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#21 - Clare Jones | what3words - The Simplest Way to Talk about Location Oct 12, 2020

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Clare Jones is the Chief Commercial Officer at what3words, which has split the entire world into 10 ft x 10 ft squares in an attempt to change the way we talk about location.

Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#20 - Kelly Senecal | ICEs, BEVs, Hybrids, & Our "Eclectic" Future Oct 05, 2020

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Kelly Senecal is co-founder and owner of Convergent Science, an SAE Fellow, and an advocate for an eclectic transportation future.

Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Special Episode - The Return of Paul Comfort | Public Transportation Children's Book Sep 30, 2020

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Paul Comfort joins again (see episode 9) to discuss his latest book, Public Transportation - from Tom Thumb to the Hyperloop and Beyond.

Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#19 - Tim Slusser | Advancing EV Adoption & Charging Infrastructure Sep 28, 2020

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Tim Slusser is Director of Smart Mobility Initiatives at NextEnergy Center, where he is helping to accelerate innovation and shape the future of mobility and smart cities through partnerships and thought leadership. His current focus is providing support for designing programming to educate consumers and communities on the benefits of EVs, project and contract management for hydrogen R&D, and project management and business model analysis for a 400 kW EVSE demonstration funded by the Department of Energy. Additionally, he's working on business models and demonstrations in the areas of autonomous vehicles, mobility-as-a-service platforms, vehicle-to-grid services, mobility and safety infrastructure, and big data.

#18 - Becky Soltanian | Machine Learning for Automated Driving Sep 21, 2020

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Becky Soltanian is head of computer vision and sensor fusion at a stealth mode start-up after previously serving in various development roles related to LiDAR and automated driving systems.

Our discussion focused on machine learning, including various applications and aspects of machine learning that play a key role in the development of automated driving solutions.
Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#17 - Katrina Fritz | Hydrogen Applications for Power Production Sep 14, 2020

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Katrina Fritz is Executive Director of the California Stationary Fuel Cell Collaborative, with extensive experience in the hydrogen industry, including with Plug Power and UTC Power (which then became ClearEdge Power).

This conversation is centered around stationary power applications for hydrogen fuel cell which, although not directly applicable for "mobility solutions" provides significant overlap in some of the key areas such as hydrogen production, hydrogen distribution, and PEM fuel cell development.

Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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#16 - Mark Thomas | Ridecell - Shared Mobility Solutions Sep 07, 2020

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Mark Thomas is Vice President of Marketing & Alliances at Ridecell, who claims to be the mobility platform to launch & scale successful subscriptions, short-term leases, carsharing & ridesharing services.

We had a wide-ranging discussion around all things shared mobility including the different business models, the importance of operational and pricing optimization, and the different ways in which Ridecell supports their customers.

Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

#15 - Trevor Pawl | Leading the Office of Future Mobility and Electrification Aug 31, 2020

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Trevor Pawl is the Chief Mobility Officer for the State of Michigan and he heads the newly created Office of Future Mobility and Electrification.

Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Special Episode - Is the Internal Combustion Engine Dead? Aug 24, 2020

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In this special episode, I pull from my conversations with Chris Cowland, Brian Van Batavia, and Santosh Sankar to answer a single question - is the IC engine dead?

#14 - Nicolas Pocard | Ballard - Fuel Cells for Heavy Duty Applications Aug 17, 2020

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Nicolas Pocard is Director of Marketing & Strategy at Ballard Power Systems, a developer and manufacturer of PEM fuel cell products for markets such as heavy-duty motive, portable power, and material handling.

Music credit: Slow Burn Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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