Peter Rawlinson, CEO, Lucid, On Creating A World-Class Luxury Electric Car to Steal Mercedes-Benz S Class Buyers
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 effici...
11 Nov 202042min
Bettina Weiss, SEMI, on why semiconductors are the crucial backbone of the cars of the future.
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 are t...
4 Nov 202041min
Olaf Sakkers, Co-Founder Maniv Mobility, on Venture Capital Investing in Mobility Start-Ups
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. Maniv...
28 Okt 202047min
Scott Kennedy on How US-China Relations Will Change After the US Election
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 relationshi...
21 Okt 202052min
Kurt Kelty, VP, Automotive at Sila Nanotechnologies on coming breakthroughs in EV batteries.
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 nex...
14 Okt 202044min
Dexter Roberts, Author, The Myth of Chinese Capitalism on the China's Risky Future
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 will h...
30 Sep 20201h
Kevin Whitcraft, Founder and CEO of the RMA Group, On Opportunities in Asia's Frontier Markets
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 gl...
23 Sep 202031min
John Voelcker on the European Electric Car Offensive
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 new...
16 Sep 202042min
