CNN’s Bill Weir Laments Trump’s ‘Armor-Plated Motorcade’ Overshadowed NASCAR’s Electric Race Car

KEILAR The most high ░░░░░░░░ sport on the planet ░░░░░░░░ be on a collision ░░░░░░░░ with new electric vehicle ░░░░░░░░ A supercharged electric race ░░░░░░░░ was on full display ░░░░░░░░ fans at last week ░░░░░░░░ Daytona 500 And while ░░░░░░░░ up engines and smoke ░░░░░░░░ starting lines are still ░░░░░░░░ norm for now that ░░░░░░░░ change but not without ░░░░░░░░ CNN s Bill Weir ░░░░░░░░ more Clip starts WEIR ░░░░░░░░ outside the cradle of ░░░░░░░░ racing automobile history was ░░░░░░░░ this weekend when Formula ░░░░░░░░ Superstar Ryan Tuerck swapped ░░░░░░░░ his rubber burning rig ░░░░░░░░ a machine with twice ░░░░░░░░ power over 1 300 ░░░░░░░░ but with a fraction ░░░░░░░░ the noise and not ░░░░░░░░ whiff of exhaust Behold ░░░░░░░░ first electric NASCAR This ░░░░░░░░ so surreal Normally this ░░░░░░░░ would come with a ░░░░░░░░ sound of that internal ░░░░░░░░ engine but all you ░░░░░░░░ Is this high pitched ░░░░░░░░ and then just the ░░░░░░░░ being shredded by those ░░░░░░░░ engines TUERCK The power ░░░░░░░░ just out of this ░░░░░░░░ WEIR Yes TUERCK It ░░░░░░░░ like nothing I ve ░░░░░░░░ experienced before WEIR It ░░░░░░░░ like twice as much ░░░░░░░░ as one of the ░░░░░░░░ NASCAR TUERCK Yes Beyond ░░░░░░░░ you Have the power ░░░░░░░░ demand at all times ░░░░░░░░ Like a power drill ░░░░░░░░ TUERCK There isn t ░░░░░░░░ power band it s ░░░░░░░░ there s just all ░░░░░░░░ power at all times ░░░░░░░░ This is one of ░░░░░░░░ electric prototypes unveiled this ░░░░░░░░ as NASCAR pledges to ░░░░░░░░ net zero by 2035 ░░░░░░░░ while this Chevy Blazer ░░░░░░░░ supposed to be the ░░░░░░░░ electric pace car in ░░░░░░░░ 500 history it was ░░░░░░░░ cut off by Donald ░░░░░░░░ s armor plated motorcade ░░░░░░░░ fitting metaphor from a ░░░░░░░░ who is vowing to ░░░░░░░░ EV incentives charging networks ░░░░░░░░ tailpipe pollution standards as ░░░░░░░░ promised to fossil fuel ░░░░░░░░ Has the politics made ░░░░░░░░ job harder these days ░░░░░░░░ We have very clear ░░░░░░░░ goals around sustainability and ░░░░░░░░ our job is to ░░░░░░░░ on getting those done ░░░░░░░░ matter who s in ░░░░░░░░ or what s going ░░░░░░░░ So our focus is ░░░░░░░░ right now again energy ░░░░░░░░ right now the race ░░░░░░░░ you have behind you ░░░░░░░░ keeps you up at ░░░░░░░░ and how do we ░░░░░░░░ that over the next ░░░░░░░░ years And so that ░░░░░░░░ everything from energy efficiency ░░░░░░░░ lights bringing in different ░░░░░░░░ technologies other partner technologies ░░░░░░░░ that we can reduce ░░░░░░░░ own operating footprint as ░░░░░░░░ sport WEIR Yeah HELSON ░░░░░░░░ then bring that to ░░░░░░░░ fan and educate the ░░░░░░░░ on how can we ░░░░░░░░ some of these technologies ░░░░░░░░ our communities and help ░░░░░░░░ the growth of sustainability ░░░░░░░░ the country RAGAN I ░░░░░░░░ you there s more ░░░░░░░░ in the parking lot ░░░░░░░░ than there was five ░░░░░░░░ ago And in another ░░░░░░░░ years there s going ░░░░░░░░ be a lot more ░░░░░░░░ David Ragan is a ░░░░░░░░ generation NASCAR racer who ░░░░░░░░ drives an electric Ford ░░░░░░░░ in retirement simply because ░░░░░░░░ s fast fun and ░░░░░░░░ to fuel and maintain ░░░░░░░░ believes this fan base ░░░░░░░░ destined to make that ░░░░░░░░ discovery so the market ░░░░░░░░ the president will decide ░░░░░░░░ And I think the ░░░░░░░░ really they ve got ░░░░░░░░ finger on the pulse ░░░░░░░░ Ford Motor Company you ░░░░░░░░ Toyota the big partners ░░░░░░░░ in NASCAR they ve ░░░░░░░░ got their different plans ░░░░░░░░ how they re going ░░░░░░░░ attack that And again ░░░░░░░░ think NASCAR is just ░░░░░░░░ hey we want to ░░░░░░░░ prepared when that evolution ░░░░░░░░ place STAHLBUSCH So Daytona ░░░░░░░░ just electrified their parking ░░░░░░░░ So their whenever their ░░░░░░░░ pull up they ll ░░░░░░░░ able to charge their ░░░░░░░░ Once charging becomes more ░░░░░░░░ and it sort of ░░░░░░░░ integrated into the fabric ░░░░░░░░ the everyday American I ░░░░░░░░ it ll become more ░░░░░░░░ more accepted and it ░░░░░░░░ be utilized more and ░░░░░░░░ by everybody WEIR You ░░░░░░░░ telling me this is ░░░░░░░░ conscious effort to win ░░░░░░░░ and minds of folks ░░░░░░░░ pay extra for the ░░░░░░░░ and the noise of ░░░░░░░░ CHIGA Yeah We re ░░░░░░░░ the energy transition right ░░░░░░░░ in this country The ░░░░░░░░ transition isn t for ░░░░░░░░ people it s for ░░░░░░░░ So I think we ░░░░░░░░ to have better conversations ░░░░░░░░ how we use energy ░░░░░░░░ the United States WEIR ░░░░░░░░ CHIGAS And we welcome ░░░░░░░░ the opinions and all ░░░░░░░░ opinions out here today ░░░░░░░░ these are important decisions ░░░░░░░░ make our country stronger ░░░░░░░░ You guys are watching ░░░░░░░░ Tuerck right now Clip ░░░░░░░░ KEILAR Bill Weir thank ░░░░░░░░ so much for that ░░░░░░░░