{"podcast":{"title":"Autoblog News","slug":"autoblog-news-1708029","podcast_index_feed_id":1708029,"rss_url":"https://feeds.feedburner.com/Podcast/AutoBlog","website_url":"https://www.autoblog.com","image_url":"http://o.aolcdn.com/os/autoblog/podcasticon.gif","author":null,"episode_count":50,"summary":"Hosted by Chris Shunk, Dan Roth and Zach Bowman, the Autoblog Podcast is the long-running no-holds-barred audio-only counterpart to Autoblog.com. On the show we drop the pretense of being professional automotive journalists so we can passionately talk about cars like the real automotive enthusiasts that we are. Special guests including other Autoblog.com staff and titans of the auto industry are also common, and every week we answer your questions.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-20T22:17:48.891031+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/autoblog-news-1708029"},"episode":{"title":"Japan Will Knock $8,450 Off Your EV, But You'd Better Keep It","slug":"japan-will-knock-8-450-off-your-ev-but-you-d-better-keep-it","published_at":"2026-09-14T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/autoblog-news-1708029/japan-will-knock-8-450-off-your-ev-but-you-d-better-keep-it","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/autoblog-news-1708029","url":"https://www.autoblog.com/news/japan-will-knock-8450-off-your-ev-but-youd-better-keep-it","audio_url":"https://www.autoblog.com/.image/NzowMDAwMDAwMDAxMDI4MDA2/toyota-bz4x-v2g.jpg?profile=rss","summary":"Japan's EV subsidy makes the Toyota bZ4X cheaper, but selling early can mean repaying thousands, a restriction with no real U.S. equivalent.","meta_description":"Japan's EV subsidy makes the Toyota bZ4X cheaper, but selling early can mean repaying thousands, a restriction with no real U.S. equivalent.","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":null,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/autoblog-news-1708029/episodes/japan-will-knock-8-450-off-your-ev-but-you-d-better-keep-it/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/autoblog-news-1708029/japan-will-knock-8-450-off-your-ev-but-you-d-better-keep-it.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}