Karl Popham is a domain expert in change management. Karl leads the EV and Emerging Technologies team at Austin Energy and is making significant progress in the transition away from fossil fuel dependency through a holistic transportation electrification strategy.

We Discuss

• Karl’s early journey in life ( 2.00 - 4.00)
• His Education and joining the military (4.00 - 7.00)
• Developing an early interest in Internet technology (7.30 - 9.30)
• We discuss Karl’s insights on affecting behavior change and change management (12.20- 15.00)
• Karl discusses developing his interest in electric vehicles and emerging technologies (18.00 - 22.30)
• Why Austin is embracing electrification and adopting a startup culture (23.00 - 25.30 )
• Creating the EV buyers Guide and working with Dealers and addressing barriers to adoption (26.00 - 35.20)
• Karl explains how he and his team are driving electrification 
• Bad EV marketing examples and consumer behavior (37-00- 41.00)
• I ask Karl to break down his Future of Electric Bow Tie of the growth drivers 42.00 - 51.00)
• Karl explains the reality of Crypto mining on the demand for Electricity and discusses the societal impact vs value (51.00 - 60.00)
• We then discuss desired outcomes and innovations driving transformation (1.02.00 - 1.06.00)
• We discuss decentralized power and vehicle-to-grid (1.06.30 -1.09.00)
• We discuss advances in battery technology and the benefits of EV’s (1.10.00-1.15.00) 
• Karl explains his 5 Pillar strategy in detail and scaling to other cities and partners (1.15.30- 1.30.00) 

Social Links 

Karl’s Linkedin

Links 

EV Buyers Guide

General Motors 

Mary Barra 

Ford F150 

Zappy Ride 

Chargeway 

Austin Forum For Technology 

Smart Mobility Roadmap

Tony Fadell

Dina Lovinsky 

Electrify Expo 

Austin Climate Equity Plan 

Global Green Economy Index

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