EV Hub Live
35 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -EV Hub Live is a first-of-its-kind video podcast recorded live and distributed for free to the public policy community working to advance transportation electrification. Hosted by Atlas Public Policy’s founder, Nick Nigro, the podcast will run at least once a month and be focused on presenting valuable content to the public policy professional. As the podcast will be recorded live, listeners will be able to ask guests questions in real-time. Visit our YouTube Channel for the video version of each episode. Visit EV Hub to learn more.
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Episodes
EPA Passenger Rule Rollout
March 22, 2024 18:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBWith 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, a...
Building a Clean Economy Workforce
February 27, 2024 20:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBThe 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 comm...
Transportation Electrification in 2024
January 25, 2024 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBAtlas Public Policy rings in the new year with Gabe Klein, Executive Director of the U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation. In this episode, we'll hear about what impacts the Joint Office has made thus far, what they hope to accomplish in 2024, and how those efforts will affect the wider EV and charging markets in the United States to drive us toward a zero-emission transportation future.
A Car-Free EV Revolution
November 30, 2023 18:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBWhen we think about EVs, many people immediately imagine electric cars quickly and quietly zipping down the highway. But for our guests today, the EV future includes alternative forms of transportation—like electric bicycles and scooters, or electric buses and rail. Our guests Stephanie Lotshaw from TransitCenter and Mike Salisbury from the City and County of Denver will discuss the importance of developing and providing alternatives to electric cars in an EV future, particularly in metropol...
EV Charging, Equity, and Building Code Policy
October 19, 2023 19:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBAs EV adoption continues to grow, drivers will need ready access to charging infrastructure that can power their ride. States need to ensure that both commercial and residential property developers are thinking ahead and building for an EV-driven future. On this episode of EV Hub Live, special guest host Zack Strauss—the host of Atlas’s Buildings Hub Live—will interview Vanessa Warheit from the EV Charing for All Coalition and Adam Berry from the Colorado Energy Office about how states are a...
An EV Update from DC
September 25, 2023 17:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBWith the federal fiscal year coming to a close this month and the race for 2024 beginning in earnest, Atlas Public Policy's founder, Nick Nigro, sits down with Politico's Tanya Snyder and Automotive News' Audrey LaForest to chat about the latest EV policy and funding issues at the federal level. They'll cover the budget debate in Washington, pending EPA/NHTSA rules, and the implementation of IIJA/IRA. They'll also discuss how EVs are factoring into campaigns for 2024.
The Road to a Circular EV Battery Economy
August 30, 2023 20:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBFor this episode of EV Hub Live, we hear from Jordan Brinn from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) on building a sustainable EV battery market through policy, funding, and research. Brinn recently authored “Building Batteries Better: Doing the Best With Less” and is a transportation electrification policy expert. The conversation will be facilitated by Atlas Public Policy founder, Nick Nigro. Join us today at 3PM EST.
Build It and They Will Charge
August 02, 2023 18:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBWidespread EV charging deployment is in the works, and funding through programs like NEVI is beginning to take shape. As we work to build a nationwide charging network, robust relationships between utilities, charging installers, and site hosts will need to form for seamless deployment. In this episode, we’ll hear perspectives from Rachael Nealer from the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, Lang Reynolds from Circle K and Brian Wilke from National Grid on key challenges such as permit...
Advancing Equity Through NEVI
July 12, 2023 19:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBNEVI is one of the first Justice40-covered programs to be implemented nationally, and we now have a chance to avoid repeating harmful transportation investments in underserved communities. Through conversations with stakeholders and a comprehensive review of initial state NEVI plans, we’ll hear from EV equity advocates Rachel Patterson from Evergreen and Moe Khatib from Atlas Public Policy on how states can lead on equitable charging deployment centering disadvantaged communities.
EV Hub Live: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Contracting for EV Fast Charging
May 31, 2023 19:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBThis episode of EV Hub Live brings together Atlas founder Nick Nigro, Atlas Public Policy analyst Zachary Strauss and Virginia Smith Reeder from The Eastern Transportation Coalition.
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Contracting for EV Fast Charging
May 31, 2023 19:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBThis episode of EV Hub Live brings together Atlas founder Nick Nigro, Atlas Public Policy analyst Zachary Strauss and Virginia Smith Reeder from The Eastern Transportation Coalition.
A Workforce Built to Last
April 28, 2023 19:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBCompanies working on EVs are doing really tough stuff. In order to build something special, you often need a team that stays together through thick and thin. In this episode, we’ll talk with two EV experts who’ve been with their companies for more than 15 years. We’ll find out what it is about working at their companies that makes them stick around.
The Rise of a Domestic EV Battery Industry
March 22, 2023 19:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBThis episode of EV Hub Live brings together Atlas founder Nick Nigro, Michael Tubman from Lucid Motors, and Jeff Werner from Panasonic to discuss the rise of a domestic EV battery industry, and how battery technology is changing.
