WardsAuto Podcast: Cadillac Vistiq, BEVs Under Trump & Musk

News around battery-electric vehicles will be coming fast and furious for the next 12 months as automakers adjust their cadence of investments and product introductions according to White House policy that figures to be hostile to BEV advancements. President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to kill the federal tax credit for BEVs and claw back subsidies for U.S. battery plants.

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk spent around $130 million to get Trump elected, though, and we assume it will be Musk – an electric-vehicle producer and its loudest cheerleader – who largely calls the tune on BEV policy.

Let’s see what that policy, if implemented, does to Cadillac’s and General Motors’ plans for BEVs.

In this week’s podcast, Senior Editor David Kiley talks through the Trump transition regarding BEVs, Nissan’s huge restructuring, and the Vistiq and Cadillac brand with Cadillac marketing director Brad Franz and Chief Engineer Jeff MacDonald.