What Type Of Person Thrives In The Electric Vehicle Industry, According To A CEO At Blue Dot Motorworks
Tom, Blue Dot Motorworks' CEO, finds the industry's potential for impact most rewarding, particularly in addressing climate change, stating that "the most significant existential crisis we face nowadays is climate change". Their company's retrofit solution offers a substantial contribution, potentially mitigating "50 gigatons of carbon between now and 2050," making a significant difference in achieving climate goals.
Climate Change, Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership
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Tom Gurski
CEO
Blue Dot Motorworks
MIT 1999
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Engineering - Mechanical
Automotive & Auto Parts
Entrepreneurship and Business Owner
Took Out Loans
Video Highlights
1. The potential for impact in addressing climate change through innovation in the automotive industry.
2. The significant challenge of meeting carbon emission reduction targets and the need for diverse solutions beyond solely producing new electric vehicles.
3. The potential of retrofitting solutions to significantly reduce carbon emissions and their comparable impact to producing new electric vehicles, potentially saving 50 gigatons of carbon by 2050
Transcript
What do you enjoy most about being in your industry?
Definitely the potential for impact. At the end of the day, probably the most significant existential crisis we face nowadays is climate change.
It's going to impact disadvantaged communities and people far more than the rest of us. Being able to make any contribution to that is really important and aligns with my values very well.
For our specific endeavor, it's hard to overstate how impactful it could potentially be. If we look at how far short we're going to fall from our goals and targets, and if our only tool is making brand new EVs, we'd still miss our carbon budget by a factor of three.
We are in dire need of other solutions. If you look at what scale makes sense to roll out our retrofit solution to minimize the societal burden of achieving our climate goals, it's on the same level as brand new EVs. It can have an impact on the order of 50 gigatons of carbon between now and 2050.
We've got to get it out there, but it has the potential to really move the needle.