battery, plug-in, fuel cell electric, it is electric. there is no turning back. the question is whether we will lead or fall behind in the race to the future. it is whether we will build these vehicles and the batteries that got them to where they are here in the united states or we will have to rely on other countries for those batteries. whether or not the jobs to build these vehicles and batteries are good-paying union jobs, jobs with benefits, jobs that will continue growth in the middle-class. they have to be, they have to be made in america. right now china is winning the race as one of the fastest growing electric vehicle markets in the world. right now 80% of the manufacturing capacity for these batteries is done in china. here is the deal. it is not china's battery technology is more innovative than anyone else's. remember, our labs, universities, automakers lead in the development of this technology. we lead in the development of this technology. there is no reason we cannot lead again. we just have to move fast. host: president biden yesterday from the

battery, electric, plug-in, hybrid electric, fuel cell electric, it's electric.s whether we'll lead or fall behind in the race for the future. whether we'll build these vehicles and the batteries that got them to where they are in the united states, here in the united states. we're going to have to rely on other countries for those batteries. whether or not the jobs to build these vehicles and batteries are good paying union jobs, jobs with benefits, jobs that are going to sustain continued growth of the middle class. they have to be. right now china's leading the race. it's one of the largest and fastest growing electric vehicle markets in the world. and a key part of the electric vehicle, to state the obvious, is the battery. and right now 80% of the manufacturing capacity for these batteries is done in china. and here's the deal, it's not china's battery technology that's much more innovative than anyone else's. remember, our national labs in america, our universities, our automakers led in the development of this technology. we led in the development of this

battery electric, plug in, hybrid, fuel cell electric. it's electric. there's no turning back.he question is whether we will lead or fall behind in the race for the future. it is whether we will build these vehicles into the batteries that got them to where they are here in the u.s., or will we have to rely on other countries for those batteries. whether or not the job to build these vehicles and batteries are a good paying union job, jobs with benefits, jobs that will sustain continued growth of the middle class. they have to be, they have to be made here in america. right now, china is leading the race. it has one of the largest and fastest growing electric vehicle markets in the world. a key part of the electric vehicle, to state the obvious, is the battery. 80% of the manufacturing capacity for these batteries is in china. here is the deal, it is not that china's battery technology is much more innovative. remember, our national labs in america, our universities, our automakers lead in the development of this technology. we have led in the development of this technology. th

a future of the automobile industry that is electric. the executive order signed by president biden sets a target for 0 mission cars to account for half of all vehicle sold in the united states by the year 2030 biden's goal to shift americans toward cleaner electric vehicles and compete with china. right now. china is leaving the race is one of the largest and fastest growing electric vehicle markets in the world. electric vehicles accounted for just 2 percent of car sales in the past 3 years. in the united states, china has more than doubled the number of electric vehicles on the road. auto companies in the u. s. are also unveiling similar goals for electric vehicles to account for at least half of all car sales by 2030. but biden's electric vehicle revolution face is a big problem infrastructure. it's a priority and biden's, $1.00 trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill still being worked out in congress. the legislation includes 7500000000 for a network of electric vehicle charging stations. but it's just half of what byte and

, just electric. there is no turning back to the question is whether we will lead or fall behind in the race for the future. we are going to have to rely on other countries for the batteries. whether or not the job to build these vehicles and batteries are good paying union jobs, jobs with benefits and jobs to sustain continued growth for the middle class. host: what is the regulatory possibilities from that announcement? guest: i am a big fan of electric vehicles and batteries, but what the administration wants to do is give them the push to make them the dominant technology. in free enterprise, it is not just a new product but all the array that has to go along with it, charging stations and so forth. he just said that battery technology has to be stressed. but if we go for the new infrastructure bill and put charging points and, as the technology changes, that very array of charging stations becomes obsolete very quickly. it is important not to plan this from the top down. i would love to get one o

now, electric vehicles are becoming commonplace on many roads.le as we'd like it to be. so how about putting down the lead and opting for a spot of wireless charging, courtesy of the road? just think of it as being like putting your mobile phone on a wireless charger. the aim of this taxi isn't to be fully recharged, butjust to get a bit of a boost while it's waiting at a taxi rank without any passengers. but maybe we are missing something here. why worry about recharging the batteries, when we could just be swapping them? stephen beckett has been to taiwan to look at some other ways electric vehicles could be powered. this is taipei's famous, or perhaps infamous, "scooter waterfall". it is one of the main routes into central taipei for thousands of commuters every way. for thousands of commuters every day. it is mind—boggling how many mopeds there are here. thousands of them, and theyjust keep on coming. and you know what, you really get a sense ofjust how much pollution these guys are probably causing. this is the same spot a few weeks later, a

