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Episodes · 12 months
32
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Feb 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 2 of 3,584, 5 of 3,862, 5 of 4,115, 8 of 4,226, 7 of 4,731, 1 of 4,438, 2 of 4,230, 1 of 4,319, 0 of 4,515, 1 of 4,419, 0 of 4,624, 0 of 4,594.
All time
92
+11 via 20 narrower
On record
51
took a position
Where they standLast discussed
3mo ago
Aug 7, 2026
Where they stand
Camps of opinion · 2Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. The bar shows each camp's share of the people sorted into a camp. It is not a poll and not a share of any audience, and people whose position fit no camp are left out of it. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Positions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Share of people placed in a camp14 people
71%
29%
- Promote and expand electrification10 people · 71%
- Critique industry viability and policy4 people · 29%
Promote and expand electrification
Electric vehicles are a superior, essential, and cost-effective technology that should be supported for environmental and economic gain.
10 people · 8 episodes
IJ
The transition to electric vehicles is currently a logical business decision due to lower maintenance and total cost of ownership.
“you know you're gonna take advantage of various government incentives um you can have your charging network it is a no-brainer decision and as sort of the technolo technology innovations persist those costs are going to come down and your total cost of ownership is going to get even better”
Everything Electric TECH · Nov 2021 · 1 episode · 3K views on this topic
Electric vehicles are a vital component of the necessary transition to a renewable energy ecosystem and the future of transportation.
“if we're going to produce 50 million electric vehicles a year we're going to need a [ __ ] shitload more lithium”
Impaulsive · Dec 2020 · 1 episode · 372K views on this topicDR
David ReichmuthUnrated
Electric vehicles offer a significantly lower total life cycle of global warming emissions compared to gasoline vehicles, even when accounting for the higher initial emissions from manufacturing batte
“overall, if you take in both the driving and the manufacturer of the vehicle, if you compare an electric pickup truck to an to a gasoline pickup truck, it's it's less than half the total global warming emissions. even when you consider the manufacturing of the battery.”
StarTalk · Dec 2023 · 1 episode · 333K views on this topicCritique industry viability and policy
The aggressive push into electric vehicles is undermined by poor business models, artificial subsidies, and unrealistic market predictions.
4 people · 4 episodes
Government subsidies are artificially propping up the primary electric vehicle market, while the secondary market reflects their actual, lower value.
“the primary Market is propped up artificially by these incentives the secondary Market doesn't have incentives and so that's where you see the actual value of these cars and it is yikes”
The Iced Coffee Hour · Jan 2025 · 3 episodes · 2.0M views on this topic
He thinks that the business model for electric vehicle companies failed to live up to the unrealistic predictions regarding market adoption.
“Everybody had pie in the sky predictions about where EV adoption was going to be and it just never happened.”
PBD Podcast · Jun 2026 · 2 episodes · 513K views on this topic
He believes the push by automakers into electric vehicles has been a bad business decision.
“I think this was a bad idea but I think it was already on the product plan and Pat you've consulted we've consulted with companies you know sometimes we ask them why did you do that well we've been planning it for three years all the effort went into it we we just went through with it”
PBD Podcast · May 2026 · 2 episodes · 513K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
In the transcripts
Episodes discussing this topicIncludes episodes tagged with a narrower subject. Each is marked with the subject it came in through.
85%
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Over time
Share of episodesThis topic's episodes as a share of every episode we analysed, in each complete month. We analyse more episodes every month, so a raw count would mostly show that growth. Recent months fill in as transcripts are analysed.
Complete months · first on record Sep 2017