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October 10, 2024

Mike Murphy talking Michigan and Metal Bending on Morning Joe

Our fearless leader, Mike Murphy, made the case on Morning Joe that Michigan is mission critical for both presidential campaigns and that EVs have become a central issue in the fight for the Wolverine state. Luckily, there’s way to play offense on EVs. We hope this playbook is deployed…

October 10, 2024

Here’s What Harris Must Do to Seal the Deal

25 days to go and Jonathan Martin at Politico has a great story about ways she can close strong to win the race. Something to emulate? JMart mentions her stop in Flint Michigan where she talked about the thousands of jobs the EV industry is creating in the critical…

October 8, 2024

Directly Current Episode 5: We Learn About Dealers and EV Myths with Elena Ciccotelli!

Max speaks to Elena Ciccotelli of the “EVs 4 Everyone” Podcast to get some insights on the industry, the dealership perspective, as well as break down some common social media EV misconceptions that are unfortunately going viral. There’s a lot of good stuff here, down to the end where…

October 4, 2024

The Atlantic: The EV Culture Wars Aren’t What They Seem

Interesting take on the EV political divide by the Atlantic, where we offer our perspective. Check it out here.

October 4, 2024

Vance won’t commit to $500M federal grant for building EVs at Michigan auto plant

Every time we look up we see EVs in the spotlight during the home stretch of the campaign. But this developing story really caught our attention, and is yet another data point for how the divide on this issue could cost American industry and workers. Detroit News is…

October 1, 2024

Directly Current Episode 4: We Pick An EV For David Axelrod!

Political correspondent and campaign legend David Axelrod joins Directly Current to sit down with Max and find a new EV to drive after not liking his first one! Yes, political junkies need to drive too. We may not get to a conclusion right away but boy does David have some…

September 25, 2024

Directly Current Episode 3: America’s Surprisingly Bright EV Future ft. Andrew Lambrecht

Directly Current is back with its third episode and guest Andrew Lambrecht — a young go getter who hasn’t even finished his engineering degree at Clemson University and has already reported on (Business Insider + InsideEVs), worked in, and been a part of the EV…

September 17, 2024

Directly Current Episode 2: EVs Have A Charging Problem

Directly Current, our newly launched podcast, is back for its second week with a duo interview! This time Max sat down with Karl Doenges from the North American Convenience Store Association and John Eichberger from the Transportation Energy Institute. Aside from the long acronyms, these organizations represent folks who could…

September 16, 2024

What Scared Ford’s CEO in China

Ford Motor Company’s CEO Jim Farley is all over the real and present threat of EVs made and manufactured in China. Recently, the WSJ published an article detailing how Farley’s trips to China have helped shape Ford’s EV strategy. We hope everyone in the auto industry, as well…

September 13, 2024

Murphy: Both presidential candidates are missing the mark on EVs

Check out Murphy’s op-ed in The Detroit News. It’s behind a paywall, but it’s worth it! Mike lays out why we launched the American EV Jobs Alliance, and how the Alliance’s work will help ensure voters think of EVs as job creators. Because they are. Here’s a preview: “The…

September 11, 2024

(Yet Another) Exciting Announcement: The Directly Current Podcast!

We’re excited to announce the launch of Directly Current, a podcast from EV Politics. The talented Max Patten from Out of Spec will host, and we have some awesome guests lined up. Find more information and ways to listen below! Directly Current is the new EV Politics podcast and will…

September 3, 2024

Fact-Checking Claims About EV Manufacturing, EVs, & Chargers

Now that we’re in the post-Labor Day sprint to November 5th, we wanted to share a piece by CleanTechnica which fact checks some of the EV misconceptions you might hear on the campaign trail. We hope you read, share, and stay informed.