20 min

Ali Javidan, Co-Founder of Range Energy: $9 Million Raised to Build the Future of Electric Semi-Trucks Category Visionaries

    • Entrepreneurship

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ali Javidan, Co-Founder of Range Energy, a new electric vehicle company focused on trailers that's raised $8 Million in funding.
Topics Discussed:
Ali’s career background, beginning in motosports before eventually transitioning to the decarbonization economy
Ali’s time spent at Tesla during the early years, and his belief that the company can make a meaningful impact
The challenges of driving innovation in the commercial transportation sector, and why it tends to be resistant to change
Why Ali believes that the majority of vehicles will be electrified in the next ten years, and prospects for the sector as a whole
How Range Energy carved a unique space for themselves, free of competitors or critics
 
Favorite book: 
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ali Javidan, Co-Founder of Range Energy, a new electric vehicle company focused on trailers that's raised $8 Million in funding.
Topics Discussed:
Ali’s career background, beginning in motosports before eventually transitioning to the decarbonization economy
Ali’s time spent at Tesla during the early years, and his belief that the company can make a meaningful impact
The challenges of driving innovation in the commercial transportation sector, and why it tends to be resistant to change
Why Ali believes that the majority of vehicles will be electrified in the next ten years, and prospects for the sector as a whole
How Range Energy carved a unique space for themselves, free of competitors or critics
 
Favorite book: 
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration

20 min