Podcasts about Proterra

This week's episode of THE FINANCIAL COMMUTE features a special session recorded live from Morton Wealth's 2024 Investor Symposium. Our Chief Investment Officer Meghan Pinchuk welcomes our fund managers, Rich Gammill of Proterra, John Ahn with WhiteHawk, and Himani Bhalla with Symbiotic to discuss how they find investments with higher yields and lower relative risk. Here are some key takeaways from their conversation: - WhiteHawk is an asset-based lender focused on underwriting to bankruptcy while Proterra and Symbiotic are niche-focused lenders in the food and healthcare sectors, respectively. - The discussion emphasizes private credit as a favored asset class due to its ability to deliver equity-like returns with lower risk through downside protections and strategic structures.- The growth in private credit is driven by reduced bank lending and higher interest rates. This shift provides opportunities for private lenders to step into underserved markets.- Sector-specific knowledge and strategic partnerships (e.g., with organizations like Farm Credit) create unique advantages for private credit managers, allowing for better terms and premium returns.- Loans are typically customized based on the borrower's assets, risks, and needs. Examples include milestone-based disbursements and covenants tailored to specific growth stages.- A common strategy lenders use is underwriting loans with the assumption that borrowers might default. This helps to ensure robust collateral or recovery plans, emphasizing downside protection and capital recovery.

Joshua Goldman, Senior Director of Sales, eMobility, ABM Industries. 25+ years experience in over 50 configurations of electric and hybrid heavy-duty buses, trucks and Vans. Proterra, Autocar Truck, Volta Trucks, and more!

Foothill Transit's Director of Marketing and Communications joins Streetsblog Editor Damien Newton for an ask-me-anything style interview probing the bus agency's recent trials and successes. Friesema took questions on: how Foothill's bolstered services to Mt. San Antonio College and Cal Poly Pomona will connect with soon to open Metro A Line service in the San Gabriel Valley Foothills, the agency's hopes for a bus rapid transit service contract in the 60 Freeway corridor, what level of challenge is still faced after the initial stage of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the agency's move towards hydrogen fuel cell technology since its battery electric vendor Proterra went bankrupt. Plus, as a bonus we heard about Friesema's favorite local mystery writer, Naomi Hirahara, whose novels are set in the SGV, Chinatown, Japantown, and Manzanar to name a few.  You can read a transcript of the conversation here, or listen to the podcast below. Streetsblog's San Gabriel Valley coverage is supported by Foothill Transit, offering car-free travel throughout the San Gabriel Valley with connections to the A Line Stations across the Foothills and Commuter Express lines traveling into the heart of downtown L.A. To plan your trip, visit Foothill Transit. “Foothill Transit. Going Good Places.”Sign-up for our SGV Connect Newsletter, coming to your inbox on Fridays! Sign-up for our SGV Connect Newsletter, coming to your inbox on Fridays, and catch past episodes of SGV Connect and #DamienTalks on LibSyn, iTunes, Google Play, or Overcast.

The bus manufacturing crisis has been looming for years as more and more OEMs dropped out. But the final straw was when Proterra filed for bankruptcy protection and REV Group said it was closing its ENC facility to focus on the Canadian market. In the blink of an eye the U.S. was down to two major bus manufacturers: GILLIG and New Flyer. This put the entire public transit industry into crisis mode. Delivery times for new buses went from 12-18 months to 18-24 months--and longer.How did we get this point?It's not an easy answer, but a combination of contract terms, the pandemic, supply chain issues, and the transition to zero-emissions buses all factored in. But this week Paul dives into it with former FTA Administrator and Managing Partner at Cardinal Infrastructure Sherry Little, along with Jennifer McNeill (Vice President of Public Sector Sales and Marketing) and Stephanie Laubenstein (Director of Sales and Business Development) from New Flyer.They talk about all the causes and how the industry came together to find real, tangible solutions that will help the OEM bus industry get back on its feet and come back stronger for the future.Coming up next week on Transit Unplugged we have Philip Gerhardt head of Transport for London's Head Bus Performance to talk with Paul about optimizing the over 650 bus routes across London that serve millions of riders each day.Transit Unplugged is brought to you by Modaxo https://www.modaxo.comHost: Paul ComfortProducer: Paul ComfortEditor and Writer: Tris HusseyExecutive Producer: Julie GatesSpecial thanks to:Brand design: Tina OlagundoyeSocial Media: Tatyana MechkarovaMarketing content, Transit Unplugged Newsletter, & transit puns: Tris HusseyIf you have a question or comment, email us at info@transitunplugged.com.Follow us on social media: LinkedIn - Twitter - Threads- Instagram - FacebookSign up for the Transit Unplugged Newsletter00:00 Resolving the Bus Manufacturing Crisis: Challenges, Changes, and the Path Ahead00:05 Paul buying his first bus and an intro to the episode03:09 Introduction and Guest Welcome03:41 Current State of the Bus Manufacturing Industry04:41 Challenges and Advocacy Efforts06:59 Legislative and Policy Changes11:09 Impact of the Pandemic on Bus Manufacturing14:13 Recovery and Future Outlook15:34 Customization and Standardization in Bus Manufacturing25:45 Transition to Zero Emission Buses31:21 Conclusion and Final Thoughts34:48 Coming up next week on Transit UnpluggedDisclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the guests, and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Modaxo Inc., its affiliates or subsidiaries, or any entities they represent (“Modaxo”). This production belongs to Modaxo, and may contain information that may be subject to trademark, copyright, or other intellectual property rights and restrictions. This production provides general information, and should not be relied on as legal advice or opinion. Modaxo specifically disclaims all warranties, express or implied, and will not be liable for any losses, claims, or damages arising from the use of this presentation, from any...

A US investment firm is selling its 24,000-hectare Australian cropping portfolio it flipped from cattle country.

Today, I'm joined by trading expert Ross Givens and we uncover the insider trading scandal involving Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and bus company Proterra.  Get Ross's insider trading secrets to trade like the politicians legally!! Click here to register for his FREE Insider training event on Thursday, June 27th @ 3pm ET: https://turleytalksinsidertrading.com/registration/?tambid=18762 *The content presented by our partners may contain affiliate links. When you click and shop the links, Turley Talks may receive a small commission.* -- Stay Connected to Dr. Steve moving forward on the new Turley Talks Platform at: https://fight.turleytalks.com Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode.  If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and/or leave a review. FOLLOW me on X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/DrTurleyTalks Click here to partner with us and defy liberal culture! https://advertising.turleytalks.com/sponsorship Sign up for the 'New Conservative Age Rising' Email Alerts to get lots of articles on conservative trends: https://turleytalks.com/subscribe/.

Alan Adler talks about how Forterra (not Proterra) is working on its autonomous yard tech. He also reveals a new potential future over at Hylion.

A deep cold snap grips North America but nowhere was it more extreme than Alberta where there was no sun and no wind as temperatures dipped to nearly -40. Wind turbines are safer for birds than fracking. Hawaii replaces coal with batteries. Are flying cars almost here? Brian's weather report This Old House on PBS James stirs up cold weather hate on the Internet Bolt loses 50% of its range in extreme cold Brian's Tesla charges at full speed in -30C thanks to preconditioning of the battery. Alberta Grid emergency alert to cut power consumption. Hertz to sell off some EVs Natural gas isn't fully reliable. Battery Storage in Hawaii Wind Turbine bird study CES flying car Wood-burning EV charger for off-grid use. Why some countries use 120v and others use 240v. Proterra's new owner. World's tallest wind turbine and also the highest altitude wind turbine. The Lightning Round! The Clean Energy Show is released every week so be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast app to get new episodes delivered to you free! Support the Show Make a small donation to our podcast today! PayPal Donate!https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=VMDCRPHLNR8YE E-transfer: cleanenergyshow@gmail.com Thanks for listening to our show! Consider rating The Clean Energy Show on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you listen to our show. Our Store Visit our T-Shirt and Merch Shop! https://my-store-dde61d.creator-spring.com Contact Us! Email us at cleanenergyshow@gmail.com Follow us on TikTok! @cleanenergypod  Check out our YouTube Channel! @CleanEnergyShow Follow us on Twitter or Threads @CleanEnergyPod James Whittingham https://twitter.com/jewhittingham Brian Stockton: https://twitter.com/brianstockton Leave us an online voicemail at http://speakpipe.com/cleanenergyshow Copyright 2023 with some rights reserved. You may share and reproduce portions of our show with attribution. All music is copyright with all rights reserved.    

Watch The X22 Report On Video No videos found Click On Picture To See Larger Picture People of other countries are now supporting the German farmers, the world is waking up and coming together. The green new scam is falling apart and the Biden admin will not be able to recover from it. The fake news is trying to convince the people that Trump wants the economy to crash. Trump is saying that Biden is crashing the economy. The [DS] is now coming after Trump with everything they have. Each move they make is setting a precedent. The direction is being set and the [DS] is being exposed. They have opened pandora's box and they cannot close it. Everything will be used against them in the end. There is no escape, no deals, buckle up.   (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:13499335648425062,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-7164-1323"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="//cdn2.customads.co/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs"); Economy  Electric buses: another bankrupt green boondoggle Electric buses are just like electric passenger vehicles: they're not ready for prime time, only more so. Proterra buses are a case in point. Cities that wasted money on them found they had far less range then advertised. They commonly couldn't complete even short, flat routes specifically designed for them. The enormous weight of their batteries cracked frames, and getting parts from the factory was virtually impossible. But to make up for their failures, they were far more expensive than reliable diesel buses. Proterra went bankrupt in August of 2023.  https://www.ttnews.com/articles/proterra-aid-bankruptcy President Biden gave Proterra at least $10 million, and lauded it as the future: “when you start making a thousand buses a year, you're going to need more room for customers.”  That makes as little sense as anything Biden is saying these days. And as with everything else, the Mummified Meat Puppet Administration is incapable of learning from its mistakes:  The Biden administration is dispersing nearly another billion dollars in federal grants for school districts nationwide to decarbonize their bus fleets, despite recent inspector general findings casting doubt on the program.The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in a joint announcement with the White House, said it had selected 67 applicants to receive approximately $965 million to purchase electric and low-emission school buses. The funding means the agency has now awarded nearly $2 billion for thousands of new buses across hundreds of school districts under its Clean School Bus Program, which was created in late 2021. However, the EPA Office of Inspector General in late December published the findings of an audit which determined that the Clean School Bus Program was largely dependent on utility companies' ability to increase power supplies. Further, the program may also face significant delays, according to the inspector general, without construction of additional charging stations.Entities interviewed by the inspector general's office specifically expressed concern about the ability of utility providers to bring power lines and transformers to school districts with electric buses. While some power providers have experience with electric bus infrastructure, they said they had never built such infrastructure at scale. Source: americanthinker.com  Federal Court Throws Wrench Into Biden Admin's War On Appliances A federal appeals court shot down the Biden administration's efforts to repeal existing regulations on dishwashers and clothes washers on Monday. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in a legal battle between eleven red states and the federal government over the Department of Energy's (DOE) efforts to impose energy and water efficiency standards for dishwasher...

