Podcasts by Driving with Dunne
Electric vehicles are the future. But with new technologies comes confusion! What's real? And what is hyperbole? Who are the people to know and what are their visions? Leading global electric vehicle innovators and executives join Michael J. Dunne in no-nonsense conversations about what that electric future looks like. Speaking with some of the biggest in the field like Fisker, NIO, Lucid, Xpeng and more, Dunne - author, entrepreneur and keynote speaker – knows the business of electric vehicles. He’s going to answer questions like: Which EV brands are the best? Why is the charging experience so unpredictable? Who makes the best battery? The electric vehicle revolution is a global race that China now leads with America way back in their rear view mirror. Who will win out - and why? Every episode of Driving With Dunne equips you with powerful new knowledge about the future of these battery-propelled computers on wheels.
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China: One Bed, Two Dreams. Ken Wilcox, Former CEO, Silicon Valley Bank. from 2023-11-30T08:05:02
When a Western executive is called on to build business in China what should be his or her mindset? What are the most important things they need to know before they go? Ken Wilcox, former CEO of Si...
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China's Economy: On The Verge of Collapse – Or Not? Leland Miller, CEO, China Beige Book from 2023-11-09T08:05:02
What is the truth about China' economy today? Read the headlines or social media and we could be forgiven for thinking that the People's Republic is falling apart. The 42 trillion property m...
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Leveraging AI For Battery Breakthroughs. Jason Koeller, Co-Founder and CTO, Chemix from 2023-10-26T07:05:02
When it comes to batteries for Evs, can we be done with the incremental, inch by inch improvements? Everyone in the battery business is looking for a breakthrough. Dramatically more range. Lower co...
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Chinese Car Exports, Subsidies&Simmering Trade Tensions. Wendy Cutler, Vice President, Asia Society Policy Institute from 2023-10-19T07:05:01
China is surpassing Japan in 2023 to become the world's leading exporter of cars. BYDs, Cherys and Zeekrs are finding their way to more than 100 markets worldwide. Top destinations include R...
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When Are Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems Better Than Battery Electrics? Charlie Freese, Executive Director, General Motors from 2023-10-05T07:05:02
Tesla and BYD steal the headlines as they race for global leadership in battery electric vehicles. But on the near horizon there is another technology that delivers zero emissions: hydrogen fuel ce...
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The Blockbuster China Story That Won A Pulitzer - Part II. David Barboza, Co-Founder, The Wire - China from 2023-09-28T07:05:01
We begin Part II of this conversation with David Barboza in the days leading up to publication of arguably the most explosive and dangerous story out of China in 50 years. For the pas...
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Writing The Blockbuster China Story That Won The Pulitizer: David Barboza, Co-Founder, The Wire - China - Part 1 from 2023-09-21T07:55:01
David Barboza won a Pulitzer prize for a blockbuster story he wrote while reporting in China for the New York Times. The story took years to research and write. Here is how things got started: Barb...
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From the Volt to the Bolt to the Lucid Air: Tony Posawatz, CEO, Fermata Energy from 2023-09-07T07:05:01
For most of his career, Tony Posawatz was a highly successful engineer working in GM's lucrative truck division. That meant big rigs powered by gasoline and diesel engines. Then one day in 2006 GM'...
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Chinese Cars&Everything Else: Coming To Your Neighborhood Soon. Jorge Guajardo, Former Mexican Ambassador to China. from 2023-08-31T07:05:01
Here is the powerful China formula for commercial dominance that everyone needs to know. Build up massive capacity. Achieve scale. Reduce costs. And then export like a bat out of hell all over the ...
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Mexico: China's Backdoor Play? Jorge Guajardo, Partner, Dentons Global Advisors&Former Mexican Ambassador to China from 2023-08-24T07:05:01
Who supplies the most cars to the Mexican market? If you guessed China, you are not wrong. China is flooding the market with low cost gasoline-powered and electric vehicles. Leading brands in...
She Test Drives 80 Cars a Year. What's Her Verdict? Nicole Wakelin, Creator, The Road Reflected from 2023-08-17T07:05:01
Never before in the history of humanity have we had so many choices when it comes to what we drive. Think about it: We have cars, pickup trucks, SUVs, crossovers. station wagons. On size we run the...
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What BYD Looks Like From the Inside: Carlos Roma, Veteran Executive, BYD do Brazil from 2023-08-10T07:05:02
China is now the world's No. 1 exporter of cars and trucks, blowing past Japan. In 2023, Chinese automakers will ship more than 4 million vehicles to over 100 markets markets worldwide. Leading des...
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China: Dominator In The Global Battery Arms Race. Simon Moores, CEO, Benchmark Minerals Intelligence from 2023-07-27T07:05:01
Ready or not, we are in the midst of a global battery arms race. China enjoys a commanding lead. America and Europe are racing to catch up. This week we are joined by Simon Moores, CEO, Benc...
