Episodes
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Wow things have been busy for the eTech49 team these last few months, so this is the first podcast in a little while. Have no fear more are on the way though!
For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Rob Wesley who is a Supplier Program Manager at Boeing and an expert in the field of autonomous aircraft, they talk about the latest developments in 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-pmp
How to get in touch with Ryan:
eTech49 website: https://etech49.com/
Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Robert Brehm, the founder and CTO of FLEXeCHARGE.
Robert explains what led him to start FLEXeCharge and the businesses journey into one of the leading charge point energy and power management providers for Charge Point Operators (CPO) and Charging Solution Providers (CSP). Helping CPO's and CSP's get more 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/
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Lars Stegmann, CEO of supercapacitor technology developer Cap-XX.
Lars explains what a supercapacitor is and where they might be used, in applications from off-highway machinery energy storage to aerospace.
Ryan and Lars discuss the technology and also Cap-XX as a business, how the company has developed its 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/
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Daan Moreels and Peter Leijnen, from the axial flux motor technology business Magnax.
Daan and Peter tell Ryan about their journey and how they came to launch Magnax and be workign together.
They go onto discuss axial flux motor technology and what they have been developing in this area.
If you are interested 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/
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For this episode of the eTech49 podcast Ryan Maughan speaks to Noah Gedrimas from GPR, GPD have been pioneering a new technology for the localisation of autonomous vehicles and machinery using Ground Penetrating Radar.
Noah and Ryan discuss his background and what attracted him to work in the autonomous vehicle sensor technology space and then go 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/
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to John Springer, who is Segment Manager for E-Mobility at Dynapower, a Sensata Technologies company.
John has been involved in battery systems and power electronics for more than 10 years, working initially in battery development for elecrtonics devices before moving into battery systems for grid energy storage, 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/
eTech49 website: https://etech49.com/
Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Robert Rossi, who is Senior Vice President of Autonomous Systems at TuSimple.
Robert has a wealth of experience in the development of autonomous vehicle technology, mapping technology and image processing.
TuSimple is an autonomous driving technology business focused on the trucking and logistics market. 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/
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 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/acexryan
eTech49 website: https://etech49.com/
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Mrinal Sood who is the Director of Technical Marketing at AEye.
AEye are a leading supplier unique software-defined lidar solutions. That allow the implementation of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and autonomous applications in automotive, trucking, aerospace, defence, rail and Intelligent 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/
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Tomi Ristimaki, CEO of leading high power EV Charging system provider Kempower.
Tomi has been leading the Kempower business since 2019, he has a long background in the electric vehicle industry having worked at Visedo since 2011 (acquired by Danfoss in 2017), and before that in inverters, and electrical 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/
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Professor Paul Christensen, Professor of Pure and Applied Electrochemistry at Newcastle University and Founder of Lithiumionsafety Ltd a specialist battery systems safety consultancy
Paul and Ryan discuss Lithium Ion battery systems and in particular battery system safety, a topic that Paul has gained 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 modes
For 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.html
Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/
Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryan
eTech49 website: https://www.etech49.com
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Boaz Mizrachi, CTO and Co-Founder, Tactile Mobility.
Tactile Mobility has been working in the field of sensor data fusion and analysis to produce advanced data analytics for automotive applications since 2012.
The business started when Boaz was trying to develop a method to accurately plan routes and 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.com
Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/
Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryan
eTech49 website: https://www.etech49.com
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Virginia Irwin Klausmeier the President and CEO of Sylvatex.
Sylvatex has been developing new manufacturing techniques to radically reduce the cost and carbon footprint of Cathode Active Material, they have focused on this part of the battery cell because according to their research it represents over 50% of 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/acexryan
eTech49 website: https://www.etech49.com
eTech 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/acexryan
eTech49 website: https://www.etech49.com
eTech 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/acexryan
eTech49 website: https://www.etech49.com
eTech 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-highway
Ryan 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/acexryan
eTech49 website: https://www.etech49.com
eTech Developments website: https://www.etechdevelopments.com -
For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Richard Clarke, Principal Mechanical Engineer at McLaren Applied
Richard is a mechanical engineer who started his career at Dyson and then moved into the motorsport industry at Redbull and then to McLaren Applied. At McLaren Applied Richard is heavily involved in the companies telematics and sensor technology 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/acexryan
eTech49 website: https://www.etech49.com
eTech 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/acexryan
eTech website: https://www.etech49.com
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Jacqui Murray who is Deputy Director of the Faraday Battery Challenge, part of Innovate UK.
Jacqui helps lead this £330m million UK government investment initiative to develop batteries that are more cost-effective, high-quality, durable, safe, low-weight and recyclable.
Ryan and Jacqui talk about her 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/acexryan
eTech website: https://www.etech49.com
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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Claire Miller who is Director of Technology and Innovation at Octopus Electric Vehicles, part of the Octopus Energy group.
With the huge rise in the cost of electricity driven by the price of Gas (which is a bit of an anomaly in the electricity market) there has never been a better time to talk about the 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/powerloop
Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/
Ryan Maughan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acexryan
eTech website: https://www.etech49.com
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