Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast

EVs for All America
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EV journalist and law student Max Patten speaks to experts in government and the auto business to de-polarize electric cars and learn about how they’re key for a renewal of American manufacturing and the survival of our auto industry.

  1. NOV 11

    The Multifamily Charging Problem In California with Dan Krassner

    Executive director of EVs for All America, Dan Krassner, joins Max to discuss the work that our team has been doing on local advocacy in California to make installing charging in apartments and multifamily units a lot easier. Californian apartment dwellers make up more than the population of at least 30 US states, and they'd be a huge get for EV ownership if the lower costs and home charging convenience worked out for them. With some polling and research, Dan and Max go over what might work and why the tide's on the side of more charging in apartments. ▶️ Watch the episode: YouTube Listen on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform Resources and Links: https://www.evsforallamerica.org/news/category/multifamily-charging/ ⚡ Stay Plugged In Subscribe to Directly Current Support EVs for All America Visit the EV Politics merch store

    28 min

  2. OCT 28

    Electric Era's Bet on Retail EV Charging, with Quincy Lee

    Ex-SpaceX engineer and founder Quincy joins Max once more to talk EV charging with his company Electric Era's new launch, RetailEdge. It's a sleek unit that uses AI and a friendly interface to make charging easier while allowing retailers who host charging sites to get customers in the door of their establishment and spending money. ▶️ Watch the episode: YouTube Listen on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform Resources and Links: https://electricera.tech/products/retailedge ⚡ Stay Plugged In Subscribe to Directly Current Support EVs for All America Visit the EV Politics merch store

    33 min

  3. OCT 14

    The Utility Side of EVs with Dawn Neville (PSE&G)

    PSE&G is New Jersey's largest utility and is over a century old, but under Dawn Neville's team they're doing an agile and decent job of adapting to EVs with programs that subsidize home charging and forecast load for necessary grid uprades. Max speaks with Dawn to learn more about the challenges a utility faces with EVs, as well as some of the opportunities that come about from peak shaving and distributed energy storage from EV batteries. ▶️ Watch the episode: YouTube Listen on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform Resources and Links: PSE&G's EV Programs ⚡ Stay Plugged In Subscribe to Directly Current Support EVs for All America Visit the EV Politics merch store

    29 min

  4. SEP 30

    John Voelcker on Hybrids, Cheap EVs, and Detroit's Problems

    John Voelcker has been reporting on EVs and hybrids for longer than almost anyone. The editor in chief of Green Car Reports for almost a decade, and now a frequent freelancer for magazines like Car and Driver and websites like InsideEVs, John is an engineer by training who has reported on major developments like General Motor's turnaround on producing batteries as well as the formation of the IONNA national charging network. Max and John go over The history of hybrids from the Prius to today and the complexities and problems with "plug-in" models The state of the US auto market, including the fortunes of the big three and their success in investing in EVs Cheap EVs finally within reach including the new Nissan LEAF and Slate Pickup Truck The Chinese market and the untested promise of the software defined vehicle ▶️ Watch the episode: YouTube Listen on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform Resources and Links: John's Side Project: Tempting Fate Tours ⚡ Stay Plugged In Subscribe to Directly Current Support EVs for All America Visit the EV Politics merch store

    38 min

  5. SEP 16

    Mike Murphy on Hyundai ICE Raid in Georgia, Chatting with Gov. Newsom + News Roundup

    It's time for a news roundup on Directly Current, and Max is joined by Republican strategist and EVs for All America boss Mike Murphy to discuss the positive market developments in German and American EV manufacturing, as well as some bad news with an ICE raid at Hyundai and LG Energy Solutions' battery plant in Georgia which went about as well as an episode of Keystone Cops. Max and Mike go over BMW's Awesome Neue Klasse Platform debuted at the IAA in Germany with 400 miles of range and very rapid charging (15 minute 10–80%) Mike's sitdown with Gavin Newsom on apartment and multifamily charging for over 7 million citizens in California Ford's American plan to reinvent the Assembly of Cars and Build a $30,000 EV Pickup Truck The Hyundai ICE immigration raid, the South Korean government's response, and the implications for US manufacturing Mike's summer EV road trips in his BMW iX and the good news of fast charging deployment ▶️ Watch the episode: YouTube Listen on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform Resources and Links: Electric for All at the MAGNET Conference IRS Guidance on EV tax credits phaseout (Act before September 30th!) ⚡ Stay Plugged In Subscribe to Directly Current Support EVs for All America Visit the EV Politics merch store

