Driving with Dunne

Doron Myersdorf, Founder and CEO of StoreDot, dives into the world of extreme fast charging technology for electric vehicles. With his team aiming for a revolutionary '100 miles in 5 minutes' charge, he explains the technical innovations like nanosilicon that make it possible. Doron shares insights on partnerships with major players like Samsung and BP, and his vision for how this technology will reshape the charging experience. He also discusses the future of EV infrastructure, challenges in battery supply, and the excitement around upcoming demonstrations.

Reuters has just published a blockbuster forecast: Global automakers plan to invest $1.2 trillion in electric vehicles, batteries and supply chains between now and 2030. That is a massive, unprecedented number in the 130-year history of the auto industry. Just how big is 1.2 trillion? It is the equivalent to the GDP of Spain. It is also the same as Apple's market cap. Which companies are investing the most? Where are their investments concentrated? Is it in new vehicles, batteries, mining or something else? Author of this important report, Paul Lienert, tells us that the 2022 projection of $1.2 trillion in new investments is twice the 2021 number. What has caused the sudden spike in EV investing? And who will be winners and losers in 2030? #DrivingWithDunne / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/

Li-Cycle is a lithium-ion battery recycling company co-founded in 2016 by Tim Johnston and Ajay Kochhar, engineers with deep experience in minerals and mining. By 2025, there will be 900,000 tons of end of life batteries that need processing in North America and Europe. Li-Cycle is ramping up capacity to meet that future demand with operations in Arizona, Alabama, New York and Ohio.There are also new headquarters opening in Switzerland and Singapore. In this episode, Austrlaian-native Tim Johnston walks us through what happens to batteries after their cells are depleted. Do they go to a giant battery junkyard? No, battery scrap material and end-of-life batteries are shredded and then recycled into materials for new batteries. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021, Li-Cycle is now valued at close to one billion dollars.#DrivingWithDunne / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/

Metis Engineering founder Joe Holdwarth got his start working on nuclear submarines. Today, he spends his days and nights finding ways to prevent thermal runaway events in electric cars. EV battery fires are rare. According to experts, fires occur just 5 times for every billion miles traveled. For internal combustion engine-powered vehicles, the number is 55. But when there is a thermal runaway event, the results can be catastrophic. A fire in one battery cell spreads quickly to hundreds of others. And because fires are fueled by chemicals, they are difficult to bring under control. Often firefighters can only let fires burn themselves out. Automakers, battery manufacturers and expert engineering companies worldwide are working to develop early warning systems that shut down the battery before a fire can begin. One such company is Metis Engineering based in Bristol, England. What is venting? And how do the sensors developed by Metis act as life-saving early warning systems? #DrivingWithDunne / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/

What does living in a surveillance state look like? Well, now we know, thanks to a brilliant new book, Surveillance State, by Wall Street Journal veteran correspondents Josh Chin and Liza Lin. With more than 25 years on the ground in the People's Republic between them, Josh and Liza give us a firsthand look into how the Chinese government controls the behavior of 1.3 billion people around the clock. There is extensive and invasive policing using all forms of advanced technologies from millions of high resolution cameras to facial, voice and even gait recognition. There is nowhere to hide in the PRC. Will China attempt to export its social controls to other countries? Is your personal data already in Chinese hands? Josh and Liza, who are now persona non grata in China, deliver a candid and accurate picture of the what may become a global trend in social control. #DrivingWithDunne / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/

Henry Sanderson witnessed the explosion in demand for cars in China while living in Shanghai and Beijing from 2007 to 2014. He found the pace and magnitude of growth alarming. Then he returned to London where he began covering minerals and commodities for the Financial Times. Soon, he realized the world was stepping to a global super cycle around the minerals that feed into batteries. Demand for critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, copper and nickel were on track to explode in line with the world's voracious appetite for electric cars. Sanderson takes us inside the complex and high-stakes world of mining, an area where companies are quietly making billions of dollars. Who will be the winners and who will be the losers in this race for supremacy in electrics, batteries, battery supply chains and minerals? Sanderson delivers an accurate and up-to-date picture of the players, the regulators and the costs of going green on the Driving With Dunne podcast. #DrivingWithDunne / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/

Lars Carlstrom is a Swedish-born entrepreneur with a gift for identifying the next big opportunity. In 2019, he co-founded Britshvolt and quickly persuaded industrialists and politicians in the UK to endorse the idea of a national champion British battery company. In 2021, Carlstrom founded Milan-based Italvolt. Earlier this year, Carlstrom announced the formation of Statevolt in Imperial Valley, California. Lars tells us he was motivated by the opportunity to introduce new technologies that will deliver cleaner air to cities. But more than anything else, Lars was inspired by the prospect of creating new jobs. His sites in the UK, Italy and America are all venues of former industrial glory which have gone dormant in recent decades. Mr Carltrom calls the move to electrification a once-in-a-hundred years phenomenon. He also says that we are in the very early stages of the transformation. #DrivingWithDunne / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/

Meet Emily Hersch, founder and CEO of Luna Lithium, a mineral exploration company. Emily is leading a new wave of American entrepreneurs exploring and mining the essential ingredient for battery electric vehicles: Lithium. Emily is one of the most impressive, spontaneous and colorful guests we have ever had on the Driving With Dunne podcast. In our conversation, Emily delivers a direct and concise picture of the global lithium mining industry. She shares her point of view on why the Inflation Reduction Act is mostly a good thing for the battery industry, why China dominates global battery supply chains and how she came to name her company Luna Lithium. #DrivingWithDunne / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/

Are you struggling to find an affordable electric vehicle? You are not alone. The average price of a new electric vehicle sold in America in 2022 is a stunning $66,000. That’s more than a house in Detroit or Topeka. But if you look long and hard enough, you can still tease out some bargains. So says Matt DeLorenzo, author of a timely and practical new book called How to Buy An Affordable Electric Vehicle. DeLorenzo parks a small electric car in the driveway that cost him less than $20,000 after incentives. How did he do it? #WinningInAsia / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGo https://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/

Have you been searching for an expert go-to source for knowledge on batteries? Look no further, Battery Brunch is here. In 2019, MIT graduates and Silicon valley battery scientists Yen Yeh (Voltaiq), Linda Jing (Tesla) hosted the first ever Battery Brunch, a small gathering of a dozen battery minds in the Bay Area. Today, Battery Brunch has blossomed into a hugely valuable meeting point for thousands of people in the battery industry: founders, engineers, investors, policy makers and more. Yen Yeh and Linda Jing host Battery Brunch weekly on Saturday mornings. There are more than 20,000 Battery Brunch members and between 500 and 1,000 people attend every session. In this week's Driving With Dunne podcast, we learn what inspired Yen and Linda to found battery brunch. And how the organization is accelerating the development of the global ecosystem around batteries. #DrivingWithDunne / #ZozoGo https://twitter.com/Dunne_ZoZoGohttps://www.instagram.com/zo.zo.go/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-dunne-a696901a/