Future Motoring
ecological motoring initiative (EMI)
EMI (the ecological motoring initiative) creates and facilitates conversations towards a new notion of 'forever' motoring and urban movement, the kind that can be good for the planet but that still respects all the ways we have moved up till now. The future of motoring has to understand its past.
Towards motoring within the means of the living planet.
Hosted by Andrea Hiott.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Future Motoring episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Future Motoring for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Future Motoring episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
Matt Chambers: The Philosopher of Motorcycling
Future Motoring
04/04/23 • 75 min
Andrea Hiott talks with Matt Chambers, CEO of Curtiss Motorcycles. They discuss the company's shift from internal combustion engine (ICE) motorcycles to light electric vehicles (LEVs), with the focus on creating unique timeless designs. Matt emphasizes the philosophy of their designs offering a sensory experience with emphasis on quality, attention to details and sustainability. He also touches upon concepts such as 'letting go of control' while on a motorcycle, navigating 'negative space', and the shift toward a culture of 'thinking small' and sustainability. His vision is to create a motorcycle for every person - a vehicle that they do not have to replace regularly but can continue to use and enjoy due to its quality and design.
Together they reimagine Hunter S. Thompson, edges, electricity and ecology--looking at the connections between meaning, desire and motorcycling.
Albert Camus the Rebel
A primary inspiration he mentions is Virgil Exner
1957 Chysler, memoralized in the movie Christine.
The Curtiss 1 and working with JT Nesbitt
"Part of being free is realizing there is no certainty."
"Desire can't exist without authenticity."
What Matt regrets about his relationship with Pierre Terblanche.
Fewer bigger pulses or more smaller pulses?
Matt's idea of Negative Space: dealing with ambiguity.
Hunter S. Thompson wanting to ride one of Matt's bikes: "the only one who knows where the edge is is the person who has gone over it."
His Glenn Curtiss inspired new electric motorcycle company.
Rejecting escapism and growing up.
ee cummings quote: “To be nobody but yourself in a world
which is doing its best day and night to make you like
everybody else means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.”
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05/02/23 • 63 min
Ace Cafe, the home of motoring, birth of the Cafe Racer, the place where Mods, Rockers, The Who, streamline modern, and the new electric rebels of London all live and intersect.
Speed is an addiction for Mark Wilsmore, the man who brought the Ace (back) to life. Per usual, we also talk about the edge: "the closer you get to death, the greater you value life."
Have a look at all the places you can now find the Ace, from Kuala Lumpur to Orlando, but the real beating heart and history of motoring is just off London’s North Circular Road.
Have a look at some photos from the 2009 resurrection here on The Motorcyclist.
Watch the full videos of the Ford car night at the Ace excerpted in our YouTube video.
Watch "the best party in town" Ace bike night footage here.
And here's a great piece to watch on the Mods & Rockers.
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05/18/23 • 61 min
Learning how to ride is learning how to live, says Stefy Bau, one of the all-time greats in motocross--winner of 3 World Championships, the Loretta Lynn, and many more. We discuss her career-ending injury and the life-lessons taught to us all by motorsports. We also discuss her time as CEO of an electric bike company, her new company, INIT (now the official AMA E-sports powerhouse for sim racing) and all the many 'firsts' Stefy has made for women in motorsports.
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FOREVER MOTORING: Alan Cathcart is Riding & Writing
Future Motoring
06/07/23 • 59 min
Celebrated journalist and racer 'Sir' Alan Cathcart brings the many worlds of motorcycling together through his riding and his writing.
In this episode, we talk about the power of translation, "your thrill & your enjoyment", a shocking sensory experience from the Isle of Mann, and what it means to make your hobby into your livelihood. Alan also tells us why the answer is electric, but the longterm also has to include hydrogen.
Check out the Bike Talk Alan Cathcart Interview.
Read some of his writings by finding them at Muck Rack or in The Motorcyclist.
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06/28/23 • 62 min
Jordan Cornille, the calm, composed, creative co-founder of Curtiss Motorcycles, opens us to the dreamscape of motoring. We talk about the ways dreams come true, how motoring has become the terrain of his own career as a designer and motoring strategist, and the importance of reframing the role motoring plays in our lives. We also discuss how all this might move us towards a more sustainable global future.
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More about the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.
Drifting with Leona Chin
Future Motoring
07/31/23 • 57 min
Leona Chin is one of the most famous motorsport athletes in the world, a reality TV star in China and Malaysia, and a mentor to young women in Asia who want to go into motorsports. She's also a world class Drifter. It all started when she convinced her mother to let her buy a Nissan 180 SX...
Watch the opening spoof with over 20 million views here on the video version of this podcast.
Leona Chin on the Porsche EV trip.
Here is the Student Driver spoof, the first of her commercials to trend with hundreds of millions of views.
The fall and the Chinese reality TV show we discuss is here.
Full subtitles are here, too.
You can find out more about Leona Chin on her website.
Follow Leona Chin on Instagram.
Follow the show @forevermotoringpod.
Birdmen & Balance with Lawrence Goldstone
Future Motoring
08/31/23 • 72 min
“Glenn Curtiss was more important to modern flight than the Wright brothers,” says this week's guest, Lawrence Goldstone, the award-winning author (or co-author with his wife Nancy) of more than twenty books.
We talk about Glenn Curtiss, the Wrights brothers and early flight; Lefty Gomez stopping the 1937 World Series to watch a plane, and the daredevil Lincoln Beachey. We also talk about what it means to have a healthy disrespect for authority; law, language, and ideals; justice, and why "wisdom is the willingness to look at things differently.”
