Future Car Podcast with Ed Bernardon - Best of 2021

The Future Car: A Siemens Podcast

Sustainable and smart transportation - are we there yet?

Not yet, but so far, the future looks promising. Last year, we had many guests from very diverse fields who helped us understand the innovations and efforts shaping the future of transportation.

This first episode of 2022 is different but equally awesome. You’ll get to hear two parts from the most listened-to podcasts of 2021 in the Women Driving the Future series. If you want to hear more, you can always check out the full episodes posted last year.

In this episode, we’ll start with Ed Bernardon interviewing Sara Spangelo, the Co-Founder and CEO of SWARM, a satellite company working to link the world through reliable, low-cost internet connectivity. She’ll share with us the impact that her company is having and will continue to have on the future of transportation.

And then we’ll hear part of his interview with Susie Wolff, Team Principal for ROKiT Venturi Racing. She has been a racing phenom since the age of 8 and earned her place in racing history as the first female driver in 22 years to participate at Formula One Race Weekend at the 2014 British Grand Prix. She’ll share with us her experiences as a race car driver and a Team Principal.

Some Questions I Ask:

(Sara Spangelo & Ed Bernardon)

What made you decide to shape your company around the goal of affordable connectivity? (04:10)

How will SWARM help in increasing the digitization of farming? (10:27)

What role is SWARM going to play in future transportation? (14:07)

What do you envision the future of transportation in space will be like? (17:42)

(Susie Wolff & Ed Bernardon)

How did you get your first sponsor? (21:04)

What is the most important thing that you learnt in racing? (24:30)

Why is it that we need the ‘Girl on Track’ and the ‘Dare to be Different’ programs? (26:50)

What’s the role of racing in the shift towards sustainable transportation? (27:48)

What You’ll Learn in this Episode:

(Sara Spangelo & Ed Bernardon)

When Sara first caught the entrepreneurial bug (03:17)

How SWARM creates affordable connectivity (05:47)

Who SWARM’s target customers are and their value proposition (07:02)

The future of the company beyond putting up the satellites (17:00)

(Susie Wolff & Ed Bernardon)

How it was racing F1 champion Lewis Hamilton (21:36)

Importance of good relationships within a racing team (23:35)

The importance of gender diversity in F1 racing teams (25:31)

How Formula E promotes electric vehicles (29:16)

Connect With Sara Spangelo:

LinkedIn

SWARM

Connect With Susie Wolff:

Twitter

Instagram

Connect with Ed Bernardon:

LinkedIn

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