Driving with Dunne

About Driving with Dunne

Electric vehicles are the future. But with new technologies comes confusion! What's real? And what is hyperbole? Who are the people to know and what are their visions? Leading global electric vehicle innovators and executives join Michael J. Dunne in no-nonsense conversations about what that electric future looks like. Speaking with some of the biggest in the field like Fisker, NIO, Lucid, Xpeng and more, Dunne - author, entrepreneur and keynote speaker – knows the business of electric vehicles. He’s going to answer questions like: Which EV brands are the best? Why is the charging experience so unpredictable? Who makes the best battery? The electric vehicle revolution is a global race that China now leads with America way back in their rear view mirror. Who will win out - and why? Every episode of Driving With Dunne equips you with powerful new knowledge about the future of these battery-propelled computers on wheels.

Publisher

Dunne Insights LLC

Category

business · business · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Apr 2020

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

31 of 157 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Chinese Cars Are Now In Canada: What Happens Next? Freda Wang, Former Senior Executive at Mercedes-Benz (Canada and China).

   Host Freda Wang, former senior executive at Mercedes-Benz, discusses the impact of Chinese automakers entering the Canadian market and their global expansion strategies in this interview.

2. 

   2 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   What's Causing China's Car Export Explosion? Jorge Guajardo, Partner, DGA Global

   Host hosts Jorge Guajardo, Partner at DGA Global, to explore the drivers behind China's booming car exports and potential Western responses.

3. 

   30 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Who Is Xi Jinping And What Does He Want? Joseph Torigian, Author, The Party's Interests Come First

   What do we really know about Xi Jinping, China's most powerful leader since Chairman Mao? Answer: Incredibly little.  Xi is the embodiment of inscrutability, the ultimate poker face.  And second, the Party he has led since 2012 is notoriously secretive and opaque. But, wait, there is a fresh glimmer of light. His name is Joseph Torigian, a highly respected scholar who has written an incredibly powerful book about Xi Jinping's father, Xi Zhongxun. Through it, we learn a lot about Xi Jinping himself, his unbelievably harsh formative years living in a cave in dirt poor rural China, his quiet rise to power and the principles that guide his extraordinary reign as the No. 1 in China. What does Xi Jinping want for China ? What does it mean for Americans, Europeans and the rest of the world? Joseph Torigian, author, The Party's Interests Come First, has answers, here on the Driving With Dunne podcast

Inside a recent episode

Chinese Cars Are Now In Canada: What Happens Next? Freda Wang, Former Senior Executive at Mercedes-Benz (Canada and China).

Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But we do hear that BYD, Geely, and maybe Cherry are kind of setting up. Is that accurate to say? Or what's your understanding there? Yeah, I think BYD definitely. And BYD and Cherry are. I know they're hiring people. They're setting up offices. And probably their products are still in home location phase. And we hear this a lot on the news that Cherry said there are two models they will bring to Canada. The same two model already went to South America, the J.Coo and Omado. Yes. Something like that. Yes. The Jaycu is making headlines because the Jaycu 7 last month was the best selling vehicle in England, in the United Kingdom. […]

Who has been a guest on Driving with Dunne

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Freda Wang
• Jorge Guajardo
• Patrick McGee
• Mitchell Presnick
• John Wall

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

31,257

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

112 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

15 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

94

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

92

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