The Weekly Driver Podcast
Hosted by James Raia and Bruce Aldrich, The Weekly Driver Podcast dives deep into the highways and byways of the automotive world. Each week, we put you in the driver’s seat, exploring unique, unusual, and often untold stories from across the industry’s spectrum.
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The Hemmings Motor Club Rally: Paso Robles returns for its second edition October 24-26, 2025, bringing enthusiasts from both ends of California together for three days of back road driving, poolside gatherings, and the kind of automotive camaraderie that makes the hobby worthwhile. The car collector car community has a fresh opportunity to celebrate what these machines were built for: driving. It seemed like the perfect opportunit...
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November 4, 2024 • 56 mins
In this special The Weekly Driver podcast episode, Michael Kahn takes the reins from longtime hosts James Raia and Bruce Aldrich in an interview with Raia, who reflects on the journey in automotive journalism and podcasting over the past seven years.
Raia leans forward and with a bit of a journalistic tone, he casually shares, "After reviewing cars every week for 21 years, I still find myself asking, 'What’s the story behind thi...
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March 25, 2024 • 18 mins
It was just before the opening evening session of the recent2024 Nvidia GTC conference at the San Jose Convention Center and it got quiet quickly.
Alwin Bakkenes, Russell Datz, the carmaker's national media relations manager, Bruce Aldrich, the co-host of The Weekly Driver Podcast, and I all stepped in and closed our respective doors of the 2024 EX90 electric SUV perched in the corner of the expo hall.
The 2024 all-electric V...
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March 13, 2024 • 37 mins
Jonathan Clegg and Joshua Robinson are colleagues in The Wall Street Journal's virtual sports department. Clegg, the sports editor, is an Englishman who lives with his family in New York. Robinson is an American based in London. They share global sporting interests, particularly soccer and motorsports.
The duo's reporting expertise has led to a long collaboration away from daily journalism. They're now book co-authors for the th...
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March 10, 2024 • 27 mins
The autonomous vehicle industry has reduced its speed. Its future is here, but it's not quite as in focus as the next signpost. Even the most fervent believers have re-evaluated their enthusiasm for the human-free driving mode.
What's ahead for autonomous driving and an array of other pending driving technology is among the many topics in many industries set for explanation, examination and speculation beginning March 18...
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January 29, 2024 • 32 mins
A strong argument could be made that Ralph Teetor is responsible for what is now called autonomous driving.
Blind since he was a young boy, Teetor invented cruise control in the 1940s. It was one of more than 40 patents granted to a native of Indiana who died in 1982.
Inventor Ralph Teetor.
Teetor will be inducted posthumously into the National Inventors Hall of Fame on May 9 in Washington, D.C.
Jack Teetor, the invento...
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January 22, 2024 • 30 mins
Ken Karklin, the CEO of Pivotal, has had a several-decade career in engineering, aircraft and robotics. He knows technology as license holder of multiple patents. His latest passion is the Helix.
Highlighted at the recent Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, the Helix is the only personal flying vehicle in production in the United States. Public sales began January 8.
Ken Karklin is the CEO of Pivotal, the manufacturer of t...
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December 27, 2023 • 29 mins
Ben Welch blames himself for driving his 1994 Chevy Suburban when he shouldn't have. He knew his van well except for one momentary lapse when the engine warnings were more serious than he thought.
It was a long time ago and the vehicle has fared well regardless — it surpassed one million miles on the odometer without any engine overhauls.
Welch, a Vietnam veteran who has lived in Lincoln, Nebraska, since 1962, is our guest th...
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December 19, 2023 • 31 mins
As co-hosts of The Weekly Driver Podcast, Bruce Aldrich and I have for the past several years picked the top cars of the year at the end of the calendar year.
This year, as we do most often, Bruce and I interview a guest on the podcast and then drive the week's review vehicle to lunch. We often extend the day to further drive the vehicle, take images and share our opinions.
The 2023 Lucid Air is The Weekly Driver Podcast's 20...
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December 5, 2023 • 33 mins
Like many automotive enthusiasts, when Rodney Kemerer talks about cars his enthusiasm abounds. A lifelong enthusiast, Kemerer is the author of Tales From The Garage.
