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On this first episode of "Accelerated" Season 2, I spoke with Drake Star Senior Advisor, Stefan Krause - Founder of Canoo, CFO of Faraday Future, BMW, and Deutsche Bank. Stefan shared his views on the EV revolution (and the non-obvious challenge for legacy brands in the transition), when we can expect to see autonomy on the road, building brands, making the transition from a corporate career to entrepreneurship, and why SPACs are here to stay. Stefan Krause is a Senior Advisor to Drake Star Partners and currently the CIO and CFO of Levere Holdings Acquisition Corp. a SPAC focused on Mobility in Europe. Before this he has been a successful entrepreneur in the Electric Car industry. Before founding EVelozcity he was the CFO and COO at Faraday Future in Los Angeles, Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of Canoo, COO and President of Fisker. Stefan has approximately 30 years of experience in the automotive and banking industries. Most notably, Stefan was Global CFO of BMW AG and Global CFO at Deutsche Bank. During Stefan's 20 year long career at BMW he held various positions in Engineering, Sales, Marketing & Financial Services at BMW in Germany and the US. In 2002 he was promoted to the Board of Management of BMW as Global CFO. During his tenure he was also CEO of Rolls Royce and closely involved with the relaunch of the MINI Brand. Stefan has a high passion for automobiles and the future of mobility, with extensive experience in marketing and lifestyle brands. His love for cars coupled with his deep network in automotive, finance and technology has motivated him to pursue his life-long dream of creating an EV brand in an effort to address the rising demand and the future of clean mobility. https://golomb.net (Find me) https://golomb.net/pitching/ (Online Course "Pitching Like A Boss") https://www.drakestar.com (Drake Star Partners) Support this podcast
Ride ownership is down and ride hailing services are up. So what are companies to do in this day in age. Ask former company EVelozcity as they answer the question on everyone's mind. What is the future of mobility? We answer that question on this week's podcast. Everett J.
SPECIAL GUEST: Greg Wallace, GM Heritage CenterTOPICS:- Carlos Tavares Goes Shopping: What Looks Good?- GM to Invest 2.7-billion in Brazil: How Do You Say Yikes in Portuguese- Evelozcity Talks to Magna Steyr About Building EVs in U.S.PANEL:- Craig Cole, AutoGuide.com- James Amend, WardsAuto.com- Gary Vasilash, AD and P
With a title like "In Charge of Mobility", you get the impression that KT Neumann looks at things a little differently, and that's what intrigued us about his company Evelozcity and its modular approach to the mobility puzzle, all based on...a skateboard.
Episode 11. John Rossant sits down with KT Neumann, In Charge of Mobility for Evelozcity, to discuss the future of cars. The Evelozcity project is all about bringing electric cars to the masses and disrupting car ownership. Evelozcity cars are developed for city use and ride-sharing, with a radical new design and a whole new business model. KT Neumann believes the car of the future will just be a device in a larger ecosystem of mobility, and Evelozcity cars are connected to a blockchain powered marketplace.
Episode 11. John Rossant sits down with KT Neumann, In Charge of Mobility for Evelozcity, to discuss the future of cars. The Evelozcity project is all about bringing electric cars to the masses and disrupting car ownership. Evelozcity cars are developed for city use and ride-sharing, with a radical new design and a whole new business model. KT Neumann believes the car of the future will just be a device in a larger ecosystem of mobility, and Evelozcity cars are connected to a blockchain powered marketplace.
Wenige deutsche Manager verstehen von der Automobilindustrie so viel wie Karl-Thomas Neumann. Seine Karriere startete er bei Motorola, und bei Continental und Volkswagen setze er sie fort. Zuletzt war er Chef von Opel und saß im Board von General Motors, bevor Opel an PSA verkauft wurde. Nach seinem Ausstieg beim Traditionshersteller wagte Neumann einen außergewöhnlichen Schritt: Er schloss sich dem kalifornischen Startup Evelozcity in Los Angeles an. Mit einem Team von rund 300 Leuten entwickelt er ein revolutionäres neues Elektroauto, das 2021 auf den Markt kommen soll. Im Gespräch mit Christoph Keese schildert Neumann in ungewohnt offenen Worten, wo die traditionelle Autoindustrie irrt, warum und wie die Disruption zuschlagen wird, weshalb Verbrennungsmotoren verschwinden werden und warum die Zukunft dem Abonnement-Modell statt dem Fahrzeugkauf gehört. Neumanns Thesen sind klar, präzise, frisch, provokant und inspirierend. Er gibt einen außergewöhnlich offenen Einblick in die Werkstatt von Evelozcity. Diese Folge ist etwas länger als gewohnt, weil Neumann so viele interessante Dinge zu berichten hat. Tonqualität: Studio
The Sunday Times' tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Stefan Krause, founder of $1bn electric car startup Evelozcity, to talk about why cars look like they do (5:40), why electric vehicles will be dramatically different (6:30), a car for megacities (10:00), raising $1bn (13:05), the importance of batteries (14:30), pricing the car at $35,000 (18:00), ending up in California (22:45), developing their first car in 5 months (24:45), the death of ‘range anxiety’ (28:55), not being the next Studebaker (29:45), going from giant companies to a startup (32:30), how he built a casino (34:00), handling Deutsche Bank during the financial crisis (35:15), whether Detroit think’s electric cars are coming (39:10), and growing up in Pablo Escobar's Colombia (42:50). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Monday 23rd April 2018. The current Model 3 Tracker from Tom Randall and Dean Halford, as updated on 16th April, shows 16,587 cars produced, and a current rate of 2,731 Model 3’s being built per week. BEIJING MOTOR SHOW Auto China 2018, which opens this week, follows Beijing's decision to allow full foreign ownership of Chinese automakers in a move to make the industry more flexible as it promotes electrics” report CTV.ca: “That is reflected in the auto show lineup: Global and Chinese brands including General Motors Co., Volkswagen AG and Nissan Motor Co. plan to display dozens of electrics and hybrids, from luxurious SUVs to compacts priced as low as 152,000 yuan ($24,000). "There is huge potential for vehicle electrification here," said Roland Krueger, chairman of Infiniti Motor Co., Nissan's luxury brand. “VW is due to launch 15 electrics and hybrids in the next two to three years as part of a 10 billion euro ($12 billion) development plan announced in November. Nissan is unveiling an electric model at the auto show designed for China and will display the updated version of its LEAF and an electric concept car. The Japanese automaker also plans to develop a lower-priced electric with a local partner, state-owned Dongfeng Motor Co. Two more versions of that are to be sold under their jointly owned Venucia brand. China’s BYD Auto, the biggest global maker of electrics by volume with 2017 sales of 113,669 units, plans to unveil two new hybrid SUVs and an electric concept car. The company also plans to display nine other hybrid and plug-in electric models” VOLKSWAGEN LAUNCH PIKES PEAK CHALLENGER The Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak. As the name implies, this is made to tackle the world's most infamous hill climb. The car was unveiled yesterday in France before its first shakedown. 0-60 in 2.25 seconds, there is 500kW power, which generates 680bhp. It is all wheel drive and tops out at 150mph. That 0-60 time by the way is quicker than a Formula E or Formula 1 car. "As with the Volkswagen brand's production vehicles, fully-electric racing cars will also play an increasingly important role for us in the future," said Sven Smeets, Volkswagen Motorsport director. "The cooperation within the group really helped us, particularly given the tight schedule. For example, we received support from the Volkswagen battery plant in Braunschweig and worked together with the technical development department in Wolfsburg." EXPERIENCED DIRECTOR FOR EV STARTUP The Financial Times in the UK reported yesterday on former Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann joining the directors at Evelozcity, an electric-car startup backed by former Faraday Future CFO Stefan Krause. It was last year when Opel and Vauxhall was sold by GM to PSA Peugeot Citroen. Before joining Opel he was an EV advocate at VW and wanted to move Opel into an electric era. Evelozcity wants to develop a "skateboard architecture" that different bodies can be placed on, and they see opportunities for personal cars, delivery vehicles and ride-hailing EVs. PLUG IN HYBRID JAGUAR XE COMING There is a plug in version of the Jaguar XE coming soon, in a bid to take on the Plug In battle tot eh BMW 330e. The car’s powertrain combines a 1.5-litre three-cylinder petrol engine with an electric motor, which also serves as the engine’s starter motor, to enable a limited range of pure electric running” says Sam Sheehan at Autocar: “The electrified powertrain will use a lithium-ion battery pack that comes as part of new 48V electrical architecture. The system is to be shared with the Range Rover Evoque PHEV from Jaguar's sister brand, Land Rover, as well as other models from the group.” Car makers are all trying to plug gaps left by the diesel sales falling off a cliff but for Jaguar Land Rover, Diesel was 90% of their sales. BYTON BRING THE ELECTRIC STYLE TO MILAN Chinese EV maker Byton says they’re 85% production ready, after showing off their SUV at the Milan Design Week last week. Byton’s factory in Nanjing, China made it’s first protoype last week too. They are set to go on sale first in China in late 2019, before arriving in Europe and the United States in 2020. A recap on the specs: Battery: 71 or 95 kWhfor 250 miles (400 km) or 323 (520 km) of range Powertrain: 200 kW rear-wheel drive or 350 kW all-wheel drive Byton’s design chief, Benoit Jacob, says of the fledgling range: “We worked on the family from the beginning, and designed it so we can avoid re-engineering things every single time from an architecture and platform point of view. That means we can have a price point that is really attractive.” I’d love to spread the word about electric cars so, if you can, share this somebody who might be interested. 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Today on Kilowatt we talk about Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tesla, VW, Nissan, Australia, Faraday Future, EVelozcity, Ford GM, and Audi. Patreon Patreon.com/kilowatt Tesla Referral Code serenad2103 Guest Plugs None Things I Like Tesla: The Life and Times Podcast Video Model X vs Narrow Bridge New Autopilot Update Tesla Semi Nissan IMx The News GM invest 100 million in self-driving Chevy Bolt Nissan Leaf Crossover VW to start producing I.D. prototypes Ford to invest 11 billion dollars in EV's and Hybrids Ford teases upcoming electric vehicles Audi confirms e-tron Quattro Audi to announce new vehicle every three weeks EVelozcity is a Unicorn...maybe Faraday Future ready to start production on the FF91 Model S & X production improved Tesla bids on Colorado battery system Tesla's South Australia battery installation called the Kim Kardashian of energy Tesla Semi broken down? Model 3 production upgrades Model 3 still needs work Model 3 gets heated rear seats Model 3 to get Auto-Dimming headlights in the future Tesla to increase price at the Supercharger Tesla Drive-in Shanghai and Tesla still negotiating Arnold Schwarzenegger charge the oil industry with first degree murder Other Podcasts Snap iMessage Stickers: Christmas Ornaments Miss Kawaii Sticker Pack Thanksgiving Sticker Pack 1 Faces Sticker Pack Contact Info: Email - bodie @ 918Digital .com Voicemail - 918-401-0071 Twitter - @918Digital Website - https://www.kilowatt.bz [Podcast Art courtesy of StockUnlimited][35]