Yesterday, the U.S. held the second Inauguration of Donald Trump.
Shortly thereafter, lots of executive orders were signed that will have a direct impact on the EV world - but also more personally - on the team here at Transport Evolved. And during the celebrations after, a prominent figure in the EV world made a controversial gesture that has very dark undertones.
So, today, because we feel we need to share how this is going to impact us - and what's next for the channel - we also wanted to share an update on our Vectrix-VX-1 project.
Hopefully, combining the two will make the unpleasant more bearable.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:37 - Ripping out those batteries!
05:55 - Replacement Pack Chosen
07:40 - Political Warning:1 - Talking about Executive Actions and their impact on TE.
10:44 - Nikki's secret citizenship
12:29 - The pack design
13:52 - Finding the broken microprocessors
15:27 - Batteries out!
16:29 - Paying for it
18:03 - A broken light
19:35 - Political Part 2: Elon Musk and denoucing N***s (which White Supremacists have responded positively to and Elon Musk has not apologized for)
25:12 - What's next with the bike?
26:06 - Centre Stand!
27:05 - Support our project!
27:52 - Affiliate links
32:06 - Thanks, and Goodbye!
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Presenter: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield.
Camera, Editor, Colorist: Michael Horton
Art and Animation: Erin Carlie
Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
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© Transport Evolved LLC, 2025
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