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Wheel Bearings
United States
Приєднався 18 тра 2023
Welcome to the UA-cam channel for the Wheel Bearings podcast. Every week, Nicole Wakelin, Roberto Baldwin and Sam Abuelsamid review the vehicles they are driving, talk about the some of the major goings on in the transportation industry, interview insiders and answer listener questions. You can also subscribe to the show in your favorite podcast listening app and go to our site at wheelbearings.media. You can help support Wheel Bearings by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/wheelbearingsmedia
Are Bad Font Choices A Bad Sign?
The whole team is back this week with lots of LA Auto Show news. Nicole drove the Audi SQ8 around Los Angeles for the week. Robbie had the new Toyota Land Cruiser. In the news, Jaguar has launched new branding ahead of the reveal of concept version of its next new EV. Stellantis talked about the STLA Frame platform for its new EV an EREV large trucks and SUVs, and we spoke with Stellantis executives including NA COO Antonio Filosa about where Jeep and the other brands are headed. Nicole got to try out the new GMC Sierra EV Denali. Lotus is also bringing out some EREVs. We also discussed some of the products announced at the LA Auto Show including a refreshed Genesis GV70, new VW Tiguan, the Hyundai Ioniq 9, and the NACTOY finalists. We also answered some listener questions. Links Nissan N7 More on Mercedes-Benz CLA New JaGUar branding Stellantis talks about STLA Frame GMC Sierra EV 2026 Genesis GV70 2025 VW Tiguan Honda Solid State Battery plant Acura ADX Jeep Giving Customers What they Want Hyundai Ioniq 9 Lotus Shifts to EREVs NACTOY Finalists Mercedes-Benz in-drive brakes OTA Cost Consideration Guide
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Відео
A Brief History of Electrification
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At the 2024 Fisita World Mobility Summit in Warren, Mich. Sam Abuelsamid delivered an opening keynote titled Back to the Future: A Brief History of Electrification
Honda's New Solid-State Battery Pilot Production Factory
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Honda, like many other companies is developing solid-state cells for future electric vehicle applications and has just finished a pilot production factory in Japan. It will start producing solid state cells in early 2025 to validate both the technology and production processes.
Be More Humane
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Robbie at a gas station chicken sandwich and the results were predictable so it's just Sam and Nicole both driving Hondas this week with Sam in the Prologue and Nicole in the Odyssey. In the news, automakers need to stop with electronic door switches, and while Teslas are generally safe in a crash, bad driver behavior is still leading to more fatal crashes than any other brand. Honda has reveal...
Working for the WKNDR
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Kia WKNDR concept Mercedes-Benz CLA preview Volvo EX30 arriving in America this year Mazda Iconic-SP to get produced 2026 Cadillac Vistiq first look Cadillac XT4 to give way to new Bolt Bentley To Launch EV in 2026, delay full transition to 2035 SEMA 2024 Roundup Mercedes-AMG Electric SUV A2RL Roman's New G-Wagen
Wheel Bearings (374) - We've Got the Buzz
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This week Robbie and Sam both spent time driving the Volkswagen ID Buzz and came away surprisingly delighted. Sam also spent a week with the Toyota Land Cruiser while Nicole got to drive the 2025 Camry. In the news, VW is adding enhanced hazard alerts to its latest models and Polestar and Volvo finally have Supercharger access for their EVs. Ford is now shipping Lectron NACS to CCS adapters to ...
Wheel Bearings (373) - Scouting Mission
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Hey everyone, we're back with a standard episode this week. Unfortunately a family emergency came up at the last moment and Robbie couldn't join us. Fortunately, our friend Perry Stern was able to step in and join Nicole and Sam. Perry was driving around in the new Subaru Forester while Nicole had the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and Sam had the Kia Sorento Hybrid. It was good to have Perry on the sho...
Demonstration of MCity 2.0 mixed reality testing environment
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The MCity test track for connected and automated vehicles at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor has had a major upgrade. This demonstration shows a view of an actual automated vehicle from a drone on the left and then a virtual drone on the right that shows simulated other road users that the AV can "see" but aren't there in real life.
What Is All-New?
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Nicole's Saturday morning flight home from Venice was cancelled so she'll be back next week. In the meantime, Chad Kirchner joins us to talk about what's going on. Robbie has been driving the GMC Hummer EV SUV and Sam had the Mazda CX-70 and a weekend with the Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato.In the news, Mazda has launched a new electric sedan in China that goes for just under $23,000 but we can't...
Wheel Bearings (370) - What Is All-New?
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Nicole's Saturday morning flight home from Venice was cancelled so she'll be back next week. In the meantime, Chad Kirchner joins us to talk about what's going on. Robbie has been driving the GMC Hummer EV SUV and Sam had the Mazda CX-70 and a weekend with the Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato. In the news, Mazda has launched a new electric sedan in China that goes for just under $23,000 but we can'...
Hitting the Road in the Off-Road Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato
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Sam got to spend the weekend with the final edition of the Lamborghini Huracan before it gets replaced. This variant is designed to go where no previous Lamborghini sports car could go, off-road. But what is this machine like on the road? Watch to find out.