electric air heat pumps use electricity to move the heat from the air. this technology can be used to heat a building by moving heat indoors or cool a building by moving heat outdoors just like a refrigerator. and that means there is extra benefits of heating and cooling. gas systems only provide heating. if you think that our climate -- if you think about climate change and how we will have more high heat days, we will need the cooling in our buildings. it is useful. this technology has been around for a while and it is used a lot in europe. next, let's talk about cooking. gas stoves and ovens can be replaced by electric ovens and electric induction cooktops. these consist of an electromagnetic coil that creates a magnetic field and supplies electric current. when brought into the field, the compatible cookware is warmed internally. the source of the heat is the cookware itself and the cooking top remains -- the cooking top surface is cool and that makes it much sorry -- safer to work with. and finally, close dryer. if you're not hanging your clothes ou

battery, plug-in, fuel cell electric, it is electric. there is no turning back.he question is whether we will lead or fall behind in the race to the future. it is whether we will build these vehicles and the batteries that got them to where they are here in the united states or we will have to rely on other countries for those batteries. whether or not the jobs to build these vehicles and batteries are good-paying union jobs, jobs with benefits, jobs that will continue growth in the middle-class. they have to be, they have to be made in america. right now china is winning the race as one of the fastest growing electric vehicle markets in the world. right now 80% of the manufacturing capacity for these batteries is done in china. here is the deal. it is not china's battery technology is more innovative than anyone else's. remember, our labs, universities, automakers lead in the development of this technology. we lead in the development of this technology. there is no reason we cannot lead again. we just have to move fast. host: president biden yesterday from the w

paying less than an electric car. host: next caller, daniel, good morning. caller: lori, i have a question for you this morning. in your presentation, you mentioned that we have to act, with congressional action, to take care of this problem with the narrow window that we have. i am assuming you are telling the average american citizen that this congress we have now and the current administration, and past congresses that have handled items such as the border, afghanistan, the pandemic, in essence, congressional action that has mishandled practically every issue in the last two decades. you are depending upon them to take action that is going to have any kind of effect upon the worldwide climate? how stupid do you think the average american citizen phase. host: ok, we will let her respond to that. guest: i think the average american citizen is very smart. it is why three quarters the american voters believe there needs to be climate action as part of this reconciliation package. the bipartisan infrastructure deal whic

battery electric, plug-in electric, fuel cell electric.is electric and there is no turning back. matt: for more on the future of ev's, henrik fisker joins us, ceo of fisker, famed car designer at bmw, aston martin. thanks for joining us. what do you think of the possibility? you know firsthand how difficult it can be to sell these vehicles. can we meet the goal? henrik: absolutely. i think we will reach 50% of electric vehicles by 2030, in fact, it could be more. the difference is, it will not be the same players that have the same markets that they have today. i think a company like us, fisker, we will have a large part of that market share. we are coming out with vehicles that are frankly lower-priced and even some of the cars coming out from the big three. our first vehicle starts at $37,500 before incentives. we have another that will start under $37,000. we are really going for the high volume. i think you will see a change in who are the major players by the time this comes out. matt: if the administration really wants to reach this

electric air heat pumps use electricity to move the heat from the air. this technology can be used to heat a building by moving heat indoors or cool a building by moving heat outdoors just like a refrigerator. and that means there is extra benefits of heating and cooling. gas systems only provide heating. if you think that our climate -- if you think about climate change and how we will have more high heat days, we will need the cooling in our buildings. it is useful. this technology has been around for a while and it is used a lot in europe. next, let's talk about cooking. gas stoves and ovens can be replaced by electric ovens and electric induction cooktops. these consist of an electromagnetic coil that creates a magnetic field and supplies electric current. when brought into the field, the compatible cookware is warmed internally. the source of the heat is the cookware itself and the cooking top remains -- the cooking top surface is cool and that makes it much sorry -- safer to work with. and finally, close dryer. if you're not hanging your clothes ou

,battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, fuel cell electric.s no turning back. the question is whether we'll lead or fall behind in the future. it's whether we'll build these vehicles and the batteries that got them here in the united states. we're going to have to rely on other countries for these batteries. whether or not jobs to build these batteries are good paying union jobs with benefits, jobs to sus ttain the continued grow of the middle class. they have to be. right now china is leading the race. it's one of the largest and fastest-growing electric markets in the world. the key is the battery. 80% of the manufacturing capacity for these batteries is done in china. it's not china's battery technology that's much more innovative than anyone else's. remember our universities, our auto makers led in the development of this technology. there's no reason why we can't reclaim that leadership and lead again. we have to move fast. when barack, president obama and i were in office, that's what we were doing. in 2009 the automobile industry was fl

electric air heat pumps use electricity to move the heat from the air.o heat a building by moving heat indoors or cool a building by moving heat outdoors just like a refrigerator. and that means there is extra benefits of heating and cooling. gas systems only provide heating. if you think that our climate -- if you think about climate change and how we will have more high heat days, we will need the cooling in our buildings. it is useful. this technology has been around for a while and it is used a lot in europe. next, let's talk about cooking. gas stoves and ovens can be replaced by electric ovens and electric induction cooktops. these consist of an electromagnetic coil that creates a magnetic field and supplies electric current. when brought into the field, the compatible cookware is warmed internally. the source of the heat is the cookware itself and the cooking top remains -- the cooking top surface is cool and that makes it much sorry -- safer to work with. and finally, close dryer. if you're not hanging your clothes out to air dry, close dryers can

, battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, fuel cell electric.ectric. and there's no turning back. the question is whether we will lead or fall behind in the race for the future. amna: now, the plan is dependent on the infrastructure bill, which includes $7.5 billion for new arging stations around the country. the government would set tougher fuel standards as well. automakers are expected to have to meet an average of 52 miles per gallon for new passenger vehicles by 2026. for some perspective on all of this, we turn to two to two -- we turn to two people deeply immersed in the challenges ahead. fred krupp is president of the environmental defense fund. and dan becker is director of the safe climate transport campaign at the center for biological diversity. welcome to you both. and thanks for being here. i want to come to both of you for a quick reaction to the announment. fred, i will start with you. you lled this a defining moment. why? fred: well, it was just inspirational to be out there on the south lawn. the president's vision of half of c

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battery electric, plug in, hybrid electric, fuel cell electric. it's electric.nd there is no turning back. the question is whether we'll lead or fall behind in the race for the future. it's whether we'll build the vehicles here in the united states, we're going to have to rely on other countries for those batteries. whether or not the job to build these vehicles and batteries are good paying union jobs. jobs with benefits, jobs that are going to sustain continued growth of the middle class. they have to be. they have to be made in america. right now china is leading the race. one of the largest and fastest growing electric vehicle markets in the world. the key part of the vehicle is the battery. right now 80% of the manufacturing capacity through the batteries is done in china. it's no the chun's battery technology that is much of more innovative than anyone else. remember, our national labs in america, our universities, our automakers, led in the development of this technology. we led in the development of the technology. there is no reason we can't reclaim tha

they're going to make the electric car the enemy of the population because people think the electric car will be forced upon them there probably be right they did that. >> in his book "green fraud: why the green new deal is even worse than you think", author marc morano describes the green new deal as the wish list of the environmental agenda and an all-encompassing transformation of society . he has been our guest from the annual freedom fest libertarian convention he aftero find this and all previous episodes. >> good afternoon and welcome everybody to this afternoon's program at the commonwealth club. my name is robert rosenthal i'm a board member and longtime journalist print and now a board member at the center for investigative reporting. earlier my career i did work in philadelphia we were not in the same newspaper but we reminisced about places we lived in

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now, nearly one tenth of the world's electricity comes from wind and solar together.think about it from the wind perspective, at roughly 8%, we have to get 40—plus, 40—50%. that's a huge leap from where we are today, to meet our net zero goals by 2050. so lots of work yet to do. let me turn to henry, let's talk a bit about solar here. solar panels use silicon. can you explain how that technology works, and what its limitations are in helping us reach the goal danielle just outlined 7 so, silicon is a semiconductor. that's the material that's used to absorb sunlight and generate electricity in a solar cell. it works by absorbing sunlight, particles of sunlight, that we call photons, they carry energy, they're absorbed in the silicon and what they do is give electrons in that silicon extra kinetic energy, the energy from the photons transferred to the electrons, and those electrons, with that energy, can move around and they're freed from the lattice — they're freed from being bound and localised. and that's the current, in essence, those moving electrons, that if we co