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Taiwan: China's Salami Slicing Takeover Strategy. With Guest Bethany Allen, Author, Beijing Rules from 2023-06-29T07:05:01
How much do you know about Taiwan? Until recently, most people in the world, if they were being honest, would say practically nothing. But not today. Today, Taiwan finds itself in a highly precario...
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BYD: The Roar of China's EV Powerhouse from 2023-06-22T07:00:02
BYD is an electric vehicle powerhouse. Already dominant globally in buses and trucks, BYD is now chasing Tesla for world leadership in battery-powered electric vehicles. The Shenzhen-based company ...
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Tech Frankenstein Invades The Car: Kathy Rizk, JD Power from 2023-06-08T20:13:50
It is no secret that technology is taking over our cars. But what is stunning is the speed and magnitude of the onslaught. Some of it looks amazing. Other stuff feels downright invasive. Hello biom...
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America's Booming Battery Belt, Chris Berry, Founder, House Mountain Partners from 2023-06-01T07:00:02
Think of batteries for electric cars as the most important American industrial movement since WWII. Investors are pouring more than $100 billion into new battery plants across the country, from Sou...
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Mercedes-Benz –The New Software King? Magnus Ostberg, Chief Software Officer, Mercedes-Benz AG from 2023-05-25T07:05:01
You may not know it yet but there is a great battle underway for your eyes and for your ears inside the car. That battle is taking place between two powerful competitors. In this corner, we h...
Why This New Hampshire Family Is Not Going Electric – At Least Not Yet. Guest: Entrepreneur Andy Minckler from 2023-05-04T17:38:21
Drive the streets of San Diego and it will feel like the whole world is going electric. Here is a Tesla Model 3. There is a Hyundai Ioniq 5. Look at that Lucid Air. Or that cyber orange Mach E. Tak...
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The Mongolian-Manchurian-Stanford Entrepreneur. Lu Zhang, Founder, Fusion Fund from 2023-04-20T16:34:50
Ms. Lu Zhang moved from Inner Mongolia to the United States at the age of 20 to study material sciences at Stanford. Shortly after graduation, she founded her first company - one that made her inde...
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Cracking The Affordable EV Code. Vincent Pluvinage, Co-Founder, OneD Battery Sciences - PT2 from 2023-04-13T07:05:01
Electric vehicles are expensive, out of reach for most customers. The average price of EVs sold in America last year was $65,000. The story in Europe was similar. China offers more affordable...
Sensors: The Car's Almost-Perfect Eyes. Ross Jatou, GM, Onsemi's Intelligent Sensing Group from 2023-04-06T07:05:01
Most modern cars come with adaptive front lighting, park assist, surround-view and rear view cameras, lane departure warning, automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, and collision avo...
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Investing In Software Startups for Battery And Charging – Risks and Upsides. Marie Thompson, Partner, Powerhouse Ventures from 2023-03-23T18:09:23
Powerhouse Ventures invests in early-stage software companies that save energy, save time – or both. Of the 33 companies in Powerhouse portfolio, several operate in the battery and electric chargi...
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Cracking the Code For Affordable EVs: Vincent Pluvinage, Co-Founder, OneD Battery Sciences from 2023-03-16T07:05:01
Electric vehicles remain expensive, out of reach for most customers. The average price of EVs sold in America last year was $65,000. The story in Europe was similar. China offers more afford...
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Boom! Pop! Battery Lockup. John Voelcker On Some Unpleasant Fast-Charging Moments from 2023-03-09T08:05:01
In late 2022 and early 2023, customers from Ford, Rivian and Bolt separately reported an unusual and slightly terrifying experience while fast charging their vehicles. In the middle of their charge...
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Breaking China's Graphite Monopoly. Nico Cuevas, Founder, Urbix Resources from 2023-02-17T04:21:32
Graphite is a core component of lithium-ion batteries, accounting for up to 30% of the value of a battery cell. Today, Chinese companies utterly dominate refining, producing 93% of all proce...
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Fixing The Charging Experience. John Thomas, COO, Autel Energy North America from 2023-02-09T08:05:01
Today’s charging experience in North America is, to be blunt, not good. New EV owners meet disappointment in the very first weeks of ownership. Some chargers are broken. Others are slow. Still othe...
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Richard Windsor: Why Legacy Automakers Are Sitting Ducks – It's The Software from 2023-02-02T08:05:01
Imagine a future in which car buyers choose a make and model based not on acceleration, handling and braking but on their digital cockpit experience. How well does the navigation work? How rich are...
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Joe Lowry, Aka "Mr Lithium": Are Lithium Prices Headed Up – Or Down? from 2023-01-26T08:00:02
Meet Joe Lowry, a man who in the battery minerals world is known as Mr Lithium. Lowry got his start in lithium at just about the same time that lithium ion batteries first started powering made-in-...
