Designing our Digital Future
This is a conversation with Albin Wilson
🎙️ Albin Wilson is an engineer by trade but has a passion for telling stories and for challenging endeavours. He co-founded the electric vehicle company Uniti in Sweden but has since moved to Nairobi, Kenya…
This is a conversation with Simon Dowson
🎙️ Simon is Managing Director of Silverstone-based Delta Cosworth. After gaining a degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Warwick University, he joined Reynard Motorsport on a graduate scheme and…
This is a conversation with Maz Shar
🎙️ Maz has a background in computer science and has been developing software for products and robots in our homes. During his career, he has shared an interest in emerging technologies such as VR and AR and their…
This is a conversation with Tom Callow
🎙️ Tom has worked in the electric vehicle and wider automotive sector for over 12 years. He formerly chaired the motor industry’s principle EV group and has extensive knowledge of electric vehicles,…
This is a conversation with Fiona Howarth
🎙️ Fiona studied Engineering, Economics and Management at Oxford University. In her career she has held many varied roles including working at BMW on a hydrogen fuel cell that could provide auxiliary power…
This is a conversation with Olly Craughan.
🎙️ Olly heads up DPD’s corporate social responsibility strategy, having previously worked as Depot General Manager and Operations Manager when he first joined DPD in 2012. His role supports DPD UK in…
💬 “Sometimes, the number of chargers that we declare in this country can flatter to deceive somewhat, and we’ve got to make sure we have the right sort of infrastructure for the right application.” @Sam Clarke
This is a conversation with Sam Clarke…
💬 “To get out of this dire environmental situation, we are going to have to be decisive. If I were a government, I’d say for every electric car you buy, I’m giving you half the money. Beyond this, and with the strongest of conviction, Governments must…
💬 “All autonomous vehicles learn from any mistakes that one vehicle makes, as the new knowledge is propagated throughout the rest of the network. On the other hand, when a person makes a mistake, it is only one single driver that learns from the…
💬 “There’s often this culture of entrepreneurial-ism that looks at technology as a solution in itself. But if they’re not developed from the ground up, we can end up with significant inequalities between certain users.” Dr Felicity Heathcote-Márcz
This is a conversation with Dr Felicity Heathcote-Márcz
🎙️ Felicity is an ethnographer and the Research and Behaviours Lead at Atkins Global Intelligent Mobility. She employs anthropological approaches to understand how humans are using the latest intelligent mobility technologies like autonomous vehicles and mobility as a service. Felicity has designed and led research trials testing out new technologies with behavioural interventions to understand what makes a difference to improving transport services and supporting policymakers to understand how they can be ready for the future of transport. Felicity also guest lectures on mobility and research, and has authored academic, technical and journalistic content on these themes.
🎧 In this episode of the Beyond Journeys series on the @Boundless Podcast, Felicity talks about:
💡 1.) putting user requirements at the front and centre of the design stage for EVs
💡 2.) the importance of field research to reduce inequality in the future of mobility
💡 3.) mitigating for invisible biases in data and research
💡 4.) where and how behavioural nudging works
💡 5.) mobility, pandemics and the future of work
This is the Beyond Journeys series on the Boundless Podcast, we are exploring how the electrification of road travel will impact our lives and environment.
Discover more at https://boundlesspodcast.co.uk/beyond-journeys-series/