Everybody in the Pool Episode 28: The Deep End of Electric Cars

Switching to EVs one at a time is great, but slow. This week on the show, how electrifying whole fleets is where it’s at.

This week on Everybody in the Pool, we all know it’s a big deal to get lots of drivers to switch from ICE (internal combustion engine) cars to electric cars. But getting them to switch one at a time is for the birds—let’s talk about fleets of cars all at once! Taxi cabs, company cars, delivery vehicles, government cars … what does it take to get hundreds or thousands of cars to go electric? Well, a lot, as it turns out. Today’s guest is Josh Green, CEO of Inspiration Mobility, which buys and leases electric cars but also provides all the fleet management services a company needs to transition to EVs—which, not for nothing, are cheaper and more reliable to operate once they do. Plus, the surprising reason existing fleet management companies don’t prioritize EVs.

Links from the podcast:

• Inspiration Mobility

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Related links:

• How the US Can Electrify Its Public Fleets, from City Buses to Garbage Trucks

• Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer directs state government vehicle fleet to go electric

• Charlotte, N.C. School District Starts Electrifying its Bus Fleet

• Not just cars! San Francisco’s WETA partners with Wärtsilä on ferry fleet electrification