    35 min

  6. SEP 2

    Electric for Everyone with Josh Boone (Veloz)

    Veloz is a nonprofit leading the charge with a national messaging campaign to sell the public on EVs—not for environmental advocacy but for practical cost of ownership and tangible benefits. Josh Boone, their executive director, joins Max for a chat on their new Electric for All campaign we've partnered with them on—featuring the iconic voice of Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation). Max and Josh go over The progress EVs have made in adoption in just the last few years The major investments automakers have made which have yet to fully realize The improving technology making range and charging concerns of the past The environmental concerns people have about EVs and their wrong assumptions ▶️ Watch the episode: YouTube Listen on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform Resources and Links: Electric for All IRS Guidance on EV tax credits phaseout ⚡ Stay Plugged In Subscribe to Directly Current Support EVs for All America Visit the EV Politics merch store

    29 min

  7. JUL 22

    Building a Better Battery (in America) with Deeana Ijaz, Our Next Energy

    Our Next Energy (ONE) is developing LFP battery cells in Michigan. If you're an EV nerd, you know how big of a deal that is. These kinds of chemistries are what are going to enable durable, long lasting, and most importantly, affordable EVs and China already specializes in them and currently basically chokes the world's supply, not just in terms of minerals, but also IP know-how and manufacturing for this super valuable battery chemistry. But ONE came to the market at a time a few years ago with a promise to make a hybrid battery, called Gemini, utilizing some LFP and an anode-free manganese-rich chemistry to give you the best of all worlds—performance and long range. They demonstrated this in a BMW iX chassis showing that vehicle to double its factory range at the time. The Gemini battery never came to market in production cars.  However, ONE has been toiling away quietly—working on continuing LFP chemistries for not only the automotive industry, but also battery energy storage systems, which are crucially important in the age of AI and data center where we can't make our grid resilient quickly enough. Max speaks with the Chief Strategist at One, Deeana Ijaz. , She's the daughter of the founder and CEO Mijeeb Ijaz. Deanna  come from a neuroscience and public health policy background but is leading the charge at ONE in turbulent times for the automotive industry to survive and thrive. Watch the full episode on YouTube Or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. More about Our Next Energy Stay plugged in: Support our work at American EV Jobs Alliance Shop EV Politics merch

    27 min

  8. JUL 8

    Making EVs An Electric Grid Asset, with WeaveGrid CEO Apoorv Bhargava

    You've probably heard that the electric grid is under severe strain and that electric cars are of no help. And this is in some ways a little bit overblown, but it's also true, particularly in the era of large data centers and AI. But it doesn't have to be that way. Electric vehicles can be part of the solution. We've spoken on this show briefly before about concepts like vehicle to grid and vehicles like the Ford F-150 lightning being used as a home backup power source but to do grid solutions at scale. That's going to take a lot of smart software and coordination, enter WeaveGrid. WeaveGrid CEO Apoorv Bhargava speaks with Max Patten on how they work with utilities, OEMs, and customers to enable a new kind of smarter power grid. The upshot for ratepayers, aka customers? You pay less and maybe even realize incentives for letting your EV flexibly charge (and one day, discharge) while you sleep. Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-uyEtDhQVT8 Or listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more: WeaveGrid Incentive Finder WeaveGrid's Active Programs for Drivers/Consumers Stay plugged in: Subscribe to Directly Current Support our work at American EV Jobs Alliance Shop EV Politics merch

    32 min
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EV journalist and law student Max Patten speaks to experts in government and the auto business to de-polarize electric cars and learn about how they’re key for a renewal of American manufacturing and the survival of our auto industry.

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