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Tesla's federal discrimination suit just got a lot tougher.

A judge has refused to stall or toss an ugly racial discrimination suit against the leading Electric Vehicle and infrastructure maker. It’s the latest bad sign for the company.

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Tennessee is providing an example of how Biden's EV strategy is coming together - leading to more EV charging infrastructure and U.S. manufacturing jobs. Story here:

https://emoltzen.substack.com/p/bidens-ev-strategy-is-coming-together

How Biden’s EV Strategy Is Coming Together in Tennessee

The buildout of a nationwide EV charging network, which relies partly on federal funding and domestic supply chain requirements, is moving forward in the Volunteer State.

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Last year, about 4,000 car dealers asked @POTUS to slow down the U.S. transition to electric vehicles.

A new study may provide a clue as to why:

EV buyers do most of their shopping without even walking onto a lot - and they are much happier to do it this way.

Story here:

https://emoltzen.substack.com/p/study-ev-buyers-are-more-satisfied

Study: EV buyers are more satisfied buying a car than people buying gas vehicles

A new survey by Cox Automotive finds that consumers buying electric vehicles are more engaged online, experience a more efficient process, and are happier with the outcome.

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GM expects to sell hundreds of thousands of EVs this year:

https://emoltzen.substack.com/p/gm-says-it-expects-to-sell-hundreds

GM says it expects to sell hundreds of thousands of EVs this year

The automaker said that lower component and materials pricing, plus expected record demand for Electric Vehicles, should fuel another big year for Electric Vehicles.

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The Biden Administration is partnering with the Open Source community to build out standards for EV charging software. This is a big deal. Story here:

https://emoltzen.substack.com/p/biden-admin-partners-with-open-source

Biden Administration Partners With Open Source Community on EV Charging Standards

Federal officials are now working with LF Energy, part of the Linux Foundation, on “Project EVerest” - to standardize the software that manages EV charging infrastructure.

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A utility company that serves eight states will spend hundreds of millions of dollars on EV-related capital projects in the coming years. Big news. Story here:

https://emoltzen.substack.com/p/power-company-says-it-has-a-big-budget

Power Company says it has a big budget for EV spending

Xcel Energy, a public electric utility serving parts of eight states, plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars over the next four years driven by the EV market, it said in a presentation.

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The EV charging industry is becoming a true job engine, and will produce 160,000 blue collar- and white collar-jobs over the next few years, a think tank says. (Fossil fuel industry jobs have been shrinking by way of comparison.)

Story here: https://emoltzen.substack.com/p/new-study-the-us-ev-buildout-is-a

New Study: The U.S. EV buildout is a job engine for blue- and white-collar workers

A study yesterday from a clean transportation think tank says data, dollars, and key federal legislation have teed up a future of good-paying EV charging jobs in manufacturing, trade, and high-tech.

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The Biden Administration and Madison, Wisconsin are hoping a new software project can help protect the grid as EV charging stations turn on in ever greater numbers. Story here:

https://emoltzen.substack.com/p/how-a-madison-project-could-innovate

How a Madison project could innovate EV charging on the grid

With funding from the Biden Administration, the City of Wisconsin is taking steps forward on a project that would enable major EV charging rollouts while keeping the grid stable.

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A growing number of Republican officials in the U.S. are supporting funding for the EV ecosystem buildout, even if the leader in their own party wants them to "ROT IN HELL."

Read about it here:

https://emoltzen.substack.com/p/dont-look-now-a-growing-list-of-gop

Don’t look now: A growing list of GOP leaders back more EV spending, not less

GOP leaders in Mississippi, Alaska, Louisiana have big plans for EV-related jobs and commerce in their states, even as the party's leader and rank-and-file members fight the EV transition.

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