On this episode of Ructions with Ross + Ashley, Marc Ross + Gerald Ashley discuss the state of the automotive industry, EVs, hydrogen engines, Toyota's solid-state battery with a 745-mile range, Ron DeSantis rebooting his presidential campaign, the recent UK by-elections, the possibility of the United States and the United Kingdom holding national elections the same week in November 2024, the politics of weather reporting, plus what they are reading and watching.

Timestamps:

2:00 | The state of the automotive industry + Toyota's solid-state battery

13:55 | Ron DeSantis rebooting his presidential campaign + UK by-elections

20:35 | The politics of weather reporting

30:00 | Reading + Watching

Reading + Watching List:

End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration - Peter Turchin

Medici (TV Series 2016–2019) on Netflix

Oppenheimer (2023), directed by Christopher Nolan

FIFA Women's World Cup

Foreign Affairs: Tell Me How This Ends - Is There a Path to Victory in Ukraine?

The 14th annual Aspen Security Forum (July 18–21, 2023) in Aspen, Colorado