The Energy Question Episode 70 Lars Carlstrom, CEO of Statevolt and ItalvoltIn Episode 70 of The Energy Question, David Blackmon interviews Lars Carlstrom, founder and CEO of Statevolt and Italvolt. Statvolt and Italvolt are startup companies dedicated to the manufacture of both stationary and transportation batteries.Carlstrom compares and contrasts the challenges of starting up companies in both the U.S. and Italy in terms of permitting, supply chains, resource availability and employee sourcing and retention. He also discusses how both the U.S. and Europe are addressing the challenges in this space presented by China and its dominance in the electric vehicles and energy minerals space.Enjoy.Sponsorships are available or get your own corporate brand produced by Sandstone Media. David Blackmon (https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-blackmon-2325189/) LinkedInDB Energy Questions  (https://dbenergyadvisors.live/)Energy Transition Absurdities (https://blackmon.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=reader2&utm_source=%2Fsearch%2Fthe%2520energy%2520question&utm_medium=reader2) SubstackThe Crude Truth with Rey Trevino (https://thecrudetruth.com/)Rey Trevino  (https://www.linkedin.com/in/reytrevinoiii/)LinkedInEnergy Transition Weekly ConversationIrina Slav (https://www.linkedin.com/in/irina-slav-a2569293/) LinkedInArmando Cavanha  (https://www.linkedin.com/in/cavanha/)LinkedIn ENB Top News (https://energynewsbeat.co/top-news/)ENB (https://energynewsbeat.co/)Energy Dashboard (https://dashboard.energynewsbeat.com/)ENB Podcast (https://energynewsbeat.co/industry-insights-2/)ENB Substack (https://theenergynewsbeat.substack.com/)