1386: 25 Feb 2022 | Ford CEO admires Tesla and NIO

On the podcast today: • Ford CEO admires two electric vehicle makers • Mercedes-Benz to Offer Hands-Free Traffic Jam Assist in US This Year • Men take electric vehicle for record-breaking 35,770-mile trip • Stellantis announces Fiat combustion phase-out • Polestar Finds Partners in Next Steps To Build the Polestar 0 Project • China’s First Highway Battery Swap Service for Heavy-Duty Trucks Get Going • Meta Shares New Insights into the Key Challenges for Marketers of Electric Vehicles • Tesla’s Must-Have Subscription Gets Cheaper With a New Yearly Option • SEC probes Elon Musk and his brother Kimbal over stock sales • Ascend Elements says it can extract 99.9% pure graphite from used Li-ion batteries • City Deploys Pioneering Curbside Station for Charging Electric Vehicles • China’s Giant Grid Operator Plans World’s Biggest Battery Storage Fleet • Ora CEO says lower-priced model brings losses of over $1,580 per unit sold