The EV Boom: How China, the South and Investors Are Cashing In

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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In this EV-focused episode, we look at how the electric-vehicle boom is playing out across industries and continents —sparking investment in the American South and China, and in startups mining for the minerals that power the industry. Zoe Thom as hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	At Salesforce, we're all about asking more of AI.
0:03.5	Questions like, where is the data going?
0:05.8	Is it private?
0:06.8	Is it secure?
0:07.8	Is it ready to use now?
0:09.8	How about now?
0:10.8	And if not now, when?
0:13.0	And how?
0:14.5	Get answers you can trust from Salesforce at AskMoreOfAi.com.
0:24.0	Welcome to Tech News Briefing.
0:26.0	It's Tuesday, September 5.
0:28.4	I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.
0:31.4	For today's show, we're going all in on EVs.
0:35.5	Electric vehicles are kicking the economy
0:37.6	in the US south into overdrive,
0:40.0	as new auto plants and battery manufacturing facilities move in.
0:44.0	They're having a similar effect in China,
0:46.3	where demand for battery-powered cars
0:48.8	and incentives from the government
0:50.6	are helping propel investment
0:52.4	and turn domestic players into international ones.
0:56.0	And if you'll pardon another driving pun.
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