#122 - Graham Doorley | Solo AVT – Electric Trucks with 500 Miles of Range and an Optional Driver

Future of Mobility

Graham Doorley is CEO of Solo Advanced Vehicle Technologies (Solo AVT), who is revolutionizing the freight transportation industry by bringing to market the first clean-sheet, battery-electric heavy truck.

Key topics in this conversation include:

• Why Graham wanted to create Solo AVT
• The potential for a 500+ mile battery electric truck
• The complexity of adding automated driving to a conventional trucking platform
• The benefit of building an electrified trucking platform from scratch
• Solo AVT’s vision for the future

Links:

• Show notes: http://brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/grahamdoorley
• https://soloavt.com/
• https://twitter.com/SoloAVT
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamdoorley/
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/solo-avt/

Graham’s Bio

Graham Doorley is a life-long car enthusiast and an entrepreneurial engineer with experience working at future-looking transportation startups like Tesla and Waymo. Graham has eight years of experience as a senior engineer for self-driving systems as part of both Google’s self-driving car program and then at Waymo. While at Waymo, Graham was a project lead on the self-driving truck project, starting it with a small inhouse team before it grew into the Waymo Via platform. At Tesla, Graham was responsible for the design, engineering, production, and sourcing of the entire front and rear suspension of the ground-breaking Model S.

About Solo AVT

Solo Advanced Vehicle Technologies (Solo AVT) is revolutionizing the freight transportation industry by bringing to market the first clean-sheet, battery-electric heavy truck to truly decarbonize the future of freight. Boasting over 500 miles of range as an all-electric vehicle, compatible with any autonomous driving software, and offered via a Truck-as-a-Service model, Solo AVT’s hardware and software solutions are designed to maximize efficiency, reduce costs, and improve safety. Solo AVT was founded in 2021, built by alumni from Waymo, Tesla, BMW, Ford, Faraday Futures, Rivian, and more, and backed by leading investors including Trucks VC, Maniv Mobility, and Wireframe Ventures. Follow @SoloAVT on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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