electric vehicles and biofuels.gosh darn it if i didn't just find out today the first electric vehicle was made by a des moines guy in iowa a long, long time ago, i did a little bit of history there, so we got some history and that that it wasn't aware of. but as new and promising technologies we know electric vehicles have received a heck of a lot of attention lately including significant funding in the bipartisan infrastructure law. so i'm looking forward to seeing how those investments build up necessary infrastructure for greater electric vehicle use benefiting both urban and rural communities. however, the dire need for carbon reduction can't wait and be achieved when we had electric vehicles alone as the only option and we can't wait for this to get to scale. we have got to capitalize on the carbon benefits possible today through use of biofuels. as was pointed out, americans will continue to consume hundreds of billions of gallons of liquid fuel for years to come here so if were taking the climate crisis seri

people love electric cars. there fun of the line, they are quiet, they don't shake, they don't vibrate, and this challenge of providing infrastructure, this challenge of providing charging, so all-americans can go electric without it being a sacrifice is critically important. the role of the public sector is two-fold, to provide the travel network, similar to the highway system itself, and the second is to address the equity issue of having half of americans with the easy ability to charge at home, and the other half of americans needing someone else to charge. pedro: joining us from the washington autoshow, matt nelson of electrify america. if you want to call and ask him questions, call. for you electric vehicle owners, (202), 748-8002. this is peter, cleveland ohio. go ahead with your question or comment. caller: one question, one comment. matt, how are you going to get -- the question is, where are you building your current stations now? are they sort of on the coasts, sort of in the east coast, kind of cen

if we go back to electricity. it took almost forever to get to rural america which harvests our food and necessities of our lives, our clothing from textile and cotton, forestry, lumber and shelter. when we deal with agriculture, when we deal with rural america, we are dealing with the heart and soul of our great nation. i'm so delighted to have all of you here, and for us to move in this direction. also before i get to that getting to basic housekeeping, let me just assure that everyone understands how we will be proceeding after brief opening remarks, members will receive testimony from our witnesses today and the hearing will be open for questions. members will be recognized in order of seniority alternating between majority and minority members and an order of arrival for those members who have joined us after the hearing was called order and when you are recognized, you will be asked to unmute your microphone and each of you will have 5 minutes to ask your questions and make your comments and also if you were

vehicle running on fossil generated electric electricity. we believe any future policy should take a technology neutral performance-based approach that focuses strictly on greenhouse gas emissions reduction and increasing fuel efficiency without dictating the use of specific fuels and vehicles to achieve those reductions. that's why we support the concept of a national low carbon fuel standard. we also support the next generation fuels act those introduced by hundreds woman whose toes which establishes carbon performance and minimum octane standard for liquid fuels again without debating what fuels would be used. in closing we believe electric vehicles would play a key role in reducing emissions over the long-term but if we're serious about achieving a carbon neutral transportation sector by 2050 we must take a comprehensive approach that also capitalizes on the building of agriculture to deliver low and zero carbon renewable fuels. thank you, and i look forward to your question. >> thank you very much. and now mr. nassar, you are recognized

two, the electric vehicle side, it's all electric coming out in 2022. big this year. 200-mile range does me no good. but i live in new york. zero, -10 overnight and the car is outside. how does one get -- i'm --ed about battery life. host: that's bob from utica. if i may, someone who tweets us this morning you may have referenced it already, a viewer asked how do our electric car initiatives recon siel with nafta? she may mean the usmca, actually. are we competing with canada and mexico or working with them on these electric vehicle initiatives? >> yeah, so usmca obviously it's a little over a year, year and a half, since it went into force. it's a critical trade agreement between the three countries especially for the auto industry and for here in the united states for the auto industry. it is important. i will tell you our members have put a lot of investment to ensure it's successful. that they are able to comply with all the requirements of it. you know, we want it to be successful. we actually -- we need it to be, again. our closest trading allies

