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This is a conversation with Albin Wilson 🎙️ Albin Wilson is an engineer by trade but has a passion for telling stories and for challenging endeavours. He co-founded the electric vehicle company Uniti in Sweden but has since moved to Nairobi, Kenya to join Opibus, an electric vehicle manufacturer. At Opibus, Albin is in charge of strategy and marketing supporting Opibus’ mission to electrify Africa. With products made and uniquely tailored for their environment, Opibus has a commitment to...

This is a conversation with Simon Dowson 🎙️ Simon is Managing Director of Silverstone-based Delta Cosworth. After gaining a degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Warwick University, he joined Reynard Motorsport on a graduate scheme and went on to become Operations Manager responsible for the day to day running and production of the Race Car division. Following the demise of Reynard, he went on to form Delta, a motorsport consultancy in 2005. Delta has since broadened its...

This is a conversation with Maz Shar 🎙️ Maz has a background in computer science and has been developing software for products and robots in our homes. During his career, he has shared an interest in emerging technologies such as VR and AR and their impact on society. Often these can be many years away, so Maz has learned to understand the chasm between hype and reality and the challenges of early adoption. Maz has been driving electric cars for the past 2 years and during this time has...

This is a conversation with Tom Callow 🎙️ Tom has worked in the electric vehicle and wider automotive sector for over 12 years. He formerly chaired the motor industry’s principle EV group and has extensive knowledge of electric vehicles, infrastructure and associated technologies. His role at bp pulse includes surfacing insights around vehicles and infrastructure, as well as engaging with the media, car manufacturers, government and other stakeholders. He has driven over 100,000 electric...

This is a conversation with Fiona Howarth 🎙️ Fiona studied Engineering, Economics and Management at Oxford University. In her career she has held many varied roles including working at BMW on a hydrogen fuel cell that could provide auxiliary power in a combustion engine car, consulting for a FTSE 100 energy company, and a secondment to the Department of Energy & Climate Change. She was part of the team at British start-up Alert Me, which launched connected home products – which then became...

This is a conversation with Olly Craughan. 🎙️ Olly heads up DPD’s corporate social responsibility strategy, having previously worked as Depot General Manager and Operations Manager when he first joined DPD in 2012. His role supports DPD UK in leading the way in green and sustainable delivery, successfully growing the company’s electric delivery fleet. Other projects include launching DPD’s ambitious Vision 25-25-25 strategy to deliver zero emissions to 25 towns and cities across the UK by...

💬 “Sometimes, the number of chargers that we declare in this country can flatter to deceive somewhat, and we've got to make sure we have the right sort of infrastructure for the right application.” @Sam Clarke This is a conversation with Sam Clarke 🎙️ Sam is an entrepreneur, investor, EV evangelist, industry advisor on all things EV, and a commuter by electric vehicle for over 15 years. He was a previous winner of the Great British Entrepreneurs Awards and is a Fellow and sector chair...

💬 “To get out of this dire environmental situation, we are going to have to be decisive. If I were a government, I'd say for every electric car you buy, I'm giving you half the money. Beyond this, and with the strongest of conviction, Governments must immediately fund the renewable energy sources we need.” Denis Rothman This is a conversation with Denis Rothman 🎙️ Denis is an Artificial Intelligence designer, author & developer. He created one of the first AI cognitive Chatbots and an AI...

💬 “All autonomous vehicles learn from any mistakes that one vehicle makes, as the new knowledge is propagated throughout the rest of the network. On the other hand, when a person makes a mistake, it is only one single driver that learns from the experience. This has huge implications for road safety.” @Raymond Han This is a conversation with Raymond Han 🎙️ Raymond was the former Head of Business Development at Nissan Motor Corporation, now turned career and business transformation coach....

💬 “There's often this culture of entrepreneurial-ism that looks at technology as a solution in itself. But if they're not developed from the ground up, we can end up with significant inequalities between certain users.” Dr Felicity Heathcote-Márcz This is a conversation with Dr Felicity Heathcote-Márcz 🎙️ Felicity is an ethnographer and the Research and Behaviours Lead at Atkins Global Intelligent Mobility. She employs anthropological approaches to understand how humans are using the...

