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The US Environmental Protection Agency has just issued new rules regarding plans to remove all in service lead pipes across the country within the next ten years.  With a focus on disadvantaged communities, the federal agency is also providing the funding to make it happen. 

Lucid Motors, a luxury EV manufacturer, is looking to pivot to the mass market in the coming years.  We discuss the new product they have in the pipeline.  

With GPS, weather and communication satellites orbiting the earth, the daily lives of Americans are wedded to outer space.  There are increasing threat from countries hostile to the United States, as well as other third-party antagonists. We discuss the role of the Space Force at blunting these threats. 

Operating in the shadow of the larger and more successful Lexus luxury brand for years, Infiniti has always seemed to have an image problem.  With the rise of EV upstarts like Tesla and Lucid that are vying for the same customer, the question is if the Infiniti brand has any relevance with luxury buyers in the domestic marketplace.  We discuss what the nameplate is doing to woo these customers over. 

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2021 more than 950 people were killed and over 42,000 injured in work zone crashes.  We discuss. 

A recent breakthrough by a team of researchers at the SLAC-Stamford Battery Center together with researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Washington and the Toyota Research Institute promises to completely upend the EV battery industry.

The all-new Subaru Solterra is the automaker's first pure EV. Developed jointly with Toyota, the new Subaru EV is no slouch when it comes to performance. 

The limited edition GMC Sierra Denali EV is now on the street!  The limited edition GMC Sierra Denali Edition 1 has an estimated range of 440 miles, with a towing capacity of 10,000 pounds.  Did I mention a zero to sixty time of 4.5 seconds? 

Long after the initial impact of extreme weather has happened, states, cities and towns across the United States must till contend with the effects of the aftermath, often for years.  Various departments of the Federal Government are tasked with the rehabilitation of the areas long after FEMA has gone.  It breaks down into big money. 

With a swarm of millions of new EVs set to take to the road in coming years, electrical utilities are considering the advantages of having all those mobile energy storage systems available for distributed power systems and virtual power plants.