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Mercedes-Benz EQ Fellows: Tara Pham

Monitoring streets in order to help city planners succeed

18 February 201915 February 2019

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With experience in art, design, publishing, tech and urban design, Tara Pham is currently working to give cities a better understanding of their data, and ultimately their streets. As co-founder and CEO of Numina, Pham works with her team to attach sensors to light poles to monitor traffic—both foot and automotive—and to document the results of street-level design experiments. As a Mercedes-Benz EQ Fellow at …

Mercedes-Benz EQ Fellows: Humphrey Wrey

Quick Bus founder and managing director takes on transportation developments in Africa

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15 February 201914 February 2019

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Across a continent where flying can be prohibitively expensive, Humphrey Wrey imagined a service that would formalize, rate and compare long-distance bus travel. Quick Bus was born—and an industry was modernized. Through a smartphone (or basic one), users can book transit in advance and offer feedback on carriers and experiences. Wrey’s impact reaches from comfort to safety. Prior to Quick Bus, Wrey worked in several African …

Mercedes-Benz EQ Fellows: Gene Berdichevsky

The Sila Nanotechnologies co-founder is working to revolutionize the batteries that drive our cars

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14 February 201913 February 2019

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Gene Berdichevsky, co-founder and CEO of Oakland-based Sila Nanotechnologies, is working to power tomorrow’s vehicles. After moving on from engineering one of the first mass-produced lithium-ion batteries for cars, Berdichevsky (who has co-authored some 42 patents) hopes to improve battery density and ultimately lower their cost. This, he explains, will ease in the widespread adoption of electric vehicles. Berdichevsky—one of the Mercedes-Benz EQ Fellows at Summit LA—is …