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Hi everybody,

welcome to shift, a podcast about mobility.

I'm Pete Bigelow, your host, and reporter at the Automotive News.

Charging has emerged as perhaps the most important factor in electrification today.

Just this week, a JD Power study found that the biggest friction point

and consumer consideration of EVs was knowing when and where they'd be able to

charge their vehicles away from home.

That's a consideration not only for consumers,

but fleet owners and operators who are pondering the possibility

of electrifying their trucks and commercial vehicles.

That happens to be the niche that Naha Palmer,

CEO and co-founder of Terawatt infrastructure, is addressing.

Naya is my guest in the podcast today. She's going to share some perspective on what I think is a very unique and distinctive

approach and business strategy in the charging realm. We're going to talk about the highway corridors

where TerraWatt intends to launch its business, how she plans to meet the power

consumption needs in rural areas, and the concept of reservability, a whole lot more.

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