Electrifying Heavy-Duty: A Deep Dive with Electrovaya’s CEO

Hello, Climate Confident family! It’s Tom Raftery here with a power-packed episode featuring Raj DasGupta, CEO of Electrovaya! 🚚🔋💚We dive into the enthralling world of lithium-ion battery tech and its game-changing impact on heavy-duty industrial vehicles.🌟 Raj takes us behind the scenes, unfolding the innovative steps Electrovaya is taking to reduce GHG emissions and create a sustainable future for us all. 🌏🍃⚡️Fast Charging & Longevity: Explore how Electrovaya is lighting up the material handling sector with its incredible battery tech - one that charges swiftly and stands the test of time and use! 🕒🔋🚀🚌 Transit Buses & Beyond: Raj speaks about transit buses, their unique challenges, and how their battery tech is fitting into the bigger picture of sustainable transit! 🚌✨🌱 Going Green in Mining: We dive into a fascinating chat about how electrifying mining operations (even in remote locations!) is not just eco-friendly but a boon for operational efficiency! ⛏️💡🚗 Not Your Regular Car Battery: Discover how Electrovaya's batteries offer something distinctly impactful, transcending their use in cars and impacting heavier industries in a BIG way. 🚛🔋Plus, we delve into future-forward elements - demand response, smart charging, and potentially, battery-to-grid applications. 🔄🔌🏭Join our enthralling conversation 🎧 and ride along on this electrifying journey into a sustainable future! Let's dive deep into conversations that matter and navigate our way to a cleaner, greener world together! 🌍🌟Don't forget to check out the video version of this episode at https://youtu.be/zR5lFcdn3_kSupport the showPodcast supportersI'd like to sincerely thank this podcast's amazing supporters: Lorcan Sheehan Hal Good Jerry Sweeney Andreas Werner Devaang Bhatt Stephen Carroll Marcel Roquette Roger Arnold And remember you too can Support the Podcast - it is really easy and hugely important as it will enable me to continue to create more excellent Climate Confident episodes like this one.ContactIf you have any comments/suggestions or questions for the podcast - get in touch via direct message on Twitter/LinkedIn. If you liked this show, please don't forget to rate and/or review it. It makes a big difference to help new people discover the show. CreditsMusic credits - Intro by Joseph McDade, and Outro music for this podcast was composed, played, and produced by my daughter Luna Juniper