This week the Guidehouse Insights transportation team brings news and discussion of BYD’s new factories in Thailand, repowering trucks with electrification in Europe, simulation for urban digital twins, burning micromobility batteries and new interior safety features of the upcoming Volvo EX90
The Guidehouse Transportation Insights podcast is back after a summer break with some new team members and some fascinating topics. Recent additions to the Guidehouse transportation research team are Mike Austin, Oliver Dixon and Elizabeth Wilson joining Sagie Evbenata, Scott Shepard and Sam Abuelsamid. This the team discusses what Mike learned at the Battery Show in Novi, Mich. Oliver has the latest on electric truck introductions from Volvo and a new pay per use business model from Iveco and Sam visited Cruise and Zoox and went for a ride in some robotaxis.
The Guidehouse Insights transportation research team is back for another discussion of the stories we’ve been following. This week Joe Jannotta has ZipCharge, a portable EV charging solution like a Jerry can with a plug. Scott has news of a modular EV battery swap system being launched by CATL in China and Sagie discusses Tesla’s proposed purpose-built robotaxi. Sam has the production and delivery launch of the Ford F-150 Lightning and other upcoming EVs.
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This week on the Guidehouse Transportation Insights podcast Sagie Evbenata discusses London mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan to expand the ultra low emissions zones to eventually encompass the entirety of the British capital. Joe Jannotta brings us the new wireless EV charging trial that Volvo is launching in Gothenburg, Sweden with Momentum Dynamics. Ryan Citron has new developments from micromobility battery swapping leader Gogoro including tests of solid state batteries. Sam Abuelsamid dives into Ford’s reorganization to create a separate business unit for EVs and how it might impact dealers and EV sales.
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This week Scott is out with a bout of laryngitis but Sagie Evbenata has news about new robotaxi pilots in China, Korea and Japan. Ryan Citron takes a look at how Gogoro is testing second life applications for its swappable micromobility batteries. Christian Albertson discusses the emissions from rocket launches and how CO2 could be captured to make rocket fuel. Sam Abuelsamid wraps up with more accelerated EV programs from legacy automakers.
Welcome to the first episode of the Transportation Insights podcast from the research analyst team at Guidehouse Insights. During the course of our research we track relevant news in our coverage areas and every two weeks we gather to discuss some of the top stories. Scott Shepard, Ryan Citron, Sagie Evbenata, Christian Albertson and Sam Abuelsamid cover the emerging technologies in transportation and mobility including electrification, micromobility, automated driving, and aviation. Subscribe in your podcast listening app of choice to get every episode.
This week we discuss developments in sustainable aviation fuel, drones attacking power stations, BP and Piaggio getting into scooters with swappable batteries for India, the Baidu Moon robotaxi, the Toyota bz4X and Waymo going into Manhattan.
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