Vapor Bowl Tailgate Party with Amy Westervelt
The War on Cars
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The Kia Robo Dog
The ad starts and we're staring through a window of an electronic store at an adurable toy robot dog with a 299 dollar price tag. The robo dog sees a man outside on the street, unplugging his car from an e v charger. It's all ok, because the handsome car owner is there to plug in his charger into the dog, and they live happily ever after. Ran: There was just something deeply creepy about it to me, the uncanny valley aspect, totally, totally.
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