{"id":9907,"date":"2023-11-28T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/?p=9907"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:12:37","slug":"navigating-sustainability-in-the-automotive-industry-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/on-the-move\/conor-peick\/navigating-sustainability-in-the-automotive-industry-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigating sustainability in the automotive industry, part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-megaphone\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=TLFIE6450885125\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><!-- Megaphone -->\n\n\n<p>On today&#8217;s episode of the Future Car Podcast, Nand Kochhar, VP of Automotive and Transportation Industries, and I, Conor Peick, Thought Leadership team writer, continue a series of conversations on autonomous vehicles and how they will shape the future of mobility. Listen to part 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/the-future-car\/conor-peick\/navigating-sustainability-in-the-automotive-industry-part-1\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In part 2 of this podcast, Eryn Devola, Head of Sustainability at Siemens Digital Industries Software and Nand Kochhar, continue their compelling conversation on the impact of sustainability on the automotive and transportation industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In this episode you\u2019ll learn:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why it\u2019s crucial for sustainability to begin in the design phase of a product<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How manufacturers can achieve supply chain transparency to reduce their carbon footprint<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The different technological innovations and processes that are tackling the challenges of battery recycling<\/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\/2023\/10\/nand-kochar2.jpg\" alt=\"Nand Kocchar \" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div class=\"bio-header\">\n            <h4 class=\"speakerintro\">Nand Kocchar <\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n            <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n<p>Vice President, Automotive and Transportation Industry at Siemens Digital Industries Software<\/p>\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>\n<\/div>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-contact\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nandkochhar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with Nand<\/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\/2023\/11\/ErynDevola2.jpg\" alt=\"Eryn Devola\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div class=\"bio-header\">\n            <h4 class=\"speakerintro\">Eryn Devola<\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n            <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n<p>Head of Sustainability at Siemens Digital Industries\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-contact\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eryn-devola\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connect with Eryn<\/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\/2023\/10\/Conor-Peick-lorez.jpg\" alt=\"Conor Peick\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-9 bio-info\">\n        <div class=\"bio-header\">\n            <h4 class=\"speakerintro\">Conor Peick<\/h4>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"bio-biography\">\n            <p>Marketing Communications Writer<\/p>\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\">Connect with Conor <\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today&#8217;s episode of the Future Car Podcast, Nand Kochhar, VP of Automotive and Transportation Industries, and I, Conor Peick,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95296,"featured_media":9817,"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":[419,2],"tags":[348,922,373,299,332,385,772],"industry":[26,27,28],"product":[],"coauthors":[909],"class_list":["post-9907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conor-peick","category-on-the-move","tag-automotive-2","tag-battery-recycling","tag-digital-transformation-tag","tag-digitalization","tag-electric-vehicles","tag-podcast","tag-sustainability","industry-automotive-transportation","industry-automotive-oems","industry-automotive-suppliers"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/Battery-manufaucturing-factory-data-flow-16-9_original.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9907","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\/95296"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9907"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10268,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9907\/revisions\/10268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9907"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=9907"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=9907"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}