Ride: The Urban Mobility Podcast
Hosted by Martin Kahl and Jonny Combe, Ride is all about the journey. We explore the ways that rapid developments in technology, evolutions in business models, changes in working styles, and new approaches to the work-life balance are shaping and changing urban mobility.
Episodes
44 episodes
Episode 43: The one about car-sharing, with Enterprise Mobility and MILES Mobility
GUESTS: Oz Choudhri, Enterprise Mobility and Oliver Mackprang, MILES MobilityABOUT THIS EPISODEAs regular listeners know, RIDE is not an automotive podcast. However, this episode is all about cars.We all know the ...
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Episode 42: Autonomous trucks for first-mile, last-mile and 18,000 miles, feat. Kodiak and StreetDrone
GUESTS: Mark Preston, StreetDrone; Dan Goff, Kodiak Robotics; Lukas Neckermann, PAVE Europe & Neckermann Strategic AdvisorsABOUT THIS EPISODEAutonomous passenger cars are just one aspect of autonomous vehicle d...
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Episode 41: Delivering the goods in the EV age, feat. Inderveer Singh, EVage Motors
GUEST: Inderveer Singh, CEO, EVage MotorsABOUT THIS EPISODEEVage Motors pitches itself not as an electric commercial vehicle company, but as "a tech-driven, innovations-led, purpose-p...
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Episode 40: The Wunder-ful world of future mobility, with Gunnar Froh
Guest: Gunnar Froh, CEO, Wunder MobilityABOUT THIS EPISODEWunder Mobility provides white label software-as-a-service (SAAS) and hardware for vehicle sharing operators with fleets of e-bikes, e-scooters, e-mopeds, a...
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Episode 39: The smell of future mobility, feat. Tristan Rousselle, Aryballe
GUEST: Tristan Rousselle, Founder & CEO, AryballeABOUT THIS EPISODEWhat is digital nose technology? And what role could it play in future mobility?Our guest on this episode is Tristan Rousselle, founder and CE...
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Episode 38: Inside the 15-minute city, with Carlos Moreno
GUEST: Professor Carlos MorenoABOUT THIS EPISODEWhen we first conceived the Ride podcast, one of the topics at the top of the list was the 15-minute city. This episode features an interview with Professor Carlos Moreno of...
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Episode 37: The one about electric tuktuks
GUESTS: Chris Borroni-Bird, Afreecar; Prodip Chatterjee, Nunam; Sukhjeevan Uppal, eTukTuk ABOUT THIS EPISODEMobility for all means just that - it shouldn't be available only to those fortunate enough to be fre...
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Episode 36: Designing the future of mobility, feat. Dan Sturges
GUESTS: Dan Sturges and Lukas NeckermannABOUT THIS EPISODELifelong car fan and vehicle designer Dan Sturges discusses his new book, ‘Near to Far: A design for a new equitable and sustainable transportation syst...
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Episode 35: Mind the gap: Accessibility in urban mobility, feat. Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
GUESTS: Sandra Witzel, CMO SkedGo, and Baroness Tanni Grey-ThompsonABOUT THIS EPISODE"Mobility for all" is an oft-used and well-intentioned phrase – but images of urban mobility and new mobility solutions rarely fe...
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Episode 34: Adding noise to electric last mile delivery, with Stefan Krause, CEO, B-ON
GUEST: Stefan Krause, CEO, B-ONABOUT THIS EPISODEStefan Krause returns to Ride: The Urban Mobility Podcast for a more in-depth discussion about B-ON, the challenges and opportunities of last mile delivery and fleet electr...
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Episode 33: "The Netflix for cars" feat. Alain Visser, CEO, Lynk & Co
GUEST: Alain Visser, Chief Executive, Lynk & CoABOUT THIS EPISODEOur guest for this episode is Alain Visser, the founder and CEO of Lynk & Co, a car company that’s trying to do things a little differently.<...
