New mobility comes at a cost

About this episode

The episode discusses the efforts of automakers to reduce the cost of electric vehicles and the implications of the EV market changes.

On this week’s Talking Michigan Transportation, conversations about automaker efforts to bring down the cost of electric vehicles (EVs), the impact of the EV pullback on the South and trends in safety. Joann Muller, the transportation correspondent at Axios and author of their weekly Future of Mobility newsletter, joined the podcast to talk about those issues and more. Some key topics: · Ford’s efforts to make EVs more affordable. · How publ...

People in this episode

Guest: Joann Muller

Topics covered

• electric vehicles
• automaker efforts
• cost reduction
• safety trends
• EV pullback

Keywords

• electric vehicles
• Ford
• Joann Muller
• automaker efforts
• safety trends
• EV pullback

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Axios, Ford

Products: electric vehicles

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