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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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
Rivian
Arc Boats
Aerodynamic Imaginaries with Hugo Eccles and Andrea Hiott
Future Motoring
10/29/23 • 96 min
Hugo Eccles, co-founder of Untitled Motorcycles and designer of the XP Zero and the Hyper Scrambler, discusses the imaginaries of industrial design and how they might take flight, if only we can unleash ourselves from past constraints and open to new relations with what we use and make. Our objects should not be one-night-stands, Hugo says; they should change together through space and time. Quite often we build first and write the script after the fact, but as Hugo explains, the real job is "to write the play, then build the props".
Hugo and Andrea also talk about the addiction of torque, why electric designs don't need to look like petrol, exploding B2B (business to business) and B2C (business to consumer) models, the conceit of gravity feed, and why using old methodologies to create something new may not be beneficial.
Hugo gives us some insight about what forever, sustainable motoring might mean-- “You can’t build for where they are now, you have to build for where they're going to be.”
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Untitled Motorcycles
Hugo's Instagram
UMC's Instagram
The blog post we discuss, first published in Meta Magazine and 'reprinted' here:
https://www.advrider.com/electric-dreams/
The XP Zero:
https://www.untitledmotorcycles.com/umc063-zero-xp-experimental
The Hyper Scrambler on Jay Leno's Garage.
More cool videos:
https://vimeo.com/hugoeccles
The art of Marcello Gandini.
Cover photo @ErikJutras
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07/17/23 • 91 min
This episode is about the feeling of being alive, and the flow of time, style, and sensuality. Looking back at the ways we've moved means looking back at what matters. Paul d'Orleans is an exceptional traveler and guide along these paths. As an artist, author, entrepreneur, rider, motorcycle historian, and curator, he has found ways to connect and inspire us, way-making towards greater potential and understanding, saving exceptional stories and images from being forgotten. His work and the work of his team at The Vintagent and the Motor/Cycle Arts Foundation are treasures towards forever motoring.
Link here to an article about Paul in Classic Driver.
Read some of Paul's Cycle World articles.
Watch the panel discussion of Electric Revolutionaries here.
Find the Vintangent and Paul on Instagram.
Check out the film Impatience that we discuss.
Here's The Sex Machine, the first article written about the experience of having an orgasm while on a motorcycle.
Gestalten's gorgeous books The Ride and The Current (in collaboration with Paul).
Taschen's incredible Ultimate Motorcycle Collection (in collaboration with Paul).
Here is the NPR episode on parking he discusses: How Parking Explains the World.
Watch the following videos to learn more about two extraordinary humans we discuss, Richard Vincent and Samuel Aboagye.
Sign up here for our newsletter. Link here to our new Instagram, Threads & Twitter.
Our website is Forever Motoring.
Link here to the Motorcycle Arts Foundation.
01/11/24 • 69 min
What it Takes: How to become an Astronaut with legendary motorcycle designer Ola Stenegärd. The dialogue explores Ola's journey from a young child growing up in the Swedish countryside to becoming a renowned figure in the motorcycle industry. Key topics include the thrill of creating and riding motorcycles, the importance of design in creating vehicles, Ola's journey to becoming a designer, and the future of motorcycles in a world that has to rethink the sustainability of motoring. The interview emphasizes the role of passion and determination in achieving one's dreams, using Ola's career as a testament.
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Ola Stenegärd on Instagram
Indian Motorcycles
Forever Motoring
Featuring:
brothers and the Easy Rider scene in Sweden
Skateboard disasters
Truck engines in tractors
How being a farmer mean being creative
Why a farm is like a workshop
Riding horses and riding bikes
The liviing machine
„breathing life into the engine is like breathing soul into it“
"...especially when it is an engine you built yourself..."
Hard to find something as exciting as figuring out a paticular bike and what makes its engine tick
Ola’s first Chopper which he created when he was about 14 years old
that first moment of flow, realizing the power of drawing before building
Winning first in his class at this show where all the people and bikes he had been seeing in magazines were suddenly there in real life--what other dream can be so rich?
