Directly Current: The EV Politics Podcast

Ed Kim joins Max from AutoPacific, where he's the chief analyst, to discuss data and insights he's gotten from working with nearly every major OEM on EVs' near future outlook. The good news? There's lots of work on affordability. Also, Republicans really are warming to EVs, as our own polling also shows. The bad news? The affordable EVs can't come soon enough, as fire sales on existing inventory is likely unsustainable for the industry.,
Max and Ed go over

The exciting recent news out of Detroit with Ford's Universal EV Platform

The upcoming launch of the affordable R2

The rise of software-defined vehicles across the industry

Where the industry goes after the loss of the tax credit

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Corey Cantor from the Zero Emission Transportation Association (ZETA) joins Max to discuss some positive trends for EVs going into the new year. 2025 was a rough year for EVs with the axing of federal support after Republican-led legislation dropped the $7,500 credit on new vehicles, and sales have shown it. However, automakers are bringing new compelling products out in mainsteam market segments, the used market has never been better for EV-curious shoppers on a budget, and fast chargers are expanding rapidly. 
Max and Corey go over

How providers like IONNA and Mercedes are racing ahead in charging

The market effects of used EVs, plug-in hybrids, and range-extended EVs

Advancing state and federal policies like surface transport reauthorization

What this moment of recalibration means for the long term Western EV market

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Staff writer for InsideEVs and auto journalist Kevin Williams joins Max to discuss his experiences reporting on and driving Chinese EVs. How compelling are they in 2026 and how do they stack up to Western automakers? What does he make of Canada's new policy to lift tariffs on them and allow Chinese cars into their market?
Max and Kevin go over

The tech going into new EVs from Xiaomi, XPENG, Geely, and others

How it compares to what Western OEMs have done

Why China's EV market may not be as bulletproof as it looks

Canada's warming to Chinese imports

The feasibility of joint ventures with US and European companies

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Veteran political guru and pollster behind EVs for All America, Mike Murphy, joins Max to chat about his scheming with Governor Newsom for a new California EV tax credit that could fit into the state budget. He also shares a new batch of polling we've conducted at EVs for All America, highlighting several interesting demographic shifts for EVs going into 2026; including a shrinking partisan gap (Republicans dislike EVs much less than they used to!). Join the two for a fun chat and a return to form for Directly Current in the New Year. The new season is on!
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Executive director of EVs for All America, Dan Krassner, joins Max to discuss the work that our team has been doing on local advocacy in California to make installing charging in apartments and multifamily units a lot easier. Californian apartment dwellers make up more than the population of at least 30 US states, and they'd be a huge get for EV ownership if the lower costs and home charging convenience worked out for them. With some polling and research, Dan and Max go over what might work and why the tide's on the side of more charging in apartments.

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