The recruitment process is inherently human-centric, involving evaluating soft skills, cultural fit, and personal interactions. While AI can streamline specific tasks, it may struggle to assess these qualitative aspects effectively. As a recruitment business owner, how do you marry automation and artificial intelligence with a personal human touch?   My special guest, Christina Stroud, shares her insights and perspective about this subject. She has a unique approach to engaging with her clients and candidates while leveraging automation with a personalized human touch.   Christina is the founder and CEO of Group928. She's a seasoned Human Resources professional with over 30 years of experience specializing in start-ups, acquisitions, and exits in private equity environments. The company has grown by 400% in just three short years from $125,000 in the first year to over $500,000 in 2023. This showcases her ability to build a client base from scratch, and design and implement sales and marketing strategies while continuing to exceed her client's expectations.   Episode Outline and Highlights   [01:57] Chrstina's Transition from an HR professional to a recruitment business owner. Insights on how her HR experience played a role in her current success. [07:49] Nobody said it was easy - overcoming a challenging first year of entrepreneurial leap. [12:41] Growing the company to 400% - discussing two critical success factors.  [18:18] The importance of stepping out of your comfort zone [28:13] Leveraging AI & automation while applying a personal touch. [40:33] Launching her podcast and engaging with thought leaders. [48:01] The most significant challenges that Christina had to navigate [58:49] What is next for Christina and Group 928?    An Entrepreneurial Leap is No Walk in the Park, But Undeniably Achievable   For many reasons, shifting from a recruiter to a business owner can be difficult. The risk and uncertainty, working long hours, and lack of security and benefits can deter many from the entrepreneurship journey. Overcoming these roadblocks is achievable - and Christina proved it is. This is how she described the first year of her entrepreneurial journey:   “It was hard. I, you know, that first year, it was hard for me emotionally. I had never stepped away from a regular paycheck. And so to go into owning my own business, not having a steady income or a check that gets directly deposited every other Friday was very nerve-wracking for me… It hurt my ego a little bit when I went two months without getting, uh, a paycheck, but then once I got my company started, uh, I was glad that I did and it made sense, but that transition, uh, is very hard for a lot of people and it was also hard because I had never done any type of sales or marketing or bringing in new clients.”   It was not a walk in the park, but Christina's mindset and belief system helped her figure things out and pull things together. She revealed two critical factors that significantly contributed to her success.   Christina's Two Critical Success Factors    In three years, Christina grew her company by 400% from $125,000 in the first year to over $500,000 in 2023. This is an astonishing achievement, as companies usually plateau after reaching their first six digits. Christian shared two critical success factors:   Getting out of her comfort zone: “I had to take every little thing that needed to be done as a challenge. I did all the work myself. I was, you know, doing sourcing and interviewing and all the emails and communication. And that taught me a lot of new skills and things that I had to try and push myself to do that I hadn't done in a very, very long time”.  Christina shared how she had to learn technology and AI, start her podcast, and other new skills.   Leveraging automation for sales and marketing - this was also not easy for Christina because technology is also not her cup of tea. “Those people who know me know I have a technology dark cloud that follows me. It is a struggle wherever I go for whatever reason. And so to think that I would be using this as one of my main tools to try and find clients and at least start that initial relationship was very daunting.”    Many can relate to the subject of automation and AI as it is a hot topic when it comes to balancing it with personalization and ingraining a human touch. Christina shares her best practices.   Utilizing AI and Automation with a Personalized Approach   Christina's approach to personalization is her unique value proposition. She shared her process:   Research “And so when I went into my own business, I knew that's what I had specific target companies that I knew I wanted to work with. I had researched them. I had figured out where they were location-wise, and what the size of the company was. I started researching the CEOs and the head of HR and make sure they had the type of career and background of people that would be interested in working with recruiters whom they had a relationship with”   Personalized Communication “My communications were very personal. It wasn't, hey, here's what we do, here's what we can offer you, here's how I'm gonna change your life. It was a lot more of, here's what my other clients are seeing. You know, here's what I know about the market if it makes sense for us to have those conversations help you in the future, that would be great”   Going above and beyond  “We've also done gifts. So we went kind of old school. Remember at Christmas you used to get lots of plates of cookies and treats and stuff from vendors or at least I know HR folks do. I used to have a desk full of boxes of things from folks who wanted to work with our company. So now as a recruiter, I do that as well, but I don't do it at Christmas time.”   Leveraging AI and automation is indeed an effective way to market and engage with clients if infused with a personal human touch.   Our Sponsor   This podcast is proudly sponsored by i-intro    i-intro® is an end-to-end retained recruitment platform. Their technology and methodology allow recruiters to differentiate themselves from the competition, win more retained business, bigger fees, and increase their billings. Their software combined with world-class training enables you to transition from transactional, contingency recruiter to consultative, retained recruiter. Instead of being perceived as a “me too” vendor, you'll be positioned as a “me only” solutions provider. Be sure to mention Mark Whitby or The Resilient Recruiter. Book your free, no-obligation consultation here: https://recruitmentcoach.com/retained   Christina Stroud and Contact Info   Christina is the Owner and Co-Founder of Group928. She started her career at BMW Manufacturing where she progressed through multiple leadership positions across the Human Resources organization throughout her 14-year tenure with the company. The scope of her BMW experience spans US and International operations and includes positions in Recruiting, HR Operations, Change Management, and work as an HR Business Partner. Christina's first exposure to a start-up business was with Venture Capital-backed Proterra, a high-growth green-industry manufacturer of vehicle power and charging solutions. At Proterra, Christina built and led the HR team and hired and developed the company's Executive team. From Proterra, Christina joined Day & Zimmerman, a $2.4 billion family-owned global construction company. While there she led an HR function responsible for four business units and instilled focus on making people strategy a competitive business advantage. Christina was recruited to Private Equity-owned Multi-Pack Solutions, a contract packaging company for medical devices, as head of the national Human Resources function. In 2017 Christina joined the 35-person executive recruiting firm Westport Intl as a Managing Director, the last position she held before co-founding Group928.    Christina holds a bachelor's degree in Financial Management from the College of Business & Behavioral Science at Clemson University and a master's degree in Human Resources from Clemson University. She lives with her family just outside of Greenville, SC.   Christina on LinkedIn Group 928 website link Manufacturing 365 podcast link Connect with Mark Whitby Get your FREE 30-minute strategy call Mark on LinkedIn Mark on Twitter: @MarkWhitby Mark on Facebook Mark on Instagram: @RecruitmentCoach   Subscribe to The Resilient Recruiter  

Women's lib is all but dead among members of the Democrat party as the playbook is revealed under a spotlight: We must all accommodate the crazy of trans. The poster child of this ridiculous "progressive" lunacy is none other than AOC. (You will be dumber after hearing this, and I'm sorry about that.) PLUS how Bidenomics has certainly benefited Joe Biden. What did UPenn GET in exchange for the ONE MILLION DOLLAR salary they gave him? Wait for it. And how Proterra's bankruptcy has left a trail of broken electric buses that can't be repaired. Podcast Production: Bob Slone Audio Productions 

The agenda forcing electric vehicles down the free world's collective throat (aside from the privileged few) has hit another snag: EV Bus company Proterra went bankrupt. This is the latest in a pattern of government-preferred virtue-signaling "favored companies" taking taxpayer money in the name of a social agenda and failing, much of that coming from the Climate Alarmist Left. Dr. Jerome Corsi breaks down what happened and the overall impact on the energy industry and climate agenda on The Truth Central.Also:Israel says it has killed around half of Hamas' battalion commandersThe EU is slowly starting to admit the truth about the Ukraine-Russia War and where it's goingMore COP 28 craziness and John Kerry's AlarmismIt's China and India which lead the world in releasing pollutants into the atmosphereVisit The Truth Central website: https://www.thetruthcentral.comOUT NOW: Dr. Corsi's new book: The Truth About Neo-Marxism, Cultural Maoism and Anarchy.Pick up your copy today on Amazon: https://www.thetruthcentral.com/the-truth-about-neo-marxism-cultural-maoism-and-anarchy-exposing-woke-insanity-in-the-age-of-disinformation/Get your FREE copy of Dr. Corsi's new book with Swiss America CEO Dean Heskin, How the Coming Global Crash Will Create a Historic Gold Rush by calling: 800-519-6268Follow Dr. Jerome Corsi on Twitter: @corsijerome1Our link to where to get the Marco Polo 650-Page Book on the Hunter Biden laptop & Biden family crimes free online: https://www.thetruthcentral.com/marco-polo-publishes-650-page-book-on-hunter-biden-laptop-biden-family-crimes-available-free-online/Our Sponsors:MyVital https://www.thetruthcentral.com/myvitalc-ess60-in-organic-olive-oil/ Swiss America: https://www.swissamerica.com/offer/CorsiRMP.php The MacMillan Agency: https://www.thetruthcentral.com/the-macmillan-agency/ Pro Rapid Review: https://prorrt.com/thetruthcentralmembers/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-truth-central-with-dr-jerome-corsi--5810661/support.

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today's daily briefing includes news about Volvo buying Proterra's battery unit, Forward Air's counterclaim against Omni Logistics, and Einride beginning autonomous transport for GE Appliances.

