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October 29, 2024

Directly Current Episode 8: Tesla’s Continued Dominance & Robotaxi Shenanigans with Corey Cantor (BloombergNEF)

There’s no question that when it comes to selling EVs in the US, and making a profit on them, Tesla is still king. But between an erratic CEO, public scrutiny over delay after delay on self driving promises, and signs of flagging demand in key markets like California, there’s some…

October 22, 2024

Directly Current Episode 7: Building Chargers & Promoting Jobs With DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg

Welcome back to Directly Current. This week, we’ve got a special guest: Secretary of the Department of Transportation Pete Buttigieg! The Secretary talks about the economic boost the EV industry is giving communities across the country, including his hometown of South Bend, Indiana. The Secretary and Max cover a…

October 15, 2024

EV Political Advertising in the 2024 Election Cycle

We took a look at the EV-related political advertising at this point in the election cycle and the results were sobering. Find our memo below which outlines our findings. Version updated 10/22 below:…

October 15, 2024

Directly Current Episode 6: Battery Nationalism and Geopolitics with The Information’s Steve LeVine

Has the US lost its manufacturing nerve? EVs and China has become intertwined, mostly because China has developed an unassailable lead in making the most important and most expensive component of any electric car. They aren’t just a political target just of Donald Trump, who led the charge on…

October 10, 2024

Mike Murphy talking Michigan and Metal Bending on Morning Joe

Our fearless leader, Mike Murphy, made the case on Morning Joe that Michigan is mission critical for both presidential campaigns and that EVs have become a central issue in the fight for the Wolverine state. Luckily, there’s way to play offense on EVs. We hope this playbook is deployed…

October 10, 2024

Here’s What Harris Must Do to Seal the Deal

25 days to go and Jonathan Martin at Politico has a great story about ways she can close strong to win the race. Something to emulate? JMart mentions her stop in Flint Michigan where she talked about the thousands of jobs the EV industry is creating in the critical…

October 8, 2024

Directly Current Episode 5: We Learn About Dealers and EV Myths with Elena Ciccotelli!

Max speaks to Elena Ciccotelli of the “EVs 4 Everyone” Podcast to get some insights on the industry, the dealership perspective, as well as break down some common social media EV misconceptions that are unfortunately going viral. There’s a lot of good stuff here, down to the end where…

October 4, 2024

The Atlantic: The EV Culture Wars Aren’t What They Seem

Interesting take on the EV political divide by the Atlantic, where we offer our perspective. Check it out here.

October 4, 2024

Vance won’t commit to $500M federal grant for building EVs at Michigan auto plant

Every time we look up we see EVs in the spotlight during the home stretch of the campaign. But this developing story really caught our attention, and is yet another data point for how the divide on this issue could cost American industry and workers. Detroit News is…

October 1, 2024

Directly Current Episode 4: We Pick An EV For David Axelrod!

Political correspondent and campaign legend David Axelrod joins Directly Current to sit down with Max and find a new EV to drive after not liking his first one! Yes, political junkies need to drive too. We may not get to a conclusion right away but boy does David have some…

September 25, 2024

Directly Current Episode 3: America’s Surprisingly Bright EV Future ft. Andrew Lambrecht

Directly Current is back with its third episode and guest Andrew Lambrecht — a young go getter who hasn’t even finished his engineering degree at Clemson University and has already reported on (Business Insider + InsideEVs), worked in, and been a part of the EV…

September 17, 2024

Directly Current Episode 2: EVs Have A Charging Problem

Directly Current, our newly launched podcast, is back for its second week with a duo interview! This time Max sat down with Karl Doenges from the North American Convenience Store Association and John Eichberger from the Transportation Energy Institute. Aside from the long acronyms, these organizations represent folks who could…