Everything Electric Podcast

In this episode of the Everything Electric Podcast, Imogen Bhogal sits down with Wen Han, CEO and founder of Windrose Technology, to explore their all-electric heavy-duty truck, the E700; a potential game-changer in long-haul trucking.

From a small startup to a global, Tesla Semi rivalling contender in just four years, Windrose already has trucks on the road across five continents. We discuss their bold central driving position, innovative "glocal" manufacturing strategy, and why Wen Han believes AI is the electric truck's secret weapon.
 
At a glance: 
E700 Specs: 670 km range, 700kWh+ LFP battery, and 800V architecture 
Central Driving Position: One truck designed for both left-hand and right-hand drive 
Driver-Centric Design: Sleeper cabs, kitchens, and "bullet train" aerodynamics & why the human driver is still essential. 
Glocal Manufacturing Secrets: Assembling locally in Europe & the US while tapping into China's mature supply chain. 
AI: How electric trucks paired with AI data centers could reshape the future power grid. 
 
00:00 Intro 
00:25 The Strategic Late Comer 
01:00 Top Stats of the E700 
01:42 The Mission: 5% of Global GDP 
03:51 Global Homologation & "Glocal" Vision 
05:17 The Central Seating Revolution 
07:22 The AI Advantage 
09:01 From Stanford to Production Hell 
13:01 Why the Sleeper Cab Matters 
16:59 Arctic Testing & Efficiency 
19:31 The Battery Choice: Why LFP? 
22:43 Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) 
27:26 Navigating Tariffs & Geopolitics 
34:00 Why "Windrose"? 
43:24 The Next 4 Years
 
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Tech in China is a new podcast from Everything Electric, offering an on-the-ground look at the fastest-moving technology ecosystem in the world.

Hosted by Robert Llewellyn and China Correspondent Elliot Richards, the show takes a look at everything from humanoid robots working in "dark factories" and autonomous drones, to battery breakthroughs and the rise of the low-altitude economy. 
 
Based in Shanghai, Elliot brings first-hand access to the companies and technologies reshaping the tech landscape. From viral robot demos to wind turbines the size of skyscrapers, Tech in China explains what's coming next and why it matters far beyond China.  @EverythingElectricShow   @everythingelectricapac
 
00:00 Welcome to Tech in China 
04:30 China's Long Innovation Story 
06:55 Humanoid Robots Get Real 
11:40 When Robots Go Viral 
14:30 Exoskeletons & an Ageing Society 
17:45 The Battery Race: Sodium vs Solid State 
23:00 The Low-Altitude Economy 
30:45 EVs Enter the Survival Phase 
38:30 The Centre of Gravity Shifts East
 
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In this episode of the Everything Electric Podcast, Robert Llewellyn is joined by Tim Jarratt, Executive for External Affairs & Strategy at Ausgrid, to unpack what's actually happening to our power networks, and why electric vehicles may not be the biggest challenge after all.

While much of the world debates EV adoption, Australia is already living through a quiet energy revolution. Nearly 40% of Australian homes now have rooftop solar, turning the traditional one-way grid into a complex, two-way system where your neighbour might be powering your kettle.
 
Tim explains how Ausgrid is rethinking the grid from the ground up, squeezing more capacity from existing infrastructure, rolling out community batteries, and planning for a future shaped by data centres, electric transport, and millions of small power producers.

 
 
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Imogen Bhogal & Dan Caesar deliberate on what would put the cherry on top of Keir Starmer's trade mission to China, and why 'overcapacity' is the crisis looming over the global automotive market. They also discuss how solar beats biofuels, 'dark factories', cold conditions & Polestar's triumph.
Grotesquely inefficient Biofuels: https://ourworldindata.org/biofuel-land-solar-electric-vehicles?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Excess capacity in Europe: https://www.autonews.com/manufacturing/automakers/ane-automakers-europe-production-problems-0124/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter-ANEDontMiss-20260126
Chery & JLR join forces in UK: https://www.ft.com/content/6998c36a-d098-4605-aa44-e5a6557651f9
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Fully Charged Founder, Robert Llewellyn & CEO, Dan Caesar, try to make sense of what sometimes seem like a f**ked up world. After 100 days 'Down Under', Robert returns with a wry look at what's happened in the first few weeks of the year. Aided and abetted by Dan, their discussion ranges from North America to China, and everything in between, including Davos; and whether any of these political dramas can really slow mega-trends like electrification, AI, and the rise of the robots. 
 
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