{"podcast":{"title":"Wheel Bearings","slug":"wheel-bearings-220894","podcast_index_feed_id":220894,"rss_url":"https://wheelbearings.media/feed/podcast/","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/wheel-bearings","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2025/6/22/13/e43b99c0-2a29-44f0-8b51-b9d22c7015c1_gemini_wb_logo_1400.jpg","author":"https://wheelbearings.media","episode_count":467,"summary":"Wheel Bearings is a podcast about cars and transportation hosted by Sam Abuelsamid, Nicole Wakelin and Roberto Baldwin","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T10:22:51.762660+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wheel-bearings-220894"},"episode":{"title":"All The Switches","slug":"all-the-switches","published_at":"2026-04-19T19:52:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wheel-bearings-220894/all-the-switches","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wheel-bearings-220894","url":"https://wheelbearings.media","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/226293f2-05e3-401b-a885-aa80c64fdeb4/stream.mp3","summary":"After last week's travel challenges, Robbie and Nicole are back. Nicole has driven the Chevrolet Equinox EV and the Honda Pilot Elite while Sam had the Mazda MX-5 Miata 35th Anniversary Edition. Robbie tells us about the new Mercedes-Benz GLE and GLS and we discuss the company's new drive by wire system. GM is apparently going to build a new Buick sedan as well as a new Camaro. Nissan has a new electric Juke for the rest of the world and Porsche has a convertible 911 GT3 S/C with a manual transmission. Uber is pouring $10 billion into robotaxis. VW has a revamped with ID3 Neo with all the switches. Doug Field is leaving Ford and that might signal the end of the Model E division as it basically gets rolled back into the main Ford. Ford's cancelled 3-row electric crossover has been visible on Field's linkedin page for at least a year. Honda is killing it's e:Ny1 in the UK and the Ontario government and Unifor have rejected Stellantis' plan to assembly Leap Motor knockdown kits in Canada. The NTSB has issued its report on a pair of fatal BlueCruise crashes. Nicole interviews Mazda director of safety strategy and communications Jennifer Morrison and Lucid head of Air and Gravity product Rob Whitley. Links Mercedes-Benz GLE and GLS Mercedes-benz steer by wire GM preps new Buick sedan alongside redesigned Cadillac CT5, Chevrolet Camaro, source says The First Electric Nissan Juke Is A Radical Departure The 2027 Porsche 911 GT3 S/C Is a Manual, Drop-Top Salute to the NA Flat-Six Uber eyes $10B robotaxi investment: Financial Times | Smart Cities Dive World premiere of the ID.3 Neo: new name, new design, new interior and new technologies | Volkswagen Newsroom Doug Field leaves and Ford Reorgs Honda e:Ny1 Withdrawn from Sale in U.K. — DefinitelyNotAGuru Stellantis Brampton plant…","meta_description":"After last week's travel challenges, Robbie and Nicole are back. Nicole has driven the Chevrolet Equinox EV and the Honda Pilot Elite while Sam had the Ma…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8150,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wheel-bearings-220894/episodes/all-the-switches/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wheel-bearings-220894/all-the-switches.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}