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July 23, 2024
What the New Presidential Race Means for EVs

After a tumultuous week in American politics, the GOP has introduced a VP nominee and there’s a new top of the ticket for the Dems. Many have asked us how JD Vance and Kamala Harris impact the political and policy discussion around EVs. The short answer is we have…

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July 16, 2024
Say it Ain’t So, EVgo!

CPOs are too important to electrification to have bad messaging and such poor communications savvy.

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June 11, 2025
Directly Current Episode 24: Charging Ahead with Electric Era CEO Quincy Lee

Reliable DC Fast Charging is still hit-or-miss in 2025. While Tesla has opened its Supercharger network to other automakers, many EV drivers — especially those with newer, high-voltage vehicles — struggle to find stations that deliver full power where they need it most, like outside a Costco or on the…

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June 3, 2025
UPDATE: More Context on NJ Turnpike Tesla Charger Removal

As reported by InsideEVs staff writer Suvrat Kothari, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) has requested the removal of 64 Tesla Superchargers from service plazas along one of the busiest highway corridors in the Northeast. The chargers are being decommissioned to make way for new stations operated by…

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May 27, 2025
Mike On Batteries Included

When you get the chance, listen to Mike and Batteries Included hosts Tom Moloughney and Domenick Yoney. Mike talks through the potential implications of the Big Beautiful Bill that just passed the House, and what we’re doing here at the American EV Jobs Alliance to fight against the worst…

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May 27, 2025
Directly Current Episode 23: Improving EV Towing and Camping with Lightship CEO, Toby Kraus

Electric towing is hard, particularly when you’re hauling a big family-sized camper that can halve a Rivian’s range. Lightship is a startup that’s laser-focused on solving that pickle by engineering a smart trailer that not only makes itself more aerodynamic in motion, but also pulls its own weight with an…

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May 23, 2025
How Electric Vehicles are Targeted by the Republican Policy Bill

As usual, Jack Ewing has a great write up on the implications of the House’s tax and policy bill on EVs. As he writes, “If passed by the Senate and signed into law by President Trump, the bill would sharply slow the sales and production of battery-powered cars and…

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May 21, 2025
House Republicans Are Ignoring the First Rule of Political Survival

The “Big, Beautiful Bill” is shaping up to be a disaster for the EV and auto industry. For a full rundown on how it’s shaping up, check out this breakdown. In Bloomberg today, Ron Brownstein wrote about how this bill is working against the political best-interest (and the…

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May 19, 2025
Directly Current Episode 22: The Long, Messy Road To Desirable EVs with Declan Kavanaugh

Long before the Tesla Roadster or GM EV.1 were a twinkle in engineers’ eyes, there were people hard at work making whacky electric cars in their garages. Declan Kavanaugh, a college student and budding engineer interning at startup Telo Trucks, is one such enthusiast, taking pride in buying cheap EV…

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May 16, 2025
Electric shock: The Chinese threat to Europe’s industrial heartland

Thanks to Michael Dunne’s tweet, we’ve been staring at this chart all day. We recommend reading the full report here, curtesy of the European Council of Foreign Relations. As Congress is threatening to pull investment from the U.S auto industry, we would do well to think about how…

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May 12, 2025
Congress Just Took A Step Toward Killing The $7,500 EV Tax Credit

Today the House Ways and Means released what many have been waiting for, the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill”. Find language for the proposal attached. Although expected and feared by many in the industry, this proposal would axe the consumer subsidy for most vehicles by the next year. As noted…

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May 6, 2025
Why 35 House Democrats Joined Republicans Against a Major Climate Policy

Check out this recent article in The New York Times discussing the strange political bedfellows of the California EV transition policy. Though it’s not clear that Congress can strip California of their waiver to create such policy, 25 Democrats crossed over with Republicans in a recent vote to…

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May 1, 2025
Proposed EV Annual Fee of $250

As a signal of how skeptical the current Congress is of EVs, there’s now momentum around charging all EVs $250 per year. The funds would go to the Highway Trust Fund, which is facing a $150B a year shortfall over the next five years. We suggest you read…

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April 29, 2025
Directly Current Episode 21: Building Electric Trucks In America (with Harbinger Motors’ John Harris)

Harbinger Motors is making medium-duty electric trucks right here in America. While some OEMs have rolled out light duty vans for deliveries, John Harris wants to make chassis for vehicles with higher gross vehicle weight ratings for delivery customers. It’s a niche that Harbinger is filling with proprietary motor technology,…

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