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New mobility comes at a cost
Talking Michigan Transportation
Chapters
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Setting The Mobility Agenda
1:46
Making EVs Affordable At Scale
5:20
Ford’s Low‑Cost Platform And LFP
10:05
Charging Progress And Private Buildout
13:45
Regional EV Slowdown And Policy Whiplash
17:15
Grid Demand And Vehicle‑To‑Grid Promise
20:52
Ad Break: Work Zone Safety
22:02
AV Safety, Standards, And Edge Cases
Talking Michigan Transportation
New mobility comes at a cost
Mar 05, 2026
Season 8
Episode 259
Michigan Department of Transportation
On this week’s Talking Michigan Transportation, conversations about automaker efforts to bring down the cost of electric vehicles (EVs), the impact of the EV pullback on the South and trends in safety.
Joann Muller, the transportation correspondent at Axios and author of their weekly Future of Mobility newsletter, joined the podcast to talk about those issues and more.
Some key topics:
· Ford’s efforts to make EVs more affordable.
· How public policy at the federal level will affect the development of autonomous vehicles, which are typically EVs.
· Safety concerns for robotaxis.
