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ARC transportation analyst Eddie Fidler discusses the evolution of efficient wireless EV charging and its potential impacts on the space with Alex Gruzen, CEO of WiTricity. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would you like to be a guest on our growing podcast? If you have an intriguing, thought provoking topic you'd like to discuss on our podcast, pleas...

There’s a significant amount of ambiguity in specifying a Smart City project today. This lack of clarity costs time, dollars and often can lead you far astray from your smart city vision. Since the smart city effort is truly in its early adopter phase, it’s also not surprising that this ambiguity is also dramatically promoted by the marketing hyperbole of many vendors in the domain.  This scenario...

This podcast communicates and demystifies the Top 12 Reasons to use the Systems Engineering Process for Your Smart City Project. In order to accomplish the goal listed above, we’ll examine the systems engineering process, including: Discussing the value of technical standards to the process Describing challenges to the process and how to overcome them Reviewing the top 12 dramatic benefits realize...

In this episode Jim Frazer discusses The Nine Critical Applications of a Smart City and the seven foundational technologies used to achieve dramatic improvements in features, efficiency and cost effectiveness in each of those domains. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would you like to be a guest on our growing podcast? If you have an intriguing, thought pr...

Jim Frazer sits down with Benson Hougland from Opto 22 at the 2020 ARC Forum in Orlando. They discuss MQTT and Desalination Systems application, as well as their participation at the 2020 ARC Orlando Forum. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would you like to be a guest on our growing podcast? If you have an intriguing, thought provoking topic you'd lik...

Jim Frazer sits down with Arlan Nipper of Cirrus Link Solutions at the 2020 ARC Forum in Orlando. They discuss MQTT and Service Oriented architecture, as well as their participation at the 2020 ARC Orlando Forum.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would you like to be a guest on our growing podcast? If you have an intriguing, thought provoking topic you&apo...

Jim Frazer sits down with Allen Ray at the 2020 ARC Forum in Orlando. They discuss Inductive Automation's technology "Ignition" & The Ignition Cross Industry Collective. As well as their participation with the ARC Forum and the value of attending.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would you like to be a guest on our growing podcast? If y...

ARC transportation analyst Eddie Fidler sits down with James Cater, program lead for Electric Vehicles at Eversource, to discuss the utility’s efforts to boost EV adoption in New England through a new charging infrastructure program. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would you like to be a guest on our growing podcast? If you have an intriguing, thought pro...

Angela Hultberg, Head of sustainable mobility at Ingka Group (aka Ikea), joins transport analyst Eddie Fidler to talk about the company’s efforts in clean transportation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would you like to be a guest on our growing podcast? If you have an intriguing, thought provoking topic you'd like to discuss on our podcast, please...

ARC Advisory Group analyst Eddie Fidler sits down with senior project manager Dan Wilson of Chanje to discuss fleet charging solutions and EV fleet markets.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would you like to be a guest on our growing podcast? If you have an intriguing, thought provoking topic you'd like to discuss on our podcast, please contact our h...

A discussion with Richard Albrecht - founder and CEO of Saascharge about how the future of EV adoption revolves around charging station interoperability and the convenience this brings to consumers.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would you like to be a guest on our growing podcast? If you have an intriguing, thought provoking topic you'd like to di...

A fascinating and deeply informative discussion on the ISA's cybersecurity standard 62443 and ISA's efforts in forming a global cybersecurity effort with guest Andre Ristaino, Managing Director, Automation Standards Compliance Institute and Director of ISAGCA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would you like to be a guest on our growing podcast? If...

A discussion of Smart City applications and technologies with a focus on control platforms and the broad range of legacy and developing applications that they enable -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would you like to be a guest on our growing podcast? If you have an intriguing, thought provoking topic you'd like to discuss on our podcast, please conta...

A discussion of Building Automation Interoperability Issues and Approaches with a Focus on Project Haystack. Semantics, data modeling and a broad variety of applications are examined. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would you like to be a guest on our growing podcast? If you have an intriguing, thought provoking topic you'd like to discuss on our pod...

In this episode of ARC’s Smart City Podcast, transport analyst Eddie Fidler speaks to founder and head of MaaS America, Tim McGuckin. MaaS America is a ‘forum founded to advance a vision of MaaS that reflects the American form of mobility’. This conversation touches on the founding of the organization, the need for MaaS, some differences between MaaS in Europe vs the United States, and where thing...

This session explores the electrical distribution network today - and technology developments for the future. The impacts of microgrids, photovolatic solar power, wind and electric vehicles are all discusses. Particualr emphasis in on the management of these increasingly complex systems  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would you like to be a guest on our...

An in depth exploration of electric vehicle technology and the drivers that are enabling fleet operators to adopt electric vehicles. Included is a discussion on the range of management platforms that are available for a range of applications. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would you like to be a guest on our growing podcast? If you have an intriguing, th...

Major cybersecurity incidents continue to grab headlines.  Many of these incidents go beyond the IT infrastructure of cities and are disrupting things at an operational level.  In this podcast, we talk about the many cybersecurity challenges faced by today's smart cities and what end-users and owner/operators can do to make things more secure.   -----------------------------------------------...

A recent conversation between Wasay Rashid ARC's own smart rail analyst and David Songer, editor of Smart Rail magazine on the subject of technology developments in the Smart Cities domain with a focus on Smart Rail systems -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Would you like to be a guest on our growing podcast? If you have an intriguing, thought provokin...

A discussion of Smart City applications and technologies with a focus on planning your project. Details discussed include the Systems Engineering Process and its application to Smart Cities, including consensus-based user needs, measurable functional requirements and the test plans that guide users from a project concept to fully functioning implementation -----------------------------------------...