Alan Adler - Midwest Bureau Chief - FreightWaves - Albuquerque, NM https://www.freightwaves.com/news/volvo-group-wins-bid-for-bankrupt-proterra-battery-assets

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they're available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): GM's Cadillac and Buick are first to gain access to Tesla's EV charging network in China Tesla Cybertruck spotted climbing stairs off-road – showing great ground clearance Volkswagen ID.4 and ID.7 EVs are now impacted by another production halt in Germany Check out Canoo's rugged new ‘American Bulldog' electric pickup truck Cruise robotaxis in crisis: Layoffs, recall, and algorithm found to have blind spot for kids Volvo is buying bankrupt Proterra's battery business for $210M – here's what that means https://youtu.be/Tv4N-Oa4zc0 Subscribe to the Electrek Daily Channel on Youtube so you never miss a day of news Follow Mikey: Twitter @Mikey_Electric Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify TuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

- Polestar Reveals Future Product and Technology Plans - Fisker In Talks With 5 Automakers to Boost Production - Biden Backs UAW's Unionization Efforts - BMW To Offer L3 Autonomous Driving in Germany - EV Growth Causes Palladium Prices to Plummet - Volvo Trucks Snaps Up Proterra's Battery Business - VW To Offer Sub-$35,000 EV In U.S. - Ford Trucks to Test Fuel Cell Vehicles - Hyundai Opens Smart Mobility Hub in Singapore - GM Gets Access to Tesla Superchargers in China

- Polestar Reveals Future Product and Technology Plans - Fisker In Talks With 5 Automakers to Boost Production - Biden Backs UAW's Unionization Efforts - BMW To Offer L3 Autonomous Driving in Germany - EV Growth Causes Palladium Prices to Plummet - Volvo Trucks Snaps Up Proterra's Battery Business - VW To Offer Sub-$35,000 EV In U.S. - Ford Trucks to Test Fuel Cell Vehicles - Hyundai Opens Smart Mobility Hub in Singapore - GM Gets Access to Tesla Superchargers in ChinaThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3270299/advertisement

On today's episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking to the newly married Rachel Premack. She's talking about the final days of Convoy, how it was able to raise money so fast, if it found a buyer and if it's the first big domino to fall for digital freight brokerages. Carriers all over are complaining about the rapidly escalating cost of insurance. Reliance Partners' Andrew Haun talks about what's driving the cost increases, how to mitigate your exposure and when to switch providers. FreightWaves' Alan Adler has the story on Nikola clawing back $165 million from founder Trevor Milton. We'll also get into why Proterra failed and if Hyliion has a future. FreightWaves' Justin Martin brings a trucker's perspective on a dime heist as well as a vodka and Red Bull train heist in Tennessee, RVs parking in truck spots, a Cruise shutdown in California and more. Plus, the massive amount of brokerages opened during the pandemic are starting to fall off, trucking's sea of capacity and disturbing safety training videos.  Watch on YouTube Visit our sponsor Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking to the newly married Rachel Premack. She's talking about the final days of Convoy, how it was able to raise money so fast, if it found a buyer and if it's the first big domino to fall for digital freight brokerages. Carriers all over are complaining about the rapidly escalating cost of insurance. Reliance Partners' Andrew Haun talks about what's driving the cost increases, how to mitigate your exposure and when to switch providers. FreightWaves' Alan Adler has the story on Nikola clawing back $165 million from founder Trevor Milton. We'll also get into why Proterra failed and if Hyliion has a future. FreightWaves' Justin Martin brings a trucker's perspective on a dime heist as well as a vodka and Red Bull train heist in Tennessee, RVs parking in truck spots, a Cruise shutdown in California and more. Plus, the massive amount of brokerages opened during the pandemic are starting to fall off, trucking's sea of capacity and disturbing safety training videos.  Watch on YouTube Visit our sponsor Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CALLS FOR RULES OF ORIGIN AGREEMENT STRENGTHENEDThe Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has reinforced its call for an agreement to be reached between the EU and UK over rules of origin delay. The SMMT has outlined what the average price increase would be for vehicles coming into or out of the UK and EU. You can read more about the potential impact by clicking this link to an SMMT article. The UK Government has stated that if a satisfactory agreement with the EU cannot be reached over rules of origin it would just make their own rules up. That have not clarified what these would be, nor how they expect them to help UK based companies. Click this Autocar article to read more. CHINA EXPORT TARIFFS APPLIED TO GRAPHITE China will be imposing an export tariff on certain grades of graphite, which is used in the manufacture of electric car batteries. This will mean that homegrown batteries will be cheaper than, those built using the material abroad. To learn more, click this electrive link here. £200M NET ZERO DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMThe UK Government has set aside £200 million of the net zero funding to enable four demonstration projects for the viability of electric HGVs. This is a move to help encourage and demonstrate the positives of moving to the UK haulage industry. In order to read more, click this link here to a Current News article. UK GOVERNMENT URGED TO IMPROVE ROADS OUTSIDE THE SOUTHA report from the National Infrastructure Commission has called on the Government to improve on the amount of money allocated to the Road Investment Strategy being spent on the Midlands and the North of England. Only 22% goes to projects outside the South, which looks bad but there are a few reasons for why this is the case. To read more, click this article link from Autocar. VOLTA TRUCKS ENTERS BANKRUPTCYFollowing supplier Proterra going into administration and an inability to raise more funding, Volta Trucks has entered bankruptcy in Sweden, with it following suite soon in the UK too. Management are trying to find a buyer to take it on as a going concern. Click here to read more, via Autocar. JLR'S HUGE REPAIRS PARTS SHORTAGECar Dealer Magazine has an exclusive report on 10,000 JLR vehicles being affected by the company's huge parts shortage issue. Digging into the problem, it is clear the situation has been made so much worse with a huge consolidation project that combined a number of warehouse facilities into a new single site, changing parts supplier and combining a number of legacy systems into a new one. As Alan, who's day job is just this sort of thing states, “that's courageous”. If you would like to read more, click this link to the original scoop here. ALPINA FOUNDER PASSES AWAYBurkard Bovensiepen, who was the founder of ALPINA, has sadly passed away at the age of 87. He helped create an incredible...

It's a little over a year since the US Inflation Reduction Act was passed into law. Solar was one of the main beneficiaries, thanks to an extension and expansion of the tax credits available to the industry. So why has the sector fallen out of favour with investors recently?August was a difficult month for the markets in general, but companies including First Solar, Sunrun, Sunpower and Sunnova (who have been featured on our sister podcast The Interchange) have had it particularly rough. To look into what's going on, host Ed Crooks is joined by two of our regular finance and investment experts: Shanu Mathew, of Lazard Asset Management, and Amy Myers-Jaffe, of NYU's Energy, Climate Justice and Sustainability Lab. Together, look at the residential and utility-scale solar markets and the investment going into them, the US perspective against a global investment backdrop, and the long-term prospects for solar.Also in this show: what went wrong at Proterra? Proterra was an electric bus and battery company championed by President Biden as an example of how the US could build a manufacturing base in cleantech, but it filed for bankruptcy in early August. What does its failure tell us about the future of electric vehicles? And how do these challenges facing two key sectors, solar and EVs, change our perceptions of the clean energy transition? Finally, ESG investing is in the spotlight again. Larry Fink, CEO of Blackrock – one of the world's biggest asset management firms – said recently that he “doesn't use the word ESG any more, because it's been entirely weaponised...by the far left and weaponised by the far right.” Republican politicians in the US have attacked ESG as “a direct threat to the American economy, individual economic freedom, and our way of life.” Some statistics have suggested that interest in ESG investing has been waning from its high point in 2021. Amy says the capital is still flowing into clean energy, but investors need to “pick the right team, the right technology, the right management.” Shanu argues that the trends still support moves towards increased sustainability and the use of environmental, social and governance factors in investment decisions. ESG may not be a buzz-word any more, at least not in a positive sense. But the ideas that lie behind it can still be useful.Follow the conversation on X, the platform we know as Twitter – we're @theenergygang. And subscribe to the show so you don't miss an episode. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Toby Kraus and Ben Parker are co-founders of Lightship, an all-electric RV. Their first model, the L1, is a tow trailer with a sizable solar array on top, electric heat pump HVAC, an induction stove in the kitchen, an 80 kilowatt hour battery and an EV range extending or gas mileage boosting feature wherein the tow trailer provides some on-road power to the vehicle that's pulling it. Ben is a former mechanical design engineer at Tesla who contributed to the Model 3. Toby also worked at Tesla, first in finance then as product manager for the Model S. He later assumed an executive position at Proterra, an electric bus company. Despite Proterra's recent bankruptcy, it played a pivotal role in advancing large vehicle electrification. In 2020, Toby and Ben teamed up to establish Lightship and unveiled the L1 for pre-orders in March 2023.This conversation not only covers the founders' backgrounds and the L1's feature set, but also how they have sized the RV market, how the electrification of the RV will help drive the electrification of the pickup truck sector overall, and how the L1 can serve as a power source to a home when it's not in use as an RV. MCJ Collective is proud to be a multi-time investor in Lightship via our venture capital funds, and we still learned a lot during this conversation. In this episode, we cover: [03:06]: Ben's background and Tesla experience[05:43]: How electrifying food trucks led Ben to work on RVs[09:07]: Ben's experience in Formula 1 student racing[10:37]: Toby's background: finance, Tesla, Proterra, and Eclipse[16:46]: RV categories and the market landscape[20:30]: The role of aerodynamics in trailer design [23:08]: Potential for Lightship L1 to unlock electrification in pickup trucks[25:05]: The hodgepodge of fossil fuel systems in legacy RVs[27:20]: Prioritizing a game-changing product with sustainability as a bonus[28:24]: An in-depth overview of the Lightship L1 trailer's sleek design[30:58]: Details of the L1's solar paneled roof, HVAC, and stove[34:51]: Pricing and target customer demographics [40:23]: Addressing range anxiety with existing RV campground infrastructure[42:25]: Lightship L1's battery and potential as a home backup power source[49:50]: Tackling the problem of embedded emissions with durability[53:51]: How Lightship finances their businessGet connected: Toby Kraus LinkedIn / Ben Parker LinkedInLightship LinkedIn / XCody Simms LinkedIn / XMCJ Podcast / Collective*You can also reach us via email at info@mcjcollective.com, where we encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Episode recorded on Aug 10, 2023 (Published on Aug 24, 2023)

