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SMART ENERGY TALK

We share our thoughts and experiences of smart energy, the Grid, E2G, hydrogen fuel cells, battery cars and talking unicorns. They've got more in common than you'd think.

When you have worked for an automotive OEM like Ford Motor Company as a car product planner you get to know what it costs to create a car. Let me tell you, even with carry-over or common floor-pans, or today's digital design and 3D printing, creating an auto is an expensive business. Just changing a crease on a deck lid or front fender can cost millions in tooling, testing and design so I was more than a bit surprised when I read this in Forbes yesterday: "Zoox knows it needs hefty investment

How can you create a fully autonomous taxi for "just" $800 million while Ford waits in the wings

Ash Gupta

07/20/2018
In June Transport for London [TfL] announced that they would be introducing a fleet of 240 all-electric buses in London starting with the first 68 being introduced by mid 2019. The new bus fleet is being manufactured as part of a collaborative global consortium between Chinese based OEM BYD, Alexander Dennis Limited of Scotland and UK based Optare. This will be the first and largest order for their new all electric twin-deck electric buses. I find this decision inconsistent as TfL is already

Will Hydrogen vs e-Power be the next VHS vs Betamax type battle with knobs on?

Ash Gupta

07/12/2018
During the 2013 launch preparations for the BMW i-Brand I was given the run-down on what the BMW i-3 could do by one of the engineers at their Leipzig production facility. Back in 2013 the BMW i-3 could neatly and safely park itself. Sensing that I might be a "good egg", the demo-guru invited me to stand in the way of an i-3 which was about to self park, that is without warning me what was about to happen. Then this driverless i-3 just headed towards me while I was standing within the space it

If you're sceptical about autonomous cars, let me show you what's coming from BMW in AI, ML and ACs

Ash Gupta

05/25/2018