The Wild West of the Automotive Industry

In Episode 27 of Season 3, of Driven By Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Ben Boutcher-West, Chief Digitial Officer at Connected Kerb, where they discuss how data is fuelling the EV world, which includes;

• How data is fuelling the EV landscape
• Why it's now all about user convenience
• Why data is the glue that will help realise a reduced carbon environment
• Repurposing a Data Asset into a product and how it flows into the boardroom
• How data is helping to inform future policy around EV investment within both the public and private sector
• Why the EV sector is still somewhat of the ‘wild west’
• The balance between obtaining value now and being seen as the tip of the iceberg of innovation
• Making company targets and KPIs part of daily standards to inform value-generating activities
• The threefold role of any data/digital team to ensure they’re embedded into the business
• The role that data plays in helping shape a sustainable future
• How to ensure that your team is adding value
• The rise of the citizen developer
• Recommendations of people to follow for advice, hints, tips and tricks to start your own citizen developer journey
• The advantages and challenges of working in a start-up when it comes to Data
• How different environments change the role and expectation of the CDO
• The future of the EV sector
• Why there’s likely to be 50-60 EV software start-ups to be launched this year