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Hi everybody, welcome to Shift,

a podcast about mobility.

I'm Pete Bigelow, your host.

Joining me on the podcast today, I am pleased to welcome Kristen Geechak,

automotive policy advisor with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. I am hard-pressed to think of anyone

who knows the automotive industry better than Kristen,

who is with the Center for Automotive Research for 17 years before joining the Fed in February.

As the transition to electric vehicles is now well underway, I wanted to pick her brain about every aspect of that,

consumer demand, supply constraints, workforce ramifications, and more.

So that is the scope of today's conversation.

One disclaimer before we get started, Kristen would like you to know that the opinion she expresses on today's

podcast are hers alone and do not represent the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago or the

Federal Reserve System. So with that said, let's go to my conversation with

Kristen Geechke. Welcome to the podcast, Kristen.

So good to have you here today.

Thank you for having me.

Earlier this year you joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

in a role as an Automotive Policy Advisor.

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