impact electricity rates?uld rule customers especially those that don't own electric vehicles should they be concerned the utility rate will go up higher even though they are not utilizing electric vehicles to some extent? are they similarly situated under a new rate structure with real-time pricing to impact customer behavior? >> georgia power actually offers the charging rates 11:00 p.m. through 7:00 a.m. that's a whole house rate so wash your close and run your dishwasher at the same time. so thef rest of the time 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. is on the public fast charging and electric vehicle rate and already happening today. and with that incremental adoption. >> industry, how many charges the industry might have and the capacity to provide if the right incentives were there and could you touch ait little bit more on how we can incentivize to invest in new technology and how to ensure that those incentives are floated to the rural communities. >> thank you, congressman. as i mentioned we have 150,000 constituen

people love electric cars.f the line, they are quiet, they don't shake, they don't vibrate, and this challenge of providing infrastructure, this challenge of providing charging, so all-americans can go electric without it being a sacrifice is critically important. the role of the public sector is two-fold, to provide the travel network, similar to the highway system itself, and the second is to address the equity issue of having half of americans with the easy ability to charge at home, and the other half of americans needing someone else to charge. pedro: joining us from the washington autoshow, matt nelson of electrify america. if you want to call and ask him questions, call. for you electric vehicle owners, (202), 748-8002. this is peter, cleveland ohio. go ahead with your question or comment. caller: one question, one comment. matt, how are you going to get -- the question is, where are you building your current stations now? are they sort of on the coasts, sort of in the east coast, kind of central, or are

people love electric cars. they are fun off the line, they are quiet, they don't shake, they don't vibrate, and this challenge of providing infrastructure, the challenge of providing charging, so that all americans can go electric without it being a sacrifice is critically important. the role of the public sector is twofold. provide the travel network, similar to the highway system itself, and the second to address the equity issue having half of americans with the easy ability to charge at home and the other half of americans needing somewhere else to charge. pedro: if you want to call and ask him questions, go ahead with your question or comment. >> one question, one comment. how are you going to get -- where are you building your current stations now? is a east coast or central or scattered around the country? matthew: that is a great question, a very important question. electrify america has taken a national approach. we have stations across 46 states today. we will be growing to the entire contiguous unite

of course we know that an electric vehicle is only as clean as the electricity. that's charging it. what kind of buildup are we seeing of renewable in indonesia? what are the plans for that that's, that's really like the even bigger challenge if you will, indonesia, at that point, a still largely dependent on coal fired power plant. there is a phase of plan for some of the older coal power plant. and in terms of renewable energy in the major has just recently, i think, begun work on a largest floating solar power fund, which will be the 1st utility scale solar array in the country. but even there, i mean, it's the same. we're only really starting to make the 1st 3 steps right now. all right, not in fresh law. joining us from jakarta, thank you very much. thank you. and over to europe, serbia has grap plans to vote a lithium mine or lithium mine after weeks of protests and road blockades, by environmental activists and to victory for those who took to the streets. but how long will it last? despite repeated intimidation from authorities, thousands of protesters marched to the capital

host: you talked about electric vehicles. president biden himself has called for a sale of electric vehicles and 50% of those sales 2030. what you think of that timetable and was a mean for dealers? guest: dealers are excited about selling electric vehicles. we are embracing that wholeheartedly and if you look behind me and drop this entire convention center here in d.c., it is chocked full electric vehicles. outside you can take a ride in any number of electric vehicles that are ride and drive. indoors on a lower level, we have electric vehicle pavilion. it is showing a whole multitude of electric vehicles in different modalities. they might be an electric bus. it might be ellicott motorcycle. it might be eight personal mobility device. it could be a car. there is a lot of different electric vehicle types coming out. on road, off-road ev's, the future of this is going to be av's and ev's merging together. autonomous and electric vehicles are predicted to become one and the same several years down the road. bidens goal of 50%

so, it might be an electric bus. it might be a motorcycle, and could be a personal mobility device, it could be a car. but there a lot of different electric vehicle types coming out. on road ev's, off road ev's. and the future of this is going to be av's and ev's merging together, autonomous vehicles and electric vehicles are protected -- predicted to be one and the same several years down the road. mr. biden's goal of 50% of the fleet being electric vehicles by the year 2030i would describe as aggressive, not unachievable, but there would have to be a tremendous amount of infrastructure built out nationwide. right now, you can go to any corner and find a gas station, and that's just not true for charging stations for ev's. you are going to hear from electrify america shortly and they are on it. they are expanding and they are helping the nation with the charging infrastructure. that's just one element of describing the goal as aggressive. i don't know that it will be 50%, but it will certainly be a lot higher than i

