Category: Podcast

34. CES 2024: The Inside Scoop

34. CES 2024: The Inside Scoop

A summary for executives, capital allocators, technologists, geeks and generally enthusiastic people.  A behind-the-curtains view of trends in M&A, financing, AI, autos, autonomy, electric vehicles, and the Internet of Things.

A raw transcript is here.  More information on your host Ali Tabibian and GTK Partners.

Links to mentioned companies: Torc and Daimler Trucks; Indy Autonomous Challenge; Mercedes Benz in-vehicle NFT (no joke); L’Oreal’s generative AI; Foretellix’s ADAS development platform; wireless charging:  WiTricity and Ossia; accessibility tech: Gryogear hand stabilizer and Xander audio captioning glasses.

33. ACES Delta: A Back Door to Hydrogen Transportation

33. ACES Delta: A Back Door to Hydrogen Transportation

Can electric batteries provide power for heavy-duty and long-haul applications in trucking, mining, agriculture and shipping?  Probably not.  Most insiders think hydrogen power will be required.  Will a simultaneous investment in hydrogen production, its distribution networks and hydrogen-capable vehicles pay off?  Probably not.

Leveraging more economically justifiable uses for hydrogen outside of transportation may provide a path.  We explore how projects like the massive ACES Delta hydrogen storage facility in Utah, recently majority-owned by Chevron, could jump-start viable hydrogen transportation.

A raw transcript is here.  More information on your host Ali Tabibian and GTK Partners.

The ACES Delta website, the Department of Energy’s overview of the program, Mistubishi Power’s press releases are here, as is an excellent article on the project.

32. Joachim Rosenberg, Head of Strategy, Volvo Group

32. Joachim Rosenberg, Head of Strategy, Volvo Group

Joachim Rosenberg is with Volvo Group, one of the world’s largest producers of medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles.  He is Executive Vice President, Volvo Group Strategic Initiatives and President Volvo Energy.  Joachim describes Volvo’s deep and sincere commitment to sustainability throughout its value chain, including its suppliers, its own operations, and in the “second life” of its products after their initial use by customers.  Joachim touches on the full suite of powertrain technologies including battery electric, hydrogen fuel cell and even combustion engines.

You can find a transcript and web player here.

Learn more about Volvo and Joachim, GTK and your host Ali Tabibian. If links aren’t active in your app, please go to www.gtkpartners.com/tcm.

14. Alysia Green, CIO, Exploration Business, Chevron

14. Alysia Green, CIO, Exploration Business, Chevron

Listen to Alysia Green, Chief Information Officer of Chevron’s upstream energy exploration business, describe the interaction of Information Technology and Operational Technology.  She discusses what’s shared and what’s different,

12. Bill Ruh, CEO, GE Digital

12. Bill Ruh, CEO, GE Digital

Listen to Bill Ruh, Chief Executive Officer of GE Digital, describe the genesis of GE Digital in 2011 when he joined GE from Cisco.   Bill explains the lessons learned in establishing the leading industrial internet of things player and why GE Digital’s offerings are what they are today.  Listen to Bill describe how to innovate within a large company.

Learn more about GE Digital and Bill.  More about GTK, your host Ali Tabibian, our conferences, publications and subscriptions thereto. If links aren’t active in your app, please go to www.techcarsmachines.com.

A raw transcript is here.

06. Chuhee Lee, Vice President, VW Electronics Research Lab

06. Chuhee Lee, Vice President, VW Electronics Research Lab

Listen to Chuhee Lee, Vice President of Technology and Strategy, a veteran of Volkswagen of America’s Electronic Research Lab, describe how his group’s activities improve the user experience for the 11 million vehicles a year that the VW Group manufactures.

We’ll explore vehicle infotainment, autonomy, customization, and the evolving concept of “luxury”.

Visit Chuhee and VW ERL.  More about GTK, your host, our conferences, publications and subscriptions thereto. If links aren’t active in your app, please go to www.techcarsmachines.com.

A raw transcript is here.

05. Josh Switkes, CEO, Peloton Technologies

05. Josh Switkes, CEO, Peloton Technologies

Listen to Josh Switkes, CEO and co-founder of Peloton Technology, describe how his company enables safe tailgating between trucks, helping the industry save fuel and improve safety.   Understand why the company has raised $80MM from the likes of Intel, UPS and Volvo.

What’s unique about trucking? Why is Peloton’s implementation of limited autonomy, a proprietary truck communication technology, and a network operating center proving to be the right approach?  How does regulation influence Peloton?

Visit Josh at www.peloton-tech.com.  More about GTK, your host, our conferences, publications and subscriptions thereto.

A raw transcript is here.