Of his books, here we focus mainly on this transportation trilogy--
Birdmen: The Wrights Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies.
Drive! Henry Ford, George Selden, and the Race to Invent the Auto Age
Going-Deep John Holland and the Invention of the Attack Submarine.
Find his other books on his website.
We also mention The Drunkard's Walk.
12/24/23 • 58 min
Philosopher Andrea Hiott talks with Maximilian Funk, a key figure in the motoring world who is the brains behind several significant events and places like the first electric motorcycle festival in Berlin, the Reload Land Festival, and the community garage and co-working space, Craftwerk. The interview touches upon Max's life, influences, his interest in cars and motorcycles, entrepreneurship with Craftwerk, his passion for motoring, and involvement with e-fuels
Instagram for Max
Chrome and Flames
Moto Raver
Craftwerk
Espresso GT Cars & Coffee
Craftwerk Instagram
Vice Magazine Berlin
Classic Remise Berlin
gestalten
The Ride
Fly Fishing Book
Reload Land Festival
Flat Track Racing
superplus Media
Craftwerk Berlin
E Fuel Today
Super Plus Media
03/31/24 • 76 min
Shaping the Future of Mobility: Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Transportation
A conversation with Riversimple's CEO Hugo Spowers and philosopher Andrea Hiott which presents a holistic view on transforming mobility and car usage, centered around sustainable and innovative approaches. Featuring insights from Hugo Spowers leadership in creating hydrogen cars, it delves into the company's groundbreaking hydrogen fuel cell car technology and the Future Guardians business model, which seeks to realign the car industry's focus toward sustainability, reducing environmental impact, and community wellness by selling mobility as a service. Additionally, it addresses the broader challenges of urban mobility, highlighting the issues of car overpopulation and issues of weight, and advocating for reduced vehicle numbers through improved mass transport and shared car systems in cities. The discussion is framed around the need for a shift in societal attitudes, politics, and overcoming system inertia to truly reinvent how we think about and use cars, aiming for a future where transportation is efficient, sustainable, less congested, and still human.
00:00 Embracing the Aikido Approach in Business and Engineering
00:40 Introducing Forever Motoring and Riversimple's Unique Business Model
01:01 Rethinking Business Goals: Profit vs. Ecological Health
01:33 The Future Guardian Model: A New Paradigm for Business
03:02 The Service Model: A Revolutionary Approach to Car Ownership
05:04 The Journey from Racing to Sustainable Transport
21:05 The Philosophical Shift: From Reductionism to Systems Thinking
24:52 Aligning Business with Ecosystem Laws for Sustainable Success
38:28 Rethinking Profit and Capitalism in Business
38:47 Designing for Financial, Environmental, and Social Returns
40:52 The Three Levels of Design: Product, System, and Purpose
44:19 Resilience and Profitability: Aligning Interests for a Sustainable Future
47:04 The Future Guardian Governance Model: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach
01:01:53 The Role of Hydrogen and Electric Vehicles in Sustainable Transportation
01:10:41 Corporate Governance & Infrastructure: Paving Sustainable Ways
01:15:19 Envisioning the Future of Motoring: Fewer Cars, Better Systems
Riversimple
Building Tomorrow by Paddy LeFlufy
Riversimple's 'Future Guardian' business model could change the world
07/07/24 • 63 min
Could we have planned relevance instead of planned obsolescence in auto design? Will sustainable transportation come through a Trojan Horse? What does speed look like in design? Does the human spirit push the boundaries of propulsion?
Join philosopher Andrea Hiott as she delves into a captivating conversation with Luke Mack, a visionary designer, and artist. Luke helped design the R1T for Rivian and now works for Arc Boats. Discover Luke's journey from Michigan to Seoul, Korea, influenced by his father's automotive design career at General Motors. Unveil the philosophy behind 'forever motoring' as embracing discomfort and positioning "Trojan Horses" in art and design so as to awaken new perspective. From car design at Rivian and Chrysler to electric boats at Arc, Luke discusses the balance of freedom and constraints in design, and how new electric technologies are reshaping traditional industries. Also, get a glimpse into Luke's artistic ventures and how they reflect his thought process and vision for the future of movement. Tune in for a fascinating discussion on the intersection of art, design, and sustainable motoring. #ecologicalmotoring #electricvehicles #rivian #arc
Luke Mack's Art: https://www.lukejmack.com/
Luke on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-mack...
00:00 Introduction to Forever Motoring
00:59 Guest Introduction and Early Life
01:31 Experiences in South Korea
01:56 Influence of Father's Career
04:55 Artistic Approach to Car Design
11:01 Balancing Art and Design
15:51 Career Path and Education
20:44 Early Career and Internships
22:30 Joining Rivian and Electric Vehicles
29:34 Discovering the Future of Electric Vehicles
29:53 Design Freedom with Electric Vehicles
30:33 The Design Process at Rivian
33:32 Transition to California and Its Impact
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FAQ
How many episodes does Future Motoring have?
Future Motoring currently has 20 episodes available.
What topics does Future Motoring cover?
The podcast is about Motoring, Culture, Cars, Leisure, Art, Design, Podcasts, Automotive, Technology and Philosophy.
What is the most popular episode on Future Motoring?
The episode title 'Matt Chambers: The Philosopher of Motorcycling' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Future Motoring?
The average episode length on Future Motoring is 69 minutes.
How often are episodes of Future Motoring released?
Episodes of Future Motoring are typically released every 20 days, 4 hours.
When was the first episode of Future Motoring?
The first episode of Future Motoring was released on Apr 4, 2023.
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