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The Next Great Car Era discusses the emerging culture of EV building, tuning, and driving, with guests that are leading the charge. Cutting edge performance, amateur motorsport, and custom builds are all part of The Next Great Car Era. https://www.evtuners.com https://www.instagram.com/evtuners/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrden6yf9G6E8BcpCaoLrcQ
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23 - Tuner Cars and Tracking Teslas - Conversation with ZEVcentric
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Today I am sitting down with Rishie Garg at his shop in Fremont - ZEVcentric. I met Rishie last year at an Electrify Expo event in San Francisco and we hit it off right away. Now that I made it to his shop to make some adjustments to my Model 3, we had a chance to sit back and talk about our shared love for 90's tuner cars, the history of AutoRnD a…
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22 - Jeep Tesla SDU Swap is a Four Wheeling Monster Electric Car
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Today I am sitting down with Kyle Meziere to talk about his 1953 Classic Jeep that he converted to an offroad electric beast with a Tesla Small Drive Unit and Chevy Volt Batteries. Kyle grew up in the car world a part of Meziere Enterprises and their drag racing awesomeness. When it came time to restore this Jeep from his Grandfather he landed on d…
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21 - Tesla Owners Silicon Valley: Tesla Owners Club, Tesla Corsa, & Tesla Takeover that's now X Takeover!
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Today I am sitting down with John Stringer and Kelvin Gee of Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley (or TOSV for short). John founded TOSV in 2018, and Kelvin joined soon after as vice president. Fast forward and now they run one of the largest and most active clubs. Tesla Owners clubs are separate entities which are onboarded to Tesla’s club program, whic…
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20 - Toyota GR86 Electric Conversion performs like Porsche GT4 - The SCR1 by Scalar Performance
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Today I am sitting down with Brian and Joel, two of the founders of Scalar Performance. After meeting at the track and teaming on some endurance racing, Brian and Joel created Scalar Performance to build a dedicated EV track car for the amateur racer. The performance of an electric powertrain is impressive, and Tesla cars have been breaking lots of…
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19 - How to start racing your car with the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) SoCal Region leadership
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Hello and welcome, to The Next Great Car Era, a podcast by EVTUNERS. Today I am sitting down with Mike and Tessa, the Regional and Deputy Regional Director of the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) SoCal Region. The NASA SoCal has been led by Mike and Tessa since 2021. Mike’s experience as an amateur and pro-racer and Tessa’s background in trad…
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18 - Electric Toyota Land Cruiser by EVSwap Conversions with Jimmy Underhill
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Today I am sitting down with Jimmy Underhill of EVSwap Conversions. Jimmy is a car enthusiast and has raced with both SCCA and NASA in Spec Miata. More recently he has gotten into 4x4 driving, and is now venturing into EV Conversions, the result of which is a EV Swapped Toyota Land Cruiser. For Jimmy, the driving experience, freedom, and advanced t…
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17 - Electric Toyota Hilux and Building EV Conversions with Jonny Garcia
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Hello, and welcome to The Next Great Car Era, a podcast by EVTUNERS. I’m your host Daniel Martin and today I am sitting down with John Garcia of J5 Design and Fab. Jonny has been in the car space for a long time, and is an all around builder, designer, and fabricator! He has worked on offroad race cars, was part of the Electroliner team who broke e…
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16 - Mustangs, Racing, and Carbon Fiber Parts for Electric Cars with Charles Maier
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Use code EVTUNERS at MaierEV.com for a discount off your order! Today I am sitting down with Charles Maier of the Maier Corporation, formerly known as Maier Racing. Maier Racing was originally started by Bill Maier to supply racing parts for Mustang enthusiasts. After years of success, Charles took over the business from his father and has continue…
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15 - What is the Electrify Showoff with Neil Tjin
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Today I am sitting down with the Director of Electrify Showoff Neil Tjin. Neil has been involved in the automotive space since 1995. He started with designing and building cars in the 10th grade as a hobby and quickly turned it into a business. Over the years he has been in sales manager roles, marketing director roles, head of technology for NDRA …
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14 - Toyota Supra goes Electric with Ryan Christopher
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Today I am joined by Ryan Christopher, or on Instagram Stukinthe90s. Ryan is somewhat of a legend, with a 90’s car collection containing a Toyota Supra, Mazda RX-7, Nissan GTR, and Acura NSX. He also owns a Tesla Model S Plaid and a Tesla Model X, and takes all of his cars to the local drag strip. Ryan’s most recent project has been a second Mk 4 S…
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13 - Tesla Model 3 Modification with Matt Henrichsen
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Today I am joined by Matt Henrichsen, the owner of a highly modified Tesla Model 3 dubbed Heavyn Unleashed. Matt’s Tesla journey started after a sandstorm damaged his paint, and he fixed the car with a wrap inspired by the Chargers football team. Many modifications and several iterations later Matt’s car is instantly recognizable on the street or t…
