Georgia Network for Electric Mobility

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Founded between 2022 and 2024, the Georgia Network for Electric Mobility (GNEM) is a pan-university initiative housed at the University of Georgia focused on electric mobility and transportation innovation, research, and economic development. GNEM envisions Georgia and the Southeast Battery Belt as a world leading ecosystem for future mobility innovation. The network operates as a think tank and multidisciplinary consortium, providing thought leadership at the bleeding edge of future mobility innovation and bringing together industry, academia, government and communities to aid workforce devel...

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Episode 4: All About Batteries (Part 2) with Jill Pestana 19.12.2025 32:08

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...

Episode 3: All About Batteries with Jill Pestana 18.12.2025 28:35

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...

Episode 2: The New Frontier with Alex Poirot 11.12.2025 34:43

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...

Episode 1: The Battery Belt Explained with Mike Oatridge 04.12.2025 32:42

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...

Introduction 18.11.2025 0:25

Welcome to The Battery Belt Podcast!