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February 17, 2025

We’re a month out from the EV Charging Summit in Vegas! For those attending, look out for Mike’s talk on Monday morning, 3/25, on our new polling on the EV-political divide, and how we can overcome it. Also please be sure to check out the American EV…

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February 13, 2025

The Federal “NEVI” program to fund more EV charging infrastructure has been a source of great confusion and frankly,  plenty of deliberate and malicious anti-EV misinformation. Now, with President Trump firing off Executive Orders trying to strangle the NEVI program just as it really begins to ramp up there is…

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February 12, 2025

Check out Mike and John’s conversation on Autoline about our recent report on Elon and Tesla!

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February 4, 2025

We’ve been busy here at the American EV Jobs Alliance!  Right after the election we conducted, with our pals at Hill Research Consultants, a new national poll on the attitudes voters/consumers have about EVs.  Unlike other market research in the automotive sector, we look at the battle to depoliticize…

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January 23, 2025

2025 looks like a watershed year for EVs in the U.S. and around the world.  A few thoughts… Let’s start with Washington DC. We have a new President and the fight over subsidies left from the Biden administration will be big.  On one hand President-elect Trump has been bashing EV…

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December 27, 2024

OK, here’s an update on the EVgo “Walking Dead” station Robertson Blvd in Los Angeles!  Progress! You may remember our post on this site earlier this year, and I’ve been carping about this for months.  A really nice EVgo station with like 9 charging bays, sitting there behind…

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aerial photography of four cars surrounded with people
December 18, 2024

Thomas Friedman recently wrote about his trip to China. We suggest you read the whole piece, but we thought one section was particularly relevant for our mission and work. “Trump has vowed to make America great again by doubling down on drill-baby-drill gas guzzlers and …

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December 17, 2024

Big scoop from Reuters today on Trump Admin 2.0 plans for EVs. In short: Though we applaud the battery focus, there are a lot of troubling ideas here on the demand side.  While the Trump administration can likely eliminate the $7500 lease credit soon after taking office on…

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U.S. capitol Hill during nighttime
December 17, 2024

As we approach the new year, we’ll begin to preview some exciting 2025 updates. Part I: Mike will be on the road talking politics, EVs, and how the new administration might impact the future of the industry. Catch him in late January at the SAE International Government/Industry Meeting (GIM)…

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November 15, 2024

Find our press release below reacting to the reports that the incoming Trump administration would kill the EV consumer credits.

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November 11, 2024

As you might have noticed, we’ve been focused on Michigan this election cycle. This presidential swing state was also the home to a hotly contested Senate race. We knew this political context would put Michigan, the historic home the American automotive industry, in the EV-crosshairs. Please find the report below…

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October 30, 2024

Mike recently appeared on Tom Moloughney’s State of Charge. Be sure to catch this great conversation where Mike talks through our recent Michigan poll, the millions of dollars spent on EV-related political ads this month, and the work we’re doing at the American EV Jobs Alliance to…

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