EVPassport is working to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles by improving the user experience when charging through its focus on reliability and ease of adoption. The California-based EV-charging platform received a $200 mm investment from Northleaf Capital Partners in 2023 and today operates more than 5,000 chargers in 35 states through partnerships with hotels, parking garages, and multi-family residential properties.

Hooman Shahidi, EVPassport CEO and co-founder, joins EnergyCents hosts Hill Vaden and Sam Humphreys to discuss the company’s path since its 2020 founding and how the company’s commitment to customer experience differentiates it from other EV-infrastructure innovators.

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Despite being a key component in lithium-ion battery manufacturing for electric vehicles, Graphite has so far escaped the media attention that its comparable metals, lithium, cobalt and nickel has had. But with the roll out of EV’s and energy storage, graphite demand is expected to grow by around 20% by the end of the decade.

S&P Global metals expert Gavin Montgomery joins EnergyCents hosts Hill Vaden and Sam Humphreys to discuss the role both natural and synthetic graphite have to play in the energy transition and which markets will play the biggest role in the future.

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The steel industry accounts for almost 10% of the world’s final energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions. Nucor (NYSE: NUE), North America’s largest steel producer and recycler, pioneered lower-emission electric arc furnace steelmaking more than 50 years ago and continues to prioritize innovation in sustainable steel as it works toward a 2050 net-zero target.

Tabitha Stine, Nucor General Manager of Energy Solutions Services, joins EnergyCents with hosts Hill Vaden and Sam Humphreys to discuss Nucor’s net-zero ambition and how the steelmaker is partnering with utilities, datacenters, and others to limit its carbon footprint.

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