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Glöckler teilt seine Erfahrungen beim Auto Verkauf über diverse Plattformen. Proterra ist insolvent und wir schauen uns Outside-In an, welche Unternehmen aktuell die Online Werbeausgaben herunterfahren. Elon Musk fällt seiner Twitter / X CEO Linda Yaccarino in den Rücken und Mark Zuckerberg hat die Nase voll. Es gibt Earnings von Delivery Hero, Monday, Xing, SEA sowie On Running. Pip erklärt an den Zahlen von HomeToGo Metriken im Ferienunterkunft Business und vergleicht die Performance der verschiedenen Player im Markt. Philipp Glöckler und Philipp Klöckner sprechen heute über: (00:00:00) Auto Verkauf (00:15:50) Outside-In Analysen (00:25:10) Elon, Mark & Linda (00:33:50) DN Capital - Vorwürfe der sexuellen Belästigung (00:45:50) Delivery Hero Earnings (00:50:20) HomeToGo Earnings (01:15:35) Monday Earnings (01:20:50) Xing Earnings (01:22:00) SEA Limited Earnings (01:27:45) On Running Earnings (01:33:00) Amazon Private Label Shownotes: Werbung: Erfahre mehr über das Cybersecurity-as-a-Service Angebot Sophos Managed Detection and Response auf sophos.de/MDR Proterra Insolvenz: Tech Crunch Elon untergräbt Linda: Twitter DN Capital: Sifted Zitat von Youtube Amazon Cuts Private Label: WSJ Doppelgänger Tech Talk Podcast AI by Pip: https://www.doppelgaenger.io/ai Sheet https://doppelgaenger.io/sheet/ Disclaimer https://www.doppelgaenger.io/disclaimer/ Post Production by Jan Wagener Aktuelle Doppelgänger Werbepartner

Even during the Summer, Laurent and Gerard manage to convene once a week to discuss the latest Energy Transition news. On the menu:- Why is Nuclear 4x more expensive in the US than China?- Proterra vs BYD, the tale of 2 electric buses companies- Lucid doomed while Rivian might survive- Hydrogen trains: “Nein danke”- Electrifying the Yangtze river

This week Mary Ann and Alex got into a mix of growth stories, and some less-than-winsome on the startups that are not having the best 2023:How Lula went frugal and set itself up for a massive up-round in 2023: Mary Ann's recent reporting on Lula was perfect Equity material as it dealt with capital in motion, and a quickly-growing startup. Even more notably, Lula is in the insurtech space, part of the fintech world that has had an up-and-down few years.Weights & Biases raises $50M: Back in the day if a startup raised a big round, and then a smaller round afterwards, we would have worried a little. Today's venture market feels a little bit different. So, MLOps startup Weights & Biases has added $50 million more to its coffers, and we didn't fret too much on the round coming in light compared to its previous tranche. Summing our views, anything ML and AI is hot today, and Weights & Biases is well known. This round was not a shocker.BlueJeans folds: Remember when Verizon bought a Zoom competitor during the pandemic? It seems that customers didn't, either.Sendy shutters, Proterra reaches for bankruptcy help: While insurtech and MLOps are showing vigor, Kenyan logistics startup Sendy is over, and an EV startup that went public via a SPAC is trying to shake up its accounting so that it can keep going. Not the best news, frankly.And we closed with the latest from WeWork (not so good) and its erstwhile bestie, SoftBank, which is getting busier with its checkbook again.What a strange week and one that went by so quickly. More on Monday! Talk to you then!For episode transcripts and more, head to Equity's Simplecast website.Equity drops at 7 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews foundersand more!

On today's "Freedom Friday," Tara and Stephanie talk about how Biden's favorite EV company, Proterra, which Biden claimed would "own the future," declared bankruptcy this week, taking hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars down with it. Your hosts also discuss the continued push for electric vehicles from the Biden Admin, and their flippant attitude towards the cost to the American people, as well as research that shows EV's are not more cost effective than gas-powered vehicles and are instead more expensive.  Read the blog and connect with Stephanie and Tara on TikTok, IG, and Facebook. https://msha.ke/unapologeticallyoutspoken/ Support the podcast and join the conversation by becoming a member of our Patreon community, where we post weekly exclusive "members only" podcast episodes and new content you won't hear on the podcast. All Patreon members also get a FREE Unapologetically Outspoken sticker! https://www.patreon.com/unapologeticallyoutspoken To purchase our super cool stickers, visit our Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/UOPatriotChicks  

Biden backed Bay Area-based electric bus and battery maker Proterra filed for Chapter 11. Pags gives his thoughts on that. PLUS...House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan talks with Joe ...an interview you don't want to miss about the Facebook Files, Jack Smith and when somebody will get impeached.

On today's show, Mike takes some time to talk about the government picking winners and losers and why it's almost always a bad idea. Case in point: Proterra, an electric bus company that received heavy backing from President Joe Biden's administration, filed for bankruptcy on Monday. Mike looks at that epic fail and comments on what we all can learn from it.Following that, Mike talks to Breitbart Reporter Katherine Hamilton about Ohio's Issue 1 failing (and why that's a bad thing) and other important abortion-related stories. You'll definitely want to listen to that interview if you're a pro-life warrior!

Proterra, the company making electric busses for CT is going out of business.

