#185 – Josh Green | Inspiration Mobility – Accelerating Fleet Transitions to Electric Vehicles

Building Better with Brandon Bartneck

Josh Green is the founder and CEO of Inspiration Mobility (“Inspiration”), the first Electrification Accelerator™, built from the ground up to accelerate the EV transition by enabling organizations of all sizes to reap the full benefits of electrification as quickly and painlessly as possible.

Key topics in this conversation include:

• Why EV introduction often wrong for fleets
• Picking the right vehicle for the use case
• Making an impact when the grass is “green enough”
• Why shifting a fleet to electric vehicles is not as simple as it might seem
• The importance of solving system-level challenges when introducing electric vehicles

Links:

• Show notes: http://brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/joshgreen
• Josh's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-green-25349/
• Inspiration's website: https://inspirationmobility.com/
• Inspiration's LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspirationmobility/

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About Josh:

Josh Green is the founder and CEO of Inspiration Mobility (“Inspiration”), the first Electrification Accelerator™, built from the ground up to accelerate the EV transition by enabling organizations of all sizes to reap the full benefits of electrification as quickly and painlessly as possible.

Josh's pioneering work founding Inspiration builds on a long track record of leadership across sustainable energy and infrastructure. As an investor, Josh has launched or worked with multiple funds/platforms investing in the energy transition, including Traverse Venture Partners, CCM Energy, Climate Change Capital, and Generate Capital, where he was a founding investor and Director on the Board. As an operator, Josh was the CEO and Co-Founder of Verdeo Group, a leading clean energy project developer backed by Black River Asset Management and Wolfensohn & Company before its acquisition by Sindicatum Sustainable Resources.

Josh holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Dartmouth College and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Company Overview

Inspiration Mobility is the first and only Electrification AcceleratorTM, built around one mission: accelerating the EV transition to decarbonize transportation at scale. A trusted partner to companies, utilities, and investors, Inspiration delivers fully-financed vehicle and commercial grade charging solutions for organizations seeking to lower costs, reduce risk, and advance progress towards decarbonization by adopting clean, electric transportation.

Future of Mobility:

The Future of Mobility podcast is focused on the development and implementation of safe, sustainable, effective, and accessible mobility solutions, with a spotlight on the people and technology advancing these fields.

linkedin.com/in/brandonbartneck/

brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/

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