Tales from the 2023 New Mobility Congress — Day 1

The New Mobility Congress 2023 is over. The mud has settled and we will now mirror on what was mentioned, introduced, or predicted over the three September days in central Poland. In the event you learn my invitation to the occasion, you understand the organizers managed to “create a novel venue for key stakeholders within the zero-emission transport know-how sector from throughout Europe.” The principle matter areas included development of e-mobility, in fact, the battery market, the electrical heavy-duty car market, company fleets, and hydrogen, which I’ve at all times been skeptical about.

I had the privilege to interview key contributors of the congress and ask them concerning the now and the long run. I additionally created a novel venue — my interviews have been held in an previous Opel Blitz camper from 1974. It’s nonetheless operating on gasoline, however the plan is to transform it into an electrical drivetrain (extra about that later). Benefit from the e-conversations of day 1 beneath.

Sean Maguire, Strategic Partnerships & Communications Director at Clear Air Fund, supplied a superb alternative to ask about low-emission zones and the way they will speed up the electrical transition. Additionally, concerning one thing that pursuits me personally due to the place I reside, he was additionally capable of discuss whether or not they’re just for massive cities.

Subsequent up: Man Hitchcock, Technical Director of Low Emission Cities at Ricardo Clear Vitality & Environmental Options. This continued the low-emission zones dialogue, or clear air zones as Man prefers to name them. We mentioned the challenges, greenwashing, the way to keep away from these issues, and rather more.

On to William Todts, Government Director of Transport & Surroundings. Will we stand an opportunity competing with China and the US? Can Europe speed up much more in the direction of the electrical transition? And what’s the low hanging fruit within the transition? These are questions we posed to William.

Final however undoubtedly not least from this New Mobility Congress interview roundup: Peter Badik, Co-Founder and Managing Companion at GreenWay. There is no such thing as a must introduce this man to longtime CleanTechnica readers. He has been a CleanTechnica reader for greater than a decade and we’ve collaborated (or a minimum of used the GreenWay community) many instances. It felt like speaking to a good friend, and it felt just a little sentimental remembering the beginnings of e-mobility in Poland in 2016 when CleanTechnica was pushing the agenda and supporting the younger, nascent EV efforts right here. Please get pleasure from this discussing and provides Peter a spherical of applause for what he and his group are doing right here.