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Beia Spiller is an industry expert in the transportation space and the Director of Transportation for Resources for the Future.
We discuss the transition from diesel to electric for heavy-duty and medium vehicles. We delve into the importance of communication between companies purchasing electric fleets and electric companies, as well as the manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries with rare earth metals like lithium.
We examine the challenges and issues surrounding lithium extraction, including the impact on human rights in the countries where it is mined.
Join us as we explore the exciting developments and hopeful future of electric vehicles in the transportation industry.
Don't miss out on this informative and thought-provoking conversation.
Chapters
0:00 - Electrifying Fleets
1:16 - Resources for the Future Intro
2:27 - Leveraging electricity tariffs
4:49 - Impacts of a fleet on the grid
8:32 - Electric Transition issues
12:29 - NEVI Fund
16:27 - Early adoption will look very different
18:19 - Other options besides Battery EV?
24:50 - Benefits of EV
26:37 - Goals for next 6 months
29:54 - Technological innovation
33:12 - Transition is worth it
34:11 - Reach out to Beia: Website or LinkedIn
Check out Resources for the Future’s website:
https://www.rff.org/
Find Beia Spiller on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/beia-spiller-0b45452b/
Check out this interview that I mention at the end of the episode:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/0kdIBlNlmC4
or
Audio: https://podcast.greenbusinessimpact.com/e/200-ev-jobs-in-new-york-microtransit-electric-vehicle-oem-green-island-ev-interview/
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By Billy FetznerBeia Spiller is an industry expert in the transportation space and the Director of Transportation for Resources for the Future.
We discuss the transition from diesel to electric for heavy-duty and medium vehicles. We delve into the importance of communication between companies purchasing electric fleets and electric companies, as well as the manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries with rare earth metals like lithium.
We examine the challenges and issues surrounding lithium extraction, including the impact on human rights in the countries where it is mined.
Join us as we explore the exciting developments and hopeful future of electric vehicles in the transportation industry.
Don't miss out on this informative and thought-provoking conversation.
Chapters
0:00 - Electrifying Fleets
1:16 - Resources for the Future Intro
2:27 - Leveraging electricity tariffs
4:49 - Impacts of a fleet on the grid
8:32 - Electric Transition issues
12:29 - NEVI Fund
16:27 - Early adoption will look very different
18:19 - Other options besides Battery EV?
24:50 - Benefits of EV
26:37 - Goals for next 6 months
29:54 - Technological innovation
33:12 - Transition is worth it
34:11 - Reach out to Beia: Website or LinkedIn
Check out Resources for the Future’s website:
https://www.rff.org/
Find Beia Spiller on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/beia-spiller-0b45452b/
Check out this interview that I mention at the end of the episode:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/0kdIBlNlmC4
or
Audio: https://podcast.greenbusinessimpact.com/e/200-ev-jobs-in-new-york-microtransit-electric-vehicle-oem-green-island-ev-interview/
Subscribe to receive GreenBusinessImpact episodes straight to your inbox here: https://greenbusinessimpact.aweb.page/subcribe-to-gbipodcast
Looking to start your own podcast, but don’t know which platform to use to distribute your message to the world? Check out Podbean → It is the podcasting platform that I have used to host every episode of GreenBusinessImpact, and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking to start their own podcast, or for experienced podcasters needing an upgrade from their current platform:
https://www.podbean.com/GBIpodbean
https://www.podbean.com/pro/GBIpodbean
GreenBusinessImpact is a proud partner of OneTreePlanted to help spread the word on OneTreePlanted and to help plant more trees visit onetreeplanted.org
Transparency is important to me. As you might imagine, sometimes these descriptions contain links that are affiliate links, and if you sign up, I make a commission as a Partner. I only recommend products that I know, love, and use personally; and think you will benefit from.