From Directly Current. Follow the whole trip: https://www.evsforallamerica.org/great-ev-journey/ Today Mike is stopped in Tulsa, OK at a Walmart, investigating their brand new EV charging units. Due to Walmarts background, they are able to produce these state of the art NACS charging stations at a blinding pace! Full series playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGM_8XgZhbhs #ev #evcharging #walmart #car #electricvehicle

From Directly Current. Follow the whole trip: https://www.evsforallamerica.org/great-ev-journey/ Today Mike stops just outside Oklahoma City, OK to charge. He chose to stop at Francis Energy, an innovating EV charging company reworking & upgrading Tesla chargers to charge both more quickly and efficiently! Full series playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGM_8XgZhbhs #ev #evcharging #francis #car #electricvehicle

From Directly Current. Follow the whole trip: https://www.evsforallamerica.org/great-ev-journey/ Rediscover the musical acts that have faded into history while exploring the fascinating evolution of electric vehicles. From forgotten bands and discontinued artists to groundbreaking EVs, Mike dives into how innovation and changing times reshape the things we love. Full series playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGM_8XgZhbhs #ev #evcharging #music #car…

From Directly Current. Follow the whole trip: https://www.evsforallamerica.org/great-ev-journey/ Walmart, Mercedes-Benz, and IONNA are all racing to build out high-power fast charging right now — and they’re all installing the same hardware. Alpitronic Hyperchargers. So here’s the quiz. Where do they come from? High-voltage power electronics, automotive-grade, Mercedes buys them — must be German. It isn’t.…

From Directly Current. Follow the whole trip: https://www.evsforallamerica.org/great-ev-journey/ 500 amps, pouring rain, bare hands. Nobody gets electrocuted — the charger doesn’t send power until the car asks for it, and the connection is made before any current flows. Filmed while driving, Mike explains the improvements made in the EV charging network and why they make…

From Directly Current. Mike Murphy continues the Great EV Journey with Day 3 of the trip, and he is in Missouri for the first time this trip! Great EV Journey: Day 3, Pt. 7. Six days, 3,000 miles, New Hampshire to Los Angeles in a Porsche Macan 4 EV, visiting the factories, suppliers, and chargers…

From Directly Current. Mike Murphy continues the Great EV Journey with Day 3 of the trip, and he is in Indiana talking about Slate and their interesting new EV trucks… Great EV Journey: Day 3, Pt. 6. Six days, 3,000 miles, New Hampshire to Los Angeles in a Porsche Macan 4 EV, visiting the factories,…

From Directly Current. Mike Murphy continues the Great EV Journey with Day 3 of the trip, and he is back at an Ionna station to charge up! Great EV Journey: Day 3, Pt. 5. Six days, 3,000 miles, New Hampshire to Los Angeles in a Porsche Macan 4 EV, visiting the factories, suppliers, and chargers…

From Directly Current. Mike Murphy continues the Great EV Journey with Day 3 of the trip, and he has some thoughts and Tesla and Elon Musk… Great EV Journey: Day 3, Pt. 4. Six days, 3,000 miles, New Hampshire to Los Angeles in a Porsche Macan 4 EV, visiting the factories, suppliers, and chargers behind…

From Directly Current. Mike Murphy continues the Great EV Journey with Day 3 of the trip, and he has some passionate opinions about White Castle… Great EV Journey: Day 3, Pt. 3. Six days, 3,000 miles, New Hampshire to Los Angeles in a Porsche Macan 4 EV, visiting the factories, suppliers, and chargers behind America’s…

From Directly Current. Mike Murphy continues the Great EV Journey with Day 3 of the trip! Following his mystery stop, Mike shows off his ride: it’s pretty crazy! Great EV Journey: Day 3, Pt 2. Six days, 3,000 miles, New Hampshire to Los Angeles in a Porsche Macan 4 EV, visiting the factories, suppliers, and…

From Directly Current. Mike Murphy continues the Great EV Journey with Day 3 of the trip! Following his mystery stop, Mike takes another look at the Marysville Honda plant & it’s interesting usage now! Great EV Journey: Day 3, Pt. 1. Six days, 3,000 miles, New Hampshire to Los Angeles in a Porsche Macan 4…

From Directly Current. Follow the whole trip: https://www.evsforallamerica.org/great-ev-journey/ Southwestern Ohio: one of the largest battery plants in the world, currently under construction. A Honda–LG joint venture, roughly $4 billion, about 24 football fields of floor space, and around 2,000 jobs. With Honda pulling back from EVs, capacity is being redirected toward grid storage for wind…

