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Electrification, if you haven't noticed, is in full swing.

There's dozens of vehicle models across all segments.

Federal government in the United States has carved an industrial policy that builds a supply

base, offers tax incentives that boost consumer demands. But what about the charging infrastructure?

Yes, there's billions of federal dollars being spent to build 500,000 public chargers,

but at a time all these electric vehicles are hitting the road, the U.S. charging network is still in its infancy.

America's charging challenge is the name of a special report compiled by my automotive news

colleague Hannah Lutz.

You can find that on our website, Autonews.com.

But America's Charging Challenge writ large is also foremost in the mind of my guest today.

Brendan Jones is the president and CEO of

Blink charging which recently won a contract with the US Postal Service to supply

more than 40,000 chargers.

Brendan is here to discuss that,

links more recent business updates,

is time at Nissan developing the Leaf Electric vehicle

and the big challenge of building out America's charging infrastructure.

That and more, without further ado, I'm pleased to bring you this conversation with

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