electricity generation.line failure or cyber attack disrupts gas supplies, electric generation capacity depended on the pipeline could be lost, possibly leading to blackouts from the electric grid. this is more than a hypothetical situation. as described in the report released on november 16th, the staff engaged in a joint inquiry into the massive blackout across texas and limited power outages and the surrounding states during which stormy erie. although the joint inquiry identified several factors that contributed to these, one of the primary causes with is the lack of natural gas available for the generation. the extreme cold reduce the natural gas production and privacy capabilities into this impact was exacerbated because many of those facilities that were not frozen were unable to operate because they lost electric power. it is unclear how well the natural pipelines actually feared because there was limited natural gas to transport. to address the risk of the disruption of the natural gas disruption th

keep electric rates low. so we can go over that little local paper there, arguably internationally. i have to ask about the fact that, given that this kind of thing is reported again and again in countries with universalism, let alone in the united states and the effect of privatization neoliberalism. do you think ironically that, that and the impact of privatization was something that steve bannon tapped into in that speech for donald trump, american carnage. and actually had the despair of the midwest of the united states that came from this kind of these kinds of actions. you talk about in the book well, elected from, you know, let's talk about the at westerman the midwest. was d industrialized. one of the reasons why we lost so many industry was the high cost of electricity, particularly because of these private utilities, raising a cost of energy to the rough. ok. now the, the over arching issue is a philosophical one. the mayor of cleveland, who founded our municipal electric system at the turn of the 2

and what use to make electricity, oil, natural gas. you can basically to control the market. you can name your price and get it. and what people pay for the basic essentials of life because energy is no small matter. i mean, i remember growing up in cleveland as my family moved around a lot throughout the city. i remember my parents counting entities to pay a utility bill. there are people everywhere who are trying to make ends meet and what we pay for for electricity, for energy, for oil, for natural gas is no small matter and show when i was the mayor of clean. and i took this book, the division of light and power is all about. i had to make a choice about who did i represent, did i represent the company that was attempting to grab a monopoly so they could increase the price of electricity or did i represent the people in the city who have a competitive electric system that exist extensively to be able to keep right slow . and so you know, this was what it was all about and there were billions of dollars each day. i mean, i asked the

electric vehicles the mr. biden school but a fleet of electric vehicles by 2030 would be described as aggressive not unachievable with a tremendous amount of infrastructure buildout nationwide so right now you can go to any corner and find a gas station and that is just not crew for charging stations for ev. you will hear about electrify america shortly so that's just one element and describing of its 50 percent is a lot higher than it is today. a of yesterday because of the things with used car prices and those that do the business that you engage in? so the car dealer so when new car prices rise those who could not afford that would gravitate of inflating they used by market so so that is the correlation strictly priced of course everybody would love to have a new vehicle. who wouldn't but if you cannot afford onene there is a great number of used units on the market today. we expected that word level out. that woody's pricing pressures on used cars. because of the washington area new dealer association and

we want to lunch 23 products with 15 battery electric cars. >> i'm excited about the electric vehicles we have coming . that's why i'm confident by mid decade, we will be the leader in ev's. romaine: that is the gm ceo. gm was kind of at the forefront of the electric car revolution in the 1990's. they pulled the plug on it, i guess they didn't feel like there was enough of a market for it but that has changed. you can take a look at the investments, ford, bmw, gm pledging to spend about 30 bit -- $30 billion. volkswagen says it will spend at $100 billion. we don't have tesla, which is already spending more than most of that combined on the screen. it gives you an idea of the commitment to see this through in a way we didn't see in the 1990's. taylor: let's talk about the ev transformation by legacy automakers. let's do all of this with ed ludlow, here with the story. is the key take away that tesla is no longer the only game in town? >> it is about who can catch up and play the game with tesla. we have been focused in the last 24 months or so on ford and general motors, because of the