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Episode 32: Do Automakers 'Get' Sustainable Mobility? Feat. Sono Motors, Lynk & Co, Hyundai, and Hogan Lovells
GUESTS: Jona Christians, Sono Motors; Alain Visser, Lynk & Co; Marcus Welz, Hyundai Motor Europe; and Patrick Ayad, Hogan LovellsABOUT THIS EPISODEFor over a century, automakers have been selling a dream - namely, a m...
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Episode 31: Auto Industry Giants Discuss the Road Map to Net Zero
GUESTS: Dr Thomas Becker, BMW Group; Monica Perez Lobo, Toyota Motor Europe; Kunal Phalpher, Li-Metal.ABOUT THIS EPISODEThis episode of the Ride podcast is brought to you in partnership with Reuters Events. It was r...
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Episode 30: How to produce cost-effective electric vehicles, feat. BMW, Renault, & NavVis
GUESTS: Philippe Brunet, Renault Group; Felix Reinshagen, NavVis; Dr Michael Kohnhäuser, BMW GroupABOUT THIS EPISODEThis episode of Ride is brought to you in partnership with Reuters Events, and was recorde...
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Episode 29: In search of a European EV battery champion - feat. Yann Vincent, ACC
GUEST: YANN VINCENT, CEO OF AUTOMOTIVE CELLS COMPANY (ACC)ABOUT THIS EPISODEThis episode of Ride: The Urban Mobility Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Reuters Events. It was recorded at
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Episode 28: Going carbon-free is no free lunch
GUESTS: Lukas Neckermann, David Woessner, Olaf SakkersABOUT THIS EPISODEFor a consumer, the best price is no price at all. After all, free is the magic number.But we all know that nothing in life is ever really fre...
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Episode 27: "The Spotify of Micromobility" feat. Human Forest founder Agustin Guilisasti
GUEST: Augustin Guilisasti, founder and CEO of Human ForestABOUT THIS EPISODEIf you’ve spent any time in London in the last couple of years, you’ll have seen green electric bikes bearing the name Human Forest. But it’s no...
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Episode 26: Transforming fleets with electrification and connectivity - feat. B-ON & Ridecell
GUESTS: Stefan Krause, B-ON, and Mark Thomas, RidecellABOUT THIS EPISODEImproving the efficiency of urban mobility means improving not just the way we move people, but also the way we move goods – from the shipment of eve...
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Episode 25: Can Chinese EV maker Nio plug into Europe? Feat. Hui Zhang
GUEST: Hui Zhang, Group Vice President, NioABOUT THIS EPISODEAs the established global automakers struggle to transition from the combustion engine to zero emission motoring, there's a growing number of well financ...
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Episode 24: From Top Gear to TikTok: Keeping mobility brands relevant
GUESTS: Andy Wilman, The Grand Tour; Scott Mansell, Driver61; Mat Watson, Carwow; Jack Carter, TikTokABOUT THIS EPISODEIn 2015, Top Gear was one of the most successful British television exports, YouTube seemed you...
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Episode 23: How a Taxi App became a European Smart Mobility Giant, with FREE NOW's Silvia Fischer
GUEST: Silvia Fischer, VP Smart Mobility, FREE NOWABOUT THIS EPISODEMobility super apps are something we’ve talked about before on the podcast – these are apps which combine all forms of travel in a city to enable you to ...
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Episode 22: From Autobahn to auto ban? Why Heidelberg wants to go car-free
GUEST: Raoul Schmidt-Lamontain, Heidelberg's Mayor for Climate Protection, Environment and MobilityABOUT THIS EPISODEThe city of Heidelberg is a picturesque Roman city in the South-West of Germany. A university town, the ...
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Episode 21: Learning to fly: Advanced air mobility, feat. Joby Aviation
GUESTS: Bonny Simi, Joby Aviation, and Robin Riedel, McKinseyABOUT THIS EPISODEIt's the stuff of childhood dreams: the flying car that slashes journey time, avoiding traffic, and taking you directly to your destina...
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Episode 20: What is Truck as a Service? feat. Volta Trucks
GUEST: Carl-Magnus Norden, Founder and Executive Chairman, Volta TrucksABOUT THIS EPISODEOne of the most exciting things as mobility evolves is the appearance of not only new technologies, and new business models, ...
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