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Tuesday, August 8th, 2023. Rowdy Christian Merch Plug: If you’re a fan of CrossPolitic, or the Fight Laugh Feast Network, then surely, you know we have a merch store right? Rowdy Christian Merch is your one-stop-shop for everything CrossPolitc merchandise. We’ve got T-Shirts, hoodies, hats, but we’ve also got specialty items like backpacks, mugs, coffee, even airpod cases! Visit Rowdy Christian Merch at rowdychristian.com, and buy that next gift, or a little something for yourself. Again, that’s rowdychristian.com. https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/desantis-replaces-campaign-manager-amid-low-polling DeSantis launches major shakeup, replaces presidential campaign manager amid low polling In a major shakeup weeks in the making, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign announced Tuesday it had replaced its campaign manager amid low polling in the 2024 GOP primary. DeSantis' gubernatorial chief of staff James Uthmeier replaced campaign manager Generra Peck, DeSantis' team confirmed to The Hill. Peck will now work as the campaign's chief strategist. "People have written Governor DeSantis’s obituary many times," Uthmeier told The Messenger. "He’s breaking records on fundraising and has a supporting super PAC with $100 million in the bank and an incredible ground game. Get ready." Additionally, David Polyansky, former chief of staff for Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, will also join the campaign after serving as an adviser at the pro-DeSantis Never Back Down super PAC. "David Polyansky will also be a critical addition to the team given his presidential campaign experience in Iowa and work at Never Back Down," DeSantis' communications director Andrew Romeo said. Republican strategist and former Trump adviser Roger Stone predicted that 2024 presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will completely run out of money by the first of October. The largest donor to the Florida governor said earlier this week that he was going to hold off funding until DeSantis could appeal more to moderates. Trump is ahead of DeSantis in Republican primary polls with 53.2% to the Florida Republican's 15.1%, according to an average of polls analyzed by FiveThirtyEight. The staffing changes come after the DeSantis campaign laid off more than one-third of its employees last month. https://bongino.com/electric-vehicle-company-heavily-promoted-by-biden-admin-goes-bankrupt Electric Vehicle Company Heavily Promoted by Biden Admin Goes Bankrupt Proterra, an electric bus manufacturing company promoted by the Biden administration, had everything it needed to succeed - and failed anyway. As the Washington Free Beacon’s Chuck Ross reported: Proterra cited "various market and macroeconomic headwinds" in a Chapter 11 filing on Monday, which came after the California-based firm cut hundreds of jobs earlier this year and restructured hundreds of millions of dollars in outstanding debt. Proterra stood to rake in millions from Biden's infrastructure and green energy initiatives, the former of which included at least $5 billion in spending on electric buses alone. Biden's flagship climate bill, the Inflation Reduction Act, also includes spending to help cities convert from diesel buses to electric buses, a major incentive for companies like Proterra. JoAnn Covington, Proterra's chief legal officer, acknowledged last year that tax credits and federal grants under Biden's bills were a major incentive for the company. Grants to purchase electric buses and to create electric vehicle charging infrastructure would ​"open up opportunities to accelerate adoption of battery-electric and zero-emissions vehicles to all the other commercial segments on the cusp of being electrified," Covington said. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm held non-public shares of proterra, which she sold in mid 2021 to an undisclosed buyer, pocketing over a $1 million profit in the process. She pledged to disclose the buyer, but never did. Proterra's stock only crashed from there, and Granholm’s 240,000 shares would be worth roughly $60,000 total as of writing, had she still held them. Earlier this year in February, Proterra’s CEO Gareth Joyce was appointed by Biden to his Export Council. The year prior, Biden hosted a virtual White House event that spotlighted Proterra’s business, which included the president of the company giving a virtual tour of the company’s manufacturing facility. https://freebeacon.com/national-security/biden-admin-has-given-2-35-billion-to-taliban-controlled-afghanistan/ Biden Admin Has Given $2.35 Billion to Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan The Biden administration has provided more than $2.35 billion in taxpayer dollars to Afghanistan since the Taliban retook control of the government in 2021 following a deadly U.S. evacuation. The United States remains Afghanistan’s top patron, even as lawmakers and federal oversight officials warn that these funds could be propping up the Taliban’s terrorist government. Updated spending figures were disclosed Tuesday in a report by the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a federal watchdog that documents waste, fraud, and abuse related to U.S. expenditures in the war-torn country. Around $1.7 billion "remained available for possible disbursement" at the time of SIGAR’s report, meaning that this money is ready to flow into non-profit groups and other entities working on reconstruction projects in Afghanistan. With the Taliban exerting control over nearly every sector of the country’s infrastructure—including the NGO community—it is more than likely that a sizable portion of these funds will end up in the terror group’s coffers. The latest figures are certain to increase congressional pressure on the Biden administration to stop sending taxpayer funds into Afghanistan until officials can ensure the Taliban is not stealing the money. John Sopko, head of SIGAR, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee in April that he "cannot assure this committee or the American taxpayer we are not currently funding the Taliban." Sopko also accused the Biden administration of blocking his investigatory efforts and refusing to hand over documents that could show if the Taliban is being propped up by American cash. In the two years since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan following the Biden administration's withdrawal of American forces in 2021, it has become increasingly clear that the terrorist group views international assistance as a "revenue stream," according to SIGAR’s latest report. The United States Institute of Peace recently warned the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the primary vehicle for U.S. spending in Afghanistan, that the Taliban is "pushing for ever-increasing degrees of credit and control over the delivery of aid." United Nations officials also disclosed to the watchdog that "the Taliban have effectively infiltrated and influenced most UN-managed assistance programming." This reality is raising questions about the nearly $2 billion in funds the Biden administration has made available for disbursement in the country. As U.S. aid money flows to the country, "Taliban interference with NGO work escalated, leading to a steady decline in humanitarian access in 2023, with a 32 percent increase in incidents between January and May 2023 as compared to the same period in 2022," according to the report. The Taliban government also has not moderated its jihadi principles since seizing the country. As SIGAR and congressional oversight committees raise concerns about the Biden administration’s push to pump money into Afghanistan, the government agencies in control of these expenditures are not cooperating with investigations. Sopko revealed in April that the "the Department of State, USAID, the U.N., and other agencies are refusing to give us basic information that we or any other oversight body would need to ensure safe stewardship of tax dollars." Sopko revealed in April that the "the Department of State, USAID, the U.N., and other agencies are refusing to give us basic information that we or any other oversight body would need to ensure safe stewardship of tax dollars." "More troubling," he added, "State and USAID have instructed their employees not to talk to SIGAR, and in one recent instance, State told one of its contractors not to participate in a SIGAR audit." The White House also would not cooperate with SIGAR. Congress has had similar experiences, with USAID declining to tell investigators what safeguards were put in place to ensure taxpayer cash is not stolen by the Taliban. https://nypost.com/2023/08/07/nathan-cruz-cousin-of-uvalde-school-shooter-arrested-for-threatening-school/ Cousin, 17, of Uvalde school shooter arrested for allegedly threatening ‘to do the same thing’ A cousin to Uvalde school shooter Salvador Ramos was arrested after he was accused of threatening to shoot up a school and shoot his sister in the head, according to authorities. Nathan Cruz, 17, allegedly told his sister he planned “to do the same thing” as his sicko cousin, who shot and killed 19 students and two staffers inside Robb Elementary School last year, according to an arrest warrant obtained by the San Antonio Express-News. San Antonio officers responded to a mental health call after the teen suspect’s mother grew worried Monday morning. “The suspect’s mother was especially concerned because the suspect is currently on probation, was intoxicated at the time, and for the fact that they live near an elementary school,” the affidavit reportedly stated. Cruz also allegedly mentioned how “school is starting soon,” according to KSAT, which also obtained the warrant. Cruz reportedly denied making any threats when speaking with detectives. Cruz’s mother said she overheard her son attempting to buy an AR-15 illegally over the phone, according to the warrant. The family lives across the street from the Gardendale Early Learning Program, the newspaper reported. In addition to the school shooting threat, he also threatened to shoot his sister in the head, the mother alleged. The young man’s sister believed his threat was credible “due to the recent history of their family and the suspect’s knowledge of his cousin’s actions,” according to the San Antonio Express-News. Cruz was booked on a felony charge of making a terroristic threat to the public and a misdemeanor charge of making a terroristic threat to a family member, according to online records from the Bexar County jail. Just when you think Disney may have figured things out… https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/08/07/disney-teams-up-with-transgender-tiktok-influencer-to-promote-girls-apparel-i-literally-look-like-minnie-mouse/ Disney Teams Up with Transgender TikTok Influencer to Promote Girls Apparel The Walt Disney Co. has teamed up with a transgender TikTok influencer to promote apparel for girls — specifically, Minnie Mouse-themed clothes that include a red dress, yellow pumps, and a red hair bow. Transgender influencer Seann Altman — a biological male who identifies as “gender fluid” — created a promotional TikTok video for Disney Style, the company’s social media brand promoting Disney-themed clothing, makeup, and accessories. In the video, which was first reported by the Twitter account @LeftismForU, he provides a dress-up tutorial to look like Minnie Mouse. The video was subsequently posted to Disney Style’s official TikTok account. https://twitter.com/i/status/1688344659003629569 - Play Video As you just heard, Altman models a red dress, which he accessorizes with a white petticoat, yellow high-heel shoes, and a belt. He then adds artificial buns to his hair to simulate Minnie’s ears and tops it off with Minnie’s signature red bow. The video is the latest example of Disney promoting transgenderism and gender non-conformity. As Breitbart News reported, Disneyland recently employed a mustachioed transvestite to welcome young girls into the park’s Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. In the past couple of years, Disney has fought Florida over its anti-grooming Parental Rights in Education law, created multiple transgender characters for its children’s shows, put gay characters at the center of its big-budget movies, and even launched an LGBTQ-themed apparel line. In 2021, the Disney+ streaming service hosted This Is Me: Pride Celebration Spectacular, a musical special on YouTube starring drag queen Nina West, with performances of popular Disney songs re-imagined with LGBTQ themes.

