Building Better with Brandon Bartneck

Larry Burns is a pioneer in the electrified and automated vehicle space, highly successful industry veteran, and author of Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car – And How It Will Reshape Our World. Key topics in this conversation include: The potential for automobility to improve people’s lives through safer, more sustainable, more effective, and more accessible transportation Why Autono...

Dr. Michael Richter is Scantinel’s Commercial Managing Director in charge of strategy, finance, investor relations, and sales & marketing Key topics in this conversation include The difference between frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) LiDAR and time of flight (TOF) LiDAR How FMCW provides greater sensing range, velocity data, and object detection information The massive potential of p...

Pete Bigelow is a senior reporter at Automotive News in Detroit, where he covers the convergence of transportation and technology . Key topics in this conversation include The responsibility for media to accurately present complex technical topics The current state of automated driving technology and how this technology is likely to progress How Pete decides which topics to cover The intersection...

Gunnar Froh is CEO & Founder of Wunder Mobility, the leading global tech and service platform for new mobility solutions. Key topics in this conversation include Gunnar’s background in shared asset utilization, including leading Airbnb’s international efforts Why shared mobility is so important for developing an effective and sustainable mobility ecosystem What it takes to develop a successful...

Trent Broberg is CEO of ACERTUS, the only tech-enabled automotive logistics marketplace to move, store, recondition, title & register finished vehicle. Key topics in this conversation include The impact of electrification on finished vehicle logistics How emerging OEMs home deliveries impact deliveries The importance of end user education for electrified and automated vehicles Building a posit...

Anne Schneider is the Vice President of Autonomous Trucking at RR.AI | Robotic Research. Key topics in this conversation include What it takes to deliver an autonomous kit for military applications, assuming no comms, no prior data, and no infrastructure Robotic Research’s Leader Follower program RR.AI’s successful push into commercial applications, including forestry, mining, and various on-road...

David Byron is Director of Innovation Strategy at Sundberg-Ferar. Key topics in this conversation include The importance of thoughtful product design if we want to make an impact Why we need to deeply understand the problem at-hand before developing solutions Applying expertise to new application segments How Sundberg-Ferar developed the walking ELEVATE Ultimate Mobility Vehicle for Hyundai What m...

Rainer is Stargate Hydrogen’s Chief Technology Officer, applying his advanced degrees in Electrochemistry and Chemical Engineering to drive the development of the company’s turn-key electrolysis solutions. Key topics in this conversation include The challenge of decarbonizing locomotive applications Rainer’s background in electrolysis Why fuel cells are ideal for shunting locomotives Stargate’s on...

Shiva Bhardwaj is the Founder and CEO at Pitstop , who is disrupting the automotive industry by unlocking vehicle data to create a more efficient, safer, and cleaner future. Key topics in this conversation include The keys to effective predictive maintenance Examples of how effective use of data can help fleet owners Maximizing vehicle uptime Determining whether data can be trusted Links Show note...

Doron Frenkel is the Founder and CEO of Driivz. He is an experienced entrepreneur with over 25 years’ international management experience in the EV charging, telecommunications and fleet industries. Key topics in this conversation include The role of software in enabling an efficient and effective EV charging system How fleets and charging providers can solve their biggest problems The potential f...

Martin Rudigier is Principal at HELLA Ventures, a multi-stage venture capital fund focused on mobility, deep tech, and industrial manufacturing investments on behalf of German automotive supplier HELLA. Key topics in this conversation include What makes HELLA Ventures unique as a corporate venture fund The promise of solutions and companies that are able to effectively utilize the vast data being...

2021 was a great year for the Future of Mobility podcast. In this special episode, I take a few minutes to reflect on 2021, look forward to 2022, and thank everyone who has been listening along the way. Future of Mobility: The Future of Mobility podcast is focused on the development and implementation of safe, sustainable, and equitable mobility solutions, with a spotlight on the people and techno...

Matthew Shenton grew up on a ranch in southeastern Idaho. He has always been interested in agriculture equipment. That lead him to complete his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Montana State University. He reached out to Dr. Leachman about the work he was accomplishing with cryogenic hydrogen at Washington State University. Matthew’s research topic is characterizing the hydrogen...