From Directly Current. Mike Murphy continues the Great EV Journey with Day 2 of the trip! Following his mystery stop, Mike takes a look at the Marysville Honda plant and explains its interesting demise… Great EV Journey: Day 2, Pt. 5. Six days, 3,000 miles, New Hampshire to Los Angeles in a Porsche Macan 4…

From Directly Current. Mike Murphy continues the Great EV Journey with Day 2 of the trip! Today he is making his mystery stop and showing off the perks of stopping there! Great EV Journey: Day 2, Pt. 4. Six days, 3,000 miles, New Hampshire to Los Angeles in a Porsche Macan 4 EV, visiting the…

From Directly Current. Mike Murphy continues the Great EV Journey with Day 2 of the trip! Today he is in Buffalo, NY, charging at an Autel charging station. How does it compare to the Ionna station from earlier? Great EV Journey: Day 2, Pt. 3. Six days, 3,000 miles, New Hampshire to Los Angeles in…

From Directly Current. Mike Murphy continues the Great EV Journey with Day 2 of the trip! Today he is in Buffalo, NY, and is driving around the area with some thoughts about industry, his hometown growing up, and more! Great EV Journey: Day 2, Pt. 2. Six days, 3,000 miles, New Hampshire to Los Angeles…

From Directly Current. Mike Murphy continues the Great EV Journey with Day 2 of the trip! Today he is in Buffalo, NY, and stopped to see some crazy Tesla facilities while in the area. Great EV Journey: Day 2, Pt. 1. Six days, 3,000 miles, New Hampshire to Los Angeles in a Porsche Macan 4…

From Directly Current. Mike Murphy kicks off the Great EV Journey from New Hampshire’s Lakes Region, headed for Albany. Today Mike is charging his EV of choice at an Ionna charging station, and the results are shocking! Great EV Journey: Day 1, Pt. 4. Six days, 3,000 miles, New Hampshire to Los Angeles in a…

From Directly Current. Mike Murphy kicks off the Great EV Journey from New Hampshire’s Lakes Region, headed for Albany. Today Mike is in Vermont, admiring the scenery as he drives through! Great EV Journey: Day 1, Pt. 3. Six days, 3,000 miles, New Hampshire to Los Angeles in a Porsche Macan 4 EV, visiting the…

From Directly Current. Mike Murphy kicks off the Great EV Journey from New Hampshire’s Lakes Region, headed for Albany. He talks his ride of choice, tech, and EVs. Great EV Journey: Day 1, Pt. 2. Six days, 3,000 miles, New Hampshire to Los Angeles in a Porsche Macan 4 EV, visiting the factories, suppliers, and…

From Directly Current. Mike Murphy kicks off the Great EV Journey from New Hampshire’s Lakes Region, headed for Albany and an Ionna charging stop on the way to Buffalo. Great EV Journey: Day 1, Pt. 1. Six days, 3,000 miles, New Hampshire to Los Angeles in a Porsche Macan 4 EV, visiting the factories, suppliers,…

From Directly Current. Murphy Across America has officially started! Mike breaks down his travels and thoughts at the start of his trip. Follow us on TikTok as well for daily updates on his journey: https://www.tiktok.com/@evsforallamerica

From Directly Current. Mike Murphy is Driving Across America in an EV, and here is what you need to know. Follow us on TikTok as well for daily updates on his journey: https://www.tiktok.com/@evsforallamerica

From Directly Current. Dario Pagani transitioned from ChargePoint to Autel Energy years ago as the compancy, once a scan-tool manufacturer from Shenzhen, was building out its transition to charging hardware with a North Carolina factory and California-based innovation center. He’s ready to share some of the trends he’s seen in both the level 2 (slow)…

From Directly Current. Taken from a recent episode of Directly Current, Jamie Butters breaks down how EV batteries will continue to improve & why companies may want them to do so. Watch the Uncut Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8stsCNh4pc

From Directly Current. Jamie Butters was the Editor in Chief of Automotive News, has covered the Motor City at outlets like the Wall Street Journal, and is hosting a regular radio show called Auto Town speaking to folks inside the American car industry. Max speaks with him to get an idea at how Detroit is…

From Directly Current. Transportation electrification is often framed in environmental terms, but Ben Prochazaka and his colleagues at the Electrification Coalition, where he’s Exeuctive Director, present a different reason to plug in. Oil dependence is a dangerous addiction for economic and geopolitical reasons, as current events have reminded many Americans. He joins the show to…

