What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - End of an Electric Avenue
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4.3 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
An Inflation Reduction Act subsidy for electric vehicles is being shut down by the Trump administration at the end of September, and automakers are preparing for sales of EVs to slow. Can this nascent industry survive?
Guest: Ryan Felton, reporter covering the automotive industry for the Wall Street Journal
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| 1:05.8 | As a reporter who covers the auto industry, Ryan Felton has been to a lot of car dealerships. |
| 1:12.6 | And they're not, to be frank, the most dynamic environments. |
| 1:16.8 | You're just sort of seeing people filling out paperwork and maybe some seem stressed because |
| 1:22.6 | they need a car. |
| 1:24.4 | Ryan works for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 1:26.7 | And a few weeks ago, he made a trip to Colorado, |
| 1:29.7 | where he went from one electric vehicle dealership to another, finding people who were pretty |
| 1:35.2 | psyched to be there. |
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