February 19, 2024· 55 min

This Is What's Hard About Building a US Domestic Battery Industry

Chris Burns

Orality

Model

50%

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(2,133 words)

M:29%

HostTracy Alloway(2,448 words)

M:29%

GuestChris Burns(5,627 words)

M:91%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic24%

literally, completely, totally

Engagement64%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, like

Repetition100%

right (105x), know (105x), like (91x)

Parallelism100%

And I'm Tracy Alloway...., And then that kind of came and..., And there's also the future is...

Sound Patterns100%

156 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases5%

at the end of the day, i mean, so to speak

Literate Indicators

Hedging7%

maybe, quite, might

Passive Voice8%

is even, been focused, is formed

Abstract Nouns20%

investment, recommendation, contention

Subordination6%

because, since, until

Sentence Length38%

Avg: 14.4 words/sentence

Word Complexity50%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style36%

703 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style87%

literally, completely, supply

Description

The growth of electric vehicles has heightened concerns about China's current dominance in lithium-ion batteries. So as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, the US government is spending money and providing tax credits to companies that are attempting to build up a domestic supply chain. So what are the real challenges to expanding America's battery-making capacity, both in terms of financing and operations? On this episode, we speak with Dr. Chris Burns, the founder and CEO of Novonix, a battery materials company with a focus on synthetic graphite manufacturing. He explains his company's role in the battery supply chain, the economics of domestic manufacturing, and how it employs the government's policy endeavors in its work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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