ASBN’s Michael Green and Abby Maxwell had the opportunity to interview Jay Turner, a professor of environmental studies at Wellesley College and author of Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Transition. Since August 2022, Jay has been tracking the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) incentives for clean energy, specifically focused on Electric Vehicle batteries, and what this means for business leaders and the energy transition more broadly. Recently, Jay summarized findings from his research in a Twitter thread that connects EV Batteries to IRA incentives and more broadly to the future of the clean energy industry in the United States. The below is a written summary of our conversation (not a transcript) from March 2023.