Learn about all aspects of electric and autonomous vehicle technology from award winning engineer and founder Ryan Maughan and our expert special guests! Ryan has been developing components and systems for electric and hybrid vehicles since 2005, working with some of the most innovative and successful vehicle manufacturers from around the world. In this podcast he shares what he has learnt and speaks to special guests from some of the worlds leading technology companies. We will be uploading ...
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For this episode of the eTech49 podcast Ryan Maughan speaks to Rob Nash the Chief Technology Officer of Petalite. Rob is a Veteran of the high performance automotive world, having previously worked at Continental Engineering Services, which was formerly Zytek Automotive. He is a visionary pioneering engineer who has set records and industry firsts …
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Wow things have been busy for the eTech49 team these last few months, so this is the first podcast in a little while. Have no fear more are on the way though! For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Rob Wesley who is a Supplier Program Manager at Boeing and an expert in the field of autonomous aircraft, they talk about the latest developments in au…
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Robert Brehm, the founder and CTO of FLEXeCHARGE. Robert explains what led him to start FLEXeCharge and the businesses journey into one of the leading charge point energy and power management providers for Charge Point Operators (CPO) and Charging Solution Providers (CSP). Helping CPO's and CSP's get more fro…
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Lars Stegmann, CEO of supercapacitor technology developer Cap-XX. Lars explains what a supercapacitor is and where they might be used, in applications from off-highway machinery energy storage to aerospace. Ryan and Lars discuss the technology and also Cap-XX as a business, how the company has developed its t…
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Daan Moreels and Peter Leijnen, from the axial flux motor technology business Magnax. Daan and Peter tell Ryan about their journey and how they came to launch Magnax and be workign together. They go onto discuss axial flux motor technology and what they have been developing in this area. If you are interested…
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For this episode of the eTech49 podcast Ryan Maughan speaks to Noah Gedrimas from GPR, GPD have been pioneering a new technology for the localisation of autonomous vehicles and machinery using Ground Penetrating Radar. Noah and Ryan discuss his background and what attracted him to work in the autonomous vehicle sensor technology space and then go o…
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to John Springer, who is Segment Manager for E-Mobility at Dynapower, a Sensata Technologies company. John has been involved in battery systems and power electronics for more than 10 years, working initially in battery development for elecrtonics devices before moving into battery systems for grid energy storage…
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Robert Rossi, who is Senior Vice President of Autonomous Systems at TuSimple. Robert has a wealth of experience in the development of autonomous vehicle technology, mapping technology and image processing. TuSimple is an autonomous driving technology business focused on the trucking and logistics market. Wher…
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Tim Hade who is the Co-Founder & Chief Development Officer at Scale Microgrids. Scale Microgrids are a developer of Microgrids, they design and install large scale solar, battery storage and power management systems to create local renewable energy based systems for corporate clients. Following a career in th…
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Mrinal Sood who is the Director of Technical Marketing at AEye. AEye are a leading supplier unique software-defined lidar solutions. That allow the implementation of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and autonomous applications in automotive, trucking, aerospace, defence, rail and Intelligent Transpor…
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Tomi Ristimaki, CEO of leading high power EV Charging system provider Kempower. Tomi has been leading the Kempower business since 2019, he has a long background in the electric vehicle industry having worked at Visedo since 2011 (acquired by Danfoss in 2017), and before that in inverters, and electrical switc…
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Professor Paul Christensen, Professor of Pure and Applied Electrochemistry at Newcastle University and Founder of Lithiumionsafety Ltd a specialist battery systems safety consultancy Paul and Ryan discuss Lithium Ion battery systems and in particular battery system safety, a topic that Paul has gained interna…
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Boaz Mizrachi, CTO and Co-Founder, Tactile Mobility. Tactile Mobility has been working in the field of sensor data fusion and analysis to produce advanced data analytics for automotive applications since 2012. The business started when Boaz was trying to develop a method to accurately plan routes and calculat…
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Virginia Irwin Klausmeier the President and CEO of Sylvatex. Sylvatex has been developing new manufacturing techniques to radically reduce the cost and carbon footprint of Cathode Active Material, they have focused on this part of the battery cell because according to their research it represents over 50% of …
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Gavin White, the Co-Founder and CEO of About:Energy. Gavin and his co-founders established About:Energy in 2021, building on their academic research in the field of battery cell testing, modelling and simulation. The company has developed a software platform "The Voltt" which provides high-quality battery dat…
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Dr Nabeel Shirazee who is the Global Chief Technology Officer of the electric drive system company ePropelled. Nabeel has been involved in the development of complex electromagnetic systems since completing his PhD in this field at Cardiff University in 1998. After more than 20 years working in electromagneti…
