Chase Drum
Host of Grid Connections and Founder of Bespoke EVs
Appears in 75 Episodes
July EV Industry Panel with John McElroy, Loren McDonald & Matt Teske
SummaryIn this episode, the panel discusses the current state of the automotive industry and how EV Sales plays into it. The panel also examines the factors that contr...
BJ Birtwell of Electrify Expo
SummaryWe sit down with BJ Birtwell, the CEO and Founder of Electrify Expo. North America's largest touring EV festival that showcases all things electric: cars, bikes...
John Voelcker of Tempting Fate Tours and Contributing Editor Car & Driver
John Voelcker joins us again to discuss recent quarterly EV sales and the growth of the EV market. He mentions that EV sales continue to rise despite the headlines, an...
Brenton Murray of Electruck4x4.com
Brenton Murray, founder of Electruck 4x4, discusses his journey in the EV industry and the development of accessories for electric trucks. He highlights the need for a...
Quincy Lee of Electric Era
Quincy Lee, the CEO and founder of Electric Era, discusses the company's mission to build EV fast charging stations and improve the charging experience for EV drivers....
Jonny Lieberman
SummaryIn this episode of the Grid Connections podcast, Chase sits down with Jonny Lieberman, Co-Host of the InEVitable Podcast and Senior Features Editor at MotorTren...
Eric Way of News Coulomb
SummaryEric Way, host of the YouTube channel News Coulomb, shares his experience with electric vehicles (EVs) and his journey from driving plug-in hybrids to fully ele...
2024 EV Industry Mid-Year Check Up with John McElroy, Loren McDonald & Matt Teske
SummaryToday's panel featuring John McElroy of Autoline Network, Loren McDonald of EVAdoption and Matt Teske of Chargeway follows back up on our previous predictions (...
Steve Birkett & Walter Schulze
SummaryIn this episode of the Grid Connections podcast, Chase, Steve Birkett, and Walter Schulze discuss the latest perceptions around EV sales numbers and the challen...
Lew Cox
SummaryIn this conversation, Lew Cox, Senior Director of Business Development for X-Charge, discusses the benefits and implementation of microgrids and battery-integra...
Steve Birkett
In this episode we sit down with Steve Birkett, EV Educator and Founder of Plug and Play EV. We discuss everything from NEVI Funding to EV Road tripping and how far th...
Rustam Kocher: Part 2
SummaryRustam Kocher, a retired expert in the electric transportation space, shares his experiences and insights on the adoption of electric vehicles in the commercial...
Rustam Kocher: Part 1
SummaryRustam Kocher, a retired expert in the electric transportation space, shares his experiences and insights on the adoption of electric vehicles in the commercial...
David Welch
In this episode, we sit down with David Welch, he's Detroit Bureau Chief at Bloomberg LP and Author of "Charging Ahead." His book about General Motors' CEO, Mary Barra...
Jason Goldfarb
In this episode, we sit down with Jason Goldfarb of Falcon, Rappaport & Berkman, LLP. We discuss the current state of EV charging and how many of the challenges the in...
Yakov Berenshteyn
In this episode, we sit down with Yakov Berenshteyn from WeaveGrid. Their platform is a software built for electric vehicles, EV Charging, renewable energy and how all...
John Voelcker
SummaryJohn Volcker, Contributing Editor to Car & Driver (and one of the co-hosts of Tempting Fate Tours), discusses his background in EV journalism and the auto indus...
Mavrick Knoles of Legacy EV
We sit down with Mavrick Knoles, the President and Co-Founder of Legacy EV.SummaryMavrick shares his background and the journey of Legacy EV, an aftermarket automotive...
EV Car Shopping in 2024...
In today's episode I share a few updates about the channel along with sharing my recent experience helping my mother find an EV to replace her current car along with r...
Brandon Bartneck from Future of Mobility Podcast
We sit down with Brandon Bartneck, the Host of the Future of Mobility Podcast and the Vice President & General Manager at Edison Manufacturing and Engineering. Summary...
2024 EV and Auto Industry Predictions! - Part 2
Part 2 of our panel with Grid Connections guests from 2023 including: John McElroy (President of Autoline), Loren McDonald (Founder of EVAdoption) and Matt Teske (Foun...
2024 EV and Auto Industry Predictions! - Part 1
In this episode I sit back down with some of Grid Connections guests from 2023 including: John McElroy (President of Autoline), Loren McDonald (Founder of EVAdoption) ...
Matt Teske of Chargeway
SummaryIn this episode, we speak with Matt Teske, the founder of Chargeway, about the new version of the Chargeway app (what we refer to as as Chargeway 2.0). We disc...
Chase Drum: End of Year Recap - 2023
In this episode, I recap this year's guests from the past season of Grid Connections. Along with some early predictions for the EV space for 2024. In addition, I want ...
Lew Cox & Andrew Kelley from XCharge North America
In this episode we speak with Lew Cox, Senior Director of Business Development and Andrew Kelley, Director of Energy Solutions at XCharge North America. We talk about ...
JT Franklin from Franklin's Charging
In this episode we speak with JT (Jeff) Franklin, founder of Franklin's Garage. He's opened two boutique DC Fast charging locations in Little Rock and Hot Springs, Ark...
Chris Hazell from Fellten Systems
In this episode we speak with Chris Hazell, from Fellten Systems. We talk about how his company is building kits to help electrify current cars on the road. Currently ...
Branden Flasch
In this episode we speak with Branden Flasch, from the Branden Flasch youtube channel. We talk about his unique background that has given him a great perspective on ch...
Tu Le from Sino Auto Insights
In this episode we speak with Tu Le, the founder of Sino Auto Insights, also the co-host of the China EVs and More podcast. We talk about his unique background that ha...
Tom Moloughney from State of Charge
In this episode we speak with Tom Moloughney, the founder of State of Charge, also the co-host of the Batteries Included podcast and his new website evchargingstations...