{"id":6237,"date":"2022-12-14T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/?p=6237&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=6237"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:09:13","slug":"powering-the-av-vehicle-electrification-and-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/on-the-move\/powering-the-av-vehicle-electrification-and-batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Powering the AV: Vehicle electrification and batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the automotive industry, a majority of sustainable development efforts have focused on vehicle electrification as a practical solution for replacing internal combustion engines and fossil fuels to reduce emissions coming from the transportation sector. Today, EVs seem to grow in popularity and capability almost monthly, especially as exciting new models are brought to market. With the future of the automotive industry looking increasingly <em>electric<\/em>, Nand, VP of Automotive &amp; Transportation industry, and I wanted to talk with an EV expert about EVs, battery technology, future development efforts, and how this trend will play into the autonomous vehicle revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode of the Future Car Podcast, we welcome Dr. Puneet Sinha to the show! Puneet is the Sr. Director of Battery Industry Vertical for Siemens Digital Industries Software. In addition, Puneet holds a doctorate degree in mechanical engineering and brings 15 years of industry experience in the field of batteries, fuel cells and electric vehicles. As always, I am joined by my co-host Nand Kochhar, VP of Automotive and Transportation Industries at Siemens Digital Industries Software.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"embed-megaphone\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=TLFIE1099471131\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><!-- Megaphone -->\n\n\n<p>What you will learn in this episode:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How EV technologies have matured in the last few years, and how the business environment has evolved to support these changes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How EV development contributes to the pursuit of autonomous vehicles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Challenges involved in the design of a new all-electric vehicle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How companies can balance the power demands for an EV with all the modern features consumers demand today<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How digitalization can support companies as they develop the vehicles of tomorrow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"bio-block row\">\n    <div class=\"col-3 order-first bio-pic\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2021\/10\/nand2.jpg\" alt=\"Nand Kochhar \u2013 VP, Automotive &amp; Transportation Industry\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div class=\"bio-header\">\n            <h4 class=\"speakerintro\">Nand Kochhar \u2013 VP, Automotive &amp; Transportation Industry<\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n            <p>Nand Kochhar is the vice president of Automotive and Transportation Industry Strategy for Siemens Digital Industries Software. He joined Siemens in 2020 after nearly 30 years with Ford Motor Company, where he most recently served as Global Safety Systems Chief Engineer. In this capacity, Kochhar was responsible for vehicle safety performance of all Ford and Lincoln brand products globally. He also served as Executive Technical Leader, CAE, and as a member of Ford\u2019s Technology Advisory Board. Kochhar\u2019s tenure at Ford also included executive engineering leadership across a range of disciplines including in product development, manufacturing, digitalization, simulation technology development and implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Kochhar has additionally been active in SAE International, where he has served as Chairman of the Executive standards committee, leader of a cross-industry group focused on driving standards for mobility, autonomous vehicle development, electrification and connectivity. Kochhar also served as Chairman of SAE\u2019s Motor Vehicle Council for 2015-16 terms, after which he was named the Vice Chair of Technical Standards Board (TSB) in 2017 and then TSB Chair in 2018 and 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Kochhar graduated from Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&amp;T) with a master\u2019s degree in Engineering Mechanics. He was inducted as a member of the Academy of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineers at Missouri S&amp;T in 2005. He lives in Northville, Michigan with his wife and two kids.<\/p>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-contact\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nandkochhar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with Nand Kochhar<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bio-block row\">\n    <div class=\"col-3 order-last bio-pic\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/12\/Puneet-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Puneet Sinha - Sr. Director, Battery Industry\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div class=\"bio-header\">\n            <h4 class=\"speakerintro\">Puneet Sinha &#8211; Sr. Director, Battery Industry<\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n            <p>Puneet is an award winning Technology Executive with 14+ years of experience in electric vehicles and autonomous vehicle software and hardware product development, commercialization and taking pre-revenue startup to successful exit. Recognized industry expert on battery, electric powertrain, electronics and vehicle development with 7 patents, 20+ highly-cited journal papers, multiple invited talks, interviews and hands-on experience in addressing component-to- system integration challenges. Skilled in cross-functional leadership, EV and AV electrical-electronics-thermal-mechanical analysis, energy storage, batteries, modeling, and innovative solution development.<\/p>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-contact\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/puneetksinha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with Puneet<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bio-block row\">\n    <div class=\"col-3 order-first bio-pic\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/11\/Conor-Peick-lorez.jpg\" alt=\"Conor Peick - Thought Leadership Writer\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div class=\"bio-header\">\n            <h4 class=\"speakerintro\">Conor Peick &#8211; Thought Leadership Writer<\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n            <p>Conor works as a writer covering Automotive and Transportation topics for Siemens Digital Industries Software. In this role, he has helped produce a variety of materials including blogs, articles and whitepapers on automotive topics ranging from wire harness design and manufacturing to embedded software development and overall industry trends.<\/p>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-contact\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/conor-peick-119ab2143\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bio-block row\">\n    <div class=\"col-3 order-first bio-pic\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div class=\"bio-header\">\n            <h4 class=\"speakerintro\"><\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n                    <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-contact\">\n            <p><a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the automotive industry, a majority of sustainable development efforts have focused on vehicle electrification as a practical solution for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69073,"featured_media":6248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,419],"tags":[348,331,371,373,298,299,332,385,330],"industry":[26,27,28],"product":[],"coauthors":[390],"class_list":["post-6237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-on-the-move","category-conor-peick","tag-automotive-2","tag-autonomous-vehicles","tag-digital-future","tag-digital-transformation-tag","tag-digital-twin","tag-digitalization","tag-electric-vehicles","tag-podcast","tag-xcelerator","industry-automotive-transportation","industry-automotive-oems","industry-automotive-suppliers"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/12\/sfs-sustainable-energy-image04_medium.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6237"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8882,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6237\/revisions\/8882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6237"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=6237"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=6237"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=6237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}