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Tuesday, August 8th, 2023. Rowdy Christian Merch Plug: If you’re a fan of CrossPolitic, or the Fight Laugh Feast Network, then surely, you know we have a merch store right? Rowdy Christian Merch is your one-stop-shop for everything CrossPolitc merchandise. We’ve got T-Shirts, hoodies, hats, but we’ve also got specialty items like backpacks, mugs, coffee, even airpod cases! Visit Rowdy Christian Merch at rowdychristian.com, and buy that next gift, or a little something for yourself. Again, that’s rowdychristian.com. https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/desantis-replaces-campaign-manager-amid-low-polling DeSantis launches major shakeup, replaces presidential campaign manager amid low polling In a major shakeup weeks in the making, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign announced Tuesday it had replaced its campaign manager amid low polling in the 2024 GOP primary. DeSantis' gubernatorial chief of staff James Uthmeier replaced campaign manager Generra Peck, DeSantis' team confirmed to The Hill. Peck will now work as the campaign's chief strategist. "People have written Governor DeSantis’s obituary many times," Uthmeier told The Messenger. "He’s breaking records on fundraising and has a supporting super PAC with $100 million in the bank and an incredible ground game. Get ready." Additionally, David Polyansky, former chief of staff for Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, will also join the campaign after serving as an adviser at the pro-DeSantis Never Back Down super PAC. "David Polyansky will also be a critical addition to the team given his presidential campaign experience in Iowa and work at Never Back Down," DeSantis' communications director Andrew Romeo said. Republican strategist and former Trump adviser Roger Stone predicted that 2024 presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will completely run out of money by the first of October. The largest donor to the Florida governor said earlier this week that he was going to hold off funding until DeSantis could appeal more to moderates. Trump is ahead of DeSantis in Republican primary polls with 53.2% to the Florida Republican's 15.1%, according to an average of polls analyzed by FiveThirtyEight. The staffing changes come after the DeSantis campaign laid off more than one-third of its employees last month. https://bongino.com/electric-vehicle-company-heavily-promoted-by-biden-admin-goes-bankrupt Electric Vehicle Company Heavily Promoted by Biden Admin Goes Bankrupt Proterra, an electric bus manufacturing company promoted by the Biden administration, had everything it needed to succeed - and failed anyway. As the Washington Free Beacon’s Chuck Ross reported: Proterra cited "various market and macroeconomic headwinds" in a Chapter 11 filing on Monday, which came after the California-based firm cut hundreds of jobs earlier this year and restructured hundreds of millions of dollars in outstanding debt. Proterra stood to rake in millions from Biden's infrastructure and green energy initiatives, the former of which included at least $5 billion in spending on electric buses alone. Biden's flagship climate bill, the Inflation Reduction Act, also includes spending to help cities convert from diesel buses to electric buses, a major incentive for companies like Proterra. JoAnn Covington, Proterra's chief legal officer, acknowledged last year that tax credits and federal grants under Biden's bills were a major incentive for the company. Grants to purchase electric buses and to create electric vehicle charging infrastructure would ​"open up opportunities to accelerate adoption of battery-electric and zero-emissions vehicles to all the other commercial segments on the cusp of being electrified," Covington said. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm held non-public shares of proterra, which she sold in mid 2021 to an undisclosed buyer, pocketing over a $1 million profit in the process. She pledged to disclose the buyer, but never did. Proterra's stock only crashed from there, and Granholm’s 240,000 shares would be worth roughly $60,000 total as of writing, had she still held them. Earlier this year in February, Proterra’s CEO Gareth Joyce was appointed by Biden to his Export Council. The year prior, Biden hosted a virtual White House event that spotlighted Proterra’s business, which included the president of the company giving a virtual tour of the company’s manufacturing facility. https://freebeacon.com/national-security/biden-admin-has-given-2-35-billion-to-taliban-controlled-afghanistan/ Biden Admin Has Given $2.35 Billion to Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan The Biden administration has provided more than $2.35 billion in taxpayer dollars to Afghanistan since the Taliban retook control of the government in 2021 following a deadly U.S. evacuation. The United States remains Afghanistan’s top patron, even as lawmakers and federal oversight officials warn that these funds could be propping up the Taliban’s terrorist government. Updated spending figures were disclosed Tuesday in a report by the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a federal watchdog that documents waste, fraud, and abuse related to U.S. expenditures in the war-torn country. Around $1.7 billion "remained available for possible disbursement" at the time of SIGAR’s report, meaning that this money is ready to flow into non-profit groups and other entities working on reconstruction projects in Afghanistan. With the Taliban exerting control over nearly every sector of the country’s infrastructure—including the NGO community—it is more than likely that a sizable portion of these funds will end up in the terror group’s coffers. The latest figures are certain to increase congressional pressure on the Biden administration to stop sending taxpayer funds into Afghanistan until officials can ensure the Taliban is not stealing the money. John Sopko, head of SIGAR, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee in April that he "cannot assure this committee or the American taxpayer we are not currently funding the Taliban." Sopko also accused the Biden administration of blocking his investigatory efforts and refusing to hand over documents that could show if the Taliban is being propped up by American cash. In the two years since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan following the Biden administration's withdrawal of American forces in 2021, it has become increasingly clear that the terrorist group views international assistance as a "revenue stream," according to SIGAR’s latest report. The United States Institute of Peace recently warned the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the primary vehicle for U.S. spending in Afghanistan, that the Taliban is "pushing for ever-increasing degrees of credit and control over the delivery of aid." United Nations officials also disclosed to the watchdog that "the Taliban have effectively infiltrated and influenced most UN-managed assistance programming." This reality is raising questions about the nearly $2 billion in funds the Biden administration has made available for disbursement in the country. As U.S. aid money flows to the country, "Taliban interference with NGO work escalated, leading to a steady decline in humanitarian access in 2023, with a 32 percent increase in incidents between January and May 2023 as compared to the same period in 2022," according to the report. The Taliban government also has not moderated its jihadi principles since seizing the country. As SIGAR and congressional oversight committees raise concerns about the Biden administration’s push to pump money into Afghanistan, the government agencies in control of these expenditures are not cooperating with investigations. Sopko revealed in April that the "the Department of State, USAID, the U.N., and other agencies are refusing to give us basic information that we or any other oversight body would need to ensure safe stewardship of tax dollars." Sopko revealed in April that the "the Department of State, USAID, the U.N., and other agencies are refusing to give us basic information that we or any other oversight body would need to ensure safe stewardship of tax dollars." "More troubling," he added, "State and USAID have instructed their employees not to talk to SIGAR, and in one recent instance, State told one of its contractors not to participate in a SIGAR audit." The White House also would not cooperate with SIGAR. Congress has had similar experiences, with USAID declining to tell investigators what safeguards were put in place to ensure taxpayer cash is not stolen by the Taliban. https://nypost.com/2023/08/07/nathan-cruz-cousin-of-uvalde-school-shooter-arrested-for-threatening-school/ Cousin, 17, of Uvalde school shooter arrested for allegedly threatening ‘to do the same thing’ A cousin to Uvalde school shooter Salvador Ramos was arrested after he was accused of threatening to shoot up a school and shoot his sister in the head, according to authorities. Nathan Cruz, 17, allegedly told his sister he planned “to do the same thing” as his sicko cousin, who shot and killed 19 students and two staffers inside Robb Elementary School last year, according to an arrest warrant obtained by the San Antonio Express-News. San Antonio officers responded to a mental health call after the teen suspect’s mother grew worried Monday morning. “The suspect’s mother was especially concerned because the suspect is currently on probation, was intoxicated at the time, and for the fact that they live near an elementary school,” the affidavit reportedly stated. Cruz also allegedly mentioned how “school is starting soon,” according to KSAT, which also obtained the warrant. Cruz reportedly denied making any threats when speaking with detectives. Cruz’s mother said she overheard her son attempting to buy an AR-15 illegally over the phone, according to the warrant. The family lives across the street from the Gardendale Early Learning Program, the newspaper reported. In addition to the school shooting threat, he also threatened to shoot his sister in the head, the mother alleged. The young man’s sister believed his threat was credible “due to the recent history of their family and the suspect’s knowledge of his cousin’s actions,” according to the San Antonio Express-News. Cruz was booked on a felony charge of making a terroristic threat to the public and a misdemeanor charge of making a terroristic threat to a family member, according to online records from the Bexar County jail. Just when you think Disney may have figured things out… https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/08/07/disney-teams-up-with-transgender-tiktok-influencer-to-promote-girls-apparel-i-literally-look-like-minnie-mouse/ Disney Teams Up with Transgender TikTok Influencer to Promote Girls Apparel The Walt Disney Co. has teamed up with a transgender TikTok influencer to promote apparel for girls — specifically, Minnie Mouse-themed clothes that include a red dress, yellow pumps, and a red hair bow. Transgender influencer Seann Altman — a biological male who identifies as “gender fluid” — created a promotional TikTok video for Disney Style, the company’s social media brand promoting Disney-themed clothing, makeup, and accessories. In the video, which was first reported by the Twitter account @LeftismForU, he provides a dress-up tutorial to look like Minnie Mouse. The video was subsequently posted to Disney Style’s official TikTok account. https://twitter.com/i/status/1688344659003629569 - Play Video As you just heard, Altman models a red dress, which he accessorizes with a white petticoat, yellow high-heel shoes, and a belt. He then adds artificial buns to his hair to simulate Minnie’s ears and tops it off with Minnie’s signature red bow. The video is the latest example of Disney promoting transgenderism and gender non-conformity. As Breitbart News reported, Disneyland recently employed a mustachioed transvestite to welcome young girls into the park’s Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. In the past couple of years, Disney has fought Florida over its anti-grooming Parental Rights in Education law, created multiple transgender characters for its children’s shows, put gay characters at the center of its big-budget movies, and even launched an LGBTQ-themed apparel line. In 2021, the Disney+ streaming service hosted This Is Me: Pride Celebration Spectacular, a musical special on YouTube starring drag queen Nina West, with performances of popular Disney songs re-imagined with LGBTQ themes.

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Today's show opens with a revelation that hit social media and a few news outlets last night about missing documents and videos from the J6 Committee. I found this to be of keen interest, given Special Prosecutor Jack Smith has been in the news indicting Donald Trump on January 6 charges. Now, when Trump's lawyers will likely seek to subpoena those documents, the new Oversight subcommittee looking into the J6 Committee has discovered as much as half may be missing. To help shed some light on this, I invited US Congressman Barry Loudermilk, chair of the committee to discuss what they've found and the progress they've made. We chat about documents, videos, missing testimony from the Capitol police chief and more. We even talked about whistleblower protection laws and how hard it is for Republicans to get the truth out via a Legacy/mainstream media who is only interested in supporting Democrat narratives. I next move onto a story that broke yesterday from the state of Michigan. According to The Gateway Pundit, they reveal a story of massive 2020 voter fraud, including an estimated 800,000 ballot applications sent to non-qualified voters and tied to a Democrat-funded organization with multiple temporary facilities in several states. Why have you never heard about it? Because, once local police escalated to state police and the state's Attorney General, it was then referred to the FBI where it seems investigations go to die and evidence disappears – at least if it's tied to the Left. With all that fraud coming out in Michigan, I thought it might be nice to shift our focus to another battleground state. I play two back-to-back sound bites of people testifying under oath. One details ballot harvesting and intimidation in elder care and assisted living facilities, while the other was a US Postal worker ordered to “find mail-in ballots” hours after the polls had already closed and change their post-marked to before Nov 4. While we've been so focused on all of the indictment headlines, it looks like the US has just approved the first batch of M1A1 Abrams tanks to be shipped to Ukraine. Oh, and to anger President Putin further, they may be stocked with uranium depleted ammunition. Remember, Putin said he was pushed to move short-range, tactical nukes to Belarus after Canada sent depleted uranium ammunition to stock their tanks they sent to Ukraine earlier this summer. Speaking of distractions, while we keep getting sold a bill of goods called Bidenomics, one of the regimes green tech companies just declared bankruptcy. Biden lauded Proterra as innovators and pioneers of EV buses, but now it seems those buses will never see the light of day. All those tax-payer subsidies have gone up in a poof of smoke. And, while on the subject of buses, we need to spend a moment with our Vice President. To close the show, I bring you yet another installment of Deep Thoughts with VP Kamala Harris. Let's just say she loves school buses and loves electric school buses even more. Take a moment to rate and review the show and then share the episode on social media. You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, GETTR and TRUTH Social by searching for The Alan Sanders Show. You can also support the show by visiting my Patreon page!

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On today's episode of THE FINANCIAL COMMUTE, host Chris Galeski welcomes Rich Gammill, Managing Partner of Proterra Investment Partners, an alternative investment firm focused on private equity investments in the natural resource sectors of agriculture, food, metals, and mining. Proterra originated in the food and agricultural space under Cargill. After splitting from Cargill, they partnered with Farm Credit, an independent federal agency, to create a unitranche lending solution for food businesses that may not have access to traditional bank loans. Farm Credit is not a deposit-based bank; they fund themselves through the issuance of bonds. Rich says Farm Credit is a mission-oriented, member-owned cooperative providing a wide range of financial services to support agriculture, including loans for land purchases, operating expenses, equipment financing, etc. Proterra helps Farm Credit reach branded food companies that have pricing power and control over their gross margins, providing reliable cash flow streams and defensive qualities- even during challenging times like the pandemic. Proterra does not lend to farmers because the market decides the prices of commodities, which can be volatile and unpredictable. Therefore, Rich says even though their investors may take on more illiquidity, they can generally expect more return and minimized risk. Proterra's focus on food lending offers a specialized and niche investment opportunity in the broader financial landscape while emphasizing responsible investing, considering environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors.Disclosure:  Information presented herein is for discussion and illustrative purposes only. The views and opinions expressed by the speakers are as of the date of the recording and are subject to change. These views are not intended as a recommendation to buy or sell any securities, and should not be relied on as financial, tax or legal advice. Target returns or other forecasts contained herein are based upon subjective estimates and should not be construed as providing any assurance as to the results that may be realized in the future from investments. Many factors affect performance including changes in market conditions and interest rates and changes in response to other economic, political, or financial developments. Past results are no guarantee of future results. All investments involve risk, including the loss of principal.  You should consult with your financial, legal, and tax professionals before implementing any transactions and/or strategies concerning your finances.   

