eTech Learning: EV & AV Technology

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.

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Dynapower corporate website: https://dynapower.com/

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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/

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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Tim Hade who is the Co-Founder & Chief Development Officer at Scale Microgrids.

Scale Microgrids are a developer of Microgrids, they design and install large scale solar, battery storage and power management systems to create local renewable energy based systems for corporate clients.

Following a career in 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/

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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/

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 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/

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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

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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

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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Gavin White, the Co-Founder and CEO of About:Energy.

Gavin and his co-founders established About:Energy in 2021, building on their academic research in the field of battery cell testing, modelling and simulation. The company has developed a software platform "The Voltt" which provides high-quality battery 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

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For this episode Ryan Maughan speaks to Dr Nabeel Shirazee who is the Global Chief Technology Officer of the electric drive system company ePropelled.

Nabeel has been involved in the development of complex electromagnetic systems since completing his PhD in this field at Cardiff University in 1998. After more than 20 years working in 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

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