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Wendry! Wendry! Hey, I'm David Brown and this is Business Wars. With gas prices soaring to record highs, everyone seems to have EVs on the brain. They're an alternative to gasoline fuel cars, of course, and they're really gaining steam.
Much of that is thanks to Tesla, the startup that marketed EVs as the cool, exclusive choice before going on to produce more affordable options. But behind the scenes, Tesla's mission to deliver clean vehicles to the masses has been bruised by contentious conduct in the workplace.
Later on, we're going to be joined by Bloomberg's Dana Ho, who's been closely covering reports of racism at one California factory and the lawsuit Tesla faces as a result. More on that in just a bit, but first we're going to road trip through the EV landscape of today and tomorrow.
Take a look at what life on the road is like for drivers who've given up gas guzzlers once and for all. Riding along with us is Ariane Marshall. She is a staff writer at Wired, covering transportation.
I want to start by asking what first drew you to reporting on the EV beat for Wired in the first place? The climate, the cars, the Silicon Valley connection? Why?
That's a great question in my best sort of fun fact that I always use is that I am a transportation reporter who doesn't have a driver's license. I'm from New York City and try and to rep, even as I'm on the west coast by continuing to not have my driver's license. So I wouldn't say it's the cars exactly that drove me to cover electric vehicles. It's just such a fascinating time right now to cover this space. So many things in the automotive world are changing.
The number of people that have to come together to help accomplish this, it's such an interesting huge project and I think that's what drove me to cover it.
需要聚集在一起协助完成这个庞大有趣的项目的人数很多,我认为这正是推动我去报道它的原因。
So you don't drive?
你不开车吗?
I don't drive, it's true. Well, I guess if we're going to go with this riding along metaphor, I've got to take the wheel. Maybe we can just put it on autopilot if Elon Musk will ever get around to getting that in all the cars. I'm a very good navigator, a good passenger, so I'm here.
Alright. Well, let's turn up the tunes. Maybe we should turn them down. Folks, get here.
好的。那么,让我们调高音乐。也许我们应该把它们调低。大家,来这里。
Seems like we're always wondering if we've reached the tipping point when it comes to the EV taking over, right? And if you look around the streets, yeah, you see a lot more Teslas, but far more internal combustion powered cars, right? From your reporting, Ariane, what do you think are the biggest incentives for people to make the jump right now?
The biggest incentive lately over just the past few months or so has been the dramatic rise in gas prices that we've seen all over the US and all over the world.
最近几个月来最大的刺激,就是我们在全美国和全世界看到的油价急剧上涨。
And that's gotten a lot of people who were kind of interested in EVs to say, okay, I'm sick of this. I don't want to pay these prices anymore. I'm going to go ahead and really seriously look into buying electric vehicles.
The other thing that's making these things go mainstream right now is just that so many more automakers are introducing different makes and models.
现在让这些事情变得流行的另一件事就是有这么多更多的汽车制造商推出不同品牌和型号。
Over the next 12 to 18 months, there's going to be about 100 of them on the market in the US. So people have a lot more choices now than they used to. And you can buy the EV that fits your lifestyle. Well, that's a little sedan or one of these big trucks. You can buy an electric GM Hummer if you want. So there are a lot of different choices.
Let me ask you about the confusion that seems to be out there, though, when it comes to hybrid versus EVs, not all electric vehicles are created equalized.
That's true. I'm finding when I'm talking to people who are interested in going electric soon, hybrids feel like a really nice kind of middle option. Some of them actually plug in so you can get a number of miles, maybe 20 to 50 miles just on the battery. And then once the battery runs out, you revert back to, you know, traditional gasoline.
But the average American really only drives less than 40 miles a day. You know, if you're doing your commute back and forth from work or running your daily errands, you could probably do most of that on the battery part of a hybrid.
But then there are also all these different battery electric options, which are cars that just only run on electricity.
但是也有许多不同的电池电动车选择,这些车只使用电力运行。
When we're talking tipping point, I suppose we can't overlook the fact that it seems like we are going out to meet the electric vehicle where it is, and we're still waiting for that electric vehicle to meet us where we are, you know, in terms of our lifestyle. You know what I'm saying?
Yeah. I think people can get really nervous about transitioning to EVs. But I think once people really sit down and think about how they're using their cars, it can be a lot less intimidating. People are rightfully worried about getting stranded on the side of the road because they can't find a charger wherever they are. And in fact, you know, these new cars that are coming out, these new electric cars have ranges that are in the 200 to 250 to even 300 mile range. And it's pretty rare that you're going to drive that far in one go unless you live in a rural area.