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The hippies and intellectual class have always believed they and they alone can perfect humanity, something only God can do and only in the New Earth. The hippies were going to do it through “free love”, gender-equality, racial-equality and pot smoking. The intellectuals were going to do it with a “new” enlightenment. Now, the intellectual-class intends to do it with compliance implants in our bodies and the former hippie-class with violent punishment for thought crimes. Many of the hippies who preached gender-equality are in the streets beating women for saying they are women; many of the intellectuals are in the government or academia teaching young people women don't exist. So what happened?Big Pharma happened. A Ph.D named Toby Rogers, who writes about iatro-genocide (read: “relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment), makes a brilliant observation I will sum up this way: pharma has killed the hippie-ethos and the intellectual class, please read the entire piece. “I struggle to find words to describe this:Suddenly, in 2020, some of the smartest people in the world -- James Surowiecki, Naomi Klein, Aaron Sorkin, Noam Chomsky, Slavoj Žižek, and so many more -- stopped being smart. The test was simple -- apply all of your smart social, economic, & political theories to Covid & vaccines. That task is not difficult -- spend a few hours reading widely and apply a lifetime of sophisticated critical theory to our present conjuncture.”. . . Big Pharma--Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson--owns the media and much of government. They have used their ownership to break minds--like the Nashville murderer's mind was broken. They have paid to teach people reality isn't real and perfection comes from pills and implants. As they break minds, Big Pharma claims that they are fixing minds (1/6th of all Americans are ingesting their psychotropics, on this trajectory a majority of people under eighteen will be addicted to a pharmaceutical as adults). What does God say? We are to seek holiness, to seek to be more like Jesus, but we cannot reach perfection prior to the New Earth.Philippians 3:12-15 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Nashville police confirm today's shooter identifier as a transgender. The shooter was a woman who identified as a man. She intentionally targeted a religious elementary school for mass murder.The transhuman agenda: one of the reasons they are trying to break down the family. REPORTER: "People who go to Davos to talk about climate change fly private..."JOHN KERRY: "They offset and they are working harder than most people I know to be able to try to effect this transition."Goldman Sachs report: the Inflation Reduction Act's green subsidies could cost $1.2 trillion—more than 3X govt projections. WSJ says the IRA may go down as one of the greatest cons ever on the American taxpayer.The Biden admin's favorite electric battery company is in crisis; Proterra's stock price has nosedived — but not before the energy secretary cashed outToby Rogers, Ph.D., M.P.P. writes a brilliant piece on how pharma killed both the hippies and the intellectuals. Air Transat Flight TS739 FDF-YUL service from Fort-de-France to Montreal, Airbus A321-200: pilot incapacitated in-flight on March 18th, 2023 - 6th incident this monthFrom Laura Aboli: Blue Cross Blue Shield paid pediatricians a $40,000 bonus for fully vaccinating 100 patients under the age of 2. BUT pediatricians lose the whole bonus unless at least 63% of patients are fully vaccinated, and that includes the flu vaccine.Rep. ⁦@JamaalBowmanNY⁩: “⁦@andrewcuomo⁩ is carrying water for MAGA Republicans right now, undermining the investigation of DA Bragg, going after President Biden on how the president has handled the border …” 4Patriotshttps://4patriots.comNever be in the dark with the Patriot Power Solar Generator. Use code TODD to save 10% on your first order.Alan's Soapshttps://alanssoaps.com/TODDUse coupon code ‘TODD' to save an additional 10% off the bundle price. Bonefroghttps://bonefrog.usEnter promo code TODD at checkout to receive 5% off your subscription. 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Nearly a third of all U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are produced by transportation GHG emissions. Today, industries across the board are actively working to improve their sustainability practices and thanks to early adopters like Proterra, the technology now exists to support the mission. The founder of the world's first fast-charging, all-electricity city transit buses had a vision two decades ago to help reduce the planet's pollution problem by reinventing its biggest contributor. Its newest heavy-duty vehicles can now travel over 300 miles on a single charge, electrifying the transit industry for airports, universities and private entities. It wasn't enough to be the first in the market, they also needed to be the preferred choice. The industry leader aimed to create a safer, more reliable, and cleaner transportation option, offering a more pleasant solution for commuters, drivers and the air we breathe. Proterra's VP of Customer Success, Program Management and Transit Product Management, Mike Finnern shares what the road to innovation has been like for the company pioneering the nation's transition to electric vehicles. He shares the secret to building an advanced company from the ground up, in a segment that didn't yet exist, and how they've earned their high repeat customer rate in the process. On this episode of Of Note, Mike joins our hosts Joseph Nother and Kim Christ to explore how to spot innovative talent, inspire it and apply it to achieve success. Learn how Proterra scaled their company from a single product manufacturer to a three-tiered business manufacturing electric commercial vehicles, EV technologies, and charging infrastructures.

Andrew Beebe is the Managing Director at Obvious Ventures, a venture capital firm with over $1 billion AUM that invests in early-stage, purpose-driven entrepreneurs reimagining trillion-dollar industries. Andrew joined Obvious Ventures at the firm's inception to lead investments in climate tech and clean energy solutions, and his investment thesis has led the company to invest in companies, like Proterra (an electric bus company, $PTRA), Lilium, (an electric flight company, $LILM), and Amply (an electric fleet management company). Prior to Obvious, Andrew was an entrepreneur and built companies around sustainable systems for nearly two decades; first in the Internet 1.0 days in the late 90s and later in the first clean tech wave of the early 2000s. His excitement about solar in the early 2000s led him to co-founding Energy Innovation, which he grew into a major solar developer serving customers like Google, Disney, and Sony Pictures. About VSC Ventures: For 20 years, our award-winning PR agency VSC has worked with innovative startups on positioning, messaging, and awareness and we are bringing that same expertise to help climate startups with storytelling and narrative building. Last year, general partners Vijay Chattha and Jay Kapoor raised a $21M fund to co-invest in the most promising startups alongside leading climate funds. Through the conversations on our show CLIMB by VSC, we're excited to share what we're doing at VSC and VSC Ventures on climate innovation with companies like Ample, Actual, Sesame Solar, Synop, Vibrant Planet, and Zume among many others.

LifeBlood: We talked about electric buses, the future of public transportation, the major challenges of making EVs commercially successful, and what mass adoption looks like with Mike Finnern, VP of Electric Vehicle Fleet Customer Success with Proterra Inc. Listen to learn how the future of EV charging stations could look! You can learn more about Mike at Proterra.com, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here: ​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcast You can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you'd like to be a guest on the show, contact us at contact@LifeBlood.Live.  Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates. Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeblood

Activist Elliott Management said to take a large stake in Salesforce (CRM) - WSJ. Spotify (SPOT) plans dismissal of staff as soon as this week to cut costs. Abbott (ABT) under DOJ criminal probe over behavior at Michigan baby formula plant.Our links:Wall Street Breakfast: seekingalpha.com/wsbSeeking Alpha's Wall Street Breakfast brings the top news to investors every morning. Released by 8:00am ET, it's all the news you need to know for your market day.Seeking Alpha Premium: https://seekingalpha.com/premium/getting-startedA comprehensive set of features and analysis that helps take the guesswork out of your investing decisions. Get the bottom-line on any stock or ETF with our Premium tools.Alpha Picks: https://seekingalpha.com/alpha-picks/subscribeAlpha Picks gives you two top stock picks each month, sifted from Seeking Alpha's analysis of thousands of stocks. We do the work. You reap the rewards.Twitter: https://twitter.com/WallStBreakfastShow links:Catalyst watch: Tesla reverberations, Intel earnings, Rocket Lab launch and Macau stocks on holidayFormer FTX US head raises $5M from Coinbase, Circle to build out new crypto ventureGM and LG cancel plans for fourth US plant Proterra to cut 300 jobs as it consolidates manufacturing plantsSpotify Techology S.A. (SPOT)

- EV Startups at Critical Juncture - Lucid, Rivian Costs Are Sky High - Proterra Quits Manufacturing in California - Alpine Eyes U.S. Market - Hertz Launches EV Fleet  - Mercedes Pays €7,300 Profit Sharing - NIO Loses Trademarks to Audi - Design A Twingo with AI  - Honda Going to The Moon! - Bridgestone Develops 1st All Terrain Tire for Exotics

- EV Startups at Critical Juncture - Lucid, Rivian Costs Are Sky High - Proterra Quits Manufacturing in California - Alpine Eyes U.S. Market - Hertz Launches EV Fleet  - Mercedes Pays €7,300 Profit Sharing - NIO Loses Trademarks to Audi - Design A Twingo with AI  - Honda Going to The Moon! - Bridgestone Develops 1st All Terrain Tire for Exotics

In late October, the EPA announced nearly $1 billion was awarded through the Clean School Bus Rebate Lottery program to support 389 school districts across the country with their school bus electrification projects. The intention of this program is to accelerate electrification by giving schools the financial resources to transition their diesel bus fleets to all-electric.On this episode of The Amped EV Podcast, we catch up with the transportation director, Rick Grisham, at one of those school districts, Richland One School District in Columbia, South Carolina, the 11th-largest school district in South Carolina, to understand why the district wants to transition to electric, what the process has been like and who the major stakeholders are to make the district's plans a reality.One of those stakeholders is Proterra, who is working with Richland One from start to finish to guide them through the transition process. We also talk with Mabel Feng, the director of product management at Proterra, to hear about the technology that powers the school buses, charging solutions, infrastructure and management software Richland One is using.The Buzz: www.thebuzzevnews.comAutel Energy: www.autelenergy.com

