EA May 2025
E-MOBILITY!
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ELECTRICAL APPARATUS | JUNE 2025
Energy
18 Welcome to rare earth
USGS report highlights mineral supplies and U.S. reliance on imports
By Charlie Barks, EA Managing Editor
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EA Reader Profile
22 A burning desire to excel
Why one senior engineer once told Jerry Hogan, ‘Somebody put fire in your belly when you were young’
By Colin Gregory-Moores, EA Contributing Writer
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Plant Life
26 Hot under the hood
Numerous potential heat sources pose thermal challenges in e-mobility
By Bill O’Leary, EA Contributing Writer
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Conventions & Trade Shows
29 A reconditioning league of their own
A conference for rebuilders of electrical apparatus sparks conversation in Charlotte
By Charlie Barks, EA Managing Editor
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Electric Vehicles
31 Out of charge
A funding freeze hits a state-based EV infrastructure charging program
By Maura Keller, EA Contributing Writer
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Power Transmission & Distribution
37 Low-voltage switchgear
For those occasions when you need something more substantial than a switchboard
By David Bredhold, EA Contributing Writer
Motors & Generators
31 New opportunities in efficiency rebates
There’s a new class of rebates for industrial motor users — and users may pay you to help apply for them
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Finance & The Workplace
44 Looking behind the numbers
Get a sense of a company’s financial health by reading financial statements like an auditor
By William H. Wiersema, EA Finance Editor
Safety & Health
48 Zooming toward safety
With the rising popularity of e-scooters comes the need for new safety measures
By Avery Heeringa, EA Contributing Writer
Pump It Up
50 Pumping the brakes
Pump manufacturers offer few details about pumps for EVs as the EV industry in the U.S. faces uncertainty
By Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor
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ELECTRICAL APPARATUS | MAY 2025
Departments
04 The editor's comment
E-mobility: an industry in flux​
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05 Let's solve your problem
Answers to questions about motor coils, leads, and cables
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06 Calendar
Upcoming events on sales, energy, pumps, and manufacturing
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08 Associations
Associations keep the electric vehicle dream alive
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10 Speaking of
Electric vehicle sales growth down to the wire
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12 Business
Separately, Dreisilker and Siemens set up shops in Texas
14 Know your industry
Society of Automotive Engineers International looks skyward
20 Plant happenings
New plants in Ohio, Texas, Indiana, and North Carolina
28 Utilities
With EVs at a crossroads, electric utilities continue their support
30 Names & faces
Personnel changes at Mississippi Power and NTN Bearing Corp
30 Deaths
Bryce Klontz, devoted to business, family, and community
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46 Product showcase
New from Schneider Electric, CS Instruments, and SPX FLOW
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53 Classified advertising
Your monthly marketplace for equipment, businesses, and more
53 Cy's Super Service
The electrical service industry’s most prominent curmudgeon
54 EA puzzle
A crossword puzzle based on EA’s March and April issues
55 Moe, Genny & friends
The surreal world of an anthropomorphized motor and generator
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56 Direct & current
A record-sized lineworker’s class, and tariff talk from NAM’s CEO
56 Advertising index
Who’s who—and who’s where—in this issue of Electrical Apparatus