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to EV industry expert Eric Azeroual, who is VP of the Danfoss Editron On-Highway Business Unit. Eric has been involved in the electrification industry since 2004, when after graduating from Polytechnique Montreal with a degree in mechatronic engineering, he joined what was TM4, an early pioneer in the electric v…
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Richard Clarke, Principal Mechanical Engineer at McLaren Applied Richard is a mechanical engineer who started his career at Dyson and then moved into the motorsport industry at Redbull and then to McLaren Applied. At McLaren Applied Richard is heavily involved in the companies telematics and sensor technology…
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Isobel Sheldon, the Chief Strategy Officer at UK battery manufacturing company Britishvolt. Isobel is a pioneer of the battery industry, having been involved in the development of battery systems and technology since 2003. She has held roles at Ricardo, Johnsson Mathey and Cummins and then joined the team at …
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Jacqui Murray who is Deputy Director of the Faraday Battery Challenge, part of Innovate UK. Jacqui helps lead this £330m million UK government investment initiative to develop batteries that are more cost-effective, high-quality, durable, safe, low-weight and recyclable. Ryan and Jacqui talk about her backgro…
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Claire Miller who is Director of Technology and Innovation at Octopus Electric Vehicles, part of the Octopus Energy group. With the huge rise in the cost of electricity driven by the price of Gas (which is a bit of an anomaly in the electricity market) there has never been a better time to talk about the pote…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan talks to semiconductor industry veteran turned sales and marketing coach Alastair Boyd about the current challenges and headwinds affecting the industry. You don't have to look far today to see the issues the semiconductor industry is facing, long lead times and supply chain challenges meaning that many of…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan speaks to Dr Graham Cooley from hydrogen electrolyser specialists ITM Power PLC. ITM manufacture market-leading PEM electrolysers which help decarbonise industry, heat, power and mobility by harnessing the power of green hydrogen. They have an ambitous plan to scale up the business to meet the dema…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan speaks to Mike Potts CEO of Streetdrone. Streetdrone was formed by Mike and Previous podcast guest Mark Preston (Ep 68) in 2017 to develop autonomous vehicle technology for first mile and last mile logistics. Streetdrone has successfully developed an autonomous technology test and development platf…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan speaks to Sam Cockerill, CEO of Libertine PLC. Libertine are a UK based developer of linear generators, this is an interesting technology utilising a free piston engine and a linear electrical machine to create an engine with an infinitely variable stroke and compression ratio. Libertine are hoping…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan speaks to Dr Craig Fisher from Max Power Semiconductor. As the Semiconductor shortage is still causing significant disruption in the automotive world we thought it would be good to find out some more from someone with expert knowledge of wide band gap semiconductor devices. Craig is the UK Managing…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan speaks to Dr Chris Tighe, CEO and Founder of Electrical Cooling Solutions Ltd. Chris is based in the U.K. and has been involved in the development of advanced thermal simulation techniques for power electronics and e-machines since 2007.Chris is an internationally renowned expert on complex thermal…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan speaks to Dr Antti Lehikoinen CEO and Founder of Smeklab Antti is based in Finland and has been involved in the development of electric motors since 2010, he has built up a wealth of experience in modelling and simulation techniques for electric machines. Ryan and Antti talk about motors, current c…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan speaks to John Tinson, VP of Sales and Marketing ilika PLC. ilika is a pioneer in next generation solid state battery technology. Scalable from miniature implanted and IoT devices through to large scale motive applications like electric vehicles. ilika's technology enables higher energy densities ,…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan speaks to Davide Tessore, General Manager at Marposs EDC. Marposs Group is an Italian headquartered global supplier of testing solutions for a wide range of industries. They acquired specialist electric motor test equipment business EDC in July 2020. Marposs EDC is a developer of motor testing solu…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan speaks to Philip Johnston, CEO of Trackwise PLC. Trackwise is a specialist UK based manufacturer of printed circuit boards. Printed circuit boards are a key component in all electronic equipment but it is a technology that has often been overlooked or undervalued. Much of the UK's PCB manufacturing has mov…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan talks to Mark Preston CEO the DS TECHEETAH Formula-E team and CSO & Co-Founder of autonomous driving business StreetDrone. Mark began his career in Australia where he began working in motorsport designing and building Formula Ford racing cars before deciding to move to the UK to progress a career i…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan talks to Dr Victor Kalinin Chief Scientist at Transense Technologies PLC. Victor began his career in Russia at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute, he later moved to the UK to take up a post at Oxford Brookes University. He joined Transense in 2001 to lead the technical development activity of t…