Oren Rosenzweig is the CBO, co-founder and board member at Innoviz Technologies, a global leader in LiDAR technology, working towards a future with safe autonomous vehicles on the world’s roads. Key topics in this conversation include Innoviz’s planned launch in BMW’s Level 3 system Functional safety for automated driving Why Innoviz is initially targeting Level 2-4 private use vehicle application...

Carmen Murer is Head Corporate Communication at Synhelion, which produces solar fuels to decarbonize transportation. Key topics in this conversation include Why synthetic fuels are needed The different types of synthetic fuels What happens when we reverse the combustion process How solar fuels are create and the role they can play decarbonizing transportation Synhelion’s path to scale up productio...

Abhilash Arora is a MS in Electrical Engineering candidate at NC State University, he has an experience of 3 years in System Development for High Voltage Vehicle Electrification at Mahindra EV Technology Centre, India. Abhilash is also a Graduate Student Researcher with FREEDM Systems Centre, at NC State. His research interests are in Electrification of  Automotive and Aerospace spanning Wire...

Emily Phillips is Vice President, Advanced Solutions at XPO, where she is responsible for pricing and solution design for the Last Mile business unit. She is also a champion for sustainability, leading XPO’s global strategic sustainability discussions around electric vehicles, recycling, and alternative fuels. Key topics in this conversation include The future of last mile delivery Unexpected ways...

Francis Dunne is a 2nd year doctoral student in Materials Science at the Hydrogen Properties for Energy Research (HYPER) laboratory at Washington State University. He is interested in developing new storage methods for liquid hydrogen and oxygen made out of polymeric materials for both the aerospace industry as well as clean energy applications. Show notes: brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/fra...

Anurag Kamal is a co-founder at ElectricFish, a company reinventing the electricity Grid for our new energy economy. Key topics in this conversation include Why our current electric grid is broken, and how we got here How a distributed grid can help with reliability, sustainability, and equality ElectricFish’s business model and vision for the future What is takes to effectively implement an extre...

Gus Block is a director and founding employee of Nuvera Fuel Cells, a company established in 2000 to provide hydrogen and fuel cell solutions for commercial vehicles and equipment Key topics in this conversation include How the fuel cell industry has evolved over the past 20+ years Why decarbonization of shipping ports is so important How fuel cells could play a valuable role in cleaning up port e...

This episode comes from the panel discussion portion of the first Future of Mobility LIVE virtual event, recorded on November 11, 2021. The conversation features Chris Thomas, Co-Founder and Partner at Assembly Ventures and Gabriel Scheer, Director of Innovation at Elemental Excelerator. Future of Mobility LIVE is designed to bring together individuals who are working towards the common mission of...

Pace Ralli is an entrepreneur and impact investor in the maritime, transportation and energy sectors. He is co-founder of Clean Marine Energy, SWITCH Maritime, MidOcean Wind, and partner of MidOcean Marine Partners Key topics in this conversation include The current state of propulsion system technologies for marine applications Why SWITCH chose hydrogen fuel cells over battery electric, hybrid, o...

Vitaly M. Golomb is a tech investment banker with over 20 years of experience on all sides of the table as a venture-backed CEO, venture capitalist, M&A advisor Key topics in this conversation include The most promising mobility trends as of today How new founders can accelerate their learning curve and growth The role of investment banking in the rapidly evolving mobility ecosystem Vitaly’s p...

Sterling Anderson is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Aurora, the company delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly Key topics in this conversation include: Aurora’s decision to pursue several AD applications in parallel How Sterling is thinking about partnerships and commercialization How Aurora is working towards long term success rather than tryi...

Moshe Cohen is founder and CEO of Gravity Inc. and Gravity Technologies. Gravity, Inc is a sustainable mobility startup focusing on EV fleets and supporting infrastructure. Key topics in this conversation include: Moshe’s path from lawyer to economics and finance professor at Columbia, and now sustainable mobility solution founder Why Level 2 charging doesn’t cut it in the city The challenges of o...