Ali Javidan - CEO of Range Energy

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🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

Ali Javidan built race cars, the Model S prototype, and a new solution for trucking. Ali is the founder and CEO of Range Energy, which has created a bolt-on hybrid system for semi-truck trailers. This is a way to add electrification to the trucking industry without going full Tesla. He is also the former head of prototyping at Tesla. The first Model S? He built it. He explains how that prototype came to be; why Tesla won the charging wars (and who is to blame); why it's stupid to steal cable; and most importantly, his new company's big idea to improve trucking fuel economy by up to 40% without going EV. (Ali has also built some amazing cars for himself, including a badass 2002 and blisteringly-quick Mk1 Ford Escort) https://range.energy/ Recorded May 1, 202 Head to https://www.factormeals.com/tire40 and use code tire40 to get 40% off your first box. Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TST10 for a 10% discount on your first case on the Off The Record app, or go to http://www.offtherecord.com/TST. Click on the DILLON banner, buy a pair of sunglasses, receive a FREE Smoking Tire t-shirt! https://thesmokingtire.com/partners-1 Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Tweet at us! https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

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0:00.0	We started to see like holy crap.
0:02.0	Like, if we built this for the class aid industry,
0:06.0	this really ends up answering one of the biggest challenges
0:09.6	they have for decarbonization.
0:11.2	It's how do we get to a decarbonized future as quickly as possible?
0:15.5	And the method so far has been just kind of brute force.
0:19.5	Yeah.
0:20.3	And the trailer ends up becoming this kind of like electrification gateway
0:25.0	or like kind of a baby step.
0:26.3	And it's the plug-in hybrid.
0:29.3	Exactly of commercial vehicles.
0:31.3	Exactly, exactly.
0:32.4	And it doesn't just stop there.
0:34.0	So I'll explain basically kind of how the technology works.
0:37.2	Yeah, just so people understand that you're where you're coming from.
0:42.1	And you know, you know a lot about EVs
0:44.3	and that's how you earn your living.
0:46.2	But give me the rundown of Ali's garage right now.
0:49.4	So Mark 1S scored.
0:50.7	Right now I have a Mark 1S score with a Cosworth YB
0:54.8	motor making around 350 horsepower at ways.
0:58.4	Oh, look at that.
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