fast Chinese automakers are exporting capability, especially AI-driven electric vehicles that treat software as the product and the car as the platform. We d...
Driverless Oilfield Trucks, Electric Toyota C-HR impressions, Electric Transmissions for heavy duty trucks and Lake Powell’s Water Crisis
Driverless trucks are already doing paid work with nobody in the cab, and that should change how you think about “someday” autonomy. I break down a report on autonomous oilfield trucking in the Permian Basin, where repetitive private-road route...
Audi’s Q9 Strategy, Florida’s EV Funding Fight, the Repossession Surge and Nebraska’s E-Natural Gas Bet
We start this episode by taking a look at the auto industry’s top-end strategy through the lens of a halo vehicle, specifically Audi’s plan for a Q9 flagship luxury SUV.From there, I pivot to a public policy fight that matters to everyda...
EVs Defy the Critics, the VW Atlas Peak Carries the Family, JetZero Reinvents Flight and Passive Houses Clear the Air
EVs were supposed to “curl up and die” the moment tax credits changed, but the real world is louder than the hot takes. I dig into why EV momentum keeps going anyway, starting with the biggest clue hiding in plain sight: fleet economics. When a...
The 3,000-HP EV—and the Water and Power Crises We Can’t Ignore
A 3,000-horsepower electric car sounds like a headline designed to melt your brain, but the real story is what it reveals about where mobility is headed. I break down a new high-performance EV roadmap built around a four-motor electric powertra...
A Sedan Comeback, a Better Jeep Wrangler, EV Minerals From Seawater, and Are Modern Engines Engineered to Last?
Cars spent years losing the “cool” fight to trucks, pickups, and crossover SUVs, but the ground is shifting again. I dig into what’s changing and why: high fuel prices, buyer fatigue with oversized vehicles, and a new wave of electric vehicles ...
Cheap AI, Grid-Scale Batteries, Electric-Shock Gloves and the Last Stick Shift
Frontier AI is supposed to be expensive, power-hungry, and locked behind premium pricing. Then a Chinese open-weight model shows up with results that make developers stare at the scoreboard and ask a different question: what if “good enough” AI...
Robotaxi Chaos, 2026 Toyota GR Supra review, Moisture-Powered Batteries—and AI’s Small-Town Cost
Robotaxis are expanding fast, and the weird parts of the real world are expanding even faster. We dig into Waymo’s growth across 15 U.S. cities, how it jumped from hundreds to thousands of autonomous vehicles, and why “edge cases” are still the...
Tiny EV Trucks, Hotter Oceans, Synthetic Life—and an Unexpected Cure for Loneliness
A tiny electric pickup with big-truck ambition, an ocean heat surge that can bend weather across continents, and a lab-built “cell” that grows, divides, and outcompetes its neighbors under pressure. That’s the ride we’re taking today, and every...
An EV That Defies Gravity, Kia K4 GT-Line Turbo hatchback review, Bots Take Over the Web, and Why California Hates Drive-Thrus
A car that can drive upside down sounds like a rumor you’d hear at a racetrack, but it’s real and electric. I break down why the McMurtry Spéirling Pure is one of the most outrageous EVs ever built, from its 0 to 60 in 1.55 seconds punch to its...
Honda’s Element Gamble, America’s $65,000 Truck Habit, Extreme Batteries, and Ford’s Quality Comeback
Honda may be ready to bring back one of its weirdest, most useful cult cars, and that single decision opens up a bigger conversation about where the auto market is headed. We kick off with the reported plan to revive the Honda Element as a hybr...
Mobile Driver’s Licenses, the 2026 Mazda CX-90 PHEV, Hydrogen-Fueled Electricity, and the Gasoline Crack Spread
Your driver’s license on your phone sounds like the ultimate convenience until you picture a dead battery at the airport, a stolen device, or a random account lockout right when you need to prove who you are. I dig into the real-world state of ...
BYD’s 570-Mile EV, MIT’s Lithium Breakthrough, Check Fraud and Cars That Power the Grid
A luxury electric sedan that can deliver roughly 570 miles of range should make anyone in the U.S. auto industry sit up straight, especially when it’s coming from BYD, the Chinese EV maker that’s already outpacing much of the world in scale. We...
Are Minneapolis’ Congestion-Priced HOV Lanes Worth It? A 2026 Honda Pilot SUV review, A Blood Test for Alzheimer’s, and Chinese Automakers in America
Paying to “skip” traffic sounds simple—until the express lane dumps right back into the same bottleneck. In this episode, I take a firsthand look at Minneapolis’ pay-to-use HOV lane setup on I-35W: what it costs per trip, how plate readers and ...
Chrysler’s Comeback, Rejuvenated EV Batteries, $500 Car Payments, and Ramping Up Manufacturing in America
Chrysler has been running on fumes for years, and we say that as people who actually want the brand to win. That comeback story matters because it is not just about one automaker finding its footing again; it is also about the bigger questions ...
Ram Bets on Small Vans, Lucid Gravity SUV Raises the Bar, Colorado River in Crisis, and EV Tire Technology Evolves
A small work van can make or break a business; a luxury electric SUV can reset expectations; and a river can determine what your lights and groceries cost. That’s where we go on TechMobility, moving from the vehicles you can buy today to the sy...
Can America Still Compete? Robots, China Speed, ADHD Research, and the Future of U.S. Manufacturing
25,000 robots. That number stops you for a second because it’s not a sci-fi thought experiment. It’s a real manufacturing strategy, and it raises a blunt question: can U.S. automakers compete in a world where cost, quality, and speed increasing...
Can Ford Build a $30,000 EV? 2026 Lexus TX 350 review, Automated School Bus Camera Surveillance, and Rivian's Factory Expansion
A $30,000 electric pickup truck made in the United States sounds like a fantasy until you look at what Ford is changing to make it real. We walk through Ford’s skunkworks approach to building affordable EVs, including fewer parts, large cast st...
Polestar's U.S. Crisis, Global Automotive Competition, NASA's Orbital Fuel Plan, and Rebuilding American Manufacturing
Polestar might be on the clock in the United States, and it’s not because the cars aren’t good. We unpack the Connected Vehicles Rule and the national security rationale for restricting Chinese-linked Bluetooth, Wi‑Fi, cellular, and certain sat...
High Tariffs, Low Quality; 2026 Subaru Outback Wilderness review; A Nuclear Power Revival; and Coast-to-Coast in 15 minutes
Would you pay luxury prices for a Land Rover built under a Stellantis strategy designed to dodge tariffs? That question kicks off a wide-ranging Tech Mobility conversation in which we trace how manufacturing decisions, quality engineering, and ...