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12 - Acura NSX gets a Tesla Swap with Geoff Budd
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Today I am joined by Geoff Budd, or as many know him on Instagram, RedGoesGreen. Geoff is the owner of a red 94 Acura NSX which he has rebuilt with a Tesla Model S motor, hence the name red goes green. But most importantly, this build adds significant HP to one of the most celebrated chassis from the 90s and due to his battery choices is still very…
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11 - EV Conversion for Classic Cars with Laurent Fruigier
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Today I am joined by Laurent Frugier, one of the 3 co-founders of Fuel2Electric. Founded in 2021 after doing research for their own ‘66 Mustang project, Fuel2Electric is a platform dedicated to EV conversion which helps people define and design their build, receive proposals from vetted shops, and compare and purchase parts for the do-it-yourselfer…
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10 - Tesla Model 3 and Ben the EV Guy with Ben Kegele
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Today I am joined by YouTuber and Influencer Ben the EV Guy. Originally from Austria and now living in the US, Ben started his EV journey with a Ford Mustang Mach E in early 2021. Shortly after, Ben started making tutorials and helpful videos where he explained how to do things with the electric Mustang. Fast forward, now he has switched to a Tesla…
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9 - Electric Chevy Truck: EVolve Racing's S10 with Keith and Melissa Silva
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Today I am joined by Keith and Melissa Silva with EVolve Racing. Keith and Melissa are the driver and co-driver of the “TesTen”, the first Tesla Converted Ultra 4 truck to run the Ultra 4 and Mid America Series. Their truck is a Chevy S10 that's now powered by Model S batteries and motors which tie into the purpose built off road racing gearing and…
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8 - Plymouth Satellite Mopar electric car conversion with Kevin Erickson
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Today I am joined by Kevin Erickson, or as some may know him from Social Media, MrMoparMan. Kevin is the builder of the Electrollite, a 1972 Plymouth Satellite powered by a Tesla Large drive unit. Kevin has always been a classic muscle fan, especially of Mopars. He still has his first car he got at 14 - a 69 Dart GT - which he has running a turbo 3…
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7 - Honda Conversions and Tesla Swapped Civic with Ryan Basseri
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For today’s episode I had the pleasure of recording on-site with Ryan Basseri. Ryan is the owner of Rywire Motorsport Electronics and specializes in custom wire harnesses and engine bay parts for all types of sport compact cars. His passion for cars began with the Honda CRX, and he has been building and modifying cars since 1998. Over the years Rya…
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6 - From Drifting and Racing to EV swapping a TVR with Tim Aylen
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Today I am joined by Petrolhead turned Chargehead Tim Aylen, who has been into fast and loud cars since he was little. He's recently joined his passion of cars and the environment together, going on a journey of building an exciting electric sports car #TVRWedgee, using used batteries and Tesla drive unit. He's vlogging this build, EV shows, visits…
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5 - Miata Gets a Nissan Leaf Motor and BMW transmission with Dave Durazzo
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Today I am chatting with David Durazzo out of Oahu, Hawaii. Dave is a Climate-concerned car enthusiast and Currently owns a 2014 Tesla S 85, a 2014 Nissan Leaf, and the bits and pieces comprising his exciting EV Conversion dubbed the Miata1EV. Retired Navy with no formal engineering or mechanical background outside of college, Dave has owned over 2…
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4 - Chevrolet Corvair goes Electric by Wrenchology with Gregory Courter
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Today I am talking with Gregory from Wrenchology. Gregory and his wife Stormy started Wrenchology in 2022 in southern California. Their focus has been primarily in the EV space but have a large background in automotive technology. Gregory is an engineer for a large OEM and has been transitioning out of the ICE-ages of his career for the last severa…
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3 - Exploring e-mobility and building electric cars with Terry Breheny
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Today I am joined by Terry Breheny. Terry founded Ohm On The Range, Ltd., at the start of 2022 for the purpose of “e-Mobility Exploration & Education"—both 2-wheels and 4—but with an emphasis on the conversion of classic vehicles. In addition to his background in bicycling advocacy, Terry is a lifelong gear-head — having worked as a professional te…
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2 - Racing, Drifting, and a Subaru BRZ goes Electric with Nishanth Samala
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Today, and calling in from Formula D, we are joined by Nishanth who is a former time attack competitor / grassroots drifter who now instructs for High performance driving experience programs and tinkers with cars for fun. Currently, he's converting his time attack / drift Subaru BRZ into an EV. He's built several car related hacks (using your car a…
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1 - Custom Electric Cars in the Electric Mods app with Tiffany Tucker
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Today I am joined by Tiffany Tucker, the founder of a car design application called Electric Mods. Tiffany’s app brings together a growing list of EVs with different rims, body kits, colors, and details, all of which are actually manufactured. So if you ever had a wild idea to customize, this app makes it so you can see how it would turn out, and t…
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