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Fast Forward is a bi-weekly podcast covering the revolution in urban mobility. Hosted by CEO and Founder of CoMotion, John Rossant, each episode features a guest on the front lines of the transformation in transportation, along with fun and incisive commentary on that week’s news — from batteries to bicycles to whether Elon really means it’s “full self-driving” this time. (Spoiler: he doesn’t.) Fast Forward is powered by CoMotion.
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Fueling the Future: Next-Gen Hydrogen with Alex Ivanenko
On this episode, John is joined by Alex Ivanenko of Hywatts, a company leveraging proprietary reversible fuel cell technology to make electricity from hydrogen abundant, portable, and affordable. Hear about the challenges of producing sustainable fuel, what hydrogen production might mean for the next generation of automotives, and how the grid of tomorrow will be made more resilient and decentralized.
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Beyond the Car: What's Next in the Age of Adaptive Mobility?
On this episode, John Rossant is joined by Carlo Ratti, a professor and thought leader at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he leads the MIT Senseable City Lab, an innovative research team dedicated to investigating the transformative effects of new technologies on urban environments, from how we comprehend and craft them to how we inhabit our city spaces. Listen for a conversation on the end of the automobile's dominance in cities, what cities-from-scratch will have to contend with, and how existing cities will have to adapt to new modes.
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Join us next month at CoMotion MIAMI '24, May 6-7. Get your pass now: www.comotionmiami.com/register
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Measure HLA: Is this LA's mobility inflection point?
On this episode of the Fast Forward podcast by CoMotion, John Rossant is joined by Michael Schneider, CEO & Founder of Streets For All, the organization behind the recently passed Measure HLA in Los Angeles. Measure HLA requires Los Angeles to add more than 230 miles of bike lanes and 300 miles of bus improvements - but can the car capital of the country really change? Listen for a discussion on the lessons of HLA's success, what the future holds for Los Angeles, and how other cities can adapt the Streets for All playbook.
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Join us next at CoMotion MIAMI '24, May 6-7. Save 50% off on your pass, discount ends March 13: www.comotionmiami.com/register
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Join a powerful network of startups and get a chance to pitch infront of VCs, key players, sign up to be part of the CoMotion Innovators 2024 Cohort. Learn more: comotionmiami.com/comotion-innovators
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Women at the Helm: Female Mobility Leaders in Conversation
In this special episode of the Fast Forward Podcast, we celebrate International Women's Day with an all female panel on gender equality in the mobility sector, from CoMotion LA '23. Joining us for the discussion: Laura Rubio-Cornejo, General Manager, City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation; Hilary Norton, California Transportation Commissioner and Executive Director & Founder of FASTLinkDTLA; Katherine Perez, Principal, ARUP; Heather Anderson, Associate Vice President, HNTB. These types of discussions underscore the crucial need to include women in decision-making roles at all levels and illuminates the diverse range of challenges and opportunities that women face within the mobility sector.
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Join us next at CoMotion MIAMI '24, May 6-7. Save 50% off on your pass, discount ends March 13: www.comotionmiami.com/register
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Join a powerful network of startups and get a chance to pitch infront of VCs, key players, sign up to be part of the CoMotion Innovators 2024 Cohort. Learn more: comotionmiami.com/comotion-innovators
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LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/CoMotionNEWS
Twitter: twitter.com/CoMotionNEWS
YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCUdylw5XdxHdaXi-1KGwJnQ -
How Carbon Fiber & Composites are Eliminating Mobility's Weight Problem
On the latest episode of the Fast Forward Podcast, we look at state-of-the-art carbon fiber lightweighting with Evangelos Zympeloudis, Co-Founder & CEO of iCOMAT, a startup based in Bristol, UK, and recent winner of the LA New Mobility Challenge 2023, that is revolutionizing the next generation of cars, trains, planes and spacecraft to be more lighter and sustainable than ever.
Tune in to learn about:
- The weight problem in mobility, with some EVs and SUVs ballooning up to 3 tonnes.
- Game-changing Rapid Tow Shearing process that disrupts the way we design composites leading to lighter, more sustainable and lower cost structures.
- The challenges to make an early stage technology and commercialise it.
- How Bristol, UK is the biggest hub for carbon fibre and composites in the world.
- The impact Brexit has had on businesses to access grants and hiring talented engineers.
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Learn more about iCOMAT: https://icomat.co.uk/
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Join key stakeholders and startups like iCOMAT at CoMotion MIAMI '24, May 6-7. Save 50% off on your pass: www.comotionmiami.com/register
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Join a powerful network of startups and get a chance to pitch infront of VCs, key players, sign up to be part of the CoMotion Innovators 2024 Cohort. Learn more: comotionmiami.com/comotion-innovators
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LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/CoMotionNEWS
Twitter: twitter.com/CoMotionNEWS
YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCUdylw5XdxHdaXi-1KGwJnQ -
The Big Mobility Trends to Watch with Seleta Reynolds & Olaf Sakkers
2024 looks to be a decisive year for many maturing trends in mobility, from electrification to autonomy to digitized fares; it can be hard, however, to tell the hype from hard facts. To help decipher, John Rossant, CEO at CoMotion, is joined by Seleta Reynolds, Head of Innovation at LA Metro, and Olaf Sakkers, mobility thinker and partner at RedBlue capital, for a discussion on everything the coming year in mobility has to offer.