Best of Earth911 Podcast: eBliss CEO Bill Klehm’s Vision for the Electrification of Local Transportation

Best of Earth911 Podcast: eBliss CEO Bill Klehm’s Vision for the Electrification of Local Transportation

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If we intend to keep away from the worst impacts of local weather change, the way forward for native transportation should look quite a bit totally different than at the moment’s car- and heavy vehicle-dominated site visitors. The U.S. Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy reviews that 64% of journeys, throughout all sorts of transportation, contain touring fewer than 5 miles. Only 2% of journeys attain greater than 50 miles. Local transportation is ripe for reinvention and our visitor at the moment is working to introduce electric bikes and light vehicles that may displace the automotive and truck. Meet Bill Klehm, chairman and CEO of eBliss Global, an electrical bike maker growing greater than 30 new e-bike fashions designed for native private and enterprise use. Bill brings hefty transportation credentials to the choice transportation startup. He led the launch of Ford’s customer support division, developed the CarFax automobile historical past report, was CEO of Fallbrook Technologies, which launched a novel transmission know-how for bicycles, and was president of Ford’s Visteon Climate Control Systems LTD.

Bill Klehm, chairman and CEO of eBliss
Bill Klehm, chairman and CEO of eBliss, is our visitor on Sustainability in Your Ear.

Bill and his workforce launched eBliss in 2022 and several other fashions are presently accessible from EVOKE and The Ride. eBliss bikes function European Union-certified batteries and the corporate is growing a complete recycling program to make sure supplies and bike parts are reused and recycled for decrease carbon and water impacts in comparison with utilizing virