For this episode of the eTech49 podcast Ryan speaks to Tudor Williams the CTO of Filtronic plc. Tudor has many years of experience of the semiconductor industry, after graduating from Swansea University in 2003 he completed a PhD in RF Engineering at Cardiff University, he then started his career as a MMIC design engineer in the aerospace industry, progressing through various roles until arriving at Filtronic in 2021.Filtronic is a leader in the field of RF microwave and mmWave electronics systems, designing and supplying highly specialised semiconductor devices and hybrid electronics assemblies for applications like satellite communications and radar. The company has a range of standard products and works with customers on customised solutions.The episode focuses on the applications of Gallium Nitride or GaN devices in aerospace and automotive like radar systems and traction inverters.Filtronic corporate website: https://filtronic.com/Tudor Williams LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tudor-williams-545a0033/How to get in touch with Ryan:eTech49 website: https://etech49.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on X: https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 across automotive, F1, Formula E and automotive electrification sectors. Petalite is a startup business based in Birmingham, UK, that has developed an innovative new approach to electrical power converter design, an essential building block of battery chargers and DCDC converters that are used in electric vehicles, as well as grid connected power conversion equipment. Ryan and Rob discuss his career history and highlights and the Petalite technology and business direction.If you are involved in power electronics then this podcast is a must listen.Find out more about Petalite: https://www.petalite.io/Rob Nash on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-nash-80802526/How to get in touch with Ryan:eTech49 website: https://etech49.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on X: https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 autonomous and electrified aircraft, manned and unmanned.This is a sector that is booming at present as people look to innovate with UAV's for different roles in the civilian and defence space.In addition to his day job Rob is also very active with his own newsletter and podcast channel, Robs newsletter, podcast and LinkedIn:Autonomous Platforms of the Future - https://autonomousplatformsofthefuture.beehiiv.com/subscribe Brothers in Aerospace and Defense - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brothers-in-aerospace-and-defense/id1734257401  Robert Wesley, MBA, PMP LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-wesley-mba-pmpHow to get in touch with Ryan:eTech49 website: https://etech49.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on X: https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 from less!Ryan and Robert discuss the FLEXeCHARGE technology and how the company has developed its technology and its route to market.If you are involved in the development and deployment of large scale charging solutions and microgrids then this podcast is for you!Robert Brehm Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-brehm-0aba47a9/FLEXeCHARGE corporate website: https://www.flexecharge.com/eTech49 website: https://etech49.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on X: https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 technology and its route to market.If you have ever wondered what makes a supercapacitor super and where they are used then check this episode out!Lars Stegmann Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lars-stegmann-82909061/Cap-XX Corporate Website: https://www.cap-xx.com/eTech49 website: https://etech49.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 in motor development, or what all the fuss is around axial flux motors check this episode out!Daan Moreels Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daanmoreels/Peter Leijnen Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-leijnen-1970a0296/Magnax corporate website: https://www.magnax.com/eTech49 website: https://etech49.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 on to discuss the GPR technology.If you are involved in the development of autonomous vehicle systems this episode is a must!Noah Gedrimas Linkedin profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-gedrimas-14307960/GPR corporate website: https://gpr.com/eTech49 website: https://etech49.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryan

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, and then to Dynapower. Dynapower is a leading developer and manufacturer of grid scale power electronics solutions and power converters, the business has recently celebrated its 60th birthday. Dynapower has been working on more efficient DC based power systems for large sale fast charging developments and micro-grids.John and Ryan discuss his background and experience and the latest developments in high power DC charging and power conversion.John Springer LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-j-springer/Dynapower corporate website: https://dynapower.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryan

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. Where they are aiming to bring commercial autonomous technology to the market that can be utilised by vehicle manufacturers to launch autonomous technology.Robert and Ryan discuss his background and experience and the latest developments in the autonomous driving technology market.Robert Rossi LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertaugustrossi/TuSimple corporate website: https://www.tusimple.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 the US Air Force, and launching and then exiting a cleantech business, Tim came to start Scale Microgrids through a combination of his desire to help people acheive energy security and reduce their impact on the environment and it has been going from strength to strength working with companies to design and build microgrids that help them reduce their dependency on the main power grid, generate their own power and save CO2. The potential for a more distributed energy system to help reduce our dependency on fossil fuels and improve energy security really is a passion of Tim's and this came across in our discussion. He is also thinking about future concepts like being able to deploy distributed resources as virtual power plants and what happens to the centralised infrastructure when more microgrid systems are deployed which could remove a significant contribution to the operating costs of the traditional energy generation and distribution business.Tim Hade LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyhade/Scale Microgrids corporate website: https://www.scalemicrogrids.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryaneTech49 website: https://etech49.com/eTech Podcast archieve: https://etech49.com/about-us/podcasts/

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 Transportation Systems (ITS). Mrinal has been with the business since 2021, but has a long background in ADAS and Automotive technology. Mrinal and Ryan discuss what makes up a software defined lidar solution, how the technology works and what benefits that the software defined sensor architecture brings to the market. If you are interested in autonomous vehicle technology this podcast is a great listen.Mrinal Sood LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/msood90/AEye corporate website: https://www.aeye.ai/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 switchgear he is a true industry expert. Tomi and Ryan discuss the growth in the EV industry and in particular EV charging technology and what state of the art charging systems look like that are now being deployed. Tomi Ristimaki LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomi-ristim%C3%A4ki-7719883/Kempower corporate website: https://kempower.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 consultancyPaul and Ryan discuss Lithium Ion battery systems and in particular battery system safety, a topic that Paul has gained international recognition in. Paul explains some of the main failure mechanisms in a lithium ion battery system that can lead to battery fires and also some of the other failure modesFor anyone with an interest in battery systems and lithium ion battery safety this podcast is essential listening!Paul Christensen LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-christensen-a2bb6b82/Paul Christensen Staff Profile: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/engineering/staff/profile/paulchristensen.htmlRyan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryaneTech49 website: https://www.etech49.comeTech Developments website: https://www.etechdevelopments.com

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 calculate efficiency and realised that by taking existing sensor data streams and combining them he could generate much more accurate models than using traditional mapping methods.The business has now crunched more than 10 million km of data and analysed >100,000 individual trips. The company now works with vehicle OEM's, mapping companies, fleet managers and even municipalities to help them gather better data about their vehicles and roads for a wide range of purposes from the acceleration of development processes, improvement of autonomous driving systems to planning municipal maintenance activities.To find out more about Tactile Mobility and their sensor fusion technology, check out this episode!Boaz Mizrachi LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boaz-mizrachi-1a110717a/Tactile Mobility website: https://tactilemobility.comRyan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryaneTech49 website: https://www.etech49.comeTech Developments website: https://www.etechdevelopments.com

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 the cost and around 47% of the embodied CO2 in a Lithium Ion battery system. Their technology has the potential to make a huge impact reducing the cost and energy required to make Lithium Ion batteries.The company has developed pilot production capability and is in the process of scaling up its operations, to find out more; check out this podcast!Virginia Klausmeier LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginia-klausmeier-2a34ab9/Sylvatex website: https://sylvatex.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryaneTech49 website: https://www.etech49.comeTech Developments website: https://www.etechdevelopments.com

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 data and models for their customers to use helping to accelerate in-house battery development, programs. About energy also offers physical testing and simulation services to customers, using the teams expertise in battery cell functionality and behaviour. The data that About:Energy provides provides a deep insight into battery cell performance, and allows much better simulation models to be developed than with standard battery data alone, but to find out more about Gavin and the exciting work underway at About:Energy, check out this podcast!Gavin White LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavinwhite-eng/About:Energy website: https://www.aboutenergy.io/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryaneTech49 website: https://www.etech49.comeTech Developments website: https://www.etechdevelopments.com

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 electromagnetic systems development and consulting he merged his consultancy business ElectronicaUK with ePropelled and became the global CTO. ePropelled has several patented electric motor drive system technologies that bring benefits in performance and efficiency, based around their dynamic torque switching technology, where the coil winding configuration of the motor can be re-configured in operation to allow switching between different coil winding configurations.To find out more about Nabeel and the exciting work underway at ePropelled, check out this podcast.Nabeel Shirazee LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-nabeel-shirazee-beng-msc-phd-ceng-miet/ePropelled website: https://epropelled.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryaneTech49 website: https://www.etech49.comeTech Developments website: https://www.etechdevelopments.com

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 vehicle industry. TM4's history started in the early '90s, Hydro-Québec, the forward looking power generation utility for the Canadian province of Quebec, had a research and development team that was experimenting in electric vehicle drivetrain systems trying to develop technology that would make cleaner alternatives for vehicle powertrains viable. With some notable successes leading to the TM4 business being created in 1998. In 2018 the business received a major investment from the Tier 1 transmissions company Dana, where Eric became head of global electrification sales.Eric left Dana to join the team at Danfoss Editron heading up the on-highway business unit in July '21. Danfoss Editron is the division of the major global Tier 1 Danfoss focused on heavy-duty electric powertrain solutions for mobile applications in marine, off-highway and on-highwayRyan and Eric discuss the history of the electric commercial vehicle space and Eric's experiences and his outlook on what is looking like an exciting future within the Danfoss business. Including how the Editron business origins and the continued investment in the area with the recently announced merger between Danfoss Silicon Power and Semikron.Eric Azeroual LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-azeroual-9b093a5/Danfoss Editron website: https://www.danfoss.com/en/about-danfoss/our-businesses/power-solutions/danfoss-editron/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryaneTech49 website: https://www.etech49.comeTech Developments website: https://www.etechdevelopments.com

For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Richard Clarke, Principal Mechanical Engineer at McLaren AppliedRichard 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 business.Ryan and Richard discuss the motorsport industry and his experiences including the emerging trends for electrification and the adoption of more advanced sensor technology, including how McLaren and their customers use the Transense torque sensing technology alongside their advanced ECU products and the launch of their new high performance traction inverters.Whilst this episode was not specifically sponsored by McLaren Applied or Transense Technologies PLC Ryan is a Director of Transense and therefore has an interest in that business.Richard Clarke LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richjamesclarke87/McLaren Applied website: https://www.mclarenapplied.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryaneTech49 website: https://www.etech49.comeTech Developments website: https://www.etechdevelopments.com

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 the UK Battery Innovation Centre or UKBIC.See podcast #44 for an interview with Isobel when she was Director of business development at UK BIC, here: https://etech49.com/ep44-interview-with-isobel-sheldon-ukbic/Ryan and Isobel discuss the battery industry and her experiences and then talk about the business and strategy at Britishvolt including their acquisition of EAS in Germany, cell format roadmap and much more!Isobel Sheldon LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isobel-sheldon-obe-62a0b987/Britishvolt website: https://www.britishvolt.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryaneTech website: https://www.etech49.comFollow eTech49 on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limited

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 background in the steel industry, environmental regulation and advanced materials innovation, how the Faraday Challenge came about in the first place and the work and projects the challenge has supported.A keen STEM ambassador, Jacqui takes an active leadership approach on diversity and inclusion throughout her work. Named as one of Autocar’s Top 100 Women in Automotive based on Seniority and Influence in 2020, she is also a Visiting Professor (Royal Academy of Engineering) at the University of Leicester, where she enhances the engineering programme. To find out more about the Faraday Challenge and it has been doing to support and encourage the development of world leading battery technology in the UK, listen to this latest episode!Jacqui Murray LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqui-murray-0078364b/Faraday Challenge website: https://www.ukri.org/what-we-offer/our-main-funds/industrial-strategy-challenge-fund/future-of-mobility/faraday-battery-challenge/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryaneTech website: https://www.etech49.comFollow eTech49 on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limited

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 potential of Vehicle to Grid or V2G technology to help deal with electricity demand peaks during the day and consequently remove the need for gas peaker plants - which would help to bring down the cost of energy bills!But what is V2G and how does it work? Claire ran a significant trial program and agreed to talk to us about it what they found and the wider energy market.Claire Miller LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/millerlclaire/Octopus Electric Vehicles: https://octopusev.com/Octopus Energy: https://octopus.energy/V2G Trial info: https://octopusev.com/powerloopRyan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryaneTech website: https://www.etech49.comFollow eTech49 on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limited

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 the end products which rely on semi conductors such as cars and consumer electronics have struggled with irregular production. Components worth a relatively small amount sometimes less than $1 but essential to the operation of the product stopping production and supply.Alastair has almost 40 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, having held senior roles at Analog Devices, Linear Technology, Maxim and more.Ryan and Alastair discuss the events that have led to todays problems, what is happening to solve them and also what designers and engineers can do to minimise the impact on their projects.To find out more check out this latest episode today!Alastair Boyd LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastairboyd1/Applied LinkedIn corporate Website: https://appliedlinkedin.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryaneTech website: https://www.etech49.comFollow eTech49 on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limited

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 demands of the market for green hydrogen.Hydrogen as an energy vector in transport can be controversial, but in this podcast we learn much more about the hydrogen economy. Where fossil fuel derived hydrogen is used in industry today and the opportunity that exists for hydrogen to support the shift to net zero.Graham received his PhD from Brunel University in 1989 where he was researching conductivity mechanisms in conducting polymers. He has gained more than 30 years experience in the development of energy storage and conversion systems. Graham is a recognised expert in the hydrogen market and the development of efficient electrolyser systems. To find out more check out this podcast today. Graham Cooley LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamcooley/ITM Power corporate website: https://itm-power.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryaneTech website: https://www.etech49.comFollow eTech49 on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limited

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 platform which has been used by many organisations to develop their technology.The company has also successfully deployed an autonomous and tele-operated terminal tractor as part of the 5GCAL project in the North East of England combining full autonomy with teleoperation has allowed this technology to be deployed more quickly than would have otherwise been possible.To find out more about Streetdrone and their amazing work in autonomous logistics check out our latest podcast!Mike Potts LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikejpottsStreetdrone corporate website: https://www.streetdrone.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryaneTech website: https://www.etech49.comFollow eTech49 on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limited

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 to develop this technology for industrial power generation applications using bio-fuels and synthetic fuels. Whilst this is a combustion engine, it does provide very efficient power conversion and also minimal emissions of harmful pollutants as the combustion process can be controlled in a way that has never been possible before, due to the active linear generator that gives effectively an adjustable engine stroke, compression ratio and piston velocity to very precisely control the combustion process.Ryan and Sam discuss the linear generator technology and Libertine's journey from a startup to an AIM listed business.Sam Cockerill LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-cockerill-7203982/Libertine corporate website: https://www.libertine.co.uk/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website – https://www.etech49.comFollow eTech49 on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limited

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 Director of MaxPower Semiconductor Inc, a US based company that specialises in the design and supply of advanced Silicon Carbide based MOSFETs for power switching applications.Craig did a PhD at the University of Warwick looking at the design of semiconductor devices then went on to a number of exciting roles in industry. He has been working with Max Power since 2020 helping them expand into the European market.Ryan and Craig talk about SiC devices and future technology developments that will affect that industry. To find out more check out the podcast!Dr Craig Fisher LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-a-f-26518212/MaxPower corporate website: https://maxpowersemi.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website – https://www.etech49.comFollow eTech49 on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limited

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 management in high performance machines and drives, he has built up a wealth of experience especially around the use of novel techniques to produce detailed simulation data on the thermal behaviour in complex power electronics and electric motors.Ryan and Chris discuss the thermal challenge in e-machine and power electronics development as well as Chris' plans for a new software product to help others produce these next level simulations and improve their design process.To find out more listen to this great episode!ECS corporate website - https://www.e-cooling.co.uk/Cohere simulation website - www.cohere-sim.comChris Tighe LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-tighe-thermal-edrives/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website – https://www.etech49.com

For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan speaks to Dr Antti Lehikoinen CEO and Founder of SmeklabAntti 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 challenges and trends in the market and future exciting developments that are coming. From Radial to Axial, rare earth to switched reluctance they cover a wide range of motor topics.Check out Antti's website and Linkedin feed for some great posts and videos showing some great e-machine simulations!To find out more listen to this great episode!Smeklab corporate website - https://www.smeklab.com/Antti Lehikoinen LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexxa/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website – https://www.etech49.com

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 , longer battery life , lower leakage currents and higher temperature ranges all in a non-flammable material format.Solid state battery development and commercialisation is widely seen as the next major breakthrough in performance, cost and safety for electric vehicle powertrains. ilika have been actively working in this field for a number of years and built up considerable expertise.To find out more listen to this great episode!ilika corporate website - https://www.ilika.com/John Tinson LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-tinson-a25b974/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website – https://www.etech49.comFollow eTech49 on social media:LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter – https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 solutions covering the full range of functional tests required for a typical electric motor assembly including end of line testing, dynamometers and stator test. Their motor stator partial discharge testing technology was of particular interest, this offers the ability to test a much greater range of properties and defect detection far beyond conventional hi-pot or surge testing equipment.To find out more listen to this great episode!Marposs corporate website - https://www.marposs.com/Article about partial discharge testing - https://www.marposs.com/eng/news/edc-technology-identifies-electric-motor-defectsDavide Tessore LinkedIn profile -https://www.linkedin.com/in/davide-tessore-705b472a/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website – https://www.etech49.comFollow eTech49 on social media:LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter – https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 moved offshore however Trackwise has kept UK based manufacturing by innovating new products and manufacturing technology. First of all they developed large format PCB manufacturing processes and this found them success in markets such as antenna arrays for communications systems.They then developed large format flexible circuit manufacturing, and by flexible they mean it can bend and flex rather than quickly adapt to a change!So these large flexible circuits are finding more applications replacing wiring harnesses in aerospace and automotive. More recently Phillip and his team have been working with a key customer to improve battery module design by implementing flex circuits to replace the internal harness in the battery pack which interconnects the cells and BMS.To find out more listen to this great episode!Trackwise corporate website - https://www.trackwise.co.uk/Philip Johnston LinkedIn profile -https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-johnston-66a5471/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website – https://www.etech49.comFollow eTech49 on social media:LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter – https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 in Formula 1, initially with Arrows before moving to McLaren and then taking the bold move to start his own team Super Aguri in 2005.Mark was one of the first to see the potential in Formula-E being only the 6th team to enter the championship whilst it was being set up again under the Aguri banner.Mark is now the CEO of DS TECHEETAH one of the most successful teams in the Formula-E championship. As if that wasn't enough Mark also co-founded an autonomous vehicle business Streetdrone.Mark and Ryan discuss motorsport and Mark's career history, where he came from and the successes and challenges that led him to where he is today. They talk about Formula-E in depth how the championship and cars have evolved and what is happening in the next season.We will be doing a separate episode discussing Streetdrone so keep your eyes out for that in the future! Mark Preston LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markpreston/DS TECHEETAH Corporate Website: https://www.dstecheetah.com/Streetdrone Corporate Website: https://www.streetdrone.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website – https://www.etech49.comFollow eTech49 on social media:LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter – https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 the Surface Acoustic Wave sensor systems, applying his expertise in Physics and RF Engineering.Transense's technology has been successfully applied in applications ranging from heavy duty off highway tyre pressure monitoring to torque sensing in aerospace turbine engines. Transense also recently signed a deal with McLaren Applied Technology who have been successfully applying the technology to monitor torque in motorsport applications for several years.Ryan and Victor talk about Surface Acoustic Wave sensor technology, its origins how it works and how it can be used.Victor Kalinin LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-kalinin-383a7622/Transense Corporate Website: https://www.transense.com/Link to story about McLaren Applied Technology JCA: https://www.investegate.co.uk/transense-technlgy/rns/5-year-jca-with-mclaren-applied-ltd-for-saw-tech/202109140700076319L/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website – https://www.etech49.comFollow eTech49 on social media:LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter – https://twitter.com/acexryanNote this episode was not specifically sponsored by Transense, however since it was recorded Ryan has joined the team at Transense as a Director helping to commercialise the technology in applications such as electric propulsion and machinery.

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 systems https://etech49.com/ep51-800v-powertrain-overview/Episode 8 - Multi motor drive trains with torque vectoring technology https://etech49.com/multi-motor-systems-in-electric-vehicles/Find out more about eTech49 at our website https://etech49.com/ and you can find our back catalog of podcasts here https://etech49.com/about-us/podcasts/ or in your favourite podcast app!You can find Ryan on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 the SLR super car program. After McLaren Doug moved back to the North East and joined a little known company called Smiths Electric Vehicles, Smiths were one of the oldest electric vehicle manufacturers in the world and they had an ambitious plan to launch a range of high performance electric commercial vehicles. Saying that today in 2020 this might not seem all that special with electric commercial manufacturer start-ups appearing all over the place, but way back in 2007 this was something really unusual and special. Smiths could trace its roots back to 1920 when it started as a manufacturer of electric delivery trucks for milk and tea. Its products had been quite low performance until that point focusing on low speed industrial electric vehicles they had a vision for transforming urban logistics with higher performance electric delivery trucks and vans. As an early mover in the electric commercial vehicle market unfortunately Smiths did not manage to break through with investment issues meaning they ran out of money before they managed to fully mature the product and gain scale in the market.After the Smiths adventure Doug then moved onto another massive challenge at electric personal aircraft company AeroMobil taking his experience of cutting-edge product development onto what could only be described as a unique challenge!Ryan and Doug discuss the electric vehicle market looking at what is happening in the market now, the challenges of vehicle development, achieving reliability and the vehicle powertrain engineering process. From electric delivery vehicles to flying autonomous cars including bringing together the skills of automotive and aerospace engineering! Including how electrification can significantly simplify and reduce the cost of small aircraft leading to huge opportunities and challenges for the established aircraft industry. After AeroMobil Doug has taken up a new challenge as Chief Operating Officer of battery manufacturing company InoBat, where Doug is leading the delivery of InoBat’s plan to develop and scale up battery technology in Europe. Ryan and Doug discuss the battery industry, cell technology cell form factors and packaging from solid state tech to the new form factors of cells coming to the market. Doug explains the plans at InoBat to scale their business as they bring new battery technology and manufacturing capacity to the market. Rather than just licensing in battery tech and building a manufacturing plant InoBat is aiming to take a leading position in global battery supply by developing their own battery chemistries and manufacturing technology for world class sustainable and ethical battery cell production in Europe. Doug’s passion for engineering and his vast knowledge of the electric vehicle market make for a fascinating discussion.Doug MacAndrew - https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-macandrew-c-eng-fimeche-72847717/InoBat - https://inobatauto.eu/Gordon Murray - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Murray Frank Coppuck - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Coppuck Barry Lett - https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-lett-361a13140/ Interview with Barry Lett about Mercedes SLR - https://jalopnik.com/the-mercedes-benz-slr-mclaren-is-and-is-not-a-supercar-1833557369 Aeromobil - https://www.aeromobil.com/Smith Electric Vehicles - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Electric_VehiclesRyan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 at field robotics.Ryan and Ben discuss the autonomous vehicle market looking at examples of applications both on and off highway. Ben shares with us his views on the future direction of travel in the industry and the work to do before self driving vehicles become common on our roads.They also discuss what Oxbotica do, which is a fascinating discussion in itself developing and bringing together the different software elements required to make autonomous technology a reality.If you are interested in autonomous vehicles, check this podcast outDr Ben Upcroft LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-upcroft/ Oxbotica corporate website - https://www.oxbotica.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 Jerry is working on exciting new developments in Sodium Ion battery tech.Jerry has spent almost 40 years working on advanced battery technology having carried out his PhD investigations in novel electrode materials back in 1981. He was also Director of Materials Research at battery pioneers Valence Technology from 1992 to 2005. This wealth of experience makes Jerry generally regarded as one of the leading experts in the field. Jerry and Ryan discuss this exciting history and how he came to be working on Sodium Ion technology and where Jerry sees this fitting in the market in the future.Jerry Barker LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-barker-6537947/Faradion corporate website - https://www.faradion.co.uk/ Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 Development at BP Chargemaster.Luke has had a lifelong passion for engineering and has become recognised as a leading expert in electric vehicle charging.Going from spending 10 years in vehicle development to grid infrastructure has been a huge change and BP Chargemaster is at the cutting edge of charging hardware and infrastructure development. It forms a key part of BP’s strategy to get to Net Zero by 2050.Ryan and Luke discuss some of the challenges around vehicle charging, particularly standards compliance and interoperability to ensure a consistent user experience and a robust and reliable charging experience.They also talk about EV charging practises and how people charge their vehicles and where the infrastructure is required as well as the different designs of EV charging solutions from home charging to high power fast charging solutions.Listen to this podcast to learn more about charging hardware and the work happening at BP Chargemaster to develop its electric vehicle charging products.Luke Dowell LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukedowell/BP Chargemaster corporate website - https://bpchargemaster.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 National Grid company in 2012. He is now responsible for managing programs and planning to ensure that the UK has the necessary infrastructure to transition to more decarbonised transport over the coming years.National Grid is the UK’s energy infrastructure company. Responsible for the national electricity and gas transmission networks running throughout the country. National Grid is a huge organisation with over 20,000 employees world-wide, they are responsible for more than 7,000 km of overhead electricity lines and over 7,500 km of high-pressure gas pipes.Russell and Ryan discuss the challenges of increased electric vehicle adoption and additional renewable energy, as well as the long term planning process to ensure that the National Grid is developing effectively to adapt to these changing requirements.If you are interested in the energy market and infrastructure challenges associated with electric vehicles and renewable energy check out this podcast.Russell Fowler LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-fowler-18922b128/National Grid Corporate Website - https://www.nationalgrid.com/ National Grid Carbon Intensity App - https://www.nationalgrideso.com/news/introducing-our-carbon-intensity-app Rapid Project - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-vision-for-the-rapid-chargepoint-network-in-england/government-vision-for-the-rapid-chargepoint-network-in-englandNorth Sea Link Energy Connector - https://northsealink.com/ Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 specialist battery manufacturing company, UniverCell. Stefan talks to Ryan about his journey including building a new electrode manufacturing line in their facility in Northern Germany.UniverCell is focused on energy storage for specialist applications such as stationary energy storage and medical technology, their market is growing quickly as more applications seek improved energy storage.UniverCell manufacture electrodes for 3rd parties including, lithium iron phosphate, lithium titanate, lithium sulfur and sodium ion battery technology in addition to collaborating with other battery cell developers they also have their own proprietary chemistries.UniverCell are making new battery chemistries in batch production processes and also have a higher volume continuous extrusion process which allows for a reduction in solvent.Stefan has a vast knowledge of different battery technologies and critical manufacturing processes.If you want to learn more about battery manufacturing and applications outside of automotive and how different battery chemistries and properties such as volumetric and gravimetric energy density are important and vary between these different applications, then check out this podcast.Stefan Permien LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-permien/ UniverCell Holding GmbH corporate website - https://univercell.de/ Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

