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On this episode of EV Hub Live, Atlas Public Policy’s Nick Nigro sits down with Abigail Hunter, Executive Director at the SAFE Center for Critical Minerals Strategy. Join us for an engaging conversation about how federal policy shifts, geopolitics, and the evolving electric vehicle landscape are once again reshaping America’s battery and critical mineral supply chains, and how these industries can adapt.

In this episode of EV Hub Live, Nick Nigro from Atlas Public Policy is joined by Josh Boone from Veloz to get the inside scoop on the largest EV public education campaign in the United States. Since launching in July, they’ve already reached millions of Americans, with the help of Parks and Recreation star Nick Offerman. The episode dives into how to empower drivers to go electric and save money, what messages really break through, and the big rush for buyers to get federal tax credits. Learn more at https://www.electricforall.org/

In this episode of EV Hub Live, Nick Nigro from Atlas Public Policy will be joined by Angela Barranco and Richard Parker from the Climate Group, and they’re bringing all the buzz about Climate Week NYC 2025. Curious about what’s new, who’s speaking, and the big ideas powering this year’s event from September 21-28? We’ve got you covered. Plus, we’ll break down the exciting relaunch of Climate Group’s EV100 initiative—find out how companies are stepping up for the EV transition.

In this episode of EV Hub Live, Nick Nigro from Atlas Public Policy hosts a discussion with Jennifer Hiller from the Wall Street Journal. We’ll expand beyond just EVs in this special episode to cover the sunset of IRA incentives following the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill. Jennifer will reflect on the differences in the lead-up to the enactment of two laws and share insights on what businesses were saying. We’ll also explore the risk to the clean economy manufacturing boom and how the clean energy industry is characterizing their future.

The Michigan economy depends on a vibrant automotive sector. With the industry moving closer to electrification and foreign competition, particularly from China, intensifying, the race for the future is well underway. In this episode of EV Hub Live, Tom Taylor from Atlas Public Policy will be joined by Sophia Schuster from the Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council and Glenn Stevens from MichAuto. They’ll pinpoint critical issues, evaluate the state of play in Michigan, and outline urgent actions needed to secure the state's future.

Hosting capacity maps for electricity distribution grid are becoming increasingly critical as electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure rapidly expands across the United States. These maps help project developers make informed decisions on where to optimally deploy EV chargers, ultimately lowering infrastructure costs and accelerating project timelines. In this episode of EV Hub Live, Lucy McKenzie from Atlas Public Policy will be joined by Cristina Botero and Shikhar Pandey from Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), along with Midhat Mafazy from the Interstate Energy Renewable Council (IREC), to explore the benefits and challenges of hosting capacity maps. As organizations actively involved in researching and implementing these maps, ComEd and IREC bring valuable perspectives to the discussion. The episode streamed live on Tuesday, April 15th at 2:30pm EST.

Join Atlas Public Policy for this episode of EV Hub Live. We are joined by Cassie Powers, Chief of Staff of the National Association of State Energy Officials and Phil Jones, Executive Director of the Alliance for Transportation Electrification. Our guests discuss what we can expect to happen in the year ahead and offer some reflections on developments from 2024. Their perspectives as leaders in the EV industry are especially relevant now, as changes in Washington following November’s election will likely result in changes to federal EV policy.

Last week, Donald Trump won the presidential election and Republicans took control of the Senate. Republicans are also likely to take control of the House of Representatives. Atlas Public Policy's founder, Nick Nigro, will sit down with Mike Murphy, CEO of the EV Politics Project, to discuss what the results mean for electric vehicles. The incoming President and Congress will significantly influence the outcomes of the substantial investments in electric vehicle and battery manufacturing made in recent years. Nick and Mike will unpack these issues and more.

