E for Electrified - AMS Podcast Episode 02 - a podcast by Automotive industry technologies

We focus on emobility for this episode as Gareth Price sheds light on Volkswagen's Transparent Factory. The unconventional facility in Dresden repurposed to assemble the eGolf is also a showcase for the VW’s e-mobility philosophy.

We hear too from Mike Nash and his visit to Honda's manufacturing facilities in Indiana. The plant recently began production of the 2019 Insight hybrid model, one of five electrified vehicles Honda has launched in just the past 18 months. The company is striding hard into emobility as, by 2030, Honda wants two-thirds of its global sales to be electrified vehicles.

In the second half of this episode, we look at how the automotive industry's powertrain component suppliers are responding to the technological shift brought about by electrification.

Is the noise around the battery electric vehicle drowning out the real story, one which sees the internal combustion sticking around for a couple more decades, made cleaner and more efficient by innovation?

Gareth Price speaks to some of the key players from powertrain component supply sector; Borg Warner, Federal Mogul, Delphi and Honeywell. The onset of the electrified age has sparked hybrid innovations – so there's plenty life yet in the internal combustion engine...

AMS Podcast Episode 2 is produced and presented by the AMS editorial team, Nick Holt, Gareth Price and Michael Nash.

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