american auto manufacturing will build electric vehicles and batteries in the u.s.. we all know how important it is to manufacture the necessary component parts here in america, made in america. last week intel announced day -- announced a $20 billion plan to build a semiconductor manufacturing facility in ohio, one of the largest of its kind in our nations history that will create 10,000 jobs area -- jobs. one of the reasons for inflation being high as it is is the cost of vehicles. the reason the cost of vehicles is up is they do not have the component parts, specifically, the semiconductors. last year other top manufacturers committed $80 billion in new semiconductor facilities across the nation beyond what intel just announced. that will create thousands of jobs, thousands of good jobs. my new infrastructure laws will build out more than 50,000 charging stations for electric vehicles across the country creating better paying jobs for thousands of workers and the idw will be very busy putting all of those in all over the country. that is just the start. our build

this will build on the $7,500 federal electric vehicle credit. we can get this done, we can lower the cost of electric vehicles by nearly $10,000. we can make it easier for michiganders to go electric. finally, let's talk about mental health. mental health is just as important as physical health. i want every person in michigan to have access to the health care they deserve. we should invest in our mental health workforce so we can expand access. nearly 40% of michiganders do not get treatment for their mental illness. we will address the shortfall. and we will make a historic investment to retain and recruit hundreds more mental health workers. i will propose another bold investment on mental health in next year's budget building on the work we did last year to hire more than 560 nurses, counselors, and social workers. together we can grow our mental health workforce and expand access to mental health care. tonight i've laid out my plans to cut taxes for retirees and working families, to lower costs of insulin and electric vehicles, and expand a

a 147 horsepower electric motor. yeah, if you can tell here in the front, this is unmistakably than you open visor, but it's even more than that because this one is fully digital and it can give you anything you want. it can show graphics and it can show text it to remind you of the old man. that little form of the front is the same. it with the old monta. and that's where the opal buys came from inside. we've got the pure panell, which is literally the, the factory piece of the mocha dash. opal's pure panel integrates in infotainment touchscreen into the dash. by the way, the new mo was the 1st car. the feature opals visor front, which integrates grill headlights and dives into one module. the interior of the electric manta prototype, like the rest of the car, is a fascinating mix of old original parts and the newest technology bucket seats add to the sporty retro flare up with this little the whole down here. this is where the electric monitor is charged. now you might be wondering, why is it down there and not at

what we found with electric is, the brands can get reinvented when you go electric and digital.er segments you have not been in in a long time, so i am interested in the team's thoughts on this affordable section. we have had a huge hit with the maverick. we got a lot of negative press and invested that in broncos and the lightning and no one is talking about getting out of sedans nowadays. i have a lot of faith in our team on this affordable segment. the maverick has been a hit beyond expectations. it is a pretty big signal from the market. emily: catch the full interview with jim farley on bloomberg.com. rivian ramping up its outlook on 200 delivery-ready units a week after the ev maker had to work through production snags after missing goals in 2021. news of the production sent rivian shares up almost 14%, the biggest intraday gain since november. another story we are watching, temporary restraining order issued against a virginia woman accused of harassing and stocking tim cook. reportedly, it had been going on for more than a year. the 45-year-old woman reportedly contactin

gas vehicle cars to electric. the other aspects really to help accelerate the efforts is the federal government. infrastructure bimthat was passed has a significant amount of funding for electric vehicles to trickle to cities. we may be able to leverage for charges, infrastructure and outreach and education. >> i will follow up. i are more questions. thank you. >> thank you for your presentation and your work. i wanted to ask whether the plan of action is contemplating what the impact of either free public transit or reduced fares on public transit would be? >> within the plan there is not an evaluation but a strategy that points to that suggestion to evaluate free or reduced cost of transportation. >> to evaluate it. what i am looking at actual strategies i do note that there is a concrete suggestion right around using pricing and congestion pricing to address and decrease the use of car as through that strategy. when i have the public transit it looks like the focus is building the more reliable system. we all w

electric vehicles cost half as much fuel and maintain gas powered cars switching to electric will save families thousands a year and that's why i am proposing combined $2500 electric vehicle rebate for families. 2000 for the car in 500 for in-home charting equipment, this will build on the 7500-dollar federal electric vehicle credit. we can get this done, lower the cost of electricne vehicles by nearly $10000. we can make it easier for michiganders to go electric. finally, let's talk about mental health. mental health is just as important as physical health. i want every person in michigan to have access to the healthcare they deserve. we should invest in mental health workforce so we can expand access. near the 40% of michiganders do not get treatment foror their mental illness. we will address the shortfall spanning michigan's payment program for mental health professionals and make historic investment to retain and recruit hundreds more mental health workers. i will propose another old investment in mental health in next year's school aid budge' building on the work we did last year

