It's time for a news roundup on Directly Current, and Max is joined by Republican strategist and EVs for All America boss Mike Murphy to discuss the positive market developments in German and American EV manufacturing, as well as some bad news with an ICE raid at Hyundai and LG Energy Solutions' battery plant in Georgia which went about as well as an episode of Keystone Cops.

Max and Mike go over

BMW's Awesome Neue Klasse Platform debuted at the IAA in Germany with 400 miles of range and very rapid charging (15 minute 10–80%)
Mike's sitdown with Gavin Newsom on apartment and multifamily charging for over 7 million citizens in California
Ford's American plan to reinvent the Assembly of Cars and Build a $30,000 EV Pickup Truck
The Hyundai ICE immigration raid, the South Korean government's response, and the implications for US manufacturing
Mike's summer EV road trips in his BMW iX and the good news of fast charging deployment

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Resources and Links:
Electric for All at the MAGNET Conference
IRS Guidance on EV tax credits phaseout (Act before September 30th!)

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