53. Alan White, Global Head of Emerging Transportation Platforms at Siemens Smart Infrastructure

53. Alan White, Global Head of Emerging Transportation Platforms at Siemens Smart Infrastructure

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Episode 53: Making fleet electrification easy, with Alan White of Siemens.  Alan details Siemens Depot 360’s comprehensive offerings to provide a turnkey, commercially attractive path for electrifying vehicle fleets.     00:00 Introduction to Siemens   02:08 Introduction to Depot 360  02:37 Benefits and Challenges of Electrification  03:30 Siemens Smart Infrastructure  05:26 Alan White’s Background and Career  07:36 Depot 360’s Operational Insights  16:25 Global …

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52. Anja van Niersen, CEO, Milence

52. Anja van Niersen, CEO, Milence

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Episode 52: Building the Future of Electric Trucking with Anja Van Niersen Anja Van Niersen, CEO of Milence, discusses plans to establish a charging network for European long-haul trucking. Milence is a 500MM Euro joint venture amongst Daimler, Traton and Volvo trucks. 00:00 Introduction to Milence 03:04 Anja’s background and career 03:10 Milence’s mission and …

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51. Advanced Clean Transportation Expo, 2025

51. Advanced Clean Transportation Expo, 2025

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Live from Anaheim! I was at the world’s premier event for sustainable commercial transportation. Here’s a brief ~10-minute recap of key trends regarding China, electrification, sustainability’s future, and regulation. The highlight for me was driving a massive “day cab,” the driver part of a semi-truck.  You can see the video at www.gtkpartners.com/act25

50. Patrick Macdonald-King, CEO, Greenlane

50. Patrick Macdonald-King, CEO, Greenlane

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Episode 50: Building the Future of Electric Trucking with Patrick Macdonald-King of Greenlane In this milestone 50th episode of Tech. Cars. Machines., Patrick Macdonald-King, CEO of Greenlane, discusses plans to establish a charging network from the port of Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Greenlane is a $650MM joint venture amongst Daimler Trucks North America, NextEra …

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49. Shahin Farshchi Ph.D, General Partner at Lux Capital

49. Shahin Farshchi Ph.D, General Partner at Lux Capital

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Lux Capital General Partner Shahin Farshchi, PhD, talked with me about his background, Lux’s history, and how the firm came to position itself as the leading investor in hard-tech. A focus on outstanding teams, market readiness, patience and taking the lead from entrepreneurs on the “next great sector” has led to investments such as Anduril, …

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48. Mark Papermaster, CTO and EVP at AMD

48. Mark Papermaster, CTO and EVP at AMD

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AMD’s Mark Papermaster, CTO and EVP, talked with me about his background, AMD’s history, and how the company came to position itself as a “bankable supplier” with one of the most diverse semiconductor portfolios for the age of AI: CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, accelerators, custom development, and with rack-scale systems with the pending acquisition of ZT …

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47. Steve Patton, Americas Automotive Sector Leader at EY

47. Steve Patton, Americas Automotive Sector Leader at EY

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Steve Patton shares EY’s perspective on how consumer demand and regulations shape the automotive landscape.  We touch on Chinese car makers, sustainability, electrification, autonomy and logistics.  Is sustainability self-sustaining, or does it still need regulatory incentives?  Steve explains.   Note the “skip to” audio time stamps below.  You can read the related article here in 3 minutes.      …

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46. CES 2025, Marinated

46. CES 2025, Marinated

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With the advantage of letting a few days pass before collecting my thoughts, two themes came into focus.  First, the rise of Chinese auto companies, and the mainstreaming of electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles and IoT were starkly clear.  Second, I explain why there seems to me to be a correlation between exhibitor behavior and their …

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45. Everybody Still Hates Tesla, Part 2

45. Everybody Still Hates Tesla, Part 2

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Has any company made a bigger impact on the automotive sector in the last decade than Tesla? Love them or hate them, in electrification, auto dealership structure and passenger car autonomy Tesla has masterfully used the extraordinary latitude it’s been afforded by investors to disrupt of the industry.  We revisit and offer updated commentary from …

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44. Everybody Still Hates Tesla, Part 1

44. Everybody Still Hates Tesla, Part 1

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Has any company made a bigger impact on the automotive sector in the last decade than Tesla? Love them or hate them, Tesla has masterfully used the extraordinary latitude it’s been afforded by investors and customers to disrupt the profit, supply and dealership structure of the industry.  This latitude is also potentially the Company’s biggest weakness, contributing …

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