Reporting on Climate and the Midterms
December 01, 2022 17:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBThis episode of EV Hub Live brings together Atlas founder Nick Nigro, Tanya Snyder from Politico, and Rebecca Leber from Vox to discuss the key climate outcomes from the election and what it means for climate action moving forward. The conversation will cover both the places where EVs and other climate measures were specifically on the ballot and climate action in the wake of the midterms.
NEVI Gonna Give You Up
October 25, 2022 19:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBThis episode of EV Hub Live brings together Atlas founder Nick Nigro, Dr Shawn Wilson, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and Kay Kelly, Chief, Office of Innovative Mobility, Colorado Department of Transportation to discuss the next steps for Colorado and Louisiana in implementing NEVI funding.
Breaking Down the IRA
August 05, 2022 18:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBThis episode of EV Hub Live brings together Atlas founder Nick Nigro, Katherine Stainken of the Electrification Coalition and Robbie Orvis of Energy Innovation to discuss the EV elements in the recently released draft of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Critical Minerals for an EV Future
May 31, 2022 18:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBThis episode of EV Hub Live brings together Atlas founder Nick Nigro, Ethan Elkind, Director, Climate Program, Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at UC Berkeley and Abigail Wulf, Director, Critical Minerals Strategy at SAFE, to discuss critical minerals and how to ensure our supply chains can meet future EV demand.
ENSURING THE JUICE IS WORTH THE SQUEEZE: EV Charger Reliability
April 13, 2022 19:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBIn this episode of EV Hub Live, we sit down with Kameale Terry, CEO of ChargerHelp! and Cory Bullis, Senior Public Affairs Specialist at FLO to talk about the nuts and bolts of reliable EV charging.
BRAKING! Covering the EV Transition
February 10, 2022 01:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBIn this episode of EV Hub Live, we sit down with Arianna Skibell of Politico and Jennifer Hiller of the Wall Street Journal to talk about their experience covering the EV transition. Jennifer is an energy reporter and wrote a strong and data filled story about EVs and the cost of charging. Arianna is a climate and transportation reporter and wrote a fascinating and winding history of the Postal Service’s transition to EVs. We will talk about the EV stories that both journalists have covered...
EVs: The E is for Equity
December 16, 2021 19:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBThis episode of EV Hub Live brings together Atlas founder Nick Nigro and two leaders in the mobility, equity, and transportation electrification space from the Greenlining Institute: Hana Creger, Senior Program Manager, Climate Equity and Román Partida-López, Legal Counsel, Environmental Equity. Hana and Román bring years of experience and expertise on equity and EVs and will discuss how investments can better incorporate equity.
Infrastructure Takes Center Stage
November 23, 2021 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBThis episode of EV Hub Live brings together Atlas founder Nick Nigro, Deputy National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi and Adam Ruder from NYSERDA to talk about the signing of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the proposed Build Back Better legislation and what these developments mean for the electric vehicle market and for EV-related state programs.
The Southeast Goes Electric
September 30, 2021 19:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MBThe report, Transportation Electrification in the Southeast (2021) prepared by Atlas and SACE, found that the Southeast (including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee), saw significant growth in transportation electrification over the past 12 months. The Southeast for instance makes up 18 percent of national population, but 37 percent of all manufacturing investment and saw large increases in EV sales, approved utility investment and charging infrastructu...
Plugging into the Electric School Bus Transition
August 04, 2021 18:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBSchool buses constitute 80 percent of buses around the country – but only one percent of school buses are electrified. Sue Gander of WRI and Matt Stanberry of Highland Electric are leading the school bus electrification transition from two complementary standpoints. WRI have laid out their ambition to create “unstoppable momentum” to electrify all 480,000 school buses in the United States by 2030, centering equity in the process. Meanwhile, Highland Electric is behind the largest electric sc...
Can Ride-Hailing and Electric Vehicles be a Match Made in Heaven?
July 13, 2021 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBCalifornia announced in May a mandate that 90 percent of miles logged by Uber and Lyft drivers must be electric by the end of the decade. The aggressive timeline could make ride-hailing one of the first transportation modes to go all electric. Meanwhile, research by RMI shows that electrifying these services could help build a bridge to a more equitable future. In this episode of EV Hub Live, Nick Nigro will sit down with EJ Klock-McCook of RMI and Adam Gromis of Uber to talk through the up...
Roadmap Roundup
June 22, 2021 20:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBForth’s Roadmap Conference is one of the premiere EV conferences in the world. Every year, the EV community convenes in Portland, Oregon to explore emerging trends, share best practices and lessons learned, and build the road ahead. Like last year, this year’s conference will be virtual but the event promises to be full of valuable information for all who can attend. In this episode of EV Hub Live, Nick Nigro will be joined by Jeff Allen, the Executive Director of Forth, the organizer of t...
