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Maniv Mobility’s Michael Granoff finds EVs in a Better Place (Episode 149)

Shift: A podcast about mobility

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Are We in the Midst of Transitioning From Middle Eastern Oil to Chinese Raw Materials?

Robbie: It's almost like an EV specific version of the same problem that most people use their stranded assets is sitting in their garage or in a parking lot 96% of the time so, you know, at least American consumers plan for the loan. Are we in the midst of just transitioning from a dependence on Middle Eastern oil to a dependence on Chinese raw materials? Robbie: I don't think it has to be that way and there are a lot of researchers and a lot of companies that are working on alternatives to a lot of the rare earth minerals that the Western economy does not have as ready access to as the Chinese do. So I'm optimistic that a lot of these problems are going

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