So if you're in the suburbs or you're in a city, it's not a bad option. It's actually really possible that it could fit into your lifestyle. There's a bit of a caveat there because that's definitely true of people who can charge at home, but there are a lot of people who can't for a lot of reasons. They live in apartment buildings. They rely on on street parking. So there are some, you know, interesting considerations there. And I think that still makes some people nervous, which is very fair.
Oh boy, you've opened up a whole can of worms here. We're going to take a short break first, but when we come back, well, it's board the evolution of EVs and some of the hurdles the market still faces. Stay with us.
The quality of the materials seemed to be really superior. And also this idea that EVs aren't exotic in the way that we used to think of it, that this was a car that you might see in, I don't know, in a Star Wars film or something. It was a car car. You know, it was ready for the road.
Yeah, definitely. When we think about any issue around environmental sustainability or going green, there can be a sort of like each your piece aspect to it. Like, you know, this isn't going to be pleasant. You are going to have to give up some things. Yeah. But it's better for the world so you should do it. And Tesla's aren't at all like that. They are cool cars and you don't have that aspect of a sacrifice to make your lifestyle more sustainable.
Well, I've tried one. I rented a Model 3 and it was definitely cool in a straight line. No question about it. But I had to drive a ways about, you know, 30 minutes to get to the nearest supercharger. And I noticed that when it charged, it would tell me I had a range of something like 230 miles. Sounds great. But by the time I got home, which was like 15 miles away, I was already down to 190. And there is a lot of variability in that range. And I suppose I do have something of a of a led foot. But it's that day to day experience.
Do you think Tesla's infrastructure has gotten it to the point where it's a livable car? I think the supercharger network for Tesla is pretty good and arguably better than the networks for other manufacturers, electric vehicles. They've also been pretty thoughtful about putting some of those along highways that aren't necessarily super traveled by electric vehicles, but are going to be those kinds of places you're going to hit if you take your family on a road trip. But right now, somewhere between 80 to 90% of people who own electric vehicles are able to charge at home. And that means that they can come home every day and hook up their car and it can slowly charge up and I can wake up the next morning and drive away. If that's the way you're going to be living, I think that's pretty viable right now.
What about availability? Yeah, this is the big bummer about where we are right now with electric vehicles. So there is so much demand right now because gas prices are so high and because the technology is really hitting it stride. At the same time, there are pandemic-related shortages that are continuing particularly and this is affecting all cars, not just electric vehicles, but particularly in the microchip area.
So automakers back last year, some just stopped making cars for a while. They had just shut down their production lines because they didn't have enough chips. So that means that a lot of people want these cars and there are fewer of them than automakers would like to produce. So as you say, the result is higher prices and it can be hard to get your hands on one especially if you're someone who's a little cost sensitive. I mean, there are a lot of people who are pretty darn cost sensitive, right?
And it raises the question, who's left out of this EV pool and what's being done to fill in the gaps to make these cars more accessible? Yeah, absolutely and that's something that governments are thinking really seriously about how can we get electric vehicles into underserved communities, into low-income communities, into communities where because of various past social injustices, environmental injustices actually have really bad air quality. Wouldn't it be nice if we could get these electric cars into those kinds of neighborhoods? It's probably going to come down to eventually the used car market like it does for most people who buy cars.
Now, of course, right now prices are up for those as well because of this big car shortage. But the hope is that eventually those used cars will make them more accessible to more people and the other nice news that we're starting to learn right now about electric vehicles is that their batteries actually last longer than even their manufacturers said they might at the outset. So a lot of people are worried about batteries breaking because they're so expensive and so heavy, but it turns out they're actually lasting years and years and years which is really exciting.
But then there's this other side of the equation and that's what happens to those batteries once those cars eventually do give out and all cars do. There have been questions about how much electricity is actually consumed by these cars just to charge them up. If we have mass adoption of EVs, do we even have the power and what are the environmental implications for building new power generating facilities, for example, how green are these cars?
That's a great question. What I can tell you is that just using electricity in and of itself is not necessarily a problem for the environment, what's problem for the environment is how that electricity is made.
