{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Episode 85: Elon’s electrons, the Polestar that couldn't stop and the Corsa cometh","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/episode-85-elon-s-electrons-the-polestar-that-couldn-t-stop-and-the-corsa-cometh","audioUrl":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64de47832cfe0100110394f8/e/68a2e99d723d70ad12c9b405/media.mp3","description":"Hello and welcome to your weekly bits and bytes from the world of electric cars brought to you by the team at Electrifying.com This week we’ll be talking about Tesla’s plans for the UK energy market, the Polestar that went on and on and on, and the concept that sort of tells us how the new Vauxhall Corsa is going to look. And we’ll also be answering YOUR electric car questions and dipping into the postbag to find out your views on last week’s episode. Welcome to the Kilowatt half hour.This podcast is also available on the Electrifying.com YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC29JbxEwr7q5bP7ANJMSqAg) where you can leave comments and questions for the team. We can also be reached at podcast@electrifying.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information."},"annotations":[{"startTime":389.64,"endTime":392.44,"type":"car","title":"Volvo XC40","url":"/cars/volvo/xc40","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Volvo_XC40_1X7A6310.jpg","quote":"Well, it was it was a little while ago now, but I think I was in an electric XC 40 and I was on the M 25. 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