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John Pomfret, Author, From Warsaw With Love. The American-Polish Spy Relationship, Ukraine, China and the New Great Game. from 2023-01-19T08:10:01
There are a lot of people in America and Europe willing to tell you that they "know China." In reality, very few Westerners really understand China. Fewer still can communicate what they know in cl...
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Madame Thuy Le, CEO, VinFast: From Startup to America At Lightspeed from 2023-01-12T08:05:02
Meet VinFast, Vietnam's young, bold and relentless EV champion. In late December, 2022, Madame Thuy Le, VinFast CEO, supervised operations at the port in Haiphong as the first 999 VinFast VF...
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ICYMI - Meet Battery Brunch With Yen Yeh, Co-Founder, Volta Foundation from 2022-12-29T08:05:02
Have you been searching for an expert go-to source for knowledge on batteries? Look no further, Battery Brunch is here. In 2019, MIT graduates and Silicon valley battery scientists Yen Yeh (Voltaiq...
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Edward Hightower, CEO, Lordstown Motors: Introducing The Endurance, The Full Size Electric Pickup Truck Made in Ohio from 2022-12-22T08:05:01
In November, 2022 Lordstown Motors began delivering Endurance full-size electric trucks to fleet customers in America. Lordstown, named after the city in northeast, Ohio, represents an impor...
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A Revolution To Make Cities More Human-Centric. Elke Van den Brandt, Minister of Mobility, Brussels from 2022-12-15T08:05:02
There is a once-in-a-hundred-years revolution underway in Europe. For many decades, cities in Europe have been built to serve the car. Now the mayors of cities like Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and...
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Should I Buy the F-150 Lightning or the Gasoline F-150? Darren Palmer, Vice President, Electric Vehicles, Ford Motor Company. from 2022-12-08T08:05:02
Imagine you're in the market for a full size pickup truck. And you like the F-150, America's best-selling vehicle for the past 40 years. But, wait, there's a new twist in the decision-making proces...
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Charge Across America, A New York to LA Stress Test of America's Charging Networks with Kristin Slanina, CIO, Park My Fleet from 2022-12-01T08:05:02
When she was an engineering student at MIT, Kristin Slanina led her team to victory in a solar car race through five states in America's northeast. That early achievement inspired Kristin, decades ...
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Reilly Brennan, Co-Founder, Trucks Venture Capital. The Most Consequential Week in AVs Since 2007 (Part 2) from 2022-11-24T08:05:02
In Part I of this conversation, Reilly Brennan described how the days of late October, 2022 will go down in history as some of the most important in the history of autonomous vehicles. In the spac...
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Reilly Brennan, Co-Founder, Trucks Venture Capital. The Most Consequential Week in Autonomous Vehicles Since 2007 - Part 1 from 2022-11-17T08:00:02
Scour the planet and you are unlikely to find anyone who knows the business of autonomous vehicles (AVs & ADAS) better than Reilly Brennan, Co-Founder, Trucks Venture Capital. Over the past ten ye...
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Here Comes The Micromobility Revolution With Horace Dediu, Co-Founder, Micromobility Industries and Roman Meliska, Urban Mobility Expert from 2022-11-10T08:05:02
Almost half of all humans now live in cities. By 2300 that number will climb to 75%. With so much population density, how will people get around? Horace Dediu and Roman Meliska have some powerful i...
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Introducing Extreme Fast Charging With Doron Myersdorf, Founder, StoreDot. from 2022-11-03T07:05:01
StoreDot is an Israeli-based technology startup with deep expertise in charging batteries. The company is focused on extreme fast charging for electric cars. How extreme? StoreDot aims to deliver 1...
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$1.2 Trillion in EV Investments Coming with Paul Lienert, Correspondent, Reuters. from 2022-10-27T07:05:02
Reuters has just published a blockbuster forecast: Global automakers plan to invest $1.2 trillion in electric vehicles, batteries and supply chains between now and 2030. That is a massive, unpreced...
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Where Old EV Batteries Go to Get New Life. Tim Johnston, Co-Founder, Li Cycle Holdings. from 2022-10-20T07:05:01
Li-Cycle is a lithium-ion battery recycling company co-founded in 2016 by Tim Johnston and Ajay Kochhar, engineers with deep experience in minerals and mining. By 2025, there will be 900,000 tons ...
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Detecting Danger Before Your EV Battery Catches Fire. Joe Holdsworth, Founder, Metis Engineering from 2022-10-13T07:05:01
Metis Engineering founder Joe Holdwarth got his start working on nuclear submarines. Today, he spends his days and nights finding ways to prevent thermal runaway events in electric cars. EV battery...
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Surveillance State: China's Quest to Launch a New Era of Social Control with Authors Josh Chin&Liza Lin. from 2022-10-06T07:10:01
What does living in a surveillance state look like? Well, now we know, thanks to a brilliant new book, Surveillance State, by Wall Street Journal veteran correspondents Josh Chin and Liza Lin. Wit...