a 147 horsepower electric motor. yeah, i think intel here in the frog lease, if unmistakably, then you open visor, but it's even more than that because this one is fully digital and it can give you anything you want. it can show graphics and it can show text in to remind you of the old man doubt. low form of the front is the same with the old monta. and that's where the opal buys a came from inside. we've got the pure panell, which is literally the, the factory piece of the mocha dash. opal's pure panel integrates an infotainment touchscreen into the dash. by the way, the new mo was the 1st car to feature opal's visor front, which integrates grill headlights and dives into one module with the interior of the electric manta prototype. mike, the rest of the car is a fascinating mix of old original parts and the newest technology bucket seats add to the sporty retro flare. with this little the old down here. this is where the electric monitor is charged. now you might be wondering, why is it down there and not at the to

it had promised he was forced to raise prices of fuel and electricity. now his chances for reelection are as precarious as the country's economy. yeah, good. controlling inflation will be a very big challenge. fordham ron han, and if he is unable his government, his administration is unable to, to control it. it will have a very big consequence for the ruling, but only a few years after sweeping to power on a wave of popularity. cons party was soundly defeated in provincial elections in its stronghold last month. now from megacities to quiet villages in many parts of asia, motorcycles rule, the roads are increasingly electric bikes, offering alternative and with battery charging stations becoming more common. the green 2 wheel is picking up speed like many people here in taipei, aiden lea hits the road onto wheels. but when his fellow riders have to head to the gas station to refuel, he goes to a battery swapping station. instead. he told me that with the woodrow in metro taipei, it used to be really inconvenient to swap batteries. but in 2017 or 2018. t

market is only 3% all electric.ope is at 20% to the difference is support for consumer incentives. don't know how fast that will go. i think gm aspired to that but they did not say heavy-duty vehicles like super duties and big vans. i think they meant only light duty. i think it will be a while before a super duty customer goes all electric. emily: how do you think of lightning compares to the chevy silverado? jim: we have 200,000 orders and we are launching right now. what we have been on with bill ford tells and all the testing, all the knowledge we have in work customers should people use it for commuting and work. we bet on $40,000. we bet on an xlt truck that is affordable. others are betting on very high end products. we are betting on production now. we are going to scale now. not waiting for a year or two or three. we made that bet several years ago and we are betting on affordability for people like customers here in sonoma. that is our bed. i think it is different than many of the other companies. emily: y

and powering up, we'll look at the rise of electric scooters on asia street. this is due to be a business on robots in berlin. welcome to the program. a rao over the e. use energy future. the european commission wants member states to accept its plan, to lay with some nuclear and natural gas projects as sustainable investments. it would open them up to billions of yours and potential funding. but the very concept of nuclear energy as green is one that has the use split. currently, actually about half of these 27 countries operate nuclear power plants. germany is actually one of them, but it's switching off the last ones this year. they've been unpopular here for decades. however, some of the members see nuclear power has very much the future. the international atomic energy agency says new nuclear plants are plant. and all of these countries that you can see here labeled in orange, they include finland, poland, and the biggest nuclear advocate of all france, from their arena. straus reports, did they know that they are they who cosima, that there is a nuclear

the interior of the electric manta prototype. mike, the rest of the car is a fascinating mix of old original parts and the newest technology bucket seats add to the sporty retro flare up with this little hole down here. this is where the electric monitor is charged. now you might be wondering, why is it down there and not at the top. the reason for that is in the original monta. it was there as well. so if you wanted to, if you, you car yet to do that down there. so i think it's pretty cool. the engineers, he cited to keep that little feature on the new months. i as well with it's 31 kilowatt hour battery. the manta has a range of around 200 kilometers, but that wasn't the focus of this project. a nice little detail at the rear east. the monta lettering just i get is on the new opal market. so what about the electric mantas future with you know that everybody's looking for issue v currency and to just do a qu, page would be really difficult also, but basically share it to really explore los angeles building or new shield wet. it'