So a lot of cities and metro areas have been doing a really good job recently of getting their power grids off of coal off of the most emissions packed energy sources and more into renewables and other alternative solar wind. So if you're charging your EV on a cleaner grid, then you're going to be much better off than people who are charging them on a dirty grid.
And we know that even if you compare one to one, the emissions of even an electric vehicle that's charged in a place that doesn't have the cleanest grid in the world, it's still better for the environment than if you're driving a conventional gas powered car.
I wonder if carbon aside, given the battery technology where those batteries ultimately wind up eventually, is it possible that we are trading off one environmental concern for another one down the line perhaps?
As someone who reports on all forms of transportation and not just the EVs, this is a good time to get in my other big thing that I always like to talk about, which is really making our transportation system much more environmentally friendly, making sure that people are able to live in places where maybe they don't have to take cars to go everywhere.
They have access to public transit, they can bike if they want to or enjoy that, they can walk places if they want to. Things in the US are very far apart more than in other countries and that means that we're much more dependent on cars than other countries.
And bringing everything a little bit closer together is probably the most sustainable thing that we can do as a country, even more than transitioning to electric vehicles.
将一切变得更加紧密地结合起来可能是我们国家最可持续的事情,甚至比过渡到电动汽车还要重要。
Well, now, you know, as we wrap up things, the normal question would be, so what are you going to get when you decide to take the plunge? But since you don't drive, has this made you think, well, maybe it's time for me to consider getting that driver's license and checking out EVs? And if you were to take the plunge, what would you go for?
I am definitely at that point where I need to take the plunge with my driver's license truly more than for the planet for my marriage because my husband is sick of driving me around poor guy. But in terms of buying electric, that would be something I'd be really interested in doing, the cost right now is really scary to me, especially in the use market, which is probably where I would start to look.
But there's a lot of cool options out there and even, you know, some less, how should I say, glamorous EVs from the number of years ago, you know, Nissan Leafs, things like that, there are people that are buying those used cars right now who are really, really happy with them. So I'd probably look at those, you know, maybe less popular, not they're not going to show up in the music videos, but they get you to where you need to go. And you can feel like you're doing something a little better for the planet that way.
So good practical transportation. That's what's got you hooked.
太好用的实用交通工具,这就是让你着迷的原因。
Exactly. Ariane Marshall is a staff writer for Wired. She covers the latest on EVs and their infrastructure. You can check out her reporting on wired.com. Ariane, thanks so much for joining us on business wars and we'll see you out on the road soon, I hope. Thanks for having me.
Hey, we have to stop for a quick charge. But when we return, Bloomberg journalist Dana Hull takes us inside the walls of a California Tesla factory where hundreds of workers are suing the company over racial discrimination. Stay with us.
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Hey, welcome back to Business Wars. From the outside, Tesla seems like a cutting-edge company trying to do right by the planet with a commitment to clean energy. But are they doing right by their employees?
Most recently, black workers at Tesla's flagship factory in Fremont, California have reported countless acts of racism from colleagues comparing the work environment to a, quote, plantation.
Now the state of California is suing Tesla on behalf of the impacted workers. Reporter Dana Hull covers Tesla for Bloomberg News, and she's been following the lawsuit closely. She joins us now.
Before we dive in, can you give us something of an overview of Tesla's reputation when it comes to the working environment?
在我们深入探讨之前,你能给我们介绍一下特斯拉在工作环境方面的声誉吗?
Sure. Tesla has a pretty massive auto plant in Fremont, California, which is a city sort of across the bay from San Francisco. It's about halfway between Oakland and San Jose.
And it's an old auto plant that Tesla bought in 2010, and it employs over 10,000 people.
这是一家特斯拉在2010年收购的旧汽车工厂,聘用了超过10,000名员工。
And this is where Tesla makes the Model S, the Model X, the Model 3, and the Model Y. And it's a very diverse workforce.
这就是特斯拉生产 Model S、Model X、Model 3和Model Y的地方,还拥有一支非常多样化的员工团队。
But for years, black employees and workers at the plant have complained of racism from colleagues as well as from supervisors. And there have been several lawsuits about this. And then most recently, the state of California itself sued on behalf of those workers.
You report that Tesla is what's called a majority minority company, black Hispanic and other underrepresented workers make up. What is it? Something like 60% of the workforce, is that right?
We should get a new data from the company once they file their 2021 kind of impact report. But yeah, it is a very diverse workplace. I mean, California as a state is incredibly diverse.
