{"id":11392,"date":"2015-10-06T17:17:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T00:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11392"},"modified":"2015-10-06T17:29:19","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T00:29:19","slug":"electric-bug-aloo-how-volkswagen-can-save-itself-and-the-world-bradcast-1062015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11392","title":{"rendered":"Electric BUG-Aloo: How Volkswagen Can Save Itself and the World: ‘BradCast’ 10\/6\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

On today’s BradCast<\/i><\/a>, idiocy in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House and — much more importantly — the future of cars and a clean, livable planet!<\/p>\n

First up, as the death toll mounts in Guatemala and the waters continue to rise in South Carolina, all thanks to global warming, the state’s U.S. Senator and woeful 2016 GOP Presidential candidate Lindsey Graham embarasses himself <\/a>as he begs for federal relief from the government, while conveniently “forgetting” that he repeatedly voted against similar aid for other<\/i> states after Hurricane Sandy.<\/p>\n

Then, speaking of disasters and climate change, Steve LeVine<\/b><\/a>, author of The Powerhouse: Inside the Invention of a Battery to Save the World<\/i><\/a>\"\", joins us to discuss his recent article<\/a>, “Volkswagen’s best shot at a comeback now has the automaker right where Elon Musk wants it.”<\/p>\n

LeVine explains how Volkswagen, whose recent emissions test cheating scandal will cost them billions in fines, may be able to help save themselves by helping to power the future of electric cars in a massive way. That future, LeVine tells me, is just about here. “In the coming 3-5 years,” he says, we will be hitting “a critical mass.”<\/p>\n

“All of this has been triggered by [Tesla CEO] Elon Musk. Musk has put the fear into car makers — they think that he could be a game changer, and they could be left out,” LeVine explains. “You’ve got GM, Audi, Porsche, Jaguar, BMW, Nissan [and] a bunch of others car-makers, all planning to launch their own 200-mile, $35-40K [electric] cars” in the next several years. Even Apple is getting in the game. But, that new generation of clean cars needs to be powered, and VW could help their horrible damaged image by taking a leading role.<\/p>\n

Finally, we go back to more idiocy in Congress to finish out today’s show, as two incapable jackasses battle it out to win the GOP nomination in hopes of becoming the next Speaker of the U.S. House and, incidentally, third in the line of succession to become the President of the United States. And, speaking of which, is that the “death rattle” of the Jeb Bush campaign that we hear?…<\/p>\n

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