We’ve reached the tipping point where EVs are becoming more and more mainstream, but higher upfront costs, lack of access to charging and differing needs and abilities mean that EVs are not seen as accessible to many people. In this episode, our host Ade Thomas is joined by Peter Matthews, Advanced Manufacturing and Mobility Leader at EY UK, and Daksh Gupta, Group Chief Executive Officer at Marshall Motor Holdings to discuss the steps that need to be taken to open up EVs to more people. We also meet Catherine Marris, Head of Innovation at Motability, who discusses how the fast growing emobility industry can ensure they are designing in an accessible and inclusive way for everyone’s needs.

Gaining investment capital is essential for any business in the emobility industry, but as a nascent market, what do businesses need to do to ensure they can raise the funds they need to succeed? In this episode, our host Ade Thomas is joined by Andrew Perkins, Partner, Corporate Finance at EY and Toddington Harper, CEO of GRIDSERVE to discuss how the market is changing, what businesses can do to secure capital, and why this market is so essential for decarbonisation. We also meet Olly Jones, Founder of elmo, who discusses how their start up has tackled the chicken and egg conundrum of investment, and why a subscription model is the right choice for EV.

Batteries are a critical piece in the transport decarbonisation puzzle. They are also subject to great scrutiny for their use of rare raw materials and challenges in reuse and recycling. In this episode, our host Ade Thomas is joined by James Nicholson, Partner in Advanced Manufacturing and Mobility at EY and Professor Pam Thomas, CEO of The Faraday Institution to discuss the economic and scientific factors involved in developing and bringing to market sustainable batteries. We also meet Graham Hoare, President of Global Operations at Britishvolt, who discusses how Britishvolt are putting sustainability into action in their production of batteries in the UK.

In this episode of EV Y, host Ade Thomas is joined by Charlie Simpson from EY, Ginny Buckley from Electrifying, Douglas Johnson-Poensgen from Circulor and Michael Hurwitz from ARRIVAL to discuss the EV Ecosystem. Creating a sustainable transport system means overhauling transport and energy as we know it, at a rate incomparable to anything we’ve seen before. Achieving net zero by 2050 and curbing global heating requires a massive effort and collaboration across industries - including automotive, energy, finance, infrastructure, government, and of course consumers. We’ll explore what’s needed to carry out that level of whole-systems thinking, and are asking “How can we align the cross-industry system to achieve milestone climate objectives?”.

Over half of new road-going vehicles are purchased by fleets, representing huge potential for fleets to become the key catalyst for mainstreaming EVs. Our host Ade Thomas is joined by David Borland, EY’s UK&I Automotive Leader and Russell Fowler, Senior Project Manager at National Grid to discuss why fleets are such an important element of transport decarbonisation, and how fleets can make the transition to EV. We also meet Carla Detrieux, Director of Business Development for Volta Trucks who discusses Volta’s rapid upscaling and what makes them stand out from the crowd.

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Charging infrastructure capacity and availability is often cited as a primary factor in holding electric vehicles (EVs) back from the mainstream. Maria Bengtsson, Director at EY and Dr Susanne Koblitz, Head of Charging Technology at IONITY discuss the challenges and innovations in the industry working to meet rapidly increasing demands across the market.

We also hear from David Watson, CEO of Ohme to give his insight on what it's like to be a hyper-fast growing company in the space. 

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Welcome to EV Y, the eMobility podcast that brings EV industry insiders together to answer the bigger and better questions on the hot topics driving the sector.  

Each episode, we will pose a trending industry question to expert speakers to delve into the crux of the debate, as well as highlighting a hyper fast-growth company ready to shake up the sector.

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