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On Point | Podcast

Preparing for America's electric vehicle future

On Point | Podcast

WBUR

Talk Show, Daily News, News, Npr, On Point, Daily

4.23.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

President Biden’s new emissions standards are designed to accelerate the push towards electric vehicles. Among the challenges – batteries, and China’s stranglehold on the supply chain. We hear how to reach an electric future.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's a new day for the American Auto Industry.

0:08.3

The Biden administration has proposed new emission standards designed to turbocharge

0:13.4

the push toward electric vehicles.

0:15.5

The goal that within 10 years, two-thirds of all new passenger cars and a quarter of heavy

0:20.5

trucks sold in the U.S. will be electric.

0:23.7

EPA Administrator Michael Regan, speaking last Wednesday, said this will dramatically reduce

0:28.5

greenhouse gases that cause climate change.

0:31.7

This is historic news for our children.

0:34.8

It's historic news for our climate.

0:37.1

It's historic news for our future.

0:39.7

As a father of a nine-year-old, I can assure you that there's no greater priority for me

0:44.3

than protecting the health and well-being of our children, ensuring that they have a safe,

0:50.1

healthy, and reliable future.

0:52.5

This is a massive industrial policy initiative that includes billions of dollars in tax

0:57.7

credits to encourage Americans to buy electric vehicles, billions more to develop charging

1:02.7

stations across the country, and a big push to catch up with China to produce the essential

1:08.4

component to make it all possible.

1:11.5

Batteries.

1:12.7

And Stave Levine, tell us how big a deal this is.

1:18.2

It is a big deal.

1:19.9

All together, it's the Biden administration saying, let's not play around, let's move to

1:26.1

EVs now.

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