Simulated Engagement
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Nicole is still riding the rails in Europe so Stephanie Brinley joins Robbie and Sam again. Stephanie has been driving the 2025 Lincoln Aviator and the Toyota Crown Signia. Robbie got to try out the new electric motorcycles from Can Am and Sam got some quality time with the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N. Sam also got to sample the new 2025 Nissan Kicks which is bigger, more powerful and more expensive than...
Wheel Bearings (368) - ADAS Distractions
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As Nicole and her spouse are riding the rails in Europe, Tanya Gazdik is back with the Land Rover Defender 130 and the Mercedes-AMG SL63. Sam has thoughts about Ineos Grenadier and Robbie has something he can't discuss until next week. Tanya and Sam drove the Polestar 3 this week and share their first impressions. Elektrobit's Dr. Mortiz Neukirchner has developed a taxonomy for software defined...
Demonstration of Toyota's In-cabin Radar on the 2025 Sienna
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On the 2025 Sienna, Toyota is adding an advanced rear seat reminder system that uses in-cabin radar to detect children or animals left behind in the car and provide a series of escalating alerts to the driver.
Wheel Bearings (367) - Touchscreen Vents Are Stupid
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This week, Nicole has been driving the 2024 Lincoln Nautilus hybrid and Sam has the Toyota Highlander XSE 2.4T. Lucid held a technology day this week where they announced that the Gravity SUV will go into production in the 4th quarter complete with a J3400 charging port and a $50,000 midsize model is coming by 2026. Nicole tells us all about Heels and Wheels. At the 2024 Mobility Experience, Bo...
Wheel Bearings (365) - Hyundai Is Busy
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Wheel Bearings (365) - Hyundai Is Busy
Volvo's Mikael Ljung Aust on Driver Understanding
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Volvo's Mikael Ljung Aust on Driver Understanding
2024 Hyundai Santa Fe UV-C Sterilizer
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2024 Hyundai Santa Fe UV-C Sterilizer
The New Thor's Hammer on the Volvo EX90
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The New Thor's Hammer on the Volvo EX90
Wheel Bearings (364) - Losing the Buzz
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Wheel Bearings (364) - Losing the Buzz
Wheel Bearings (363) - Should Have Saved The Name
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Wheel Bearings (363) - Should Have Saved The Name
Wheel Bearings (362) - No Fancy Brunch
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Wheel Bearings (362) - No Fancy Brunch
First Look at the 2025 Lincoln Aviator
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First Look at the 2025 Lincoln Aviator
Wheel Bearings (361) - Declining Value Proposition
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Wheel Bearings (361) - Declining Value Proposition
Wheel Bearings (360) - Manila Vanilla, It's Yellow
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Wheel Bearings (360) - Manila Vanilla, It's Yellow
Introducing the 2026 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1
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Introducing the 2026 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1
Wheel Bearings (359) - Basically a Fast Economy Car
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Wheel Bearings (359) - Basically a Fast Economy Car
Wheel Bearings (358) - No Real Safety Benefit
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Wheel Bearings (358) - No Real Safety Benefit
Wheel Bearings (357) - It's An Electric Flex
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Wheel Bearings (357) - It's An Electric Flex
The Honda Prologue is a good looking, if somewhat unremarkable looking Honda SUV that happens to be electric. I've seen a few Prologues around town and you'd never know they were an EV. They're definitely on the spendy side for what you get. It's surprising that so many have sold, especially considering that Honda and dealers have not been aggressive with incentives.
A tribute to Ford in recognizing that the restoration of this key architectural gem has gone a long way in returning Detroit to its former glory. It's rebound is the best of any city in the country!
Beautiful tour, thank you!
Myford touch and mylincoln touch disaster all over again.
Ohhhhhh so it was a real-estate operation like allways ?
👍Great Job. Our city is coming back strong.
I literally clicked on this to see it go off-road and bro just drive it like a normal car 😂🤦♂️
Great video man, shocking that it only has 300 views. I believe if you could maybe just get a better thumbnail (something like the car flying) and kept the flow of the video very linear and a little bit more engaging (try not to have um and ahs throughout the video ie. Doug Demuro would be a great influence.), I believe you could go big. Good luck!
Kudos to the Ford Motor Company for financing/managing this miraculous restoration. We’re talking almost a BILLION dollar$ here. Well worth it though. I’m supposing that the tower will house either offices or condominiums and/or a hotel-apartment combo. Congrats to the teams of workers, technicians and project managers.👍🇨🇦
British Columbia wisely made Level 3 autonomous driving illegal, for the reasons you mentioned.