As described in its Amazon profile, the "heartfelt book — the half memoir, have the memories of others — is truly a pop culture snapshot of modern society through the lens of the automobile."
Kemerer is our guest this week on Episode #277 of The Weekly Driver...
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John Vincent is the Senior Editor and Correspondent/Vehicle Testing on the Autos team at U.S. News & World Report. With more than 25 years of experience in the automotive industry, Vincent knows new cars, manufacturers and trends in the industry.
The former long-time newspaper reporter is our guest this week on The Weekly Driver Podcast.
Honda was recently named one of the best brands for 2023-2024 by U.S. News & World Report...
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November 6, 2023 • 29 mins
Craig Jackson is the CEO of Barrett-Jackson, the country's most well-known auction company, and he owns 108 vehicles — from muscle cars to sports cars and modern classics to resto-mods.
Immersed in the automotive world since he was a boy, Jackson recently attended the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) annual gathering in Las Vegas. He was our special guest for the latest episode of The Weekly Driver Podcast.
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October 30, 2023 • 33 mins
Jessica Dunham is a veteran journalist whose passion as a travel writer is the open road. She knows the well-traveled roads along Route 66 and Interstate 5. And she knows the less-visited locales, like the night sky over Marfa, Texas, which includes mysterious blinking lights.
Dunham, the author of "The Open Road: 50 Road Trips in the USA" is our guest this week on The Weekly Driver Podcast.
Jessica Dunham has authored numero...
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October 18, 2023 • 40 mins
Doug Berman is the unofficial third brother of the admired comedy team and automotive soothsayer duo of Thomas Louis Magliozzi and Raymond Francis Magliozzi. They were more well-known as "Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers." They were co-hosts of Car Talk, the NPR radio show, for 25 years.
Thinly disguised as a weekly program about automobile repair, the program was more about the banter between the brothers and an endearing r...
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August 1, 2023 • 33 mins
Buying a vehicle made in the United States is essential to many consumers.
According to Cars.com, about half of the car buyers in the United States say they will pay more for a vehicle that creates U.S. jobs. Additionally, 24 percent of Americans believe a manufacturer has to be headquartered in the U.S. to qualify as "substantially contributing to the U.S. economy."
Tesla holds the top four places in the 18th annual American...
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February 28, 2023 • 28 mins
Bonnie and Grant Sinclair are high school teachers in Georgia who also enjoy the outdoors as part-time RV enthusiasts. As wife and husband, Bonnie Sinclair has co-authored an RV travel book with her husband Grant Sinclair.
Grant Sinclair
The Sinclair's first book USA RV Adventures has just been published by Moon Travel Guides. The authors' comprehensive debut includes 25 flexible RV trip itineraries.
While taking a break f...
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January 24, 2023 • 34 mins
Karl Brauer is an automotive analytics wonk. It's a compliment to the work and enthusiasm the lead analyst for iSeeCars.com has for number crunching, comparisons, trends and all things related to buying, selling, appreciation and deprecation of cars and trucks. He's eloquent while discussing what might otherwise seem mundane.
Brauer is our guest on this episode of The Weekly Driver Podcast. He's a repeat guest for all of the above...
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December 14, 2022 • 34 mins
Selecting the cars of the year helps celebrate another year reviewing new cars and trucks, visiting auto shows and talking with vintage car owners, book authors and industry experts about their cars of the year.
There are always great and not-so-great moments driving vehicles. The industry is always abuzz. There are always changes, oddball statistics, recalls and new models and makes.
What has Elon Musk done now? Will autonom...
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December 7, 2022 • 24 mins
With the recent announcement of the 2023 Formula 1 schedule, automobile racing's most lucrative series will have three events in the United States for the first time.
The international circuit doesn't include any drivers from the United States, but enthusiasts in this country can next year travel to Austin, Texas; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Miami, Florida to witness the sport's finest.
Formula 1 is expensive for its participants ...
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November 21, 2022 • 31 mins
Charge Cars was founded in 2016 and its first project is now available. Without the manufacturer mentioned, the London-based company has for order 499 of its bespoke "The '67 By Charge Car."
Created individually and built like the original Ford Mustang but electric and built from the "ground up," the '67 is on display during the LA Auto Show.
Bill Morse, a marketing spokesperson for the London-based company is the first of my...
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