拜登官员会见马斯克、巴拉、法利等人

有趣的是，这些汽车行业的所有CEO最终同时见面，但他们讨论了什么？

埃隆·马斯克(图片来源：https://insideevs.it/news/504990/tesla-cina-rapporti-servizio-clienti/)

2022年4月7日，美国东部时间上午9：50

作者：StevenLoveday

据路透社最近的一篇报道，拜登政府的高级官员于2022年4月6日星期三与汽车领域的高层领导人举行了一次会议。出席会议的人包括特斯拉公司首席执行官埃隆·马斯克和通用汽车公司首席执行官玛丽·巴拉。

当然，马斯克和巴拉是最先提到的两个名字，因为这两人可以说存在分歧，多年来似乎没有花多少时间在一起。这再加上马斯克和拜登意见一致的事实，在电动汽车的未来方面，政府一直在说通用汽车领先于特斯拉和所有其他汽车制造商。

路透社指出，其他几家主要汽车公司的领导人也参与了会议，包括福特首席执行官吉姆·法利、斯特兰蒂斯（克莱斯勒）首席执行官卡洛斯·塔瓦雷斯、Lucid的首席执行官彼得·罗林森和日产美洲公司主席杰里米·帕宾。起亚、现代、马自达、斯巴鲁和丰田的高管也参加了会议。

除了大众集团的赫伯特·迪斯和里维安的RJ·斯卡林奇的缺席外，基本上有所有主要电动汽车制造商都参加讨论电动汽车和充电话题。

在会议桌的另一边是美国交通部长皮特·布蒂吉格、能源部长詹妮弗·格兰霍姆、国家气候顾问吉娜·麦卡锡和基础设施协调员米奇·兰德里欧。

目前关于活动细节和对话的分享很少，不过我们以后可能会了解更多。拜登政府也表示，讨论的重点是政府资助“建立一个拥有50万充电器的全国网络”。

美国政府的一份官方声明称，“人们普遍达成的共识是，无论你开什么车，充电站和汽车都需要互操作，并提供无缝的用户体验。”

人们只能希望，这些首席执行官们也明确表示，政府为电动汽车充电提供的资金应该集中于直流快速充电，而不是许多汽车制造商和政府官员一直兜售的二级充电网络。

在此之前，美国环境保护署(EPA)决定恢复之前的《清洁空气法》豁免，该豁免将允许加州制定自己的个人排放要求和零排放车辆(ZEV)的要求。代表大多数主要汽车制造商的汽车创新联盟承认，新规则将对汽车行业构成挑战，政府的支持将至关重要。

资料来源：路透社

史蒂文洛维迪

作者：StevenLoveday

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Biden Officials Meet With Musk, Barra, Farley & Others About EVs

It's interesting to think that all of these automotive leaders finally met at the same time, but what did they discuss?

Elon Musk (image source: https://insideevs.it/news/504990/tesla-cina-rapporti-servizio-clienti/)

Apr 07, 2022 at 9:50am ET

By: Steven Loveday

According to a recent report from Reuters, Biden administration senior officials held a meeting this Wednesday, April 6, 2022, with top leaders in the automotive space. Those present included the likes of Tesla CEO Elon Musk and General Motors CEO Mary Barra.

Of course, Musk and Barra are the two names first mentioned since the two have arguably been at odds and haven't appeared to spend much time together over the years. This, added to the fact that Musk and Biden don't see eye to eye, and the administration has been touting GM ahead of Tesla and all other automakers when it comes to the future of EVs on our shores.

Reuters notes that several other major automotive leaders were also involved in the talks, including Ford CEO Jim Farley, Stellantis (Chrysler) CEO Carlos Tavares, Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson, and Nissan Americas chair Jeremie Papin. Executives from Kia, Hyundai, Mazda, Subaru, and Toyota also participated.

Aside from the absence of VW Group's Herbert Diess and Rivian's RJ Scaringe, the Biden administration essentially had all the major EV newsmakers on hand to talk about EVs and charging.

On the other side of the table were US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, and Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu.

Very little has been shared about the event details and conversations at this point, though we'll likely learn much more later. The Biden administration did share that the discussions focused on the government funding to "create a national network of 500,000 chargers."

An official statement from the administration shared that "there was broad consensus that charging stations and vehicles need to be interoperable and provide a seamless user experience, no matter what car you drive or where you charge your EV."

One can only hope that these CEOs also made it abundantly clear that the government's funding for EV charging should focus heavily on DC Fast Charging rather than the Level 2 charging networks many automakers and government officials have been touting.

This all comes on the heels of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to reinstate an earlier Clean Air Act waiver that will allow California to set its own individual emissions requirements and Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandates. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents most major automakers, admitted that new rules will be challenging to the industry, and government support will be critical.

Source: Reuters

Steven Loveday

By: Steven Loveday

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