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.Ryan and Kimmo discuss some of the key electrification areas in the off-highway market, electrifying machines like stone crushers and forestry equipment. Kimmo encountered many challenges and difficulties in those early days engaging with the market and convincing customers why they should be looking to electrify their machines. Kimmo explains that he came to realise that there was more to the business case for electrification than fuel savings alone.Passenger cars often get the big headlines, but there are major advancements happening using electrification to improve the productivity and efficiency in off highway machinery. Machines that often work 7 days a week and in one year will operate for more hours than an electric car would in its entire life time. But understanding the nature of the challenge and the business case to make electrified machines a viable proposition is essential.Kimmo realised the electric motors low speed torque delivery and ability to manage transient load conditions better than a conventional diesel engine drive system was the key to unlocking huge benefits from improved control and productivity.Listen to this episode to learn more about Kimmo’s journey as an entrepreneur from pioneering start-up to major global corporation and find out more about the challenges and opportunities for electrification in the heavy duty vehicle and marine markets.Danfoss Editron - https://www.danfoss.com/en/about-danfoss/our-businesses/power-solutions/danfoss-editron/ Kimmo Rauma LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimmorauma/Vacon Drives - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VaconSingapore harbour autonomous electric trucks project - https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/transport/psa-to-launch-tender-for-driverless-vehicles-this-year Electric ferry News 1 - https://www.greencarcongress.com/2017/02/20170202-visedo.html Electric ferry news 2 - https://www.greenport.com/news101/Products-and-Services/hybrid-electric-propulsion-system-to-reduce-ferry-emissions Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 Bosch and CNH Industrial to name but two.Dane joined Nikola more than 4 years ago and he has an extensive engineering history in controls and vehicle design, even being involved in very early hydraulic hybrid systems. He has led the development of their cutting edge Fuel Cell and Battery Electric TrucksDane has recently moved with Nikola to Phoenix, Arizona he talks about the move and Nikola’s new facilities and he discusses the technology behind the Nikola truck in detail, the reasons behind Nikola’s use of Hydrogen Fuel Cells rather than solely focusing on battery electric technology and some of the key features of the Nikola truck powertrain.Dane and Ryan also discuss business strategy, leadership and the importance of the right culture in a disruptive technology business. This is an excellent and in-depth discussion between Dane and Ryan and definitely worth a listen if you are interested in the future of truck powertrain or the Nikola motors story.Dane Davis LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/rdanedavis/Nikola Motor Company Corporate Website - https://nikolamotor.com/Nikola Video Showing Some of their new facility - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPRpmyBh9xECNH Industrial Corporate website - https://www.cnhindustrial.com/en-us/Pages/homepage.aspxRyan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 with Nick. Grid energy storage is a vast and growing market driven in part by the move to more renewables and also connected to the rise of electric vehicles. Grid storage helps to even out supply and demand so we can utilise capacity more efficiently rather than paying power plants to run at zero load.Cumulus Energy Storage are at an early stage and they have big plans to develop the business into a significant player in the grid storage market. Nick’s story is also very interesting as he moved from engineering to business coaching and being an author and back into life as an entrepreneur.Nick Kitchin LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-kitchin-337b2a9/Cumulus Energy Storage Corporate Website - http://www.cumulusenergystorage.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 gaming devices to the design principles of high power traction inverters.Dan shares some fantastic insights to ST’s technology and production roadmap and industry trends in electromobility for power device design.If you want to know more about the key power electronics modules used in electric and hybrid vehicles we did a video explainer that you can find here: https://youtu.be/SxSywlYPrFU Remember to subscribe, rate and comment! We love to hear any feedback or questions you may have. Also, make sure to check our back catalogue of videos and podcasts to learn more about the technology that goes into electric vehicles!Daniel Murphy LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-murphy-5587518/ST Corporate Website - https://www.st.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 and the engineering challenges and solutions that led to such an amazing result that really put Lotus on the map. How did Lotus manage to achieve the dynamic goals whilst dealing with the electrified powertrain systems.The Evija is an important halo product for the company setting the design direction and a clear statement of intent as they move into electrifying their model line up.Matt and Ryan then go onto discuss Lotus’ plans for the future, the recently announced focus on electrification and what that means for future development programs at Lotus.Lotus is an iconic sportscar brand and now as part of the Geely group of automotive companies they have the resources to invest heavily in new product development. This is driving an ambitious program of vehicle development that will see the company launch an exciting range of new vehicles under their Vision80 plan.Matt Windle LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-windle-a360ba16/Lotus Corporate website - https://www.lotuscars.com/Lotus Vision 80 - https://media.lotuscars.com/en/about/vision80.htmlPhil Popham Interview - https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/lotus/352492/lotus-abandons-petrol-power-all-electric-futureFour wheel drive lotus type 63 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_63Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 future. AMTE has a flexible battery cell production facility based in Thurso in the North of Scotland where they have been developing new battery cell technology and manufacturing processes for many years. The Thurso facility is one of a very small number of such facilities in the world.Kevin and Ryan discuss lithium battery technology, and the place that AMTE fit in the market supporting the research and development of new battery cell technologies and manufacturing processes.AMTE are helping to drive forward the performance of Lithium Ion battery cells for specialist high performance applications. As well as Lithium Ion batteries the company is also heavily involved in the development of new Sodium Ion battery technology.AMTE has been in the press recently as they are involved in not only one but two battery Giga Factory developments, the first to scale up their manufacturing for specialist cells and the second supporting Britishvolt with their plans for a high-volume production facility for more conventional cells.This was a fascinating discussion covering many aspects of battery cell technology and manufacturing from an expert in the field.Kevin Brundish LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-brundish-59158221/AMTE Power Corporate website - https://amtepower.com/Britishvolt Corporate Website - https://britishvolt.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 listener questions about alternative fuel cell technologies so we asked Mark to come and talk to us about SOFC technology. Ryan and Mark discuss many aspects of solid oxide fuel cell technology, Mark’s passion and expert knowledge make this a fascinating conversation. We learn why solid oxide fuel cells are called that, how SOFC’s work and what kind of applications they are being used in from data centres to range extended buses. Mark also tells us how SOFC fuel cells compare to low temperature PEM fuel cells.The Fuel Cell market is set to grow as the world transitions to zero emission technology to reduce CO2 and Improve air quality, there is unlikely to be a single solution that takes the whole market and it does seem like SOFC will be a critical technology for the future of clean renewable energy, green chemical production and electro mobility. Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a comment or send us a question that you would like answered.Mark Selby LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-selby-aa664312/Ceres Power PLC Corporate Website https://www.ceres.tech/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 including; the importance of cell thermal management and the impact on degradation in battery cells. Imperial’s cell cooling co-efficient.That all battery cells even of the same form factor are not created equally and there are huge differences in the thermal characteristics which can have a knock-on impact on the real world performance of the battery pack.The differences in cell form factor, how cylindrical cells compare to prismatic and pouch cells. As well as Tesla’s recent patent on cylindrical cell design to eliminate jelly roll, improve volumetric fill, improve current collection and heat rejection. https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/068655755/publication/US2020144676A1?q=us%202020%2F0144676IE article about Tesla patent - https://interestingengineering.com/teslas-new-battery-cell-patent-way-more-important-than-it-sounds-says-elon-muskDr Greg Offer LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-offer-3180379/Dr Greg Offer, Imperial webpage - http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/gregory.offerRyan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

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, efficiency and performance and the kind of applications where 800V can deliver the most benefit.Check out episode 45 where we talked to ON semiconductor about switching devices including SiC and our YouTube video https://youtu.be/SxSywlYPrFU where Tim Iceton and Ryan Maughan discuss power electronics design:Podcast back catalogue can be found here https://avidtp.com/about/podcasts/ Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

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 Maughan takes a look at functional safety and ISO26262 with expert Alastair Walker from Lorit Consultancy. Ryan and Alastair discuss functional safety and ISO26262 and how it is used in the development cycle. How it compares to functional safety in other markets such as aerospace and medical tech.Alastair also tells us how agile software development can work in a safety critical development and some tools and approaches that can help to streamline the process.It is a really interesting technical discussion with a recognised leader functional safety.Alastair Walker LinkedIn Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastair-walker-410a549/Lorit Consultancy Corporate Website - https://lorit-consultancy.com/en/home/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan takes a deep look at Fuel Cell technology with Manfred Limbrunner from Proton Motor Power Systems PLC. Ryan and Manfred discuss Proton Motor’s business and its history including their little known link to AVID’s home of Newcastle in the North East of England.Manfred and Ryan talk about the technology used in Proton’s fuel cell systems and how hydrogen fuel cells work and how they fit alongside battery technology.They also discuss the current applications where their Fuel Cells are finding traction. Including how Fuel Cell systems are being used in mobile applications such as trucks and stationary energy storage connected to renewables.It is a really interesting technical discussion with a recognised leader in the Fuel Cell market.Manfred Limbrunner LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manfred-limbrunner-77a66928/Proton Motor Corporate website - https://www.proton-motor.de/gb/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

We are regularly asked about ultracapacitors and how they fit in to the energy storage mix, do they compete with or complement battery technology? What makes a capacitor ultra? For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan takes a deep look at ultracapacitor technology with Dr Sebastian Pohlmann, VP of Innovation at Skeleton Technologies. Ryan and Sebastian discuss ultracapacitors, what they are and how they are used in energy storage and electrification and answer these questions.Sebastian also tells us about Skeleton’s advanced curved graphene ultracapacitors and the further benefits they can bring. They also discuss dry electrode technology and Tesla’s acquisition of Maxwell Technology in 2019.It is a really interesting technical discussion with a recognised leader in the ultracapacitor field.Sebastian Pohlmann LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-pohlmann-a87a2114b/Skeleton Technologies Corporate website - https://www.skeletontech.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast, Ryan Maughan speaks to Eva Hakansson and Bill Dubé from the GreenEnvy Racing team.Eva and Bill tell us about the GreenEnvy project to build a fully electric land speed record breaking streamliner motorcycle.GreenEnvy is their second fully electric land speed record motorbike following on from the highly successful Killajoule. We learn about the design of the GreenEnvy, what Eva and Bill learnt from Killajoule and some of the revolutionary technology they are using, including why they have re-invented the wheel.We hear about why their first land speed record attempt had to be aborted at the last moment and what their plans are for the future.This was a fantastic discussion with Eva and Bill and we are sure you will enjoy it. Bill and Eva are not cheque book racers, they undertake the development and construction themselves. As well as breaking speed records Bill and Eva spend a lot of time using their racing exploits to promote electrification and encourage children to look at science, technology, engineering and maths careers.These guys are legends, if you can support this great project please visit their website!GreenEnvy Racing website: http://greenenvyracing.com/Eva Hakansson Racing on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EvaHakanssonRacing/Eva Hakansson Racing on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwxRuhlyUXKbCEJzb2ONncQRyan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan speaks to Robbert Lohman from Autonomous Transport Systems provider 2getthere.Robbert has been involved in the development and deployment of autonomous transport and logistics systems for around 20 years, a long time before the current tech hype cycle started! His company 2getthere is now a subsidiary of the ZF group who are a major tier 1 automotive supplier.2getthere design, develop and deploy autonomous transport systems. Particularly focused on first mile and last mile connectivity to mass transit. They have systems operating in a wide variety of applications and countries building up a wealth of expertise in the area.Ryan and Robbert discuss the AV space current state of the art and future trends, it was a fascinating discussion that contains some surprises, we hope you get some value from it too.Remember to subscribe, rate and comment! We love to hear any feedback or questions you may have. Also, make sure to check our back catalogue of videos and podcasts to learn more about the technology that goes into electric and autonomous vehicles!2getthere corporate website – https://www.2getthere.eu Robbert Lohman LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbertlohmann/GRT vehicle information page - https://www.2getthere.eu/grt-vehicle-automated-minibus/PRT vehicle information page - https://www.2getthere.eu/prt-vehicle-automated-taxi/2getthere vehicle build video - https://youtu.be/WXxLF2ukSSURyan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan speaks to Deres Eshete, who is Global Head of Automotive Business Development at ON Semiconductor. We discuss power switching device technology and ON’s growing business and focus on the rapidly expanding electrified powertrain market.On Semiconductor is a Fortune 500 Semiconductor design and manufacturing business, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona in the United States of America.With revenues in excess of $3 Billion per annum ON is a leader in the power switching device market. If you aren’t familiar with the ON Semiconductor name the company was formed in 1999 as a spinoff from Motorola’s semiconductor business. Since then ON has acquired several famous semiconductor manufacturing businesses in the switching device world including Cherry, Sanyo and Fairchild. Switching devices like IGBT’s and MOSFET’s are the heart of modern variable speed motor control electronics. The switching devices are turned on and off to make the motor spin! We did a detailed explainer video that you can find here: https://youtu.be/SxSywlYPrFU if you are interested in more information. They are also essential for sensor systems such as LIDAR used in autonomous technology. Deres talks us through the technology and what ON Semi are doing to advance both technology and manufacturing capacity.Remember to subscribe, rate and comment! We love to hear any feedback or questions you may have. Also, make sure to check our back catalogue of videos and podcasts to learn more about the technology that goes into electric vehicles!ON Semiconductor corporate website - https://www.onsemi.com/Deres Eshete Linkedin profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/deres/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan speaks to Isobel Sheldon who is the Director of Business Development at the new UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC).Isobel has been involved in Lithium battery development for almost 20 years and has really in depth knowledge in the subject. We discuss all aspects of battery technology from the current state of the art in cell technology and manufacturing to what is coming in the future. Isobel tells us about the amazing UKBIC a new battery cell development and manufacturing facility that is opening this year, and she answers some questions about future battery technology from silicon anodes to solid state cells. It was an absolutely fascinating discussion, we are sure you will get great value from listening!Remember to subscribe, rate and comment! We love to hear any feedback or questions you may have. Also, make sure to check our back catalogue of videos and podcasts to learn more about the technology that goes into electric vehicles!UKBIC corporate website - https://www.ukbic.co.uk Isobel Sheldon LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/isobel-sheldon-62a0b987Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan speaks to Gerard Barron, who is the Chairman and CEO of DeepGreen Metals. We discuss the potential for the sustainable recovery of metals, including the Nickel, Copper and Cobalt required for electric vehicle and battery production, from deep-ocean nodules found in the Pacific Ocean’s Clarion-Clipperton Zone. The supply of the metals needed for EV batteries is a hot topic right now and deep-sea mining offers a potential, low-impact solution. However, deep-sea mining is a controversial topic. Gerard and Ryan discuss the issues, benefits and challenges giving a thoughtful insight into the potential of this resource.Remember to subscribe, rate and comment! We love to hear any feedback or questions you may have. Also, make sure to check our back catalogue of videos and podcasts to learn more about the technology that goes into electric vehicles!DeepGreen corporate website - https://deep.greenGerard Barron LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerardbarron/Glomar Explorer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomar_Explorerhttps://www.amazon.com/Azorian-Raising-K-129-Michael-White/dp/B008QTU7QYRyan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

Apologies for the delay in releasing this our latest episode. We hope you all had a great Christmas and start to the new year! In our first episode of 2020, we bring you an interview with Steve Dodds, head of Friction & Forge Processes at TWI based in Cambridge, U.K.Steve educated us on 'friction stir welding' which is a solid-state joining process that uses frictional heat generated by a rotating tool to join materials. This is a process used in many applications but interestingly it is used on all modern space rockets, and also more importantly to us, on electric vehicles when the battery enclosure is manufactured. We are sure you will learn a lot from this episode.If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover or guests you would like us to interview please let us know via our website, or on any of our social media pages. We would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode, please take a minute to subscribe to the show, and show us some love by rating our podcast so that others with the same love of EV technology can find our show.Links:TWI website: https://www.twi-global.com/Steve's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scdodds/TWI YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVyzolRz8436963AmklQM4QLarge scale Friction Stir Welding - TWI: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7rCTdxvGlg What Is Friction Stir Welding?: www.twi-global.com/technical-knowledge/faqs/faq-what-is-friction-stir-weldingWhat Is Refill Friction Stir Spot Welding?: www.twi-global.com/media-and-events/insights/what-is-refill-friction-stir-spot-weldingRyan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast, Ryan Maughan sat down with the Lead Engineer of AVID Technology's Thermofluids and eMachines Engineering Team Dr Thanos Alexakis to discuss electric fan design for automotive applications. Thanos tells us about the process of designing a new fan product. He also tells us about what issues are normally faced during the design process, and very importantly what can be done to make our eFans more efficient.If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover or guests you would like us to interview please let us know via our website, or on any of our social media pages. We would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Thanos' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drathanasiosalexakis/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

In today's episode, we bring you our recent interview with Steve Dodds, head of Friction & Forge Processes at TWI, a world leading material joining and engineering processes organisation based in Cambridge, UK. Listen as Steve explains the process of Friction Stir Welding, and what he calls “The science of rubbing things together”. Learn how Friction Stir and Spot Welding are helping manufacturers to keep up with the EV boom, the benefits of FSW over standard rotary/linear friction welding, and the surprising places that you can find Friction Stir welded products in your day-to-day life.If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover or guests you would like us to interview please let us know via our website, or on any of our social media pages. We would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!TWI website: https://www.twi-global.com/Steve's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scdodds/TWI video on Friction Stir Welding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf2IYFLoUuMRyan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

Today's episode is a keynote speech recording from a conference at the EV Battery show conference in Stuttgart from earlier in the year in front of representatives from major vehicle OEMs and suppliers.Ryan talks about key trends that we see in the market that drive different kinds of electrification. We are always keen to point out that it is not just about battery-electric which is great, but there other kinds of electrification that can be a really big help also in terms of reducing emissions and improving the efficiency of vehicles.If there are any other subjects, you would like us to cover or guests you would like us to interview please let us know via our website, or on any of our social media pages. We would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

In today's episode, we bring you our recent interview with James Goss an expert in electric motor design and CEO of Motor Design Ltd the leading developer of design software for electrical machine design in the high-performance automotive sector. Listen as James describes what Motor Design Ltd does, and how their software helps vehicle manufacturers design the electric motors in their new EV and hybrid offerings. What new markets are starting to use their technology to design next-generation motors, and what his take is on the vehicles from larger established OEMs being less efficient as the vehicles from companies such as Tesla and Hyundai.If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover or guests you would like us to interview please let us know via our website, or on any of our social media pages. We would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Motor Design Ltd's website: https://www.motor-design.com/James' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-goss-238a5319/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

In this episode, we go slightly off-topic to answer some questions we have received from listeners as to what AVID Technology is, what we do, what vehicles does our technology go in, and what is the history of our company. Listen as we take you on a quick tour of AVID's history and why the company came to be in the first place.If there are any other subjects, you would like us to cover or guests you would like us to interview please let us know via our website, or on any of our social media pages. We would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!AVID Technology website for more info: https://avidtp.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/avid-technology-group-limited/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Avidtechnology1/Twitter: https://twitter.com/avidtechnology1/AVID's White Paper Series: https://avidtp.com/about/white-papers/

In this episode, we look specifically at the Audi e-Tron, Porsche Taycan and Tesla Model S and examine the powertrain differences to try to get to the bottom of the range difference by covering the various factors that affect their efficiency.How have the Germans missed the target with their first EV offerings failed to beat the performance of the much older American EV with their huge resources and the most up to date technology?If there are any other subjects, you would like us to cover or guests you would like us to interview please let us know via our website, or on any of our social media pages. We would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

In today's episode, we bring you our recent interview with Mihai Dorobantu the Director of Technology Planning and Government Affairs at Eaton. Eaton is huge global company with 99,000 employees and is a global leader in power transmission systems for heavy-duty automotive vehicles. They also have a huge non-automotive business in electrical power and distribution so they are potentially ideally positioned as the market transitions to electrified powertrains.Being one of the first companies to launch a dedicated hybrid transmission system for heavy-duty, as well as numerous transmission variants for fully electric vehicles has allowed Eaton to learn and innovate leading to some interesting and surprising results that Mihai and Ryan discussed at length.We covered the following questions and more:- Is single-speed the best solution for electric vehicle powertrain?- What are the reasons for investigating a multi-speed gearbox in a fully electric vehicle?- How can transmission technology help to significantly extend the range and performance of electric and hybrid vehicles?If there are any other subjects, you would like us to cover or guests you would like us to interview please let us know via our website, or on any of our social media pages. We would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Eaton's website: https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us.htmlMihai's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mihai-dorobantu-50b9b38/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

