Living The LEAF Fantastic with Dr Andy Palmer
Everything Electric Podcast
The Fully Charged Show
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Andy has very much been a figurehead in the automotive world and has led transformational change at two of the world's most recognisable businesses in the industry. Andy was credited with pioneering ground-breaking technologies, including leading the development of the Nissan LEAF electric car which went on to be a groundbreaking EV. Back in 2012, AutoExpress voted him as the "Most Influential British Person in the Global Automotive Business"
Andy was also made an Ambassador for the COP26 Business Climate Leaders campaign and in 2014 he was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the New Year Honours for services to the British automotive industry.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of the fully charged plus podcast. I'm going to |
| 0:23.5 | keep this introduction to the absolute minimum simply because the conversation is fascinating |
| 0:28.2 | and I can't add anything to it. I'll give you a tiny bit of background in a moment, but |
| 0:32.6 | this is a real highlight for me this episode. I know that I do go on about how Marvellous |
| 0:38.2 | they are, but this one I think you will agree after hearing it. You will agree with me that |
| 0:42.2 | this is a bit of a special. Just before we start, I just want to quickly do a shout out |
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| 1:51.7 | you know, a real sign that it is possible to manufacture things outside China. That's all I'm |
| 1:59.3 | saying about that. But anyway, let's get on with this episode. Today I'm talking to Dr. Andy Palmer. |
| 2:07.5 | Now, many of you who know a little bit about the history of electric vehicles will maybe recognize |
| 2:13.4 | the name. So Andy was when I first met him was a Nissan executive, really basically the number |
| 2:20.2 | two in the company under Carlos Gone, who had a slightly, as we like to say, controversial end |
| 2:26.4 | to his relationship with Nissan. But amazing man. And Andy is also an extraordinary guy, |
| 2:32.9 | really extraordinary, has a very long background in engineering, worked for lots of different |
| 2:39.8 | companies which we'll talk about. And I met him back in 2009, 2008, 2009 at the early days |
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