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August 27, 2025

Battery Belt States Are Leading the Way on EV Jobs

Momentum is surging across America’s “Battery Belt.” This manufacturing corridor, which includes Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Mississippi, has become the center of U.S. EV and battery growth. The region has attracted more than $80 billion in investments, fueling tens of thousands of new…

July 23, 2025

Directly Current Episode 27: Building a Better Battery (in America) with Deeana Ijaz, Our Next Energy

Listen on AudioboomWatch on YouTube Our Next Energy (ONE) is building LFP battery cells in Michigan. If you’re an EV nerd, you know that’s a big deal. LFP chemistry is the key to affordable, long-lasting EVs. China currently dominates this space, controlling not just the…

July 21, 2025

Worth a Watch: Veloz’s Josh Boone Talks Electric for All on Autoline

Josh Boone, Executive Director of Veloz, sat down with Autoline’s John McElroy for an in-depth conversation about the Electric for All campaign, the myths it’s aiming to bust, and the big opportunity ahead for EV awdoption across the country. Watch the full interview…

July 14, 2025

Veloz Launches $43 Million Electric For All Campaign Highlighting EV Savings with Nick Offerman

Starting July 14, Veloz is launching the largest nonprofit-led EV education campaign in the country. This is not some little feel-good ad buy. This is a $43.5 million national push, funded by Electrify America, to show why EVs are a smart choice financially and practically. The campaign is…

July 8, 2025

Directly Current Episode 26: Making EVs An Electric Grid Asset, with WeaveGrid CEO Apoorv Bhargava

???? Listen on Audioboom???? Watch on YouTube You’ve probably heard the grid is under strain, and some claim EVs only make it worse. That is partly true, but it doesn’t have to be. Electric vehicles can actually strengthen the grid and help ratepayers save money if managed…

June 24, 2025

Directly Current Episode 25: EV Fleets with Libby Bittman, Wex

???? Listen on Audioboom???? Watch on YouTube EV adoption isn’t just about your driveway anymore. It’s about commercial fleets. In this episode of Directly Current, we dive into the growing EV shift in business vehicles with Libby Bittman, Electric Vehicle (EV) & Mobility Business Development…

June 17, 2025

Majority of Top 10 Most American-Made Cars? EVs

Here’s a stat worth chewing on: for the first time ever, a majority of the top 10 most “American-made” vehicles are electric. You read that right. According to this MarketWatch story, six of the top ten cars on the annual Cars.com American-Made Index are EVs. That includes…

June 11, 2025

Directly Current Episode 24: Charging Ahead with Electric Era CEO Quincy Lee

Reliable DC Fast Charging is still hit-or-miss in 2025. While Tesla has opened its Supercharger network to other automakers, many EV drivers — especially those with newer, high-voltage vehicles — struggle to find stations that deliver full power where they need it most, like outside a Costco or on the…

May 27, 2025

Directly Current Episode 23: Improving EV Towing and Camping with Lightship CEO, Toby Kraus

Electric towing is hard, particularly when you’re hauling a big family-sized camper that can halve a Rivian’s range. Lightship is a startup that’s laser-focused on solving that pickle by engineering a smart trailer that not only makes itself more aerodynamic in motion, but also pulls its own weight with an…

April 29, 2025

Directly Current Episode 21: Building Electric Trucks In America (with Harbinger Motors’ John Harris)

Harbinger Motors is making medium-duty electric trucks right here in America. While some OEMs have rolled out light duty vans for deliveries, John Harris wants to make chassis for vehicles with higher gross vehicle weight ratings for delivery customers. It’s a niche that Harbinger is filling with proprietary motor technology,…