What Drives Us http://www.priusownersgroup.com A weekly podcast on the future of personal transportation Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:27:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 What Drives Us is podcast about personal transportation technology. Hybrids, EV, PHV, hydrogen, biofuel, as long as it\'s not exclusively gas powered, we\'re interested in it. Hosted by two green car web site founders and hybrid car owners, What Drives Us will also feature regular guests from the industries and make and supply parts for personal transportation. So whether it\'s hybrid car or electric motorcycles, What Drives Us will talk about, explain it and in a way that is as enjoyable as it is entertaining. A weekly podcast on the future of personal transportation Russell Frost & Danny Cooper http://www.priusownersgroup.com/whatdrivesus/wdu3x300.pngWhat Drives Ushttp://www.priusownersgroup.com cars,hybrid,electric,green,prius,ev,phv http://feeds.feedburner.com/whatdrivesuspodcast clean Russell Frost & Danny Coopper russell@priusownersgroup.com What Drives Us Episode #9 for March 26, 2010 http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/03/26/what-drives-us-episode-9-for-march-26-2010/ http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/03/26/what-drives-us-episode-9-for-march-26-2010/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:22:48 +0000 russell http://www.priusownersgroup.com/?p=6843 What Drives Us Episode #9 for March 26th, 2010

This week Danny and Russell welcome back Evan Fusco and Tony Schaefer. They discuss a wide range of news topics from three new Porsche hybrids (one of which goes 98MPH in EV mode) to pay in American factories. Visit www.whatdrives.us to learn more and please visit become of the fan of the podcast on facebook: www.facebook.com/whatdrivesus As always, thanks very much for downloading What Drives Us.

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]]> http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/03/26/what-drives-us-episode-9-for-march-26-2010/feed/ 0 What Drives Us Episode #9 for March 26th, 2010 This week Danny and Russell welcome back Evan Fusco and Tony Schaefer. They discuss a wide range of news topics from three new Porsche hybrids (one of which goes 98MPH in EV mode) to pay in American factories. Visit www.whatdrives.us to learn more and please visit become of the fan of the podcast on facebook: www.facebook.com/whatdrivesus As always, thanks very much for downloading What Drives Us. Use this link to view our page on iTunes. What Drives Us Episode #9 for March 26th, 2010 This week Danny and Russell welcome back Evan Fusco and Tony Schaefer. They discuss a wide range of news topics from three new Porsche hybrids (one of which goes 98MPH in EV mode) to pay in American [...] Russell Frost & Danny Cooper 1:30:48 hybrid, prius, porsche, gm, fiat, chrysler, vw, volt, priushcat.com, priusownersgroup.com, ev, phev, batteries, factories, labor, wages, salary, lithium, lion, battery What Drives Us Episode #8 for March 19, 2010 http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/03/20/what-drives-us-episode-8-for-march-19-2010/ http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/03/20/what-drives-us-episode-8-for-march-19-2010/#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:42:18 +0000 russell http://www.priusownersgroup.com/?p=6833 What Drives Us Episode #8 for March 19th, 2010

This week Danny and Russell welcome back Eric Powers of Green Drive Expo and EVPowers as well as Paul Guzyk from 3prongpower.com. After dispensing with the Sikes incident, they spend some serious going into plug-ins and plug-in conversions with Eric and Paul. Paul’s company 3ProngPower is a leader in PHEV conversions in Berkeley, California. If you’ve ever considered a conversion or are just curious about PHEV’s this week has the information you want.

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]]> http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/03/20/what-drives-us-episode-8-for-march-19-2010/feed/ 0 What Drives Us Episode #8 for March 19th, 2010 This week Danny and Russell welcome back Eric Powers of Green Drive Expo and EVPowers as well as Paul Guzyk from 3prongpower.com. After dispensing with the Sikes incident, they spend some serious going into plug-ins and plug-in conversions with Eric and Paul. Paul’s company 3ProngPower is a leader in PHEV conversions in Berkeley, California. If you’ve ever considered a conversion or are just curious about PHEV’s this week has the information you want. Use this link to view our page on iTunes. What Drives Us Episode #8 for March 19th, 2010 This week Danny and Russell welcome back Eric Powers of Green Drive Expo and EVPowers as well as Paul Guzyk from 3prongpower.com. After dispensing with the Sikes incident, they spend some serious going [...] Russell Frost & Danny Cooper 1:10:12 prius, hybrid, sikes, toyota, plug-in, PHV, PHEV, conversion, sudden acceleration, paul guzyk, 3prongpower.com, eric powers, priusownersgroup.com, priuschat.com, greendriveexpo.com no What Drives Us Episode #7 for March 12, 2010 http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/03/13/what-drives-us-episode-7-for-march-12-2010/ http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/03/13/what-drives-us-episode-7-for-march-12-2010/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:08:38 +0000 russell http://www.priusownersgroup.com/?p=6821 This week Hosts Danny Cooper and Russell Frost welcome back Tony Schaefer and Eric Powers to the panel for an extended discussion on the alleged Prius acceleration incidents. We take apart the James Sikes/San Diego report as well as the one from New York.

