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22: The Long, Messy Road To Desirable EVs with Declan Kavanaugh
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- May 14, 2025
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Summary
Long before the Tesla Roadster or GM EV.1 were a twinkle in engineers' eyes, there were people hard at work making whacky electric cars in their garages. Declan Kavanaugh, a college student and budding engineer interning at startup Telo Trucks, is one such enthusiast, taking pride in buying cheap EV curiosity projects from the 1970s and restoring them with modern-day battery technology and upgrades. He documents his efforts in entertaining fashion on YouTube. This episode is a fun one for the nerds among you, and if you're still unsure what a kilowatt is worry not, Max and Declan break down some of the jargon as they dive down the messy history of electric cars into our present day. In the present, they discuss the buzz around Telo as well as Slate Auto's cheap mini electric pickup, examining how new niches are starting to become possible with better commoditized technology that can (hopefully) be built for affordable prices in America. Mentioned Links: Declan's YouTube Channel TELO TRUCK's Website Follow The Podcast: Subscribe to Directly Current Learn More About the American EV Jobs Alliance Reach Out to Max with Feedback: [email protected]