Car makers who insist on focusing on developing software defined vehicles have lost the plot. Cars are actually facing an existential dilemma, because disposable, fast fashion cars will not be viable with the lens of Climate Crisis and critically tracking the emissions needed to build, operate, and recycle. We're in a golden age of obscenely wasteful consumption as we tart up EVs to bait drivers into paying the cost of a mortgage to drive one. That will end, when reality of our very effed up world finally smacks us in the face and we recognize we have lived 13 tons CO2e a year outside our budget. Then it'll be e-bikes, electric trams & trains (pantograph, not BEV) and building new cars will be very quickly abandoned. I'm an EE who has studied Climate Crisis, Life Cycle Assessment, and sustainable transportation for a number of years. We're living in a bubble believing we can get cars to zero emissions LCA or anywhere close to it. Overcomplicating cars to a level where OTAs or bugs in the code make or break whether or not a car continues to operate will only lead to earlier vehicle retirement, which will not be tolerated in the rubric of actual sustainable transportation. Keep It Simple Stupid will become a critical design criteria to make long lasting durable goods.
Researchers already proved decades ago that a car that can drive itself MUST lead to inattentive driving. So Level 3 autonomous driving is inherently less safe than no autonomy at all.
the weather section on the dash does not update....what to do?
Can you replace the google maps on the bigger screen with the waze app map from apple car play? Or only google only
Ok take two of these ruby reds and bang them together. And say toyo we want rear seat delete.
Those who forget their children / pets / or whatever life in the car should not be driving on the road. Trash option that 99% of the people will find absolutely useless. Instead of doing sh*t to the vehicle that is cosmetic, why not give the 14 year old car an entire redesign. I've already gone through 2 Sienna's. Unless it is a redesign, I won't even consider.
America's train stations were America's castles.
Outstanding. Any chance that passenger trains will again stop there?
Useless crap. The price is ridiculous
Just so that some ignorant drug addict women who forgot their kids in car on hot day.
This tech is useless and not even a priority.
Toyota Safety Sense 2.0. Not 2.5 or the latest 3.0. Its fail by Toyota.
More garbage to add to the already ridiculously priced vehicles.
Why not open the windows and turn on AC, call 911
what? Are u sure to understand what really is?
Do you have any extra footage you could share of the interior? Most of the available 2025 information is about the Platinum, but it would be good to see what the interior cosmetic changes are in XSE
Tartarian? How many out there know they are looking at a Tartarian structure?
NKLA.. Nikola. Global Investors and commercial fleets delivering improved Air Quality from zero emissions Life-saving Trucks. Thumbs Up video/ comments. Thanks.
Great restoration of a worthless building 🤷🏻♂️
I too took some classes at GMI in the late 70's
Very interesting video. Thanks for doing that! I would like to see some more of its interpretation of the surroundings, especially bikers and pedestrians and animals. How much did that ride cost you compared to Uber or Lyft?
So, she has a political agenda and won't let the voice assistant comment on things that she feels is inappropriate?
it's the absence of a political agenda. They don't want it to comment on anything controversial in one direction or another because they have no idea how the AI may respond in any given instance. VW doesn't want it to be for or against any side but just to answer basic queries in the most neutral way possible.
Nice to know. I own a Electrified G80
My mom likes this car
my 2003 Vibe GT 6-speed only beeped on the inside. But that was a product of Reverse being next to 1st!
Do they make a hybrid version? Half gas half electric?
Not any more, they did have a plugin hybrid, but it has been discontinued for 2025 due to no one buying it
Ok when are they gonna be available on lots of
I just bought a chevy Equinox ev and it has the same system. I was worried about having no car play, but after using this system, this is as good, or better that car play. It is seamless in how it plans routes including scheduling battery pre conditioning
Are they intentionally pushing customers to the nautilus?
Are you reviewing the car or giving an Android Automotive tutorial? 😂
You were the first person I seen them loan this car to. So does this mean the press/media embargo has been lifted? Will you be doing a drive video? Thanks.
My whole life remembering seeing this building standing there with out windows and wonding why they never demolished this building . I'm pleased that FORD bought and saved this piece of history of Detroit. ❤❤
I'm guessing it crashed opening UA-cam? I have a 24 Nautilus and its definitely an Android system with all its flaws. It seems to become more stable with every update but new installed apps do have some erratic behavior the first time you open them.
No it didn't crash on youtube, I just hadn't signed in and didn't want to take the time
Good review , Just change model name from full-size navigator to midsize aviator.
Ugh🤦♂️
Listen, all this is cool. But when does the steering wheel go full digital? I want to steer by finger. Swipe left to go left. Spread fingers to accelerate. Pinch to slow down. Let’s get serious.
YEP!
When I was a little boy we used to ride the train it would stop right there in Detroit this was back in 63 when I was about 7 years old we rode the train from New York back to Detroit the dream was called New York Central back then nowadays you know it has Amtrak brings back a lot of memories
My grandfather worked here as an young man when his parents first came to America (I am a 2nd generation American). It was an amazing building then. I was torn when I saw it all abandoned and decaying with nature reclaiming the land. Now it is as it once was... a beautiful building showing the artistic and beauty that human imagination can give. Now let's all KEEP IT THAT WAY!!!
This is actually a big game changing. Oh man will those Telsa drivers hate this.
Anger is an emotion. Why are these people so emotional
Very impressive tour, and narration. 👍👍👍👍
I remember catching the Amtrak to Chicago in 83....to see go from 🪦 to this living in Norfolk,va now is nice.