they're going to make the electric car the enemy of the population because people think the electric car will be forced upon them there probably be right they did that. >> in his book "green fraud: why the green new deal is even worse than you think", author marc morano describes the green new deal as the wish list of the environmental agenda and an all-encompassing transformation of society . he has been our guest from the annual freedom fest libertarian convention in rapid city south dakota. >>. >> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell shares what's on his reading list . >> .. have been counterproductive to costly to continue. and the war on terrorism. watch a book tv every weekend and find a full schedule on your program guide. or watch online anytime @booktv.org. >> here's a look at the publishing industry news. but group is acquiring one of america's largest independent publishers, workman publishing. it will pay $240 million for the publisher that had 134 million in sales last year. this continues the trend of book publisher consolidation that includes the recently announced m

now, nearly one tenth of the world's electricity comes from wind and solar together.ink about it from the wind perspective, at roughly 8%, we have to get 40—plus, 40—50%. that's a huge leap from where we are today, to meet our net zero goals by 2050. so lots of work yet to do. let me turn to henry, let's talk a bit about solar here. solar panels use silicon. can you explain how that technology works, and what its limitations are in helping us reach the goal danielle just outlined 7 so, silicon is a semiconductor. that's the material that's used to absorb sunlight and generate electricity in a solar cell. it works by absorbing sunlight, particles of sunlight, that we call photons, they carry energy, they're absorbed in the silicon and what they do is give electrons in that silicon extra kinetic energy, the energy from the photons transferred to the electrons, and those electrons, with that energy, can move around and they're freed from the lattice — they're freed from being bound and localised. and that's the current, in essence, those moving electrons, that if we cont

we've felt the future and it's electric. battery electric plug in hybrid electric fuel cell electric is electric because we need to get to 0 emissions by 2050. we have to come up with an alternate way, which isn't too much more expensive to perform the same activity without meeting any greenhouse gas. when you talk about amazon's delivery fleet, why wouldn't we go electric? introducing greenland, one of the most sparsely populated places on off a vast frozen world where people respect the wilderness and wild life, a pristine untouched haven in the arctic circle. a pell think example of how we should live, right? silicon valley, or is it in fact the past take place to plunder. we are excited to invest in greenland, emerging mineral sector. the disco region has seen a rear convergence of events in the earth's history that could have resulted informing the world class battery metal depose it. yes, green advocates and 1000000000 up power houses bill date. jeff basil san michael bloomberg. i'll going hunting and drilling some minerals on the atlantic island. in fact, so far they folk out

we look at the drive to go electric in america.resident joe biden unveils plans to make half of all cars zero emission by the year 2030. can he achieve it? ♪ maryam: hot, dry winds and high temperatures are keeping fires burning across southern europe. thousands of forests have been reduced to, ash and several countries with ancient sites in greece now at risk. in turkey, more than 180 separate places have been recorded with one that threatened a power station. that blaze is under control. but 36,000 people have been evacuated. fires have laid waste to more than 20,000 places of land on sardinia, with places continuing in columbia and sicily. government minister says 70% of them are the fault of human action. temperatures have hit 45 degrees celsius in greece, fanning flames that came close to the site of the ancient olympics. that lays was fought back, but another in the northern suburbs of athens has been rekindled. three significant blazes are also burning on the island of via. there have been no deaths of injuries, but there is

and electric vehicle makers are doing just fine. they're also receiving free money from just about every state. so who benefits from these taxpayer handouts to electric vehicle makers and users? well, customers are usually wealthy. they don't need more money. seniors on a fixed income certainly in wyoming are not trading in their cars for expensive electric vehicles. middle-class families who are trying to make ends meet, are dealing with inflation that's hitting them every day under the biden economy, they're not going out to buy expensive new electric vehicles. seniors and middle-class families are hurting right now because of inflation hitting them when they buy gas, when they buy groceries, when they buy other goods. this is all triggered by massive democrat spending, including the borrowing and spending that has occurred under the last coronavirus, so-called coronavirus relief bill. so democrats aren't looking out for them under the proposal. oh, no. nearly 80% of tax credits for electric vehicles go to households that earned a

, battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, fuel cell electric.it's electric. and there's no turning back. the question is whether we'll lead or fall behind in the race for the future. >> nawaz: for some perspective on president biden's guidelines, automakers are expected to have to meet an average of 52 miles per gal mieg we turn to two people deeply immersed in the challenges we face to both power our economy fred krupp is president of the environmental defense fund. and dan becker is director of the safe climate transport campaign at the center for biological diversity. welcome to you both, and thanks for being here. i want to come to both of you for a quick reaction to the announcement. fred, i'll start with you. you call this a defining moment. why? >> well, it's just inspirational to be out there on the south lawnl. the president's vision of half of cars being electric vehicles by 2030 brought people together. it brought all three of the big-three automakers-- ford, chrysler-- it brought the u.a.w., lawmakers, environmental groups, all suppo