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Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast

EVs for All America

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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32: Electric Era's Bet on Retail EV Charging, with...

Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast ·

2025/10/28

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

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

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2025/10/14

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,

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30: John Voelcker on Hybrids, Cheap EVs, and...

Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast ·

2025/09/30

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

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29: Mike Murphy on Hyundai ICE Raid in Georgia,...

Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast ·

2025/09/16

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

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28:36

28: Electric for Everyone with Josh Boone (Veloz)

Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast ·

2025/09/02

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

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26:56

27: Building a Better Battery (in America) with...

Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast ·

2025/07/22

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

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31:54

26: Making EVs An Electric Grid Asset, with WeaveGrid...

Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast ·

2025/07/08

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

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27:35

25: EV Fleets with Libby Bittman, Wex

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2025/06/24

One of the biggest sources of electrification isn't your home or your neighbors', but the commercial fleets and trucks that power American business. Wex is a company doing fuel card services, but their EV charging solutions have taken off and they're continuing to invest in it despite federal headwinds. In this episode of Directly Current, host Max Patten speaks to Libby Bittman, the Business Development Director for EVs and Mobility at Wex. Previously, she's worked at companies like ChargePoint,

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24: Charging Ahead with Electric Era, CEO Quincy Lee

Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast ·

2025/06/10

Max speaks to Quincy Lee, founder and CEO of Electric Era, a charging business that's integrating high-quality hardware with smart software and batteries to deploy rapidly at retailers like Costco for low cost. It's a story of entrepreneurship, quality-obsession, and paving the infrastructure for the future.Electric Era's Site Quincy's Twitter Quincy's LinkedIn American EV Jobs Alliance Messaging Campaign Subscribe to Directly Current

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31:44

23: Improving EV Towing and Camping with Toby Kraus,...

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2025/05/27

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 e-axle and independent battery system. It's a clever piece of tech but it also costs a pretty penny.Max speaks with Toby Kraus, the CEO of Lightship, on what it's like building EV hardware in

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36:32

22: The Long, Messy Road To Desirable EVs with Declan...

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2025/05/14

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 curiosity projects from the 1970s and restoring them with modern-day battery technology and upgrades. He documents his efforts in entertaining fashion on YouTube.This episode is a fun one for the nerds

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28:25

21: Building Electric Trucks In America (with...

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2025/04/29

Harbinger Motors is making medium-duty electric trucks in America, which believe it or not, almost no one else is. While Rivian, GM, Ford, and Daimler 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 with those needs. Of course, we talk tariffs—an ongoing and changing development for the auto industry—and how his company is dealing with them through vertical integration.Mentioned

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41:30

20: Tesla in the Crosshairs (with Andrew Lambrecht)

Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast ·

2025/04/15

Andrew Lambrecht owns a Tesla Model 3, freelance writes for several EV publications, and is a graduating engineering student who's interned at startups like Lucid Motors. Max speaks to him to get a sense of where Tesla lies as a company in 2025 amidst a chaotic and unpredictable CEO, global headwinds, an aging product lineup, and revolt among some of its most formerly loyal customers.While we've explored the polling data behind this at EV Politics (and will continue to do so!) it's worth hearing

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19: Live Crew Show From EVCS in Vegas

Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast ·

2025/04/01

Max, Mike, Joe, and Sarah from the EV Politics team break down the goings-on at the EV Charging Summit and Expo live from Las Vegas. They also react in real time to the 25% imported car tariff. Special guest star Tom Moloughney!Subscribe to Directly Current Learn More About the American EV Jobs Alliance

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18: How To Make EV Charging Profitable ft. Stable...

Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast ·

2025/03/18

EV charging is a hard business, and it's only gotten tougher with the federal axing of incentive programs like NEVI. But Rohan Puri, CEO and co-founder of Stable, thinks there's a way to make it sustainable in the long term. His company uses data analytics so that site hosts can have happy accounts and keep deploying electrons to a growing population of EV drivers.Check out Stable's Site and Data Insights Subscribe to Directly Current Learn More About the American EV Jobs Alliance

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17: The EV Transition is Messy, But Inevitable ft....

Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast ·

2025/03/04

Max speaks with Mike Colias, WSJ autos reporter and author of "Inevitable: Inside The Messy, Unstoppable Transition to Electric Vehicles" about his just-published book and the stories of American innovation and manufacturing he encountered along the way, from the booming low-interest early 2020s to the messy reality of today's EV transition amidst a hostile Trump administration. Order Mike's Book Subscribe to Directly Current Learn More About the American EV Jobs Alliance

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16: EV Charging's Rapid Improvement with Tom...

Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast ·

2025/02/18

Tom Moloughney—who hosts State of Charge on YouTube, maintains an EV charging news site, and cohosts 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. Max speaks with him on developments in DC fast charging as well as how normal people can know how to pick a good "Level 2" charger for their home.Subscribe to State of Charge: @StateOfChargeWithTomMoloughney Read His Charger Reviews and News Subscribe to Directly

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15: Rep. Ro Khanna on American Industry, EVs Under Trump

Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast ·

2025/02/04

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 moderate and pro-business. He wrote a book on American entrepreneurship and manufacturing, has taught at Stanford, and been close with tech leaders like Elon Musk. Max speaks with the vocal and talented Congressman to get an idea of how Democrats can seize the moment, and message the future to weary Americans in the wake of Trump's

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28:56

14: Gasoline Superusers and State Environmental...

Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast ·

2025/01/21

EVs may be on a mission to save the planet, but they could also save some of our country’s most frequent drivers by being much cheaper to run. Matthew Metz, founder of data and policy firm Coltura, joins the show to talk how gasoline superusers can save on EVs and give Max some legislative and political insights into how battles over electric car policy at the state level might play out.Calculate EV Savings on Coltura’s Site Subscribe to Directly Current Learn More About the American EV Jobs

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13: Your EV Holiday Shopping Guide Before The Tax...

Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast ·

2024/12/10

Max goes over how to bargain hunt for a new, or used, or even leased EV with the looming death of the Inflation Reduction Act's clean vehicle tax credit.Eligible New Cars Eligible Old Cars Learn More About the American EV Jobs Alliance

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