Highlights from the actual Day-to-day Power podcasts, Might 16-17

BE desk

Listed below are highlights from the actual episodes of ‘Day-to-day Power’, Car Information‘ weekday podcast, Might 16-17 hosted by way of Jamie Butters with Kellen Walker.

“We’re getting to this level of hyper-scalability. We’re also realizing that behind the scenes we’re seeing all sorts of movements on capacity. It’s like, ‘Well, wait and see if we need this’ — there’s no more wait-and-see.” — Brendan Jones, CEO of Blink Charging. At the start heard on “Shift: A Podcast About Mobility”

“This is a lot of customers’ introduction to what that ‘Built Ford Tough’ truck brand really means. And it’s the F-150, really, for many global markets.” — Michael Martinez, Car Information reporter overlaying Ford, at the automaker’s redesigned Ranger and untouched Raptor variant

“It’s a consortium of problems [for suppliers]. You’ve got obviously the inflation. If you were a labor-focused supplier and you obviously need a significant amount of labor to get your product out to your Tier 1 or your OEM customers, that’s a problem.” — Michael Robinet, government director of car advisory services and products at S&P World Mobility, on auto providers’ myriad demanding situations on this financial system 

— Pay attention to those and alternative presentations at autonews.com/dailydrive.

The US just canceled the second Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease sale

Photo: RWE The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has canceled the second offshore…

Ford compares new low-cost EV platform to Rivian and Tesla, says rivals will turn to China

Ford is betting on smaller electric cars as the future. Its “Skunkworks ” team is…

This Texas solar panel recycling plant is powered by secondhand panels

Solar panel recycling company SolarCycle is using secondhand solar panels to power its panel recycling…