In August, the Oakland Unified School District in California became the first major school district in the United States to fully electrify its school bus fleet. Each of the 74 electric school buses in the fleet has its own bi-directional charger, allowing the bus batteries to return energy to the grid when they are not being used. The fleet was made possible by Zum (www.ridezum.com), the leading provider of turnkey electric school bus solutions, and Pacific Gas and Electric, the electric utility which provides 2.7 MW to the site.  On this episode, Ritu Narayan, Founder and CEO of Zum, and Sarah Swickard, Vehicle Grid Integration Manager at PG&E, talk about the Oakland fleet as well as opportunities and challenges related to electric school buses.

At-home charging is the most common charging method among current EV drivers in the United States. It is convenient and reliable and less expensive than buying gasoline. However, people who live in apartments or condos often do not have access to a home charger, making EV ownership significantly more challenging. In order to achieve an equitable transition to EVs, these residents need convenient, reliable, and affordable charging options. In this episode, Malcolm Johnson from UC Berkeley and Ellen Kennedy from RMI discuss recent research their organizations published on EV charging at multifamily housing, including barriers, equitable solutions, and examples.

As electric vehicle adoption increases, the demand for critical minerals for batteries will also increase. There is an opportunity to create a closed loop minerals system through battery chemistry changes, energy density improvements, recycling, and other solutions. Already, chemistry changes and energy density improvements have significantly reduced virgin mineral demand. In this episode, E.J. Klock-McCook, principal of carbon-free transportation at RMI, and Daan Walter, principal of RMI’s strategy team, discuss recent research on this topic, including an RMI report released last month called “The Battery Mineral Loop: The path from extraction to circularity,” which explores what it would take to create a closed loop minerals system as we rapidly electrify transportation.

Electric vehicle sales continue to grow globally. Segments such as commercial vehicles and two- and three-wheelers have already reached very high levels of electrification—at 26 percent and 47 percent, respectively. However, electric vehicle growth is not consistent globally, and some markets have seen a decrease in the pace of electrification including in the United States. Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s recently-released 2024 Electric Vehicle Outlook covers these trends and others, including the pace of public charging deployment, the breakdown of EV sales by battery-electric vehicles vs. plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and EV investment and market opportunities. We are joined in this episode by Corey Cantor from BNEF to discuss key takeaways from the report.

The biggest barrier to a full zero-emission transportation future is infrastructure. Just like a national gas-powered transportation system needed coast-to-coast gas stations to be built and complex supply chain logistics to transport fuel across the country, EVs need charging infrastructure with ready access to grid-provided energy in order to power EVs for daily commute and long-distance travel alike. For that to happen, EV charging providers must work closely with utility providers to build that infrastructure together. Our guests Nadia El Mallakh and Brian Wilkie will discuss how utilities, charging providers, and the government can work together to accelerate our clean transportation transition.

With the anticipated announcement by EPA this week of the final version for its light-duty and medium-duty vehicle regulation, the transportation world is abuzz about the potential for two thirds of new passenger vehicles sold in 2032 to be EVs. To help you understand the implications of this rule, EV Hub Live is hosting experts Audrey LaForest from Automotive News and Chris Harto from Consumer Reports to discuss the details of the regulation, the response from the transportation industry, and the long-term impacts that this rule will have.

The Inflation Reduction Act aims to create nine million good jobs over the next decade, with ten percent of those jobs in clean manufacturing. This echoes the manufacturing boom that created the Steel Belt, bringing life to communities across the heartland of America. But that boom eventually led to the Rust Belt and a sense among manufacturing workers that they had been left behind. With labor movements on the rise, workers are becoming more optimistic for another growth of sustainable communities built around these good jobs. But with persistent supply chain challenges on the horizon and neighboring countries with lower labor costs developing advanced manufacturing capabilities, how can the U.S. keep new, clean, good jobs here at home? Our guests Anna Waldman-Brown from the DOE Office of Energy Jobs and Reem Rayef from BlueGreen Alliance will discuss the vision behind the IRA, how the labor movement can build good jobs, and how the U.S. can keep those good jobs and build sustainable communities.