Charging and the Road to 100% Passenger EV Sales
April 23, 2021 12:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBResearch is starting to pile up on what the United States could look like with widescale transportation electrification. On April 8th, Atlas released findings from a deep dive on charging infrastructure investment needs to achieve 100 percent passenger EV sales by 2035. The research concluded over $87 billion in investments in charging infrastructure will be needed over the next decade, including $39 billion for public charging to put the United States on a path to full electrification. Ju...
EVs and the U.S. Postal Service
March 23, 2021 00:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBThe U.S. Postal Service recently announced the awardee of a 10-year contract to build the USPS’s next generation postal delivery vehicle. The winner, Oshkosh Defense is known for building tactical vehicles for the U.S. military and has no known experience manufacturing an EV. In fact, the company expressed concerns to investors last year about its lack of experience with EVs, saying they “may not have the expertise or resources to successfully address these pressures on a cost-effective basi...
EV Policies that Make the Grade
March 13, 2021 00:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBThe National Association of State Energy Officials and Cadmus released a new PEV Policy Impact Rubric on March 1st which updates their 2018 rubric. The new Rubric can be used by state and local officials to evaluate the strength of their PEV-related policies. To develop the rubric, the study team reviewed the literature to see what the experts had to say on policy effectiveness and convened a committee of advisors to fill in gaps in the literature. Electrify America – one of the largest char...
EV Hub Live Episode #6: Bringing Consumers Up To Speed on EVs
January 28, 2021 21:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBA new paper from the Alliance for Transportation Electrification and Plug In America calls consumer education and outreach by electric utilities the “missing piece” for transportation electrification. The paper shares eight reasons why utilities should be enabled to invest in education and outreach programs and how these programs can help close the awareness gap and spur more electric vehicle adoption. In this episode of EV Hub Live, Nick Nigro will sit down with Katherine Stainken of Plug ...
Bringing Consumers Up To Speed on EVs
January 28, 2021 21:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBA new paper from the Alliance for Transportation Electrification and Plug In America calls consumer education and outreach by electric utilities the “missing piece” for transportation electrification. The paper shares eight reasons why utilities should be enabled to invest in education and outreach programs and how these programs can help close the awareness gap and spur more electric vehicle adoption. In this episode of EV Hub Live, Nick Nigro will sit down with Katherine Stainken of Plug ...
The Road Ahead on Electric Transportation Technology
December 16, 2020 02:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBNext year could mark a turning point for EVs in a number of ways. The most valuable automaker in the world is now an electric vehicle manufacturer and the amount of approved investment by electric utilities has surpassed $2.6 billion. In this episode of EV Hub Live, Nick Nigro will sit down with Michael Berube, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation at the U.S. Department of Energy and Joe Britton, the Executive Director of the newly formed Zero Emission Transportation Alliance. We’l...
2020 U.S. Election and What’s Next for Transportation Electrification
November 13, 2020 02:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBA Special One-On-One Conversation about the 2020 U.S. Election with Dan Sperling of the University of California, Davis As President-elect Biden prepares to take office, where things will end up in Washington next year are coming into focus following the most unusual election in many decades. Two Senate seats in Georgia will be filled via a run-off election in January and will determine control of the U.S. Senate. With a strong advocate in the White House, transportation electrification is ...
Utility Role in EVs Coming Into Focus
October 01, 2020 01:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBElectric utility engagement in transportation electrification has been rapidly expanding in recent years. As the role of the utility in advancing EVs comes into focus, the extent to which they will accelerate EV deployment is a hot topic. Investments alone are up more than three times compared to 2019 with two recent approvals in New York and California. On July 16, 2020, six utilities across New York were approved to invest $700 million in EV charging throughout the state. This could suppor...
COVID-19 Hits U.S. EV Market in Q2
September 01, 2020 23:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBU.S. passenger EV sales were down 44 percent in Q2 compared to 2019. COVID-19 was part of the problem as many automakers remained shuttered in April and face delayed production timelines for existing and upcoming EV models. It was not all doom and gloom for the EV sector, however, and government and utility funding for EVs is up in 2020. In addition to this, automakers, startups, and charging companies continue to raise investment for transportation electrification and EV stocks have been am...
Electric Truck Regulations on the Move
July 29, 2020 18:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBThe Golden State continues to lead the nation in their pursuit of rapid transportation electrification. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) unanimously passed the Advanced Clean Trucks Rule on June 25th, the first-of-its-kind regulation requiring manufacturers to ramp up sales of electric vans and trucks. Shortly afterwards, 15 states and Washington, DC came together in support of rapid electrification of the medium-and heavy-duty vehicle sector. The MOU signed by participating states ...