From Transport Evolved.
Yesterday, the U.S. held the second Inauguration of Donald Trump.
Shortly thereafter, lots of executive orders were signed that will have a direct impact on the EV world – but also more personally – on the team here at Transport Evolved. And during the celebrations after, a prominent figure in the EV world made a controversial gesture that has very dark undertones.
So, today, because we feel we need to share how this is going to impact us – and what’s next for the channel – we also wanted to share an update on our Vectrix-VX-1 project.
Hopefully, combining the two will make the unpleasant more bearable.
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00:00 – Introduction
01:37 – Ripping out those batteries!
05:55 – Replacement Pack Chosen
07:40 – Political Warning:1 – Talking about Executive Actions and their impact on TE.
10:44 – Nikki’s secret citizenship
12:29 – The pack design
13:52 – Finding the broken microprocessors
15:27 – Batteries out!
16:29 – Paying for it
18:03 – A broken light
19:35 – Political Part 2: Elon Musk and denoucing N***s (which White Supremacists have responded positively to and Elon Musk has not apologized for)
25:12 – What’s next with the bike?
26:06 – Centre Stand!
27:05 – Support our project!
27:52 – Affiliate links
32:06 – Thanks, and Goodbye!
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Presenter: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield.
Camera, Editor, Colorist: Michael Horton
Art and Animation: Erin Carlie
Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
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