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]]> http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/03/13/what-drives-us-episode-7-for-march-12-2010/feed/ 0 This week Hosts Danny Cooper and Russell Frost welcome back Tony Schaefer and Eric Powers to the panel for an extended discussion on the alleged Prius acceleration incidents. We take apart the James Sikes/San Diego report as well as the one from New York. Download it through iTunes here. This week Hosts Danny Cooper and Russell Frost welcome back Tony Schaefer and Eric Powers to the panel for an extended discussion on the alleged Prius acceleration incidents. We take apart the James Sikes/San Diego report as well as the one from [...] Russell Frost & Danny Cooper 52:31 toyota, prius, sudden acceleration, james sikes, new york, pedal, recall, media, CHP no What Drives Us #6 for February 26, 2010 http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/02/27/what-drives-us-6-for-february-26-2010/ http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/02/27/what-drives-us-6-for-february-26-2010/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:03:16 +0000 russell http://www.priusownersgroup.com/?p=6776 This week Danny and Russell are joined by Tony Schaefer and Eric Powers to discuss, the new Lexus CT-200h plug-in, Bloom Energy and the death of the Hummer. Eric Powers also gives us a great, in-depth view of the 2010 Chicago Auto Show.

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]]> http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/02/27/what-drives-us-6-for-february-26-2010/feed/ 0 This week Danny and Russell are joined by Tony Schaefer and Eric Powers to discuss, the new Lexus CT-200h plug-in, Bloom Energy and the death of the Hummer. Eric Powers also gives us a great, in-depth view of the 2010 Chicago Auto Show. Download it through iTunes here. This week Danny and Russell are joined by Tony Schaefer and Eric Powers to discuss, the new Lexus CT-200h plug-in, Bloom Energy and the death of the Hummer. Eric Powers also gives us a great, in-depth view of the 2010 Chicago Auto Show. Download it [...] Russell Frost & Danny Cooper 1:20:32 prius, bloom, hummer, lexus, chicago auto show, toyota no Hey, it’s the POG on the brake recall on the BBC http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/02/19/hey-its-me-on-the-brake-recall-on-the-bbc/ http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/02/19/hey-its-me-on-the-brake-recall-on-the-bbc/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:32:30 +0000 russell http://www.priusownersgroup.com/?p=6745 BBC World News Hour, one of my favorite shows called me to talk about the Prius braking issue. If you want hear the interview, here it is…

BBC World News interview

]]> http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/02/19/hey-its-me-on-the-brake-recall-on-the-bbc/feed/ 0 BBC World News Hour, one of my favorite shows called me to talk about the Prius braking issue. If you want hear the interview, here it is… BBC World News interview BBC World News Hour, one of my favorite shows called me to talk about the Prius braking issue. If you want hear the interview, here it is… BBC World News interview What Drives Us Episode #5 for the week of February 17th, 2010 http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/02/19/what-drives-us-episode-5-for-the-week-of-february-17th-2010/ http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/02/19/what-drives-us-episode-5-for-the-week-of-february-17th-2010/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:55:53 +0000 russell http://www.priusownersgroup.com/?p=6740 This week Danny and Russell joined by Tony Schaefer to discuss, sorry, more on the Toyota recall, ton foil hat conspiracies, why does “sudden acceleration” occur (hint: it has to do with the gas pedal), more on the Nissan Leaf and the return of Maximum Bob Lutz, GM’s prognosticator supreme. We also pass along our most sincere sympathies to the families and staff of Tesla Motors for the tragic loss of three of their engineers in a terrible plane accident.

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]]> http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/02/19/what-drives-us-episode-5-for-the-week-of-february-17th-2010/feed/ 0 This week Danny and Russell joined by Tony Schaefer to discuss, sorry, more on the Toyota recall, ton foil hat conspiracies, why does “sudden acceleration” occur (hint: it has to do with the gas pedal), more on the Nissan Leaf and the return of Maximum Bob Lutz, GM’s prognosticator supreme. We also pass along our most sincere sympathies to the families and staff of Tesla Motors for the tragic loss of three of their engineers in a terrible plane accident. Download it through iTunes here. This week Danny and Russell joined by Tony Schaefer to discuss, sorry, more on the Toyota recall, ton foil hat conspiracies, why does “sudden acceleration” occur (hint: it has to do with the gas pedal), more on the Nissan Leaf and the return of [...] Russell Frost & Danny Cooper 1:20:42 prius, recall, brakes, toyota, nissan, leaf, hybrid, volt, bob lutz, priuschat.com, priusownersgroup.com no What Drives Us Episode #4 http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/02/13/what-drives-us-episode-4-2/ http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/02/13/what-drives-us-episode-4-2/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:38:34 +0000 russell http://www.priusownersgroup.com/?p=6734 This week we welcome back Dr. Evan Fusco as our guest panelist and we further dissect not only the 2010 recall but the software update, which both Danny and Russell had done. Finally, a little bit on the announcement of the Nissan Leaf.

]]> http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/02/13/what-drives-us-episode-4-2/feed/ 0 This week we welcome back Dr. Evan Fusco as our guest panelist and we further dissect not only the 2010 recall but the software update, which both Danny and Russell had done. Finally, a little bit on the announcement of the Nissan Leaf. This week we welcome back Dr. Evan Fusco as our guest panelist and we further dissect not only the 2010 recall but the software update, which both Danny and Russell had done. Finally, a little bit on the announcement of the Nissan Leaf. Russell Frost & Danny Cooper 1:06:01 prius,recall,hybrid,brakes,media,reporting,journalism,toyota,repair,software,update,nissan,leaf,priusownersgroup,priuschat clean What Drives Us – Episode #3 http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/02/04/what-drives-us-episode-3/ http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/02/04/what-drives-us-episode-3/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:33:05 +0000 russell http://www.priusownersgroup.com/?p=6632 In which our hosts are joined by Dr. Evan Fusco and they discuss the Toyota recall in great detail as well as the Tesla.

]]> http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/02/04/what-drives-us-episode-3/feed/ 0 In which our hosts are joined by Dr. Evan Fusco and they discuss the Toyota recall in great detail as well as the Tesla. In which our hosts are joined by Dr. Evan Fusco and they discuss the Toyota recall in great detail as well as the Tesla. Russell Frost & Danny Cooper 1:15 prius, hybrid, ev, lithium, tesla, roadster, model s, honda, cr-z, spyder, mr2 clean What Drives Us 2v2 http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/02/01/last-weeks-what-drives-us/ http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/02/01/last-weeks-what-drives-us/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:29:28 +0000 russell http://www.priusownersgroup.com/?p=6629 Sorry about the low volume. If you like, we’ve fixed the problem and uploaded a new version that solves that…

]]> http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/02/01/last-weeks-what-drives-us/feed/ 0 Sorry about the low volume. If you like, we’ve fixed the problem and uploaded a new version that solves that… Sorry about the low volume. If you like, we’ve fixed the problem and uploaded a new version that solves that… Russell Frost & Danny Cooper 1:19 prius, hybrid, ev, electric, green, volt, ford, fusion, gm, alt car, 2010, genIII, recall no What Drives Us – Episode #2 http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/01/29/what-drives-us-episode-2/ http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/01/29/what-drives-us-episode-2/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:28:44 +0000 russell http://www.priusownersgroup.com/?p=6621 http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/01/29/what-drives-us-episode-2/feed/ 0 Russell Frost & Danny Cooper 1:19 prius, hybrid, phv, ev, toyota, gm green drive expo, priuschat.com, priusownersgroup.com, russell frost, danny cooper clean What Drives Us – Episode #1 http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/01/21/what-drives-us-episode-1/ http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/01/21/what-drives-us-episode-1/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:19:46 +0000 russell http://www.priusownersgroup.com/?p=6617 Download through iTunes at this link.

Yes, it’s supposed a little loose at times. Think of us as the Car Talk guys without the bad laugh.

]]> http://www.priusownersgroup.com/2010/01/21/what-drives-us-episode-1/feed/ 2 Download through iTunes at this link. Yes, it’s supposed a little loose at times. Think of us as the Car Talk guys without the bad laugh. Download through iTunes at this link. Yes, it’s supposed a little loose at times. Think of us as the Car Talk guys without the bad laugh. Russell Frost 1:33 prius,hybrid,ev,phv,volt,fusion,ft-ch-ft-evII,cr-z,honda,ford,chevy,GM,Toyota clean