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April 8, 2024
The GOP War on EVJobs Has Big Political Risk in 2024

I’ve got an Op-ed in the latest Politico Magazine on why endlessly trashing EVs is such a dangerous strategy for my fellow Republicans. Read it here.

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April 1, 2024
Elon at the Crossroads

Hat tip to Dr. Hill who forwarded this interesting Yahoo Finance item on new market research on the growing tension between Elon Musk’s evolving brand and Tesla’s. The story quotes new research from market data firm Caliber showing Elon’s increasing embrace of MAGA populism is costing Tesla sales.

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March 30, 2024
EVs, PRCs… and Presidential Politics.

Smart piece by Bill Scher in Washington Monthly about China and the politics of EVs in the 2024 Presidential Election. Check it out.

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March 29, 2024
Cars Are Not Bought, They Are Sold!

Our Exec Director Joe Sacks — soon to be blogging here as well — caught this great piece about how really effective salmon sell EVs. One salesman in Minnesota — yes, Minnesota — is the top producer at his Ford store and loves to sell EVs. It’s a great and…

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February 29, 2024
Polling Data Deck

Just had a fun time on the Out of Spec podcast with Francie and cited a bunch of our polling data. You can download the data deck right here.

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February 24, 2024
Breathe Easier, with an EV

The American Lung Association has weighed in electric vehicles and clean power with an impressive report about EVs, children and clean air. The findings? Switching to zero emissions transportation and electricity generation between now and 2050, would prevent an estimated 3 million pediatric asthmas attacks and millions of other negative…

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February 19, 2024
Signal vs Noise on EV Sales

EV sales surging! EV sales dropping! There are so many conflicting claims out there it is hopelessly confusing to causal observers who would just like to get a basic idea of what is going on with EV sales. So here is a bit of clarity from your pals at the…

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February 17, 2024
The Waffle House Moment

I noted a fun item in Green Car Reports: a new NEVI funded EV fast charger had opened two doors down from a Tennessee Waffle House. That, I thought, will be a great inflection moment when the history of electrification is written. The Tennessee location is…

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February 11, 2024
Shocker! Republicans and Democrats Agree!

While our polling shows there is plenty Repubs and Dems disagree on when it comes to EVs, there actually is something they agree on! Money. We asked people to rank the top reasons to buy or lease an electric vehicle. There was plenty of agreement between Republican and Democratic…

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February 5, 2024
Economizing!

The Economist did a nice piece on our mission to fix the GOP’s EV problem in its new issue… Read Here.

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February 5, 2024
Meet Elon Musk v2.0

Our polling shows a fascinating polarization surrounding Elon Musk. Put simply, Democrats and people who say climate change is a serious problem that must be addressed do not like Elon Musk. That’s quite a change from where Elon started as the visionary who put modern mass adoption of EVs into…

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February 3, 2024
Chat GPI and the 1 Car Sale

Saw a fun item in the news where a Chevy dealer in Watsonville, California using an AI system to engage customers got the surprise of a lifetime when a canny hacker/consumer talked the AI into selling him a new 2024 Chevy Tahoe for… one dollar! I’m sure it was…

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