So the factory, when you walk through there, you see all kinds of folks from every different ethnic background possible, black, Latino, Filipino, Asian American, Indian, white. I mean, it is a melting pot, but it is very stratified as well.
So same more about the allegations that are brought up in the lawsuit. What's the nature of the complaint specifically?
请您再详细说说诉讼中提出的指控,具体是什么投诉呢?
What's important to note is that there are several lawsuits that have been filed on behalf of workers privately that have been working their way through state court. But then there's also a big lawsuit that the state itself filed against Tesla.
This is one of the words we're talking about now, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, which is kind of like the California equivalent of the EEOC filed a lawsuit in February, basically a alleging Tesla of years of discriminatory practices against hundreds of black workers at the plant.
And it's everything from racially segregating the way that the plant is set up in terms of who works in which department, denying people promotions, HR, not really investigating complaints, supervisors being given a head up when complaints were filed, and just kind of this pattern of behavior that really hurt just a lot of workers who were trying to kind of give Tesla a go.
And it's just very rare for the state of California to go after an employer who was so well-known like this. The state of California has done similar lawsuits against video game companies like Riot Games, but Tesla is far and away the largest manufacturing employer that they've ever filed a lawsuit against.
These are powerful words, though, coming from a lawyer who represents a lot of these workers. He says Tesla is like a plantation.
这些话非常有力,是由代表许多这些工人的律师说出来的。他说特斯拉就像一座种植园。
Well, those are the words of the workers themselves who were often given the hardest jobs at the factory, the most strenuous jobs. They were sometimes asked to clean the factory. They reported seeing racist graffiti on the bathroom stalls in the lunchroom.
And then when they would complain to their supervisors about these offensive words, nothing ever happened. And this comes not just from one complaint. I mean, this is from several people that have either filed complaints or ultimately filed lawsuits.
And so it's been going on for quite some time. And some of the lawsuits that have gone forward privately have been successful. The fact that the state felt that it was necessary to also sue is just a sign of how ubiquitous it was.
Well, this is part of the reason why the state ultimately stepped in is because the feeling was that HR was not really doing anything on behalf of the workers. And so many of the complaints are about the fact that HR didn't investigate or didn't do a thorough investigation or fired the person who was complaining while promoting or reassigning the person who was committing the harassment or the abuse.
Well, take us back. When did this seem to start to emerge as an issue at Tesla? Was there sort of a starting point?
好的,请带我们回去。这个问题在特斯拉似乎是什么时候开始出现的?有没有一个起点?
Many of the complaints kind of go back to the earlier days of the company when the company was beginning, just beginning to scale. They came out with the Model S in 2012 and then they built the Model X and then they started to work on the Model 3.
And this is a period of rapid expansion and growth for the company when they were hiring workers, often from temporary staffing agencies and the HR operation didn't scale sort of in tandem with the hiring. So you had tons of people being hired as production associates at the factory and HR operation that was still pretty lean.
And then I would say that 2015 on is sort of the bulk of what we're seeing. But I mean, there have been complaints filed just as recently as 2022 for sure.
What about Tesla's public response to all of this? Tesla has said different things in different ways. They have made it clear that the Tesla of today is not the Tesla of 2015. They have published some blog posts that are still on their website where they've kind of taken issue with the lawsuits. They have pledged to do better.
I think Tesla very much sees itself as a meritocracy. And one of the reasons why people do like working at the company is that if you show potential and promise you can get promoted fairly quickly and here in the Bay Area, it has long been seen as kind of a desirable place to work.
But for scores of black workers, those opportunities were not equally open to them. And one point that I think is really important to make and that has become an issue in a lot of these lawsuits is that there's sort of a two-tiered wage system at Tesla.
Lots of people are direct employees where they, you know, they work for Tesla. They have a Tesla badge. But there are hundreds of people that work at the factory who are hired by staffing agencies to help with production during certain periods. And they are temporary employees. They are hired by a staffing agency. They're assigned to Tesla, but they're not considered direct employees.
And Tesla has really kind of made that distinction in fighting a lot of these lawsuits saying, well, you know, that person wasn't really one of our employees. They were from a staffing agency. And to be fair to Tesla, some of the folks who have complained, you know, they worked at Tesla for short periods of time, six months, nine months, a year. But the churn and the sort of two-tiered wage system is definitely a bit a big part of this as well.