The importance of teachers and their encouragement
How one sentence or even just a couple of words can change a life
ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena...seeing all these famous people in magazines who had built cars and bikes and who had gone there, it felt impossible to ever get there himself, like going to the moon or becoming an astronaut...
How others help us by seeing the best of us, often what we cannot see in ourselves
Though he has experienced a lot of good luck and grace, he also has a lot of passion and dedicated himself to this hard work and obsession...
Selling all his motorcycles to pay his way through art school
Greg Brew
Polaris industries
Church of Choppers
Forever Two Wheels
Remember who you are designing for (the rider, the customer, the person living day to day life with this bike)
“you pour a lot into that vehicle because you know its going to mean a lot to the person who buys it”
Syd Mead
A different take on what it will mean to create ecological motoring...
How far can you throw the ball? The balance of innovation and finding better ways to motor.
Electric should not be an excuse for being weird.
Ola’s ICE test.
He offers a different view than previous guests because he points out that a lot of things like the fuel tank might seem redundant (now that it is not alays used for fuel for example) but have actually evolved to have different purposes and should not be done away with just because we are doing away with other conventions.
Bringing it back to the basics—to the rider and the bike and their intimate relationship, that is the real pivot and always will be in ecological motoring.
Business advice
Living and breath
15 Minutes with Yulina: Females in Motorsport Series
Future Motoring
12/08/23 • 14 min
Hello, everyone. This is a short 15 minute episode, one of a series in which we hear from women in motor sports about the business and about being a woman in it from different angles and sides. It's part of a larger blog post that you can find on the website, www.forevermotoring.com.
This conversation is with a motorcycle racer named Yulina, or rosyulina on Instagram.
She started out as a promotion girl, a grid girl, one of those beautiful women holding umbrellas for the male racers. Then she decided she wanted to be on the bike for herself. And she did it. But it's been quite a hard journey--physically, financially, and in terms of negotiating the things women have to negotiate relative to their image and how they fit into a typically male world.
Yulina is constantly trying to figure this out. How much does she promote herself? How much did she show her body? How much did she not?
She talks about it all on her Instagram, and I find that refreshing. I'm going to link to some of those posts. So you can just look for yourself. Because I don't have the answers to any of this. But it's something interesting to think about and something we should think about.
And it's definitely something that's changing now.
The woman she discusses in the clip--the person she watched in the Transformer films when she was a kid and wanted to be like--is Megan Fox.
Here are some examples from her Instagram:
Construction
Better Person Every Day
Meeting Goals
Can I Be a Racer
Coming to Terms with Your Body
Accepting Grid Girl Days
Scars
Detroit, Cars and Climate Change with Autoextremist Peter DeLorenzo in conversation with philosopher Andrea Hiott
Future Motoring
06/12/24 • 55 min
In this episode of Forever Motoring, host and philosopher Andrea Hiott welcomes Peter De Lorenzo, famously known as the Auto Extremist. Peter is recognized for his influential and candid blog, running since 1999, which has significantly impacted automotive journalism. They discuss Peter's upbringing in Detroit during the golden age of the automobile industry, his deep-rooted love for cars, his experiences with the notable figures of GM, and his insightful column on what its like to live in Detroit and the recent restoration of Michigan Central Station. Peter shares his thoughts on the evolution of the automobile industry, the challenges it faces, and his belief in the enduring spirit of true believers in the automotive world. Tune in for a compelling conversation about the intersection of passion, technology, and the future of motoring. Peter describes the future as needing a kaleidoscope of power for our vehicles.
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00:00 Introduction to Peter DeLorenzo
01:21 Peter's Early Life and Love for Cars
04:11 The Golden Age of Detroit
09:06 Planned Obsolescence and Detroit's Contradictions
16:32 The Resilience of Detroit
18:04 The True Believers of the Auto Industry
19:59 The Impact of World War II on Detroit
23:39 The Evolution of Auto Extremist
25:44 The Inertia of Social Media and Information Overload
26:40 The True Believers and the Love for Automobiles
27:49 The Freedom and Experience of Driving
29:46 The Impact of Technology on Travel and Presence
35:32 Environmental Challenges and the Future of Mobility
40:45 The Role of True Believers in Driving Change
43:27 The Birth and Impact of Auto Extremist
48:40 Reflections on a Career and Legacy
53:55 Forever Motoring: A Vision for the Future
#detroit #autoindustry #driving
The Autoextemist
On Detroit, the column we discuss.
