Is Electric Public Transportation the Next Big Thing?

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There is a major debate about how, you know, the US should be approaching the electrification of transportation. The Biden administration would say we are spending money on electrifying not just passenger cars but also vehicles that are used by the government. So really a lot of money is going into this right now and some of this investment has been controversial.

The bombastic founder of an electric truck startup (no, not Elon) has been convicted for his role in his company’s “intricate fraud.” But even without the crimes, getting EVs to market has proven a lot harder than everyone thought.

This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Miles Bryan and Haleema Shah, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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