David Ferris

Reporter for E&E News/POLITICO exploring how electric vehicles change America.
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[David Ferris @DavidFerris]

@skierpage @EENewsUpdates Thanks for the catch! We like our proper word use here, and will update the story.

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@JoeHomsy @EENewsUpdates Unfortunately there's not. BNEF is not making it available.

[David Ferris @DavidFerris]

Angelenos, I'm on LAist at 10 am or so this morning to talk about Tesla. Is Elon running the company off a cliff or setting it up for success? Give a listen.

[David Ferris @DavidFerris]

I have received countless emails like this, from the Biden people announcing $$$ for EVs.

Now it’s all gonna change.

[David Ferris @DavidFerris]

Elon Musk, who founded Tesla to respond to climate change, says there’s no hurry to respond to climate change.

[Jay Turner @_jay_turner]

Inflation Reduction Act + 27 months

My students at @Wellesley and I are tracking investments in the US EV supply chain.

Surprise: IRA + 27 months and investments jumped.

We are now tracking:

157 new projects
$101 billion in investments
63,718 new jobs announced

A short 🧵

[David Ferris @DavidFerris]

'Now I can go to the world's most beautiful and remote places and bring all my bad internet habits with me!'

[Teslaconomics @Teslaconomics]

My Starlink Mini is a MUST-HAVE for every trip.

Just imagine if your family was somewhere without any internet access in an emergency?

With Starlink, you always have a solution on hand.

Just plug and point.

[David Ferris @DavidFerris]

How do we think about Elon Musk's role in EVs, now that he's Trump's right hand man? Some thoughts:
https://t.co/FmVTXk6vmQ

[Hannah Northey @HMNorthey]

A deep dive into what an incoming Trump admin. means for growing #EV battery supply chains (from mining to manufacturing)

Point: EV battery demand could fall by 20% by 2030 under Trump's campaign promises 🚗

W/@DavidFerris @MikeLeeFW:

https://t.co/Grstsa7oju

[Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix]

Trump could oversee an EV ‘battery boom’ — or bust
@DavidFerris @MikeLeeFW @HMNorthey ✍️ @EENewsUpdates

"President-elect @realDonaldTrump is known for attacking electric vehicle “mandates,” but what’s less clear is how he will affect the EV supply chain, from mining to recycling.

Trump is expected to speed up permitting for new mines, and one analyst predicted a “Trump battery boom.” But mining is just one part of a long and complex battery supply chain that produces EVs. As president, Trump would affect every link in that chain — including industries he publicly has criticized.

“Why build [EV] batteries if you’re not going to have the cars on which they run?” said Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Transport Campaign at the @CenterForBioDiv."

[David Ferris @DavidFerris]

Jim Farley, Ford CEO, on earnings call now: new midsize EV truck "matches the cost structure of any Chinese manufacturer building in Mexico in the near future.”

[David Ferris @DavidFerris]

What's going on with EVs in the Southeast? New report finds:
- Share of US money to make EVs and batteries: 38%
- Share of people buying EVs: 7%
https://t.co/gnbzeJTNgE

[David Ferris @DavidFerris]

Wow, that's some bad news for the German economy
https://t.co/mBTVxoksXJ

[David Ferris @DavidFerris]

The future that Elon Musk envisions is modeled on a dystopian sci-fi movie.
https://t.co/xyA9uSdEj2

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Only 1.4% of American car trips are more than 75 miles.

The average new American EV has a range of almost 300 miles.

https://t.co/WFWJjnnxuR

[David Ferris @DavidFerris]

Musk loves Trump. His employees, not so much.
https://t.co/4ej7dC81Fy

[David Ferris @DavidFerris]

Atlantans, I will be on WABE with @waberosescott tomorrow at noon / 8 pm to discuss Georgia's electric vehicle identity crisis. It's based on the story below.

Listen in!

https://t.co/uzHyRHql0i

[David Ferris @DavidFerris]

If Americans waited in traffic in EVs instead of traditional vehicles, they would have saved 3.3 billion gallons of fuel.
https://t.co/vbFhLq5iVj

[David Ferris @DavidFerris]

Fred Lambert, editor of Electrek and documenter of all things Tesla, is selling his shares in the company because it has lost its focus on e-transport and renewable energy.
'Now, it’s all about AI, self-driving, and robots.'
https://t.co/T40TvFsQQl

[David Ferris @DavidFerris]

When I log into Otter for work, I feel a pang for ignoring the actual otters.