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TMCP #617: Mike Spagnola – The End of the EV Mandate, What Tarriffs (Might) Do To Prices, and Paving a Future for Next Generation Gear Heads!

The MuscleCar Place

Robert Kibbe

Automotive, Leisure, Business, Careers

4.5702 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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TMCP #617: Mike Spagnola - The End of the EV Mandate, What Tarriffs (Might) Do To Prices, and Paving a Future for Next Generation Gear Heads!

The post TMCP #617: Mike Spagnola – The End of the EV Mandate, What Tarriffs (Might) Do To Prices, and Paving a Future for Next Generation Gear Heads! first appeared on The Muscle Car Place.

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0:00.0

The Muscle Car Place online podcast, episode number 617.

0:05.4

This week, the big boss from Seema is here, Mike Spagnola, once again.

0:09.8

He is the CEO of Seema and PRI.

0:12.0

And in my now two interviews with him, I can tell you that all I hear in his voice and see in his actions is that of a servant leader and we're lucky to have him.

0:21.1

In the last few years, our country has gone from being on a near certain forced path

0:25.8

to the end of the internal combustion engine to one where mandates have been removed

0:30.2

and choices once again what'll drive the winners.

0:33.1

The market's going to decide if they want EB's hydrogen gas or all of it.

0:37.6

Mike will share about that and what it takes behind the scenes to keep that freedom alive.

0:41.7

And then we're going to talk other fun stuff, racing, tariffs, low volume manufacturing,

0:46.3

he and his kids build Dotsons, all of that.

0:49.2

But this is the part you really need to hear first, because what you think about Washington, D.C. is true.

0:55.1

I know nobody always feels this way, but several politicians agree with us.

0:59.0

So there are politicians on both sides of the aisle that are car guys and collect cars and

1:03.5

have the same views as us.

1:05.4

There are those that don't.

1:06.7

And there are those that have lobbies and investment groups that have reasons why they want to see us go away

1:17.0

this is the muscle car place online podcast brought you by national parts depot this is the weekly

1:24.8

show dedicated to people worldwide who love American muscle cars.

1:30.2

If you're buying, selling, restoring, even racing them, this is the place for you.

1:36.5

Now here's your host, Rob Kibby.

1:40.0

Yes, indeed, I am Rob Kibby, and welcome to the Muscle Car Place podcast.

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