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It is great to be back. It has been some time since we last published a new podcast episode, for this episode it's a quick run through of where we are at and what is coming. We talk about some of the exciting new electric vehicles in the market that are now applying technology we discussed in earlier episodes such as: Episode 51 - 800V powertrain s…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan talks to fellow North Easterner and electric vehicle innovator and trailblazer Doug MacAndrew about his vast experience in the Electric Vehicle market. Doug is a hugely experienced automotive engineer having come up through the ranks at Rover Group, JLR then to McLaren Automotive where he worked on…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan talks to Dr Ben Upcroft, VP of Technology at British autonomous vehicle technology firm Oxbotica. Ben has had a long career in robotics and autonomous technology having been involved in the space since completing his PhD back in 2004 he then began working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow looking a…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan talks to renowned battery expert Dr Jerry Barker Founder and CTO of Faradion, leaders in Sodium Ion battery technology. Jerry tells us about his background in lithium battery development stretching back to lithium metal technology and through the emergence of Lithium Ion up to the present day where…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast, Ryan Maughan talks to Luke Dowell Head of Research and Development at BP Chargemaster. Luke tells us about his background in electronics and electric vehicle development including AVID, Jaguar Land Rover and then Dyson. Following the closure of the Dyson EV project Luke moved to head up Research and Developmen…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan talks to Dr Russell Fowler a Senior Project Manager from the UK National Grid company focused on transport decarbonisation. Russell is a mathematician by background having gained a PhD in Maths from the University of Birmingham in 2006. He has worked in the energy sector since then joining the Nati…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan talks to Dr Stefan Permien CEO of a new German energy storage manufacturing company focused on the battery cell electrode - UniverCell. A chemist and professional kite surfer by background after 3 years working as CTO in a battery development company Stefan made the bold decision to set up a specia…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan talks to Kimmo Rauma who was the founder and CEO of Visedo Oy now part of the Danfoss Editron group. Kimmo tells us about his personal journey, his early experience in business and how he came to set up Visedo and the early years and then the transition when Visedo was acquired by Danfoss in 2017. …
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan talks to Dane Davis the CTO of Nikola Motor Company. Ryan and Dane discuss the meteoric rise of Nikola. Having been founded by Trevor Milton in 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah, they recently burst into the public eye following a reverse takeover listing on the Nasdaq and high profile investments from …
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan talks to Nick Kitchin the CEO and co-founder of Cumulus Energy Storage who are developing novel rechargeable copper zinc battery technology for grid storage applications. Ryan finds out more about Cumulus Energy Storage and their technology and discusses the grid energy storage market in detail wit…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan speaks to Dan Murphy who is a Principal Engineer at semiconductor powerhouse, ST Microelectronics. Dan agreed to come on the podcast to talk about ST’s Silicon Carbide switching devices. Dan and Ryan look at the semiconductor industry and talk about subjects ranging from MEMS accelerometers for gam…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan talks to Matt Windle the Executive Director of Engineering at the famous sports car maker, Lotus. Matt talks about his background and how he got into engineering and progressed to his current role at Lotus. Matt and Ryan discuss the Lotus Evija hyper car, the inspiration behind this amazing project…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan talks to Kevin Brundish the CEO and co-founder of AMTE Power the UK’s leading battery cell development and manufacturing company. Ryan finds out more about AMTE Power, their history which stretches back over 20 years to the start of the Lithium battery industry and their exciting plans for the futu…
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In this episode of the eTech podcast, Ryan Maughan speak to Dr Mark Selby the CTO of Ceres Power PLC. Ceres Power develop and licence Solid Oxide Fuel Cell technology from their base in the UK. This episode follows on from an earlier episode with Proton Motor Power Systems who are leaders in low temperature PEM fuel cell technology, we had a lot of…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast, Ryan Maughan speaks to Dr Greg Offer from Imperial College London about battery cell technology. Greg is a world-renowned expert in battery cell electrochemistry and technology, in particular thermal characterisation and degradation characteristics. They discuss a huge range of battery cell technology includin…
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For this episode of the eTech podcast, Ryan Maughan responds to several questions we have had from listeners on the topic of 800V powertrains for electric vehicles. As more and more manufacturers are announcing vehicles with 800V systems, Ryan looks at why OEM's are looking to 800V and what are the key drivers Ryan discusses charge speeds, efficien…
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Functional safety is a hugely important topic that touches on almost every aspect of the vehicle development, manufacture and maintenance cycle especially with more and more electronics systems onboard. The principle standard for automotive control systems is ISO26262 and it is a topic of much debate. For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maug…
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