This week: The European Commission pushed back its timeline for all EV Europe.   <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zxqezqfhjwidbrsvk66ded57">Felix Salmon</a>, <a href="https://www.elizabethspiers.com/">Elizabeth Spiers</a>, and <a href="https://www.axios.com/authors/epeck">Emily Peck</a> are joined by Bloomberg’s Global Automotive Editor <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APqurbdl8EQ/craig-trudell">Craig Trudell</a> who helps understand how and why <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-16/the-electric-car-transition-unravels-slowly-then-all-at-once?srnd=undefined">the global electronic vehicle transition is unraveling</a>. Then, in a twist move, Truth Social parent company, Trump Media & Technology Group, merged with TAE Technologies, a fusion power company. The hosts and Craig unpack the motivations behind the deal for these strange bedfellows. And finally, don’t you just love a familiar, non-threatening protagonist who falls in love with a  someone who embodies local virtue thanks to a  Christmas adjacent inciting incident? You’re not alone! The hosts and Craig discuss the booming business of <a href="https://apnews.com/article/christmas-movies-hallmark-connecticut-be9f41a07d8ff783f5eebab4046ea160">Hallmark movie tours in CT</a> and the key factors that go into these wildly popular made-for-tv movies. 
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