From Directly Current. Many new EVs like GM’s EV pickup trucks, Ford’s upcoming UEV, and Tesla’s Cybertruck are capable of exporting onboard power from their large batteries into someone’s home to act as a bckup generator, or even back into the grid to act as a grid stabilizer that could save people money on their…

From Directly Current. James Bell is the head of PR and comms for Kia in America, and he’s overseen the brand evolve from being a budget/used car alternative into a premium competitor, particularly in the EV space. Hot on the heels of announcing the affordable EV3 for the US, James speaks with Max to discuss…

From Directly Current. Alan Clarke, executive director of Advanced EV Programs at Ford, joins Max to discuss his team’s work on the Universal EV Platform—an ambitious plan to make low-cost, next-gen vehicles that make the existing Mustang Mach-E and Ford F-150 Lightning look old-school. Ford’s first BEV efforts were well received but had no path…

From Directly Current. Ed Kim joins Max from AutoPacific, where he’s the chief analyst, to discuss data and insights he’s gotten from working with nearly every major OEM on EVs’ near future outlook. The good news? There’s lots of work on affordability. Also, Republicans really are warming to EVs, as our own polling also shows.…

From Directly Current. Corey Cantor from the Zero Emissions Trade Association (ZETA) joins Max to discuss some positive trends for EVs going into the new year. 2025 was a rough year for EVs with the axing of federal support after Republican-led legislation dropped the $7,500 credit on new vehicles, and sales have shown it. However,…

From Directly Current. Staff writer for InsideEVs and auto journalist Kevin Williams joins Max to discuss his experiences reporting on and driving Chinese EVs. How compelling are they in 2026 and how do they stack up to Western automakers? What does he make of Canada’s new policy to lift tariffs on them and allow Chinese…

From Directly Current. Veteran political guru and pollster behind EVs for All America, Mike Murphy, joins Max to chat about his scheming with Governor Newsom for a new California EV tax credit that could fit into the state budget. He also shares a new batch of polling we’ve conducted at EVs for All America, highlighting…

From Directly Current. Executive director of EVs for All America, Dan Krassner, joins Max to discuss the work that our team has been doing on local advocacy in California to make installing charging in apartments and multifamily units a lot easier. Californian apartment dwellers make up more than the population of at least 30 US…

From Directly Current. Ex-SpaceX engineer and founder Quincy joins Max once more to talk EV charging with his company Electric Era’s new launch, RetailEdge. It’s a sleek unit that uses AI and a friendly interface to make charging easier while allowing retailers who host charging sites to get customers in the door of their establishment…

From Directly Current. PSE&G is New Jersey’s largest utility and is over a century old, but under Dawn Neville’s team they’re doing an agile and decent job of adapting to EVs with programs that subsidize home charging and forecast load for necessary grid uprades. Max speaks with Dawn to learn more about the challenges a…

From Directly Current. John Voelcker has been reporting on EVs and hybrids for longer than almost anyone. The editor in chief of Green Car Reports for almost a decade, and now a frequent freelancer for magazines like Car and Driver and websites like InsideEVs, John is an engineer by training who has reported on major…

From Directly Current. 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’…

From Directly Current. Veloz is a nonprofit leading the charge with a national messaging campaign to sell the public on EVs—not for environmental advocacy but for practical cost of ownership and tangible benefits. Josh Boone, their executive director, joins Max for a chat on their new Electric for All campaign we’ve partnered with them on—featuring…

From Directly Current. Our Next Energy (ONE) is developing LFP battery cells in Michigan. If you’re an EV nerd, you know how big of a deal that is. These kinds of chemistries are what are going to enable durable, long lasting, and most importantly, affordable EVs and China already specializes in them and currently basically…

From Directly Current. You’ve probably heard that the electric grid is under severe strain and that electric cars are of no help. And this is in some ways a little bit overblown, but it’s also true, particularly in the era of large data centers and AI. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Electric…

From Directly Current. One of the biggest sources of electrification isn’t your home or your neighbors’, but the commercial fleets and trucks that power American business. Wex is a company doing fuel card services, but their EV charging solutions have taken off and they’re continuing to invest in it despite federal headwinds. In this episode…

From Directly Current. Max speaks to Quincy Lee, founder and CEO of Electric Era, a charging business that’s integrating high-quality hardware with smart software and batteries to deploy rapidly at retailers like Costco for low cost. It’s a story of entrepreneurship, quality-obsession, and paving the infrastructure for the future. Electric Era’s Site: https://electricera.tech Quincy’s Twitter:…