Something else that strikes me as unique about Tesla is that unlike many companies, the person at the very top is such a public figure that that individual almost personifies the company, if you know what I'm saying. It's almost like Steve Jobs was with Apple. And there are very few companies that have that kind of polarizing figure at the very top that everyone knows of everyone knows Elon Musk.
Absolutely. So, you're going to address this publicly, your knowledge? He's not addressed it publicly recently. This was back in 2017.
那你会公开谈论你的知识吗?他最近没有公开谈论这个问题,这是在2017年发生的事情。
One of the first kind of lawsuits that was filed alleging the factory of racism included a response from Musk that's called doing the right thing. And it's about, you know, behavior within the factory. It was a striking tone to take, which is basically like, you know, be cool with each other.
But if someone is a jerk to you, have a thick skin. And, you know, I think in today's day and age, particularly after we've come through the Me Too movement and Black Lives Matter, having a CEO talk about having a thick skin is just not really the way that we're seeing DEI initiatives roll out. So that, that email is probably the most famous thing that he said about allegations of racism at his workplace.
Well, the larger lawsuit brought by the state is still unfolding. But so far, what's been your biggest takeaway from the legal action here?
嗯,州政府提起的更大诉讼仍在进行中。但迄今为止,您从这里的法律行动中最大的收获是什么?
California is a very diverse place. And it has a reputation for being incredibly progressive socially. And it is in many ways. But the factory feels like a throwback to a lot of people. I interviewed a man named Duwitt Lambert who grew up in Mobile, Alabama, moved to California, worked as an electrician, got a job at the Tesla factory.
And, you know, he was in tears speaking to me on the phone. I mean, he said that his entire life growing up in Alabama, no one had ever called him in the N word. And the first time he heard it was at Tesla's factory in Fremont.
And he was shocked by how much that word was thrown around the factory, often by younger colleagues who, you know, maybe didn't realize how damaging that word is. And he was just sort of floored. And that was really striking to me.
Maybe that's a generational thing. Maybe there's a whole young generation that has not been taught about the damage of that word. So that was really illuminating to me to have someone from Alabama say that they had never been called that word until they moved to California and then experience that kind of hate at the Tesla factory.
We're talking with Dana Hull. She's a reporter with Bloomberg. And we are going to take another short break right now. We'll have more on Tesla's inner workings when we come back. Stay with us.
And we're back. You're listening to business wars. I'm David Brown and our guest is Dana Hull. She's a reporter at Bloomberg News covering Tesla.. And recently she's been following the discrimination lawsuits facing the company in California of what's been going down at the Fremont facility.
Dana, these are pretty serious allegations, obviously. And it all does raise a question about whether or not Tesla will have to pay a price to the marketplace for what's actually happening in the factories. So far they have not had to.
I mean, we have seen the company's valuation soar as it became clear that this kind of pivot and transition to electric vehicles was real. Every other automaker is now investing in the electric vehicle space. But Tesla's valuation as a company has only risen as these lawsuits have come to light.
So in terms of a dent to reputation or a big concern to investors, we're not seeing much of a hit yet at all. To me, the big question is all of these investors, particularly the ESG investors who see Tesla as the shining light in their portfolio, where do they draw the line in terms of corporate governance and diversity? And why are they giving Tesla a pass on this?
How can you have Tesla in your portfolio and not be concerned about this? And so there are investors that are really pushing Tesla on this, but we have not seen a big groundswell just yet. What power would they have should they choose to exercise it if they wanted to push change at Tesla?
There's been an effort, for example, to get Tesla to be more transparent about its diversity data and release its EEO1 data. There's been an effort to get Tesla to be more transparent about the way that it uses arbitration to solve employee disputes. And for example, the arbitration effort has failed two years in a row, but it got more support last year than it did the first time, and I imagine that the investors will bring that effort forward yet again.
So you can try to push the company in the right direction, but it typically requires really big shareholders to all get together and kind of be on the same page and to demand the change.
You know, the elephant in the room here is what seems like perhaps a dichotomy, at least among those who think about the Tesla brand, one hand, you have this mission driven company that's touting clean energy. A lot of people extremely enthusiastic about the product and real feeling that it's doing a lot to get us on track to save the planet. But then you have the discrimination, the hostile work environment allegations, and a CEO who from the sound of it perhaps doesn't strike the right note in trying to respond to these complaints.
