Who Will Win the Age of Battery Nationalism?

Ford’s announcement signals a late U.S. bid to compete head-to-head with Europe and China

Steve LeVine
The Mobilist
Published in
6 min readFeb 5, 2021

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Ford’s new electric Mustang Mach-E SUV crossover. Photo courtesy of Ford

For Ford, the fear of a Kodak moment came January 28, when Mary Barra, CEO of rival General Motors, announced that as of 2035, her company aimed to be making only electric vehicles (EVs) for the consumer market. GM would continue to…

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Steve LeVine
The Mobilist

Editor at Large, Medium, covering the turbulence all around us, electric vehicles, batteries, social trends. Writing The Mobilist. Ex-Axios, Quartz, WSJ, NYT.