The Battery Belt Podcast

Welcome to Episode 4 (Season 2) of The Battery Belt, the official podcast of the Georgia Network for Electric Mobility (GNEM). This episode continues our conversation with Jonathan Smoke, Chief Strategy Officer at Cox Automotive, and Stephanie Valdez Streaty, Director of Industry Insights at Cox Automotive. In Part 1, Jonathan and Stephanie helped cut through the headlines surrounding the EV marke...

Welcome to Episode 3 (Season 2) of The Battery Belt, the official podcast of the Georgia Network for Electric Mobility (GNEM). In this episode, we welcome Jonathan Smoke, Chief Strategy Officer at Cox Automotive, and Stephanie Valdez Streaty, Director of Industry Insights at Cox Automotive. As headlines continue to send mixed signals about the future of electric vehicles, Jonathan and Stephanie cu...

Welcome back to Season 2 of The Battery Belt, the official podcast of the Georgia Network for Electric Mobility (GNEM). Today we continue our conversation with Professor William Mustain, Director of the Carolina Institute for Battery Innovation at the University of South Carolina. In this episode, Professor Mustain explores one of the biggest shifts happening across the battery industry today. As...

Welcome to the Season 2 premiere of The Battery Belt, the official podcast of the Georgia Network for Electric Mobility (GNEM). To kick off the new season, we welcome Professor William Mustain, Director of the Carolina Institute for Battery Innovation at the University of South Carolina. In this episode, Professor Mustain explores one of the biggest shifts happening across the battery industry tod...

Welcome to Episode 4 of The Battery Belt, presented by the Georgia Network for Electric Mobility (GNEM). This episode continues our deep dive with battery expert Jill Pestana, Founder & CEO of Pestana Solutions. In Part 1, Jill broke down the fundamentals of battery chemistry, why lithium-ion dominates today’s technology landscape, and what emerging chemistries—from solid-state to sodium-ion—m...

Welcome to Episode 3 of The Battery Belt, the official podcast of the Georgia Network for Electric Mobility (GNEM). In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, host Gabrielle Pierre sits down with Jill Pestana—Founder & CEO of Pestana Solutions, battery scientist, educator, and creator of Across the Nanoverse. With 15+ years of experience and over a dozen patents in battery science, Jill is one o...

Welcome to Episode 2 of The Battery Belt, the official podcast of the Georgia Network for Electric Mobility (GNEM). This week, we’re joined by Alex Poirot, Head of External Affairs at Beep Inc., a proud UGA graduate, and former senior policy leader in the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Department of Transportation. As electrification converges with AI and autonomous systems, the mobility industry’s ce...

Welcome to the debut episode of The Battery Belt, the official podcast of the Georgia Network for Electric Mobility (GNEM). On the very first episode of The Battery Belt, we welcome Mike Oatridge , Executive Director of the Alabama Mobility & Power (AMP) Center at the University of Alabama. In this episode, Mike shares firsthand insights from decades of experience across automotive and advance...

Welcome to The Battery Belt Podcast!