"We’re a state of mind that’s filled with countless contradictions, and our great history is offset by some lurid realities.
We’ve contributed much to the American fabric, yet we have a historical propensity to make things brutally tough on our day-to-day well-being.
We’ve brought this country a sound like no other and a gritty, gutty context that’s second to none, yet we’ve created countless problems for ourselves, most all of them self-inflicted.
We created the “Arsenal of Democracy” when our country needed it most, yet we allowed a movement based on fairness to become a disease based on entitlement and rancor.
We’ve contributed much to this nation's progress and standing, yet we can’t seem to get out of our own way at times, which is infuriating and debilitating.
But thankfully, the story never really ends for Detroit. At least not yet anyway. We’re still standing, warts and glaring faults and all. And you can forget the recent glory stories about our renaissance because we don’t really need ‘em to validate us.
We know who we are. And we know that the perception isn’t often favorable. And we get that. But still there’s an exuberance and spirit here that no interloper of a CEO can ever capture.
It’s a Detroit thing, or if you must, a Dee-troit thing, as Bob Seger so aptly put it. And we’re proud of what that means.
And that’s the High-Octane Truth for this week."
Loss and Liberation: Feminine Healing with filmmaker lori lozinski and philosopher andrea hiott
Future Motoring
08/13/24 • 109 min
Filmmaker lori lozinski on Motorcycling, Nature, and Self-Discovery
Award-winning producer and filmmaker lori lozinski, renowned for her poignant short films 'The Pilgrimage' and 'A Motorcycle Saved My Life,' opens up about navigating personal loss, challenging societal norms, and achieving balance between masculine and feminine energies through the liberating experience of motorcycling. Touching on transformative events like Babes Ride Out and discovering the deep connections between humans and nature, Andrea and lori explore themes of belonging, reconciliation, and self-acceptance. A powerful dialogue on freedom, identity, and the importance of embracing one's true self. PHOTO@Eline Mets
lori's website and films
The Pilgrimage
A Motorcycle Saved My Life
The episode of This Motorcycle Life
00:00 Finding Purpose in Everyday Life
00:26 The Motorcycle Connection
00:54 Living in the Present Moment
01:34 Embracing Identity and Safety
02:41 Balancing Masculine and Feminine Energies
04:41 Introduction to lori lozinski
08:54 lori's Childhood and Family Dynamics
11:31 Journey to Filmmaking
15:36 Mother's Influence and Family Challenges
20:49 Sports and Personal Struggles
33:48 Facing the Fear of Failure
33:57 Supportive Parents and Childhood Memories
36:25 The Impact of Sports and Parental Support
37:14 The Pilgrimage Ride Experience
38:35 Coping with Parental Loss
40:46 Embracing Motorcycles and Personal Freedom
43:20 Navigating Family Dynamics and Personal Growth
01:01:34 Balancing Masculine and Feminine Energies
01:06:55 Creating the Pilgrimage Documentary
01:10:09 Returning to Vancouver: A Filmmaker's Journey
01:10:29 The Ride: A Unique Motorcycle Experience
01:12:01 The Mystery and Trust of the Ride
01:12:59 The Bonding Experience
01:15:23 Capturing the Journey: Filming the Ride
01:15:57 Reflections on Motorcycling and Masculinity
01:19:30 Nature, Belonging, and Safety
01:20:49 A Motorcycle Saved My Life: Exploring Family and Land
01:31:35 Healing the Mother Wound
01:45:13 Reconciliation and Future Projects
01:48:54 Closing Thoughts and Gratitude
04/18/23 • 75 min
Artist, designer, and engineer JT Nesbitt discusses why the high stakes of motorcycling make it one of the highest forms of art, and how sustainability requires a radical shift of perspective. JT's most recent bike is the Curtiss 1, a light electric vehicle (LEV) that rethinks what forever motoring really means.
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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
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FAQ
How many episodes does Future Motoring have?
Future Motoring currently has 21 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 25 days, 6 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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