Today we bring you our recent interview with Uwe Müller, Program Manager at Volvo Construction Equipment. Uwe has been involved in some incredible off-highway electrification projects, such as Volvo's electric quarry project.Uwe tells us in-depth about his fascinating experiences at Volvo, including developing a 100% electric and autonomous mining site concept that has the potential to change the way the mining industry operates their heavy vehicles onsite, and the difficulties they encountered along the way.You'll also learn of the intriguing concept of, 'replacing elephants with ants'.If there are any other subjects, you would like us to cover or guests you would like us to interview please let us know via our website, or on any of our social media pages. We would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Volvo CE website: https://www.volvoce.com/Uwe's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/uwe-müller-a803855a/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

This episode of the eTech podcast is all about supercapacitors and is in response to a listener request for more information on this topic. It has taken us a while to answer it so sorry Stefan but thank you for the question!'What is a supercapacitor, and where are they used in electric vehicles?'Link to the paper by Maxwell discussing this technology: http://www.powersourcesconference.com/Power%20Sources%202018%20Digest/docs/3-1.pdfIf there are any other subjects you would like us to cover, please let us know, we would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

This episode of the eTech podcast is in response to a question from a listener, who asked if we could help him to understand the different terminology used in the electric vehicle world to describe electric motors.He had seen various different terms used like 'permanent magnet', 'induction machine', 'hybrid reluctance motor', 'switched reluctance' and 'partial permanent magnet' and wondered what they all mean and which is the best kind of motor. So today we will talk to you all about the various motors used in electric vehicles. Enjoy!If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover please let us know, we would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

There is a huge amount of legislative change going on globally relating to vehicle emissions, so in today's episode, we talk about Europe and the changes that have been made and the further changes that are coming. We have seen a lot of announcements by car manufacturers in the last 6 months relating to electrifying their products, and this is potentially great news for the environment and the market. Listen as we explain what the real drivers behind this are, and what are our predictions for the near future are.If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover please let us know, we would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

Today we bring you our interview with Ben Todd, the CEO and founder of Arcola Energy. Arcola Energy is a systems engineering company and Tier 1 supplier specialising in hydrogen, fuel cells and batteries. They build systems for zero-emission vehicles and for clean energy projects. Ben tells us all about fuel cells, the various applications his company's technology is being applied to and the projects they have worked on. It will give you an insight into the world of fuel cell integration in a number of industries including heavy industrial vehicles, rail, and marine.If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover or guests you would like us to interview please let us know via our website, or on any of our social media pages. We would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

In this episode, we bring you a fascinating interview with Ian Goodman, an engineer and entrepreneur with over 30 years’ experience in vehicle electrification! Ian is currently the Principal Fellow of Advanced Manufacturing at the University of Warwick’s WMG and the Director and Principal Consultant at Goodman Wolfe Consulting, a specialist consulting firm focusing on Lithium-Ion Battery production.Ian joins us as he discusses with a variety of topics, including: - The catalysts which ignited his passion for Electric Vehicles.- His start-up company GoodWolfe Energy, and their work on anti-IED batteries for the MoD.- The many problems within the EV battery manufacturing industry- Possible future trends and research into EV Battery TechAnd more!If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover please let us know, we would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

Today we take a look at the recent controversy brought about by Toyota's high profile advertisement campaign where they boldly claimed that their car was 'self-charging'. Listen as we take a look at their disputed claims and break them down from an engineering perspective, before taking a look at it from a marketing communications perspective. Could it be that there is a defence to their claim? Or does this advertisement campaign signal the downfall of Toyota as being one of the leaders in cleaner car technology?If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover or guests you would like us to interview please let us know via our website, or on any of our social media pages. We would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

Today we are excited to share with you our recent interview with Dan Caesar, the Managing Director of the amazing Fully Charged show. Despite not being an engineer, we had a great conversation with Dan about his incredible insight into the EV industry and his work with the popular Fully Charged show that covers all new clean energy and electric vehicle technology. Hear about the team's work behind the scenes and what the future holds for the show. With nearly half a million followers on YouTube and now a chart-topping podcast, make sure to check out the Fully Charged show.Subscribe to the Fully Charged show on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/user/fullychargedshow/about) and listen to their podcast available on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-fully-charged-show-podcast/id1449137711?mt=2)If you would like to follow Dan on Twitter you can find him here: https://twitter.com/FullyChargedDanIf there are any other subjects you would like us to cover or guests you would like us to interview please let us know via our website, or on any of our social media pages. We would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

Today we bring you our interview with Matthew Lumsden, the CEO of U.K. company Connected Energy. Matthew tells us how he got to where he is in his career and what Connected Energy do in the field of battery storage systems.Formed in 2010, Connected Energy in recent years are developing stationary energy storage systems that use second life batteries from electric vehicles. These batteries that are no longer useable in a car due to degradation still have life left in them and can be repurposed. So Connected Energy uses these partially degraded batteries and connects them together, then packages them into one energy storage system to be used again. Matthew explains in detail what the numerous and ingenious applications for these battery packs are. Which vehicle manufacturers are supplying batteries to be able to make this happen. Why it is advantageous to use these second life batteries and not a newly designed battery, and more.If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover or guests you would like us to interview please let us know via our website, or on any of our social media pages. We would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Connected Energy website: https://www.c-e-int.com/Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

We are proud to bring you an amazing guest on the show today, the world land speed record holder for an electric motorcycle, Dr. Eva Hakansson!In this fascinating conversation Eva spoke to us about:- How she first became interested in electric vehicles,- Her world record-breaking self built motorcycle 'The Killajoule' and how she made it- The obstacles she and her team faced - The Axial Flux EVO Motor that powers it- The new vehicle 'The Green Envy' which Eva hopes to take to 400mph- The massive issues of reinventing the wheel due to the massive amount of G-force that is acting on the wheel- And more!If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover or guests you would like us to interview please let us know via our website, we would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

We bring you a fascinating conversation with Volker Pickett who has been researching vehicle electrification for 25 years and is currently the Head of Power Electronics at Newcastle University in the UK. Volker Interestingly started his career researching vehicle electrification at Volkswagen in Germany and was part of a project that saw them be the first company to use lithium-ion batteries in a car. Working in academia sees Volker working on projects helping the transport industry which includes the automotive, railway, maritime and aerospace sectors.He discusses with us: - The similarities of the issues faced by these various sectors when it comes to vehicle electrification.- The charging infrastructure and the hurdles that need to be overcome to balance the power distribution.- The different unique types of vehicle charging methods being explored around the world.- Volker's team receiving a doctoral training centre in power electronics for sustainable electric propulsion, which focuses on electric cars and the aerospace industry to train new leaders.And more!If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover please let us know, we would love to hear from you!If you enjoyed this episode make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

We are excited to bring you our interview with Paul Butler CEO of the North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA). In this episode, we talk with Paul about the work of the NEAA and how it helps and supports vehicle manufacturers and suppliers in the north east of England through skill sharing. The Challenges of hiring skilled engineering talent in our area and how NEAA helps with that. The increase of students taking up STEM subjects at school and university, and we discuss the amazing numbers of electric cars manufactured in the North East by Nissan.If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover please let us know, we would love to hear from you!Subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast, Ryan Maughan is in Germany at the Electric & Hybrid Industrial Vehicle Technology show in Cologne which looks specifically at opportunities for electrification of heavy-duty and off-highway machinery. Ryan gave a presentation to his peers in the automotive industry about his experience of electrification of heavy duty machinery, in particular talking about low voltage in off-highway equipment and also high voltage electrification, the differences between the two, and where you would use one strategy versus the other.We really hope you enjoy this podcast! Make sure to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

A Happy New Year to you all! We hope you had a nice end to the year and enjoyed the winter holiday. Our 1st episode of 2019 brings you an in-depth explanation of tri-voltage powertrain architecture in electric vehicles. As EV and hybrid vehicles are becoming widespread, engineers are continuously trying to improve efficiency by using tri-voltage architecture. In this episode, we will explain what that means, how does it help us, and is it something that you should be thinking about.If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover please let us know, we would love to hear from you!Subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