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Henry Sanderson, Author, Volt Rush: Winners and Losers in Race to Go Green from 2022-09-29T07:05:02
Henry Sanderson witnessed the explosion in demand for cars in China while living in Shanghai and Beijing from 2007 to 2014. He found the pace and magnitude of growth alarming. Then he returned to ...
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Launching Gigafactory Startups in Europe and America: Lars Carlstrom, Founder, Italvot&Statevolt from 2022-09-22T07:10:02
Lars Carlstrom is a Swedish-born entrepreneur with a gift for identifying the next big opportunity. In 2019, he co-founded Britshvolt and quickly persuaded industrialists and politicians in the UK ...
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Emily Hersh, CEO, Luna Lithium. Building A World-Class Mineral Exploration Company in America from 2022-08-25T07:05:01
Meet Emily Hersch, founder and CEO of Luna Lithium, a mineral exploration company. Emily is leading a new wave of American entrepreneurs exploring and mining the essential ingredient for battery el...
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How to Buy An Affordable Electric Vehicle with Author Matt DeLorenzo from 2022-08-18T07:05:02
Are you struggling to find an affordable electric vehicle? You are not alone. The average price of a new electric vehicle sold in America in 2022 is a stunning $66,000. That’s more than a house in...
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Meet Battery Brunch With Yen Yeh, Co-Founder, Volta Foundation from 2022-08-04T07:10:02
Have you been searching for an expert go-to source for knowledge on batteries? Look no further, Battery Brunch is here. In 2019, MIT graduates and Silicon valley battery scientists Yen Yeh (Voltai...
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Charging Ahead: GM, Mary Barra&the Reinvention of an American Icon With Author David Welch from 2022-07-28T07:05:02
David Welch, the highly regarded veteran Bloomberg reporter, has written a timely and important book about how Mary Barra is leading a total makeover of General Motors. Barra's mission has been to ...
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VinFast: The Relentless Vietnamese EV Startup from 2022-07-21T07:15:02
In early July, 2002 Michael Dunne traveled to Vietnam to take a closer look at VinFast, the remarkably young and ambitious manufacturer of electric vehicles. VinFast is a subsidiary of Vingroup, th...
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Will Holograms Kick Out Touch Screens? Jamieson Christmas, Founder, Envisics from 2022-06-22T07:10:01
Envisics is a UK-based technology company with deep expertise in holography. So, what are holograms? Those are the three dimensional images we see in sci-fi movies that originally appeared in the S...
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The Global Race for Battery Supremacy: From America to Japan to Korea to China and Back to America? Paul Beach, CEO, Octillion Power Systems from 2022-06-15T07:05:02
Octillion Power Systems supplies lithium-ion battery systems to car, truck and bus makers worldwide. The company has delivered more than 650,000 electric vehicle batteries to automaker,, including ...
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Gene Berdichevsky, CEO, Sila Nanotechnologies: From Ukraine to Stanford to Tesla To Founding A $3 Billion Battery Startup from 2022-06-08T07:10:02
Gene Berdichevsky's life could come straight out of a James Bond movie. Born in the Ukraine, raised in Russia, he and his family immigrated to America when he turned nine years old. Along the way, ...
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Ultium Platform: GM's Big Bet For Global EV Leadership. Tim Grewe, Director of Electrification Strategy, General Motors. from 2022-06-01T07:15:02
GM's has ambitious plans when it comes to electric vehicles. CEO Mary Barra says the company will be selling 1 million EVs a year by 2026, surpassing Tesla. That projected 2026 number will include ...
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Audi e-tron: German Engineering Meets Batteries and Software. Audi e-tron Owners Ruth&Ken Wilcox Tell All. from 2022-05-25T07:05:02
San Francisco resident Ruth Wilcox decided to buy her first pure electric vehicle in 2020. She looked at a few different brands, including Tesla, but eventually decided to purchase an Audi e-tron. ...
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Ted Cannis, CEO, Ford Pro: Master Plan for Smart Electric Commercial Vehicles from 2022-05-18T07:10:03
In June, 2021, Ted Cannis was appointed CEO of Ford Pro, the vitally-important division focused on commercial vehicles like the Ford F-Series trucks and Transit vans. Ford sees enormous opportunity...
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Roger Atkins: Why I Chose The Jaguar I-Pace Over The Tesla Model X And The Audi E-tron. from 2022-05-11T07:15:02
Roger Atkins is, without a doubt, one of the most knowledgeable and influential voices in the world of electric vehicles. He has a following of several hundred thousand people on LinkedIn. What peo...
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Diego Rodriguez, Former IDEO Partner&Intuit CPO: How Design Thinking Separates Champions From Also-Rans from 2022-05-04T07:15:02
In the early 2000s, a small group of friends in Palo-Alto, California started a movement to transform the way products are designed and developed. It came to be known as Design Thinking. Early pion...
