The Intersection 3-5-23


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EVs are making this a very uncomfortable timeAnybody who thinks the transition to electric vehicles will be soft-n-easy had better read this week's issue closely. But turn the page and you'll read this news: Tesla itself is now rethinking how it builds EVs. It will involve an overhaul of its production lines, product lines and supply lines here. The situation at Stellantis' Jeep Belvidere plant outside Chicago provides a good example. In a story on Page 4, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares acknowledges that such transition is "very uncomfortable," but it must be done.