💬 “You could argue that running an existing vehicle that doesn't need any modifications on a fuel that has 85% lower impact on the planet is probably better than changing the vehicle for a battery powered one.” Karl W. Feilder This is a conversation with Karl Feilder 🎙️ Karl is a serial tech entrepreneur and business sustainability advocate. His direct actions to mitigate climate change have resulted in over 15 million tonnes of CO2, achieved from working with global corporations, such...

💬 The Automotive and Energy sectors are going through the biggest changes in 50 years. Their abilities to create, balance and optimise renewable energies are crucial to our sustainable future and to achieving NetZero greenhouse gas emissions. 🎧 This is the Beyond Journeys series on the Boundless Podcast which explores the role of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in helping us deliver a fully sustainable, NetZero future: the challenges, the risks and the opportunities. We feature leaders from major...

💬 “China is ready to dominate the Electric Vehicle market. They have ample power electronics engineers that can integrate motor and battery technology together, they have investment, and they have the full support of the Government, for whom this is a priority.” Albert Lam This is a conversation with Albert Lam 🎙️ Albert is Chairman and CEO of Detroit Electric Holdings Ltd. He is a veteran in the automotive and technology industries. Before founding Detroit Electric in 2009, Albert was...

💬 “The key priority over the next couple of years is for the industry and government to work closely together to enable the public charging infrastructure, because without that we're going to struggle to meet some of those ambitious targets.” Iain Macbeth 🎙️ Iain Macbeth is Director of Electric Vehicle Strategy for Enterprise Holdings' corporately owned entities in Europe, with a fleet of over 200,000 vehicles. His portfolio covers electric charging infrastructure, electric vehicles,...

💬 The Automotive and Energy sectors are going through the biggest changes in 50 years. Their abilities to create, balance and optimise renewable energies are crucial to our sustainable future and to achieving NetZero greenhouse gas emissions. 🎧 This is the Beyond Journeys series on the Boundless Podcast which explores the role of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in helping us deliver a fully sustainable, NetZero future: the challenges, the risks and the opportunities. We feature leaders from major...

💬 “At Lotus, we are working on the philosophy that living with an electric car is much easier than living with a petrol car.” Uday Senapati 🎙️ Uday Senapati is the Executive Director for Corporate Strategy and Product Management at Group Lotus. He is responsible for the company strategy, product management of future cars and digital products/services, as well as strategic partnerships. Prior to joining Lotus, he worked at Bentley Motors, where he was responsible for turning Mulliner, a...

💬 “We're all out there installing EV chargers, but there is no requirement on us to power those charges with electricity from renewable sources. And you think, actually, are we helping meet government's climate change objectives here or not?” Tanya Sinclair 🎙️ Tanya Sinclair has worked in electric vehicle policy for almost a decade and is currently Policy Director at ChargePoint for UK, Ireland and Nordics. She also chairs the EV Group of the REA, the association for renewable energy and...

💬 The Automotive and Energy sectors are going through the biggest changes in 50 years. Their abilities to create, balance and optimise renewable energies are crucial to our sustainable future and to achieving NetZero greenhouse gas emissions. 🎧 This is the Beyond Journeys series on the Boundless Podcast which explores the role of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in helping us deliver a fully sustainable, NetZero future: the challenges, the risks and the opportunities. We feature leaders from major...

💬 “Sharing is key. If we are going be reducing congestion, we cannot swap every internal combustion engine vehicle with an EV version” @Sara Sloman 🎙️ Sara Slomanis Head of Future Mobility Partnership at Elmtronics, an independent supplier of electric car charging services and EV chargers in the UK. She has a background in public and private sector consultancy and business development roles serving Local Authorities, and has been involved in delivering project management for the Local...

💬 “Teaching driver behaviour is going to be really important in the transition period to Electric vehicles. If we continue to use EVs in the same way we used diesel vehicles, foot to the floor and driving far too quickly, then we’re going to get really poor use from the battery.” @Paul Kirby This is a conversation with Paul Kirby 🎙️ Paul is Head of Light Commercial Vehicle and Electric Vehicle Strategy at Vanarama. He has nearly 30 years of automotive industry experience specialising in...