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What Does China Want? Elizabeth Economy, Author, The World According to China. from 2022-04-27T07:15:02
What does China want? What is Xi Jinping's endgame? Elizabeth Economy, a highly-respected scholar, keynote speaker and best-selling author, has clear ideas. Her new book, The World According to Chi...
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Mujeeb Ijaz, Founder and CEO, Our Next Energy: The Mission To Double Electric Vehicle Range from 2022-04-20T07:15:04
You can count on one hand the number of people in the world who know as much about batteries as Mujeeb Ijaz, In early 2020 Mujeeb took the monumental decision to found Our Next Energy (ONE), an adv...
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Are EV Owners Happy After One Year of Driving? JD Power 2022 Electric Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study With Brent Gruber from 2022-04-13T07:10:02
Gas prices are going through the roof. Shell and Chevron now command more than $6 a gallon in California. People are asking themselves: Is it time to go electric? Up until now, consumers have been ...
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Hau Thai-Tang: The Inside Story of Ford's Gigantic Bet on Mustang Mach-E. from 2022-03-30T07:30:02
In February 2022, Consumer Reports named the Mustang Mach-E the best electric car on the market, knocking Tesla from the number one position for the first time. The sporty SUV seems to be everythin...
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First Year Driving The Polestar 2 With Guests Mark Concannon and Ali Zamiri from 2022-03-16T07:30:03
Gas prices are surging, prompting a record number of people to think about their first electric car. LA-based tech consultant Mark Concannon took that first leap into electrics just over one year a...
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Thinking About Buying An Electric Car? Two Tesla Owners Talk About Their Real-life Experiences from 2022-03-02T08:30:03
The team at Driving With Dunne has been receiving a flood of messages and emails from lots of people in the same position: They want to buy an electric car. But there are still so many unknowns. Wh...
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Jeep Kline, Venture Capitalist and Sumana Rajarethnam, Senior Tech Executive: Inside Southeast Asia's Booming Tech Arena from 2022-02-16T18:20:22
Leading global companies are now shifting investments in Asia to markets beyond China. At the top of their list are countries like Vietnam, for its manufacturing skills and Indonesia, for its massi...
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Chelsea Sexton and John Voelcker. Warning: Why Dodgy Charging Might Crush Enthusiasm For Electric Vehicles from 2022-02-02T08:00:03
How is charging your car different from pulling up at a gas station? Is anybody taking care of the customer (and customer safety) at those dark out-of-the-way public charging stations? And why is T...
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Kameale C. Terry, Founder and CEO, ChargerHelp! from 2022-01-19T08:25:02
People driving electric cars are discovering that charging is totally different from the routine of filling up at the gas station. There is complexity. There is uncertainty. Sometimes the App does ...
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Ganesh Iyer, Global CIO&Executive Vice President, NIO from 2021-12-17T08:05:02
Joining us on this week's Winning in Asia conversation is Ganesh Iyer, Global CIO and EVP at NIO USA. Ganesh moved to NIO in 2016 after a 5 year tenure at Tesla . Think of NIO as a Chinese company...
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Linda Zhang, Chief Engineer, Ford F-150 Lightning from 2021-12-01T08:05:02
When she was nine years old, Linda Zhang got on a plane for the first time in her life and flew to America. Her father met her at the airport in Chicago and they drove three hours to Purdue Univers...
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Simon Mundy, Author, Race for Tomorrow from 2021-11-17T08:05:15
In his new book, Race of Tomorrow, Simon Mundy recounts real life stories of how the climate crisis is changing the basic fabric of people's lives and planet earth itself. Mundy, Editor of Moral Mo...
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Shah Firoozi, CEO, The PAC Group: Why JVs Are Hard And Where China Is Headed Next from 2021-11-03T07:20:15
Shah Firoozi P.E., J.D. is one of the most savvy and insightful business people on the planet. Born in Iran, raised in the United States, Shah earned advanced degrees in engineering, business and l...
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John U Bacon, Author, Let Them Lead: Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America's Worst High School Hockey Team from 2021-10-20T07:30:12
Walk the campus at the University of Michigan or downtown Ann Arbor with John U Bacon and you won't get more than two blocks before you're intercepted by an admirer or friend. The calls come from e...
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John McElroy, Founder, Autoline TV: Where Is the Global Auto Industry Going And Which Company Will Take Us There Fastest? from 2021-10-06T07:25:10
Born in Detroit, raised in Buenos Aires and San Paolo, teeth cut at the River Rouge plant, John McElroy is an auto industry insider par excellence. Since founding Autoline TV, John has cemented his...
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Mark Schaub, Managing Partner, King&Wood Mallesons: Data Rules, Doing Deals and (Averting) Disasters in China from 2021-09-22T07:15:12
Mark Schaub, Managing Partner at the global law firm King & Wood Malleson, has been advising companies operating in China for almost 30 years. So, Mr Schaub is the perfect expert to walk us through...
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Jeffrey Guyton, President&CEO, Mazda North American Operations: Mazda Design, Electrics, Soul Red&How to Do Things Right in Japan from 2021-09-08T07:05:02
Mazda is an intriguing company -- a little bit like that iconic European brand, Volvo. Both companies make excellent design a priority. Both are relatively small but still profitable. And both enjo...
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Tim Higgins, Author, Power Play: Tesla, SpaceX and the Bet of the Century from 2021-08-25T07:55:10
In 2018, Wall Street Journal's highly-respected reporter Tim Higgins set out to write a book about the downfall of Tesla. He had good reason to think the company was in deep trouble. Early in 2018,...
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Dr Linda Lim, University of Michigan, The US-China Rivalry: Which Model Wins Out? from 2021-08-11T22:37:30
Our special guest this week on the Winning in Asia podcast is Dr Linda Lim, my corporate strategy professor at the University of Michigan and a forever mentor. Linda has a gift for presenting compl...
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Mara Hvistendahl, Author, The Scientist and The Spy from 2021-07-29T07:15:06
In The Scientist and The Spy, Mara Hvistendahl recounts the story of how Robert Mo, a Chinese national with two PhDs and a home in Florida, got into trouble with the FBI. Hoping to find a way to ea...
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Simon Moores, Managing Director, Benchmark Minerals: China's Dominance of the Global Battery Race from 2021-07-15T07:15:04
In the summer of 2020, Simon Moores delivered a wake-up call to the US Senate: China is building one mega battery factory every week. The United States is building at a pace of just three per year....
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Henrik Fisker, Founder and CEO, Fisker Inc on the Fisker Ocean SUV, Future Products and the Foxconn Connection from 2021-06-30T07:20:04
Henrik Fisker was born in a small town in Denmark in the 1960s. He loved taking rides on Danish country roads with his father in the family's Saab 96 sedan. One day a Maserati blew past them and He...
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Anil Paryani, CEO, Auto Motive Power: What America Must Do To Catch Up With China and Europe in EV's. from 2021-06-17T07:20:04
Anil Paryani has been at the forefront of batteries and battery management systems since the early 1990s. He started at Honda and in 2007 pivoted to join a young startup called Tesla. There he work...
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Jack Cheng, CEO, Foxconn MIH: The Foxconn Way to Build Electric Vehicles from 2021-06-04T07:10:16
Jack Cheng, co-founder at NIO and now CEO of MIH Alliance Foxconn, reveals how Foxconn will re-write the rules for EV manufacturing. In early 2021, Foxconn sent a tremor through automotive boardroo...
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Michael Moe, Founder, GSV Capital: What Makes A Winning Entrepreneur from 2021-05-19T07:15:15
Michael Moe is intelligent, optimistic and inspiring. You learn something new from him in every conversation. In this episode we discover a lot about the man and the keys to his lifetime of success...
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Eunice Yoon, CNBC Bureau Chief, On New China Realities in 2021 from 2021-05-05T07:30:13
Being a foreign reporter in China used to be a wide-open and exciting adventure. No more. Today, foreign journalists are constantly monitored, their travel is limited and fewer Chinese people feel ...
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Kevin Xu, Founder, Interconnected, on China's Star-Crossed Quest To Build A World-Class Semiconductor Industry from 2021-04-21T07:25:07
China aspires to develop world-class capability in the designing, engineering and producing semiconductors. But as Chairman Mao liked to say: "The road ahead is bright but full of twists and turns,...
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Brian Gu - Xpeng Vice Chairman - On Building An EV Startup To Compete With Tesla from 2021-04-07T07:15:17
Xpeng Motors is one of China's most impressive EV startups. The company was founded in 2014 by billionaire He Xiaopeng. Mr. He sensed an opportunity to bring his expertise in technology and softwar...
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Peter Horbury, Geely Automotive Design EVP, on China's Car Design Revolution from 2021-03-24T10:20:21
Peter Horbury became one of the first high-profile Western designers to work for a Chinese company when Chairman Li Shufu appointed him to lead the Geely design team in 2011. At that time, Geely's ...
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Detroit native Ray Bierzynski on life at Chery Automobile, China's Leading Car Exporter. from 2021-03-10T08:10:12
Chery Automobile is China's perennial leader in car exports, shipping to more than 70 markets worldwide. Now there are mounting rumors that Chery plans to crack the US market under the VANTAS brand...
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Reilly Brennan, Co-founder of Trucks Venture Capital: Why now is the time to be optimistic about autonomous vehicles. from 2021-02-24T08:15:18
Our guest Reilly Brennan is co-founder of Trucks Venture Capital, a highly respected outfit based in San Francisco that invests in future technologies for the transportation industry. Trucks VC in...
