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February 24, 2024

Breathe Easier, with an EV

The American Lung Association has weighed in electric vehicles and clean power with an impressive report about EVs, children and clean air. The findings? Switching to zero emissions transportation and electricity generation between now and 2050, would prevent an estimated 3 million pediatric asthmas attacks and millions of other negative…

February 19, 2024

Signal vs Noise on EV Sales

EV sales surging! EV sales dropping! There are so many conflicting claims out there it is hopelessly confusing to causal observers who would just like to get a basic idea of what is going on with EV sales. So here is a bit of clarity from your pals at the…

February 17, 2024

The Waffle House Moment

I noted a fun item in Green Car Reports: a new NEVI funded EV fast charger had opened two doors down from a Tennessee Waffle House. That, I thought, will be a great inflection moment when the history of electrification is written. The Tennessee location is…

February 11, 2024

Shocker! Republicans and Democrats Agree!

While our polling shows there is plenty Repubs and Dems disagree on when it comes to EVs, there actually is something they agree on! Money. We asked people to rank the top reasons to buy or lease an electric vehicle. There was plenty of agreement between Republican and Democratic…

February 5, 2024

Economizing!

The Economist did a nice piece on our mission to fix the GOP’s EV problem in its new issue… Read Here.

February 5, 2024

Meet Elon Musk v2.0

Our polling shows a fascinating polarization surrounding Elon Musk. Put simply, Democrats and people who say climate change is a serious problem that must be addressed do not like Elon Musk. That’s quite a change from where Elon started as the visionary who put modern mass adoption of EVs into…

February 3, 2024

EV-Related Jobs Soaring

A quick and shameless but well earned plug: Ed Moltzen’s The Buildout blog on Substack is a must read for tons of great info about the EV infrastructure buildout in the U.S. Subscribe! I do. Here is a recent piece by Ed on regarding a new study from the International…

February 3, 2024

NEWS: EV Jobs Coming to Tennessee… a Republican Base State!

The factory in the picture is a new EV fast charger plant just opened in deep red Tennessee by Tritium, an Australian company that closed its factory in Australia to build a much larger plant in the U.S. (It’s located in Lebanon, Tennessee to be exact, near the old…

February 3, 2024

Election Day in NH, EV Style

Wearing my pundit hat I took a quick trip to New Hampshire last weekend to bounce around Tuesday’s big Republican primary. As an old political hand and veteran of many N.H. primaries, my trip was a mix of nostalgic tourism, a chance to visit old political friends and a handy…

February 3, 2024

Chat GPI and the 1 Car Sale

Saw a fun item in the news where a Chevy dealer in Watsonville, California using an AI system to engage customers got the surprise of a lifetime when a canny hacker/consumer talked the AI into selling him a new 2024 Chevy Tahoe for… one dollar! I’m sure it was…

February 3, 2024

Update: Murphy on the Automotive News pod!

Check out Mike’s interview on Automotive News’ terrific Daily Drive podcast about how political polarization is putting a chill on the EV market in the U.S. and what Mike thinks auto company leaders should do about it here.

February 3, 2024

Chicago: Site of an EV Charging Mess for Sure, but Illinois is a Leader in Fixing a Far Bigger EV Charging Problem

I linked to few items in my last blog post about the Chicago EV world’s equivalent of Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow in an earlier post. EV advocates were quick to push back with solid data — from EV Zanadu Norway where electric cars are in the majority — that…