How Tesla’s EV chargers got the edge over Biden’s pick

Ford and General Motors’ recent decisions to adopt Tesla’s EV charger technology puts the Biden administration on the losing side of a charging “standards war” and threatens President Joe Biden’s ambitious electric vehicle adoption goals. POLITICO’s James Bikales breaks down the origins of this EV charging fight and how the Biden administration might respond. Plus, FERC Chair Willie Phillips announced new commitments to mitigating the impacts of industrial pollution on low-income communities and communities of color.    James Bikales is the host of Morning Energy and a reporter for POLITICO.  Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.  Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. Alex Keeney is a senior audio producer at POLITICO.    For more news on energy and the environment, subscribe to Power Switch, our free evening newsletter: https://www.politico.com/power-switch And for even deeper coverage and analysis, read our Morning Energy newsletter by subscribing to POLITICO Pro: https://subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter-archive/morning-energy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices