Driving the Future

Customers are looking for better in-car experiences, and OEMs are responding in innovative ways. From in-vehicle entertainment options to car-sharing solutions, these experiences require something other than an engine and four wheels. In this episode John Sparrefors talks with Joonas Laine, CTO of Lynk & Co., one of the companies leading the way in delivering these experiences, about how their new business models are disrupting the industry, and Capgemini's own Jean-Marie LaPeyre.

A big thank you to all our guests.

A big thank you to Bodil Eriksson, CEO at Volvo Car Mobility and M, and to Steinar Danielsen, Sustainability Lead at Volvo Car Mobility. We would also like to thank Per Holmblad, Vice President for Automotive at Capgemini Invent, Sweden and Finland, and Rebecca Johanson, Senior Consultant at Capgemini Invent.

You can find the report, The Sustainability Impact of Car sharing, here: https://www.capgemini.com/resources/the-sustainability-impact-of-car-sharing/

This episode was hosted by Ollie Judge and produced by Theresa Ignatius, Emmanuel Lochon & Oliver Jones. It originally appeared as part of Future Sight, a podcast series created for Capgemini Invent by Adrift Entertainment.

This podcast is brought to you by Capgemini Invent. You can find out more about them at https://www.capgemini.com/service/invent/ and follow them on Twitter https://twitter.com/CapgeminiInvent.

Partnering with 3rd parties can be a vital resource for companies who have a specific issue to overcome, a problem to solve that would not be as efficient to solve internally. But when is the right time to reach out to other companies or entities? At what stage in a project does it become vital to partner with others? In this episode of Automotive, we’ll be answering these questions by focusing on a true success story in this realm - Capgemini’s collaboration with automotive technology company Faurecia for a Singapore based emissions study. We’ll find out about the project's successes, its challenges, the innovative technical solutions used and what this can tell us about partnering with 3rd parties more generally.

This Week's Guests
Brad Young is a senior director here at Capgemini Invent. As well as working with companies who want to move into net zero mobility, Brad consistently works to ​​find new sources of value for automotive brands to create frictionless experiences that people love. Working to create partnerships with external clients is at the heart of this.

Mickael Aubry is a global programme lead and product line manager with Faurecia, a French global automotive supplier who are one of the largest international automotive parts manufacturers in the world.

Connected services are becoming ever more important for OEMs as they look to help their customers monitor various strands of data associated with their fleets. But in this large and complex field, it can be difficult for manufacturers to know which connected services are the most important to choose, and how best to get companies to pay for these services. In this episode of Capgemini Automotive, we’ll delve into how connected services can provide data monetization for OEMs, and the significance of this in the sector, both now and in the future. We’ll discuss the best ways to overcome the issues all this produces, we’ll get into the detail of each different service and when to offer each, all in order to give a full view of this vital part of the commercial vehicles industry.

This Week's Guests
Nic Tat is a new Director of our automotive team here at Capgemini Invent. Nic is into all things smart and connected: homes, vehicles, mobility, even cities, with real expertise in how connected services are being utilised in the realms of electromobility and beyond.

Courtney Ercolino is another of our Senior Managers here at Capgemini, whose work focuses on Smart Products & New Business Models.

Automotive manufacturers across the globe are looking to move towards more sustainable practices, with electric vehicles becoming the way forward. But are manufacturers doing enough to build out the shift to electric? In this episode of Driving The Future from Capgemini Invent, we take a look at the benefits, obstacles and solutions to becoming more sustainable in the automotive sector. We’ll discover when it’s best to opt for FCEV or BEV, why some manufacturers are currently being slow on the uptake, and what governments and the industry as a whole can do to ensure their futures are more sustainable.

This Week's Guests
Philippe Vangeel is the secretary general of Avere, the European Association for Electromobility. Avere is the only association representing and advocating for electromobility on behalf of the industry, academia, and EV users at both EU and national levels, and they aim to help support Europe’s sustainable transition, in order to create Zero-Emission mobility for all.

Dr. Philip Haaf is our Director of Automotive and Head of eMobility Solutions at Capgemini Invent. Phillip specializes in helping automotive companies improve their performance in downstream activities, drawing on his 11 years experience in the sector to ensure manufacturers are in the right lane to transform their businesses to more sustainable practices.

Driving the Future is a podcast about where the automotive industry is going, and how not only to keep up with the rapidly changing business, but to shape it. This season we’ll be talking to guests from Capgemini and beyond about the ecosystem around commercial vehicles as well as the shift towards omni-channel sales models.