Several listeners of the podcast have asked what are the main reasons for the differences in efficiency, i.e. why is there a difference in the efficiency published between Europe and the USA and others have been interested to know why there is such a large variation between seemingly similar cars. In answering these questions we cover the 5 main principle sources of efficiency gains in an electric vehicle:1. Batteries and charging2. Traction motor and power electronics3. Ancillary systems4. Aerodynamics5. Vehicle weightIf there are any other subjects you would like us to cover please let us know, we would love to hear from you!Subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

We are excited to bring you our interview with James Carter, a Consultant for Vision Mobility in Canada. With 2 decades of experience in the vehicle industry at Toyota and Vision Mobility, James is an expert in future mobility and electrification and we just know you will enjoy hearing what he has to say. In this chat, we discussed a whole range of topics including the future of autonomous vehicles, vehicle electrification, the ramifications these changes have on connected industries, the state of the EV industry in N. America, hydrogen fuel cell ran vehicles, and more!If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover please let us know, we would love to hear from you!Connect with James on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/jamescartertoronto/Vision Mobility Website: www.visionmobility.ca/Subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast, Ryan Maughan is in Germany at the 48V Power Supply Conference in Berlin giving a presentation to his peers in the automotive industry. In this presentation he gives a great overview of AVID Technology, and discusses 48V electrification in heavy-duty machinery, in particular, our experience of 48V in mild hybrid systems and for off-highway and commercial vehicle applications.Subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

We have been asked by a listener of the podcast to do a more in-depth piece around battery degradation, to explain the truths obscured by the myths, and what the best ways to maintain your battery are in order to keep it as efficient as possible.If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover please let us know, we would love to hear from you!Subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast, we are excited to bring you our interview with Matt Boyle an expert in vehicle electrification, former President and CEO of Sevcon a British power electronics company listed on the American stock exchange and recently bought out by BorgWarner. In this episode, we talk with Matt about the electric vehicle industry, his time at Sevcon, and what new challenges he is spending his time on since his recent retirement.If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover please let us know, we would love to hear from you!Subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast, Ryan Maughan answers the question, 'why are electric trucks much more efficient than diesels?' An argument started between Tesla and Daimler after Tesla announced the launch of their electric semi truck with a quoted range that when most people did the maths...seemed impossible. It seemed that Tesla might have been guilty of overselling the capability, or were they?If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover please let us know, we would love to hear from you!(This episode was reuploaded after a small edit was needed)Subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

In this episode of the eTech podcast, Ryan Maughan talks with Dr. Colin Herron the Managing Director of Zero Carbon Futures about electric vehicles, EV charging infrastructure, the trends and what is happening in the industry, and where he sees things going.If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover please let us know, we would love to hear from you!Subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

We have been asked by several listeners of the podcast to do a more in-depth piece on Battery Management Systems, or BMS to explain what they do and why they are needed, so that's exactly what we have done in this episode.If there are any other subjects you would like us to cover please let us know, we would love to hear from you!Subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

In this episode of the eTech podcast, Ryan Maughan brings you a deep look at electric coolant/water pumps and how they work, what the differences between sealed and sealless pumps are, and what are their positives and negatives. Subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast, we bring you a recent interview Ryan Maughan did with Martyn Lee of the very popular 'EV News Daily' podcast. Find out about the components of your electric vehicles. Why all large automakers are talking about electrification. The parts which go inside a Formula E car. How electrification reduces CO2. What’s the optimal size of a battery pack? Why Tesla is more agile than other automakers, and what is the future of charging electric cars?Subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode, and make sure to check out the EV News Daily podcast!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast we dive deeper into battery technology, specifically the cells because this is really one of the key enablers in vehicle electrification. We'll teach you the basics of the various battery types and what the future of battery cell technology is going to look like.Subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast, Ryan Maughan discusses the opportunity for electrification in heavy-duty machinery, in particular, our experience of 48V in mild hybrid systems and 24V micro hybrid systems for off-highway and commercial vehicle applications at the IES Europe summit.He also discusses:The background of avid technologyWhat kind of technology we offer What kind of vehicles our tech goes onWhat benefits they haveWhat are the common objections and why are they incorrectSubscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast, Ryan Maughan discusses why electric vehicles have more than one motor in them when traditional combustion engine vehicles only have one engine. What are the technical real-life practical reasons more motors are better? What problems do they solve and how do they do this?Subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast, Ryan Maughan discusses the future development trends in electric & hybrid vehicle drivetrain, particularly in electrical systems. We're planning a separate episode about battery cells and battery systems soon so we deliberately ignore battery packs in this episode.As OEMs try to take cost and weight out of their new vehicles this is leading to some clear trends. Learn exactly how the OEMs are driving out the material BOM costs from the vehicle, and also improving production line assembly through simplification of the vehicle design.Subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan discussed battery thermal management systems, however in this episode, he discusses in detail thermal management systems in other components such as inverters and motors and more!In hot weather, the range efficiency of an EV can drop significantly between 20-30% so improving the thermal management system is extremely important to alleviate this. Find out the long list of issues that can cause this range inefficiency and how they can be overcome!Check out AVID's White Paper: 'Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Thermal Management' - https://avidtp.com/electric-and-hybrid-vehicle-thermal-management/Subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

for this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan discusses in detail battery thermal management, plus the issues that the Nissan Leaf and 1st generation Tesla car owners are reporting when using fast charge points in hot weather. Find out the reasons for these issues, how they can be solved and more!Remember to subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

In this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan breaks from the usual technical episodes we just had to bring you an update on some of the major EV industry newsflashes from the past few weeks. In this episode learn more about BP's acquisition of UK company Chargemaster, major tier 1 company Dana's purchase of TM4, Volkswagen setting a new lap time record at Pikes Peak with an EV and Porsche's EV the 919 setting a new record at Nurburgring, TESLA's breaking production news, and Cummins acquisition of Efficient Drivetrains (EDI). So much packed into one short episode!For regular EV industry news we recommend you sure to listen to the EV News Daily Podcast by Martyn Lee.To read more about the news discussed in this episode check out the links below:https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/20/porsche-just-took-a-10-stake-in-electric-hypercar-maker-rimac/https://www.tm4.com/news-events/tm4-is-now-a-part-of-dana-inc-with-hydro-quebec-remaining-as-a-key-partner/http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/101402/vw-to-attack-pikes-peak-with-new-electric-racerhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44640647https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/06/porsche-shatters-the-nurburgring-record-we-thought-was-unbreakable/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tesla-stock-soars-after-hitting-5000-model-3-production-target-and-shooting-for-6000-2018-07-02https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180702005572/en/Cummins-Announces-Acquisition-Electric-Hybrid-Powertrain-ProviderSubscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan discusses the Dieselgate scandal based on his recent white paper on the topic (link below) and covers the recent arrest of the AUDI CEO, how vehicles were designed to cheat the emissions tests, the technology behind this and why it happened and more importantly just how does a software update fix diesel emissions?Subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

For this episode of the eTech podcast Ryan Maughan discusses in detail the "battle" between fuel cell and electric vehicle technology. Answering questions such as, are there actually any differences between the two? If so what? How does each technology work? Which one is "better"? What applications work best for each of them? Are the mainstream press wrong about how they are discussing these technologies? And more!Subscribe, rate and don't miss an episode!Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/eTech website - https://www.etech49.com Follow eTech49 on social media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/etech49-limitedTwitter - https://twitter.com/acexryan

This interactive session brings you several 48V experts from FORD, Johnson Controls International, and Ryan Maughan of eTech 49, answering your questions on the technical challenges and developments. It is a chance to hear from the teams behind the technology on what the challenges are now, and what their thoughts are in answer to your key 48V questions.Including:What do the current array of 48V systems look like – what are their specific 48V storage features?How do the systems differ between platforms?Which cars are coming down the track with second-generation 48V systems?Recorded at the Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Conference Europe: 16th May 2019, in Stuttgart, GermanySubscribe and don't miss an episode!