Sustainable EV Global Circumnavigation with Ben Scott-Geddes, Fering Technologies

The Future Car: A Siemens Podcast

Today, most car manufacturers are focused on coming up with vehicles that are electric and autonomous. However, these cars are only designed to work in places that have developed infrastructure to support them.

One company is seeking to remove this limitation by developing a truck that can circumnavigate the globe. A vehicle that would give great performances in hot deserts, as well as in the North and South Pole.

On top of all that, it's a hybrid car.

This will push sustainability goals to territories that are currently ignored while still delivering a better driving experience than what most off-grid capable vehicles provide.

In this episode, the first part out of two, Ed Bernardon interviews Ben Scott-Geddes, the founder of Fering Technologies, a company that is developing the Pioneer hybrid truck. He’ll share with us what they’ve accomplished so far, and the impact they expect their vehicle to make.

Some Questions I Ask:

• What’s your goal with the Fering Pioneer truck? (02:42)
• What are the advantages of your truck over other trucks in the same category? (04:49)
• What kind of input does an explorer bring in when designing the truck? (10:08)
• What are some of the fundamental design elements of the Pioneer truck that make it such a sustainable vehicle? (20:21)
• How did you get into motorsports? (34:55)

What You’ll Learn in this Episode:

• The truck’s target market (03:52)
• The considerations made when developing the Pioneer Truck (06:24)
• The most challenging part when circumnavigating the globe on a truck (13:40)
• The comparison between Pioneer truck’s engine and other truck engines (24:42)
• The different expertise of the team that is designing the car (29:08)

Connect with Ben Scott-Geddes:

• LinkedIn
• Fering Technologies

Connect with Ed Bernardon:

• LinkedIn
• Future Car: Driving a Lifestyle Revolution
• Motorsports is speeding the way to safer urban mobility
• Siemens Digital Industries Software

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