Who’s Trying to Re-Kill the Electric Car?

<p><em>Could you do us a favor? Take our listener survey so we can give you more relevant content:&nbsp;</em><a href="http://bit.ly/gtmpodcast" target="_blank"><em>bit.ly/gtmpodcast</em></a></p><p>This week: it’s the oil industry versus the world.&nbsp;</p><p>We’re examining two legal battles for oil majors playing out in states. One involves electric cars and one involves responsibility for climate change.</p><p>We’ll start first <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/16/oil-industry-electric-car-1729429" target="_blank">with a story from POLITICO’s Gavin Bade</a>. Advocacy groups backed by oil companies are increasingly lobbying against utilities that are trying to support electric vehicles. Are we seeing a coming political clash between the oil industry and utility industry?</p><p>We’re joined by Gavin, who’s been tracking these emerging challenges.</p><p>Then, we are devoting our second half of the show to the legal challenges against fossil fuel companies.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-and-energy/documents-show-massachusetts-ag-ready-to-file-climate-case-against-exxon" target="_blank">Exxon is on trial in New York</a> and numerous other states and cities are bringing suit against oil majors. It’s got everyone paying attention to this very complicated yet riveting issue: as the science and legal arguments evolve, will big fossil fuel companies be held accountable for a warming planet?</p><p><em>Support for this podcast is brought to you by&nbsp;</em><a href="https://en.sungrowpower.com/" target="_blank"><em>Sungrow</em></a><em>. With the world’s most powerful 250-kilowatt, 1,500-volt string inverter, Sungrow is providing disruptive technology for utility-scale projects.</em></p><p><em>Subscribe to GTM podcasts&nbsp;via&nbsp;</em><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-energy-gang/id663379413?mt=2" target="_blank"><em>Apple Podcasts</em></a><em>,&nbsp;</em><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0GT5BuD33AiPnqOzQE7YAE" target="_blank"><em>Spoti