There’s a lot of buzz about a slowdown in the electric vehicle market. EV sales, while still growing, are not accelerating at the pace of just a few years ago. At the same time, EV makers from Tesla to General Motors and Ford are pushing back EV plans. So, what gives? On the show today, Robinson Meyer of Heatmap explains what’s really happening with the U.S. EV market, what it’s going to take to rev it back up, competition from China and whether moves by the Biden administration will be enough to help domestic EV producers pull ahead.
Then, can robots make the meatpacking industry safer? Plus, in celebration of Monday’s solar eclipse, a planetary scientist answers the Make Me Smart question.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
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Make Me Smart: Live in Seattle
What’s behind the climate culture wars? (rerun)
Financially Inclined: What you need to know before investing in the stock market
A Fedspeak dilemma: to “skip” or “pause” rates?
The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” is in the spotlight
The real story behind the red-blue hiring divide
YouTube’s 180 on misinformation
A tale of two debt dramas on Capitol Hill
Extraordinary measures for extraordinary times
Where’s the (lab-grown) beef?
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