Rhys Clarke is a man of whiplash - from a family of Holden devotees to working for Ford, from a lover of combustion engines to an electric car advocate - Rhys knows how to tinker, adapt and iterate.

At RMIT he became a driver, engineer and chief of the electrical team for their Formula SAE Racing team which became part of his journey to working for one of the world’s biggest car manufacturers.

In this episode of Ascend Your Story, he tells us how he came to embrace electric vehicles and develop a career in the automotive industry.

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