Addressing inequities in the switch to EVs

Heather O’Neill’s career in energy started in a pretty unusual place: working for a Republican billionaire. But in 2004 she joined the Robertson Foundation as a program officer just as it was exploring clean energy investments. In 2012, Heather joined Advanced Energy United — an ...  Show more

At age 10, Neil Chatterjee found common ground with his immigrant father through politics. Watching then-Vice President George H. W. Bush spar with Michael Dukakis during a presidential debate on TV, Neil and his dad connected in a way they hadn’t before. Years later, after servi ...  Show more

Scott Case is the co-founder and CEO of Recurrent, a data science company committed to making it easier for people to buy and own electric vehicles.Prior to founding Recurrent, Scott spent 10 years as Chief Operating Officer at an energy efficiency software company called Ener ...

Jimmy Douglas is the founder and CEO of Plug, an online marketplace that facilitates wholesale buying and selling of used EVs among a network of dealers and fleet operators. Jimmy brings unique expertise due to years of experience at the helm of the world's largest EV rem ...

A recent slew negative headlines about U.S. EVs makes it feel like the sky is falling on the market. Yet the data show robust growth. Combined battery electric and plug-in hybrid sales in 2023 were up 50% from 2022. Meanwhile, EV market share reached 9.5% in 2023, up from 7.5% in ...  Show more

This week, Sim & Sonya discuss the environmental impact of electric vehicles (EVs). They mention that while EVs have some benefits, like lower greenhouse gas emissions over their lifetime, there are concerns about battery production and the energy sources used for charging ...