126. Interview: The Inflation Reduction Act with BNEF Analysts Tom Rowlands-Rees & Corey Cantor

<p>The Democratic-backed bill known as the Inflation Reduction Act would represent the largest climate investment in US history. Interview with Tom Rowlands-Rees, Head of Research, North America for Bloomberg New Energy Finance, and Corey Cantor, E.V. Associate with BNEF.</p> <p>The July Surprise, E.V. incentives, Japanese automakers and the challenges of brining solar manufacturing to The United States.</p> <p>How this legislation is meaningful for the world.</p> <p>We will return with our usual episodes in the near future.</p> <p>***TRANSCRIPT***</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">James Whittingham:</span> Hello, and welcome to episode 126 of the Clean Energy Show.</p> <p>I'm James Whittingham</p> <p>Brian is on assignment.</p> <p>That's not to say he's drunk and passed out somewhere just means that he's busy right now, and we hope to have him back for a regular episode very soon because there is so much to talk about.</p> <p>We had a vacation.</p> <p>We pretaped our last episode.</p> <p>And what did Joe mansion do? He shocked everyone, totally blowing our minds, and he's supporting some fossil fuels in the process.</p> <p>But really, this is big legislation that's happened with the inflation reduction act in the states.</p> <p>It's going to the house on Friday.</p> <p>We think it's going to pass probably as is or close to as is.</p> <p>And it means a lot for EV adoption and for the clean energy and just reducing emissions in the United States by up to 40% by 2030.</p> <p>So finally, the United States is on board with climate change, and it's something that we're going to talk about today with our guests from Bloomberg New Energy Finance.</p> <p>We're thrilled to have them on board.</p> <p>We've been talking a lot about Bloomberg and Bloomberg New Energy Finance and the excellent reporting they've been doing.</p> <p>Tom Rowlands-Rees is Head of Research, North America, for BNEF.</p> <p>And Cory Cantor is electric vehicles associate with BNEF.</p> <p>They both spoke to us from New York.</p> <p>And yes, a Jul