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they're available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): If Tesla is facing ‘demand destruction,' where are the demand triggers? There's ‘no evidence' Tesla cheated crash tests with special code, Euro NCAP says Rivian R1T electric pickups are in Africa to help with conservation efforts Europe says Biden's IRA isn't fair play for the global EV future School districts embrace electric buses as the 200th Proterra-powered EV bus arrives in Indiana https://youtu.be/0fgAFj_Tr6U var postYoutubePlayer;function onYouTubeIframeAPIReady() { postYoutubePlayer = new YT.Player( "post-youtube-video" ); } Subscribe to the Electrek Daily Channel on Youtube so you never miss a day of news Follow Mikey: Twitter @Mikey_Electric Listen & Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify TuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Start focusing on the impact you and your team make, not just the amount of hours you work. Leaders oftentimes lose sight of where to focus their attention to take their organization and career to the next level. Take the time to ask yourself what you can do to push boundaries and do bigger things! I host Kelly Scheib, Chief People Officer of Crunchbase, where she shares her strategy for making a difference in her personal life and career plus a great tool to get more done. She's also served as a senior leader at Proterra, Tindall Corporation, and Hubbell Lighting. Crunchbase is the leading provider of private-company prospecting and research solutions. 75 million users—including salespeople, entrepreneurs, investors, and market researchers—use Crunchbase to prospect for new business opportunities. Kelly received her undergraduate and masters degrees from Penn State University, a Mother of 5, and Foster Care Advocate. LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-scheib-sphr-shrm-scp-rcc-48a66721/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-scheib-sphr-shrm-scp-rcc-48a66721/) Company Link: https://www.crunchbase.com/ (https://www.crunchbase.com/) What You'll Discover in this Episode: Work-life balance advice for every leader. A simple exercise that helps you organize life and work. The productivity technique that fuels her success. How becoming a foster parent impacts her leadership. What every leader should understand about executive coaching. What it means for leaders when employees have “optionality”. Advice for leaders around the shifting balance of power between employer and employee. The missing leadership conversation … “hours worked” versus “value added”. ----- Connect with the Host, #1 bestselling author Ben Fanning https://www.benfanning.com/speaker/ (Speaking and Training inquires) https://followbenonyoutube.com (Subscribe to my Youtube channel) https://www.linkedin.com/in/benfanning/ (LinkedIn) https://www.instagram.com/benfanning1/ (Instagram) https://twitter.com/BenFanning1 (Twitter)

On the podcast today: ·       Tavares confident that Stellantis can catch up with Tesla ·       CCS retrofit kit for Model 3/Y appears in Tesla Parts Catalog ·       Van Hool double-decker electric bus with Proterra battery drives 2,500 miles  ·       NASCAR 'exploring' launch of electric racing series ·       Meet 14 of the Best-Funded Startups in the Electric Car Battery Business ·       FleetCharge program could earn UK homeowners £1,000 a year ·       Mercedes-Benz establishes sustainable battery recycling ·       Uber invests £5 million installing 700 chargers in London ·       Petrol prices: Record high fuel costs result in 37% surge in interest for electric cars in the UK ·       The Equinox EV and Blazer EV SS are the Electric Vehicles That GM Needs Right Now

Show #1402 Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, you trusted source of information. It's Saturday 12th March, it's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. TAVARES CONFIDENT THAT STELLANTIS CAN CATCH UP WITH TESLA - Stellantis (STLA.MI) should be able to catch up with electric vehicle pioneer Tesla (TSLA.O) in the coming years, its chief executive Carlos Tavares said on Friday, adding that competition would benefit consumers. - Tavares also called for greater investment in charging networks in Europe and the United States to encourage drivers to switch to electric vehicles. Original Source : https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tavares-confident-that-stellantis-can-catch-up-with-tesla-2022-03-11/ CCS RETROFIT KIT FOR MODEL 3/Y APPEARS IN TESLA PARTS CATALOG - Tesla launched a new CCS1 adapter in South Korea last year, announcing shortly thereafter that it would eventually be coming to North America. - Tesla added new information to the in-car display to know if you had the hardware required for your car to work with the CCS charging standard. - Generally cars built in late 2019 or early 2020 or later had the message “CCS enabled,” while cars built prior to that date had the message “Not Installed.” - While we still wait for the CCS adapter to appear in the North American Tesla Shop, a retrofit kit has been added to the Tesla Parts Catalog. The part number (1652004-00-A) is listed for both the Model 3 and Model Y, while there is a second part number (1652005-00-A) listed just for the Model 3. - When Tesla released the retrofit in Europe, it was initially offered at €500 ($965 CAD), which included the adapter itself. The price was later dropped to €299 ($416 CAD). Original Source : https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/ccs-retrofit-kit-appears-in-tesla-parts-catalog/ VAN HOOL DOUBLE-DECKER ELECTRIC BUS WITH PROTERRA BATTERY DRIVES 2,500 MILES from Florida to California on public chargers - North American motor coach seller ABC Companies has announced another successful trip across the US, this time using a Van Hool TDX25E all-electric bus. The double-decker motor coach was “Proterra Powered” and traveled 2,524 miles from Winter Garden, Florida, to Costa Mesa, California, using only public charging stations. - the TDX25E – a 100% electric, 69-passenger double-decker bus. It's the first of its kind to become available in the US, and the largest electric passenger vehicle on the road today, according to ABC Companies. - ABC Companies shared details of its latest (and longest) demonstration drive in a recent press release. The double-decker Van Hool electric bus was provided by ABC Companies and is powered by a Proterra battery system, delivering a storage capacity of 676 kWh. - Empire Coach Line provided the driver for the cross country drive that began at ABC's HQ in Winter Garden, Florida. Over the course of six days, the TDX25E bus traversed 2,524 miles of US roads, reaching elevations over 5,000 feet and averaging 260 miles per charge before reaching the finish line at ABC's Costa Mesa facility in California. Original Source : https://electrek.co/2022/03/11/van-hool-double-decker-electric-bus-with-proterra-battery-drives-2500-miles-from-florida-to-california-on-public-chargers/ NASCAR 'EXPLORING' LAUNCH OF ELECTRIC RACING SERIES - During a press conference announcing his promotion to NASCAR Chief Operating Officer, Steve O'Donnell said the sanctioning body is looking into launching an exhibition series featuring all-electric cars. - "I think there's a lot of interest from our current partners to be part of that. But we look at NASCAR as a place where, in an ideal world, it would be all things to all people. If you went to a NASCAR event weekend, you could see whatever types of technologies you wanted throughout a race weekend." - While there aren't any plans for the top NASCAR Cup Series to go all-electric, the Next Gen cars that were launched this year were future-proofed to accommodate hybrid powertrain that O'Donnell had previously said could be used as soon as 2024. They'd likely first be featured on short ovals and road courses where their regenerative braking systems could recover energy as the cars slow down for corners which would then be used by the electric motor for a burst of acceleration. Original Source : https://www.foxnews.com/auto/nascar-exploring-electric-racing-series MEET 14 OF THE BEST-FUNDED STARTUPS IN THE ELECTRIC CAR BATTERY BUSINESS - Electric car battery startups brought in a whopping $3.6 billion in 2021 — several times the $174.7 million raised the year before — a nod to the massive amounts of investment needed to make good on a future of electric vehicles. - Northvolt - Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden - Total funding: $6.5 billion - SVOLT - Headquarters: Changzhou, China - Total funding: $3.29 billion - Redwood Materials - Headquarters: Carson City, Nevada - Total funding: $815 million - SES - Headquarters: Woburn, Massachusetts - Total funding: $600.1 million - Romeo Power - Headquarters: Los Angeles, California - Total funding: $516.6 million - Solid Power - Headquarters: Louisville, Colorado - Total funding: $717 million - Phylion Battery - Headquarters: Suzhou, China - Total funding: $200.2 million Original Source : https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-14-of-the-best-funded-startups-in-the-electric-car-battery-business-2022-3 FLEETCHARGE PROGRAM COULD EARN UK HOMEOWNERS £1,000 A YEAR - JustPark, the UK's leading driveway sharing platform, has launched FleetCharge to unlock and electrify private driveways to enable businesses to switch their fleets to electric vehicles years earlier. - For the 75 per cent of fleet drivers that don't have off-street parking at home, using an EV can be a challenge. Business drivers can't afford time or associated risks of finding and using a public charging point, with many of these also not being suitable for larger vehicles or e-vans to use. - With FleetCharge, JustPark will find a local homeowner with a driveway within a five-minute walk of the EV driver, install a home charger and give said fleet driver exclusive access to that charging point. - Through FleetCharge, all the upfront EV charging installation costs are covered, but it could potentially earn the hosts a guaranteed additional income of £1,000 a year – all tax-free. Original Source : https://electriccarsreport.com/2022/03/justparks-innovative-fleetcharge-program-could-earn-uk-homeowners-1000-a-year-and-unlock-new-method-of-ev-fleet-charging/ MERCEDES-BENZ ESTABLISHES SUSTAINABLE BATTERY RECYCLING - Mercedes-Benz rolls out its global strategy for recycling automotive battery systems - The project is intended to set standards in terms of battery recycling from an ecological point of view: the process design of the patented hydrometallurgy with recovery rates of more than 96 percent is expected to allow a holistic circular economy of battery materials. - Construction of the plant is in two stages. Initially, a plant for mechanical dismantling will be constructed by 2023. As a second step - subject to promising discussions with the public sector - the facilities for hydrometallurgical processing of the battery materials are to go into operation. This means that in the future, Kuppenheim could cover all the stages from dismantling to module level, shredding and drying and subsequent processing of battery-grade material flows. Original Source : https://group-media.mercedes-benz.com/marsMediaSite/en/instance/ko.xhtml UBER INVESTS £5 MILLION INSTALLING 700 CHARGERS IN LONDON - In London, the boroughs of Brent, Newham and Redbridge are cooperating with Uber to install 700 chargers for electric cars on London streets. Uber is investing £5 million in the chargers, which will be branded by Uber but available for all drivers to use. - The aim is for the new on-street charging points to improve access for those without driveways or home chargers. Uber says it will be working with the boroughs to determine where the chargers should best be installed. An Uber spokesperson told electrive that the chargers will be in the ground in 2023. - This time last year, Uber launched its ‘Uber Green' EV-only option, initially in London's Zone One. Now, Uber says it will expand this option to the whole of the city – meaning that riders will be able to request an electric vehicle from anywhere in the city for the same price as a normal UberX. To incentivise the drivers, Uber ensures that they earn 13% more when taking trips on Uber Green. Original Source : https://www.electrive.com/2022/03/11/uber-invests-5-million-installing-700-chargers-in-london/ PETROL PRICES: RECORD HIGH FUEL COSTS RESULT IN 37% SURGE IN INTEREST FOR ELECTRIC CARS IN THE UK   Original Source : https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/petrol-prices-record-high-fuel-costs-electric-cars-interest-uk-surge-1511362 THE EQUINOX EV AND BLAZER EV SS ARE THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT GM NEEDS RIGHT NOW | EDMUNDS Original Source : https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/equinox-ev-and-blazer-ev-ss-are-the-evs-that-gm-needs.html QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM Do you think rising fuel prices at the pumps will have a direct impact on EV sales? 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