PERSONALITY PROFILE
From an engineer’s point of view, what excites me is
the performance of electric vehicles and that fact we are
just at the start of a great journey. It’s challenging and
fast-changing, but that’s what I like
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EVs. However, the EV industry is also a
business and needs to be able to stand on its
own when it is no longer helped by incentives.
What has been the biggest technology
breakthrough for EVs in recent years?
On the electrical side, it’s silicon carbides and
IGBT. Their higher power density with a small
inverter, lower voltage and higher currents,
means thinner cables and overall lower costs.
Silicon carbides allow faster charging. They’re
not widely used just yet as they are expensive,
but the Porsche Taycan will use them.
What propulsion system do you think will be
powering the typical car in 2035?
We will still have a lot of combustion cars
around but the levels of electrifi cation will
increase signifi cantly. My ultimate vision
would be a lightweight, fully integrated,
three-in-one P4 system, which has about 30%
of the weight and cost, and double the range
of current solutions.
Do you drive an electric car?
No, I drive a Mercedes GLE Coupe. I can’t have
an electric car as, due to my location and
amount of traveling I do, there isn’t an EV that
works well for my situation. This illustrates
the factors that are holding the industry back,
but it’s also something that drives me to help
to change it.
What inspires and excites you about EVs?
I have children and we are working to create
a more sustainable world for the future
generations. From an engineer’s point of view,
what excites me is the performance of electric
vehicles and that fact we are just at the start of
a great journey. It’s challenging and fastchanging,
but that’s what I like.
Is there anything you’d like to change about
the EV industry?
What is holding us back, and we need to get
better at, is how we make EVs more attractive
to buyers. I believe this boils down to
increasing the battery range and charging
infrastructure. This infrastructure needs to
come from governments, and I think that we
see a lack of ambition on their part. We all
know this is important and EVs are being
increasingly adopted, but without
infrastructure, it won’t work.
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