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Paul French On What Western Businesses Get Wrong in China, Over And Over Again. from 2021-02-10T08:20:02
Paul French is a British entrepreneur and prolific author of several books on business and crime with 30 years experience in China. In this episode Paul and I talk about how iconic American busines...
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Ken Wilcox, Chairman Emeritus, Silicon Valley Bank and Coco Kee, Kee Global Advisors On What Happens When US and China Cultures Collide. from 2021-01-27T08:15:09
Ken Wilcox, former CEO of the Silicon Valley Bank and current Chairman of the Asia Society of Northern California has written a compelling and highly practical new book called Leading Through Cultu...
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Olabisi Boyle, VP Product Planning&Mobility, on Hyundai's vision for leadership in future cars and mobility. from 2020-12-16T08:35:20
Hyundai was founded 53 years ago in Seoul, South Korea. Its first product was the Ford Cortina. Today, the Hyundai Group is the 4th largest vehicle manufacturer of the planet, behind only Toyota, V...
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James Carter, Author of Champions Day, On What Shanghai in Late 1941 Can Tell Us About China and the West Today from 2020-12-02T08:10:06
Shanghai has arguably served as the central intersection between China and the West over the past 160 years. So, at a time of heightened tensions between China and the US, Australia, and the UK, wh...
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Andee Y. Yoestong, President Director of the AK Group, on The Future of Indonesia's Auto Market from 2020-11-25T08:15:06
Andee Yoestong is one of the most entrepreneurial and street smart business people in the Indonesian auto market. His company sells and services Japanese, Chinese and American brands across Indones...
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James McGregor, Author, One Billion Customers, On Navigating China’s Bewildering Business Arena from 2020-11-18T08:05:20
James McGregor is author of One Billion Customers, the most important and widely read China business book of this generation. In our conversation, Mr McGregor describes why China under Xi Jinping i...
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Peter Rawlinson, CEO, Lucid, On Creating A World-Class Luxury Electric Car to Steal Mercedes-Benz S Class Buyers from 2020-11-11T08:20:19
Lucid Motors, a startup luxury EV maker based in Newark, California has ambitions to win luxury car buyers away from Mercedes. Lucid's first product, the Air, delivers best-in-class in terms of eff...
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Bettina Weiss, SEMI, on why semiconductors are the crucial backbone of the cars of the future. from 2020-11-04T08:15:10
Semiconductors are tiny, hidden powerful machines that power our smart phones and computers. Now, chips are playing a defining role as cars become more autonomous, connected and electrified. Who ar...
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Olaf Sakkers, Co-Founder Maniv Mobility, on Venture Capital Investing in Mobility Start-Ups from 2020-10-28T07:20:16
Olaf Sakkers, who attended the same high school as Elon Musk in South Africa, shares his views on the key emerging trends in mobility and mobility investing, from e-bikes to autonomous vehicles. Ma...
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Scott Kennedy on How US-China Relations Will Change After the US Election from 2020-10-21T07:30:02
Relations between the United States and China have not been this tense in 50 years. Some are calling it a new cold war, centered on tech. The US feels that China has taken advantage of the relation...
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Kurt Kelty, VP, Automotive at Sila Nanotechnologies on coming breakthroughs in EV batteries. from 2020-10-14T07:10:05
Batteries are the new sexy. Companies like Tesla, Lucid and Sila Nanotechnologies are working on innovations that will lead to 50% reduction in battery costs and huge increases in range during the ...
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Dexter Roberts, Author, The Myth of Chinese Capitalism on the China's Risky Future from 2020-09-30T07:20:18
China built its miraculous economic ascendancy largely on the backs of hundreds of million of migrant workers. Now, as labor rates in China climb higher than those in Malaysia and Mexico, what wil...
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Kevin Whitcraft, Founder and CEO of the RMA Group, On Opportunities in Asia's Frontier Markets from 2020-09-23T07:10:13
The next time you look up the definition of an entrepreneur in the dictionary, do not be surprised to see Kevin Whitcraft's name. This American, fluent in Thai and Chinese, has built a formidable...
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John Voelcker on the European Electric Car Offensive from 2020-09-16T07:15:10
Europe edged ahead of China to become the world's leading market for electric cars in the first half of 2020. Mercedes, BMW, JLR, Audi, Porsche, VW, Polestar and Volvo are bringing a small army of ...
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Simon Kahn, CMO of Google Asia Pacific on How Asia Tech is Moving "From Catch Up to Catch Us" Description: from 2020-09-09T07:15:18
Asia is home to a fast-moving and massive tech scene. Google is quietly investing from Japan to India and from China to Thailand to capture future growth. Major initiatives include Next Billion ...