Can you unpack a little bit of that for us? Yeah, well, I think first it's important to just note that, you know, we have a long way to go in this country when it comes to racism. And you know, racism exists in every sector of our society. And it is not like Tesla is unique in manufacturing in terms of having issues on the factory floor.
These are hard demanding physical jobs where people are often working long shifts. So I don't want to make it sound like there's not racism out of their manufacturing plants or certainly not at other auto plants.
But Tesla has been in the spotlight because, you know, this is a relatively young company that started from scratch that grew up in this age of increased awareness of, you know, bias and privilege. And in California where you have a population that is very progressive generally and a state government that is very progressive.
I mean, we, you know, California requires, you know, all public company boards to have two women on the board. So I think what's interesting is that, yes, on the one hand, Tesla is the company most associated with, you know, that moving us towards a clean economy future. But it's got a lot of workers and there is a long trail of, you know, pretty egregious behavior at that plant that is now coming to light.
And I don't think that the state of California would have sued one of their key employers if they were not deeply worried about this. You know, Tesla has now moved its headquarters to Texas. And so Tesla is no longer a California headquartered company, but they still have well over 30,000 employees in the state.
And I just think that for a government agency like the DFVH to sue Tesla, it's clear that they just have a wealth of data and they got so many complaints that they felt like they had to take action.
When it comes to Tesla's reputation, is there something of a paradox here or is that reading too much into it?
说到特斯拉的声誉,这里有点矛盾吗,还是读多了?
I guess the paradox is that on the one hand, everyone loves Tesla's products and sees the company is leading the charge to a clean energy future and giving us off of fossil fuels. On the other hand, they do not have that many female executives. They certainly do not have very many black executives. The last most high ranking black executive was Valerie Workman, who was the head of HR. She quit earlier this year for another job.
So I think people who sort of align themselves with Tesla because they love the brand need to really sort of ask themselves, like, are you just not concerned about these allegations of racism? And it's not that the allegations have not been covered. I mean, there have been several high-profile lawsuits where the plaintiffs have actually won both in court and in arbitration. So I just don't know whether people are turning a blind eye or whether they're love of the product, super seeds, they're concerned about these issues or whether it's lip service.
But this is something that the company has had to reckon with for quite some time and it's not ending. I mean, these lawsuits are going to continue to unfold and go through the court system.
Well, taken together, what do you think the future looks like for Tesla, given all of these factors that are in play? I think that Tesla will continue to grow as a company and scale its operations. I think that the state lawsuit will wind its way through the court system and will ultimately result in some kind of financial settlement that hopefully will go to many of the former workers at Tesla who experience this environment of near-constant racial slurs and the race is writing in graffiti.
But the employment rate being low, I think that workers have options, but Tesla does remain one of the biggest manufacturers in the Bay Area and it's still an exciting place to work for a lot of people. So I think that you're still going to see Tesla being considered a good place to work by the average person. But I think what just remains to be seen is whether the shareholders that do care about racism can get any of these action items through.
And the big one is still the use of arbitration. How Tesla uses arbitration when it comes to employees who have complaints.
最大的问题是特斯拉在员工投诉时使用仲裁制度。他们如何使用仲裁制度。
Dana Hull is a journalist for Bloomberg News covering Tesla Tech and Auto. You can follow her on Twitter at Dana Hull and catch her reporting on Bloomberg.com.
Dana Hull 是彭博新闻的一名记者,专注于报道特斯拉科技和汽车领域。你可以在 Twitter 上关注她的账号 Dana Hull,或在 Bloomberg.com 上阅读她的报道。
Dana, thanks so much for taking time to talk with us on Business Wars.
Dana,非常感谢你抽出时间在Business Wars节目中与我们交谈。
My pleasure.
很高兴能做到这件事情。
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On our next episode, we're going to be joined by Wall Street Journal reporter Heather Hatton and comedy writer, Halle Keifer, to talk about the food industry shift to plant-based foods. From functional soda that's good for your gut, to jerky made from plants, consumers are hungry for alternatives that are better for the planet. Companies are eager to cash in, too.
From Wondery, this is episode 5 of Tesla versus Detroit for Business Wars. I'm David Brown. Kelly Kyle and Peter Arcoony produce this episode. Karen Lo is our senior producer and editor, edited and produced by Emily Frost. We're designed by Kyle Randall. Additional audio assistance by Sir Joanne Requez. Dave Schilling is our producer. Our executive producers are Jenny Lauer Beckman and Marshall Lui, created by Ernan Lopez for Wondery.