In the News

Mike Murphy and the rest of the EVPolitics.org team are busy out making the case for EVs in the news all the time. Check out the latest stories, podcasts and videos here!

March 4, 2025

Directly Current Episode 17: The EV Transition is Messy, But Inevitable ft. Mike Colias (Author, WSJ)

Mike Colias has spent years reporting on the auto industry’s strained efforts to shift to electric vehicles. The move is effectively mandated by governments worldwide, and has recently been an issue of political division stateside. Nonetheless, longtime rivals Ford and GM have both thrown much of their institutional weight behind…

February 28, 2025

Inside EVs: How To Save EVs From Politics

Catch Mike on Patrick George’s can’t-miss show, where he talks about our recent polling and the current state of the politics of EVs. Click below, and find Mike at the 25 minute mark.

February 27, 2025

Tesla Feels the Wrath of Anti-Elon Musk Backlash

Check out some of Elon data referenced in this great Bloomberg article discussing the Elon impact on Tesla sales around the world.

February 18, 2025

Directly Current Episode 16: EV Charging’s Rapid Improvement with Tom Moloughney (State of Charge)

Tom Moloughney — the host of State of Charge on YouTube and cohost of the Batteries Included Podcast —is the go-to guru for EV charging. He’s covered EVs since the BMW Mini E program in the late 2000s. His reviews are great resources for picking the right “Level…

February 12, 2025

Murphy and McElroy talk Elon

Check out Mike and John’s conversation on Autoline about our recent report on Elon and Tesla!

February 4, 2025

A Political X-Ray of Elon Musk

We’ve been busy here at the American EV Jobs Alliance! Right after the election we conducted, with our pals at Hill Research Consultants, a new national poll on the attitudes voters/consumers have about EVs. Unlike other market research in the automotive sector, we look at the battle to depoliticize…

February 4, 2025

Directly Current Episode 15: Rep. Ro Khanna on Industrial Policy, EVs Under Trump

Ro Khanna is the Democratic House representative of CA-17, better known as Silicon Valley. He’s a popular progressive candidate, serving his fourth term, but he’s also pro-business. He wrote a book on American entrepreneurship and manufacturing, taught at Stanford, and was once close with tech titans like Elon Musk.

January 22, 2025

Directly Current Episode 14: Gasoline Superusers and State Policy with Matthew Metz (Coltura)

Directly Current returns for the new year in the wake of a new inauguration. Matthew Metz is a former trial lawyer and environmental advocate who’s discovered a dirty secret at Coltura: the people who drive the most in the country, often Republican, stand to save a lot of cash at…

December 11, 2024

Directly Current Episode 13: Holiday EV Shopper’s Guide With Tax Credits In Jeopardy

To round out the end of 2024, Max does a solo episode to break down all the nerdy goodness of the existing Inflation Reduction Act’s 30d Clean Vehicle Credit for new and used vehicles. Translation: how you might get an EV with $7,500 for the holidays before Trump potentially axes…

December 3, 2024

Directly Current Episode 12: Batteries, America, and Asian Dominance with Doron Myersdorf, StoreDot CEO

This week, to follow up Thanksgiving break and during lame duck season in the US, Max speaks to an expert across the pond to learn all about high-end battery production. Doron Myersdorf is the CEO of Israeli battery startup StoreDot, who promises to make an EV battery capable of charging…

November 19, 2024

Directly Current Episode 11: The State of US EV Policy with Former Tesla Exec. Rohan Patel

This week we spoke with former Obama White House climate advisor and Tesla business dev and policy guru, Rohan Patel. Rohan is a rare breed who represents both substantial public and private sector experience. In the episode he provides a lot of behind the scenes insight into pivotal moments at…

November 12, 2024

Directly Current Episode 10: What Trump’s Win Means For EVs with Jamie Butters of Automotive News

It’s been one crazy week. For the wonks at the EV Politics Project, we were wondering what Trump’s return to Washington and Republican congressional majorities could mean for future for electric cars. Luckily for Max Patten and Mike Murphy, they had the privilege of chatting with Executive Editor of Automotive…