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Thomas Ingenlath, CEO of Polestar on the Game Plan for Challenging Tesla. from 2020-09-02T07:15:17
Polestar is an all-electric startup founded in 2017 that belongs to China's Geely Group. Products are designed in Sweden and built in China. The Polestar 2 sport sedan is being launched into Europe...
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Vietnam's Bold Quest to Lead in Electric Vehicles from 2020-08-26T06:58:57
Global investors and manufacturers are increasingly drawn to Vietnam. The proud nation of 98 million is working hard to catch up to and surpass neighbor powerhouses, Thailand and Indonesia. Now, Vi...
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Xpeng Listing on the NYSE: Good Bet or Bad Bet? from 2020-08-12T07:20:15
One of China's leading EV startups, Xpeng, gained approval this week to list on the New York Stock Exchange. The Alibaba-backed company founded in 2014 is bringing an impressive P7 sport sedan to m...
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Danny Shapiro on Nvidia's breakthroughs in autonomous technologies and AI. from 2020-08-05T07:25:19
Nvidia is the new powerhouse in chips, AI and connected car technologies. The company now carries a value higher than Intel and twice that of Qualcomm. Last month, Nvidia closed a major deal with ...
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Chris Hsiang on How to Build Business in Southeast Asian Markets from 2020-07-29T07:25:10
Southeast Asia is a regional grouping of 10 countries that differ enormously in terms of incomes, political systems, languages, histories and religions. Singapore is home to more millionaires than...
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Michael Dunne and Joe Cochrane on Indonesia: The Entrancing Market from 2020-07-24T07:15:17
Global companies are now looking beyond China to new frontier markets in Asia. For many, Indonesia is right near the top of their list. This nation of 250 million people offers incredible potenti...
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Benjamin Qiu, Partner, Loeb&Loeb LLP: The End of Hong Kong? from 2020-07-15T07:25:14
In early July, the People's Republic of China announced a sweeping National Security Law that effectively puts the clamps on free speech and democracy in Hong Kong. Apple, Facebook, and TikTok are ...
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Richard McGregor, Award-Winning Author, on China's Aggressiveness&the West's Response from 2020-07-08T07:10:18
China finds itself in antagonistic relationships with several countries including India, Canada, Japan, Australia and the United States. What's behind China's surge in aggressive behavior? And how ...
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Mary Buchzeiger, CEO of Lucerne International On China Tariffs, Covid19 and Pivoting to PPE from 2020-07-01T07:10:06
Mary Buchzeiger, CEO of Auburn Hills based Lucerne International, describes how her manufacturing company, which operates across Asia, is adjusting to the tough new realities of tariffs on Chinese ...
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How Soon Will We Have Wireless Charging For Cars with Alex Gruzen, CEO, Witricity from 2020-06-24T07:20:18
Consumers say that the biggest holding them back from buying an electric vehicle is the uncertainty around charging. How long does it take? Where to charge? Is charging cheaper than filling up a...
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Dr. Evangelos Simoudis - Author of Transportation Transformation from 2020-06-16T07:10:05
This week our host Michael J. Dunne talks with Dr. Simoudis about his new book that paints a picture of a future where autonomous mobility flows so well that are people are ready and willing to giv...
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Jamey Power on J.D Power's Strong Performance in Asia from 2020-06-10T00:31:18
Jamey Power led J.D. Power to spectacular success in Asian car markets including Japan, China, India and Southeast Asia. In our conversation, we learn what strategic tools J.D Power deployed to mak...
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Ask Us Anything: Tesla's Fast Start in China&Other Premium EVs. from 2020-06-03T07:10:06
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PAC Group CEO Shah Firoozi on the Historic Swing in Investment Pendulums and Chinese Companies Going Global from 2020-05-27T07:15:20
For twenty years, companies from around the world poured investments largely into one country: China. Now, the pendulum is swinging the other way. Shah Firoozi, Founder and CEO of The PAC Group, s...
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Paul Stepanek on Shifting Supply Chains Out of China: How Big, How Fast, How Easy? from 2020-05-20T07:25:09
COVID19 has put a magnifying glass on the world's over-reliance on China as the factory of the world. Companies and countries feel vulnerable like never before. So, now they are swiftly shifting ma...
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How Joe Hinrichs Led Ford to Record Growth and Profits in China. Hint: In Chinese they call it "Gaohao Guanxi" （搞好關係) from 2020-05-13T07:25:15
When Alan Mulally appointed Joe Hinrichs to lead Asia Pacific in 2010, Ford's China operations were stalled and losing money. Within a few years, Hinrichs led Ford to its best years ever in the PRC...
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Two China Insiders: Ken Wilcox and Coco Kee from 2020-05-06T07:10:02
In this inaugural episode of "Winning In Asia", host Michael J. Dunne talks with Ken Wilcox, Chairman Emeritus at the Silicon Valley Bank and Coco Kee, co-founder of KGA, a strategic advisory compa...
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