Hi, everybody. Welcome to Shift. Podcasts about mobility. I'm Pete Bigelow, your host and reporter at the automotive news.

Joining us on the podcast today, pleased to say that LG Energy Solutions, North American President Bob Lee, is our guest.

My colleague Hannah Lutz talked to Bob

about how tariffs have impacted battery production, about how the battery supply chain is evolving,

and much more. On the one hand, yes, we are developing new technologies and emerging technologies

for the future. But I want to really send a message that right now, we are focused on trying to deliver

more cost-effective batteries for our customers.

That's the primary topic of our research.

We'll bring you that conversation in just a minute.

First, we've got to look at this week's headlines.

And for that, I'm joined by

Automotive News, Tesla Beat reporter Lonnie Eiliff. Lonnie, how are you? I'm doing great,

and it's great to be here. It's always great to have you. And I should know you're not just our

Tesla beat reporter, but you cover all the EV startups and things going on in Silicon Valley.

So I'm sure in that world, things are quiet.

You know, Elon is not making a lot of news these days.

How are you holding up?

Good.

But, you know, it is really, you know, with the kind of the AI capital of the world out here

and growing every day.

There's just, there's a lot of fun stuff to talk about.

No doubt.

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