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Whats the future of the Electric Vehicles?

By Ethan Elkind,
Andrew Stelzer
Published April 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM PDT
City of Fort Collins | Tina Chandler
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City of Fort Collins | Tina Chandler

On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet series, we’ll dig into what's been a wild few months for the electric vehicle industry. Between Trump’s threats to defund EVs, fluctuating tariffs, and Elon Musk advising the White House, what's the future looking like?

Guests:

John Voelcker, contributing editor at Car and Driver

Resources:

AP: Trump is buying a Tesla. Here are some of the harsh things he’s said about EVs over the years

VOX: The gas station of the future is not what you think

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Ethan Elkind
A Bay Area native, Ethan is Director of the Climate Program at the UC Berkeley School of Law, with a joint appointment at the UCLA School of Law, where he researches and writes on policies to combat climate change. His book "Railtown" on the history of the modern Los Angeles Metro Rail system was published by University of California Press in January 2014. Ethan received his B.A. with honors from Brown University and graduated Order of the Coif from the UCLA School of Law. You can read his blog on ethanelkind.com.
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