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.
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The misunderstood Inflation Reduction Act
What Los Angeles can learn from Detroit about addressing homelessness
Artificial intelligence at work
A possible U-turn for driverless cars?
The clean energy economy has a NIMBY problem (rerun)
The (interim) Joint Chiefs of Staff?
Political dysfunction dents the U.S. credit rating
The doctor will see you now … for climate anxiety
The higher education business model is changing
DeSantis’ fiscal formula
The wild grain chase
So … whaddya wanna know about student loan repayments?
Barbie, T-Swift and the Fed?
A thrilling era for space discovery
Another government showdown?
Hot on the job
When will the streamers’ content river run dry?
It’s getting hot in here
The “American Whitelash” and economic fear
Hot labor summer is here
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