Tech. Cars. Machines‪.‬ Ali Tabibian, GTK Partners

Interested in a piece of a $400 billion pie from which Tesla once took a $465MM bite?  Chris Creed, Chief Investment Officer of the Department of Energy’s Loan Program’s Office spoke to me about how the pie is made available to innovators or scalers in renewable energy and energy infrastructure.  He discussed suitable projects, financial … Read More Read More

GE’s “fuels guy” and current Global Hydrogen Value Chain Leader at GE Vernova, Dr. Jeffrey Goldmeer, shares his 23 years of experience and insight on energy generation, energy transition, the electric grid, and the role of hydrogen. We got technical in an accessible way about electric grid characteristics and how the transition to carbon-free sources … Read More Read More

You get a billion! And you get a billion! And YOU get a billion! (repeat 4 more times). The Department of Energy recently announced seven recipients of a total $7 billion who will build hydrogen hubs around the U.S.  The auto and steel sectors, concentrated around Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, are covered by the Midwest … Read More Read More

Cars that drive themselves not enough for you? How about trucks? 80,000 pound trucks.  Flying down the highway. Peter Vaughan Schmidt, CEO of Torc Robotics, an independent autonomy holding of Daimler Truck, describes his “no hobbies” focus on long-haul, Class 8 applications. From, “no hobbies”, to  scalable commercial deployment in 2027, to “no limits” afterwards! … Read More Read More

Cars that drive themselves not enough for you? How about when they do it at 192 MPH? And head-to-head on a racetrack. With no remote intervention. In total darkness. Paul Mitchell, Chairman and President of the Indy Autonomous Challenge, and I talk at the Las Vegas International Speedway. He tells me how this is possible, … Read More Read More

A summary for executives, capital allocators, technologists, geeks and generally enthusiastic people.  A behind-the-curtains view of trends in M&A, financing, AI, autos, autonomy, electric vehicles, and the Internet of Things. A raw transcript is here.  More information on your host Ali Tabibian and GTK Partners. Links to mentioned companies: Torc and Daimler Trucks; Indy Autonomous Challenge; … Read More Read More