Episodes

  • Monster Trains, Monster Traffic Headaches

    Monster Trains, Monster Traffic Headaches
    Oct 1 2024
    Longer and longer freight trains may be a boon for railroad efficiency, but it can be a headache for motorists when trying to navigate a busy grade crossing. We take a look.
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    11 mins
  • Microsoft Calls on Congress for Tougher Laws on Tech

    Microsoft Calls on Congress for Tougher Laws on Tech
    Oct 1 2024
    Tech giant Microsoft recently called on Congress to enact tougher laws to make it illegal to defraud people using AI-generated voices and images and to require AI companies to build tech to identify fake AI images made with their products. Critics and smaller tech companies have been skeptical of the approach, saying that new legislation as opposed by the tech giant may make it harder to upstarts in the segment to compete against them. What say you?
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    11 mins
  • 2024 Toyota Sequoia SUV review

    2024 Toyota Sequoia SUV review
    Oct 1 2024
    Its the large, powerful and so-capable Toyota Sequoia SUV. Ride with me as I put it through the paces.
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    10 mins
  • Wells Fargo to get Volkswagen auto loan referrals

    Wells Fargo to get Volkswagen auto loan referrals
    Oct 1 2024
    While 85 percent of auto loans are sourced at the new car dealership, its often the automaker's wholly owned finance arm (called a captive finance company) that offers the best terms in order to help the automaker move the metal. Will consumers suffer as a result of this change by Volkswagen?
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    11 mins
  • Nothing Runs Like a Deere

    Nothing Runs Like a Deere
    Sep 30 2024
    Deere & Co is a 187-year old farm equipment manufacturer. While it as certainly survived the winds of change and challenge over its long history, current conditions have demanded a new playbook. This is how the company is responding.
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    11 mins
  • UL Solutions Opens Advanced Battery Lab for EV Batteries

    UL Solutions Opens Advanced Battery Lab for EV Batteries
    Sep 30 2024
    UL Solutions, known to American consumers for years as UL Labs, a safety certification organization, has intensified its commitment to EV battery safety and testing by recently opening a $72 Million facility in Michigan. Listen to learn why this matters to you.
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    11 mins
  • Are Self Driving Cars Making a Comeback?

    Are Self Driving Cars Making a Comeback?
    Sep 30 2024
    As they say, don't call it a comeback! Self driving cars have been plying the nation's highways and surface streets for some time now. While the current focus is over-the-road big rigs in "middle mile" situations, autonomous robotaxis are still very much a thing, with Waymo leading the way.
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    10 mins
  • Volvo Quits Car Subscriptions

    Volvo Quits Car Subscriptions
    Sep 30 2024
    Announced with great fanfare back in 2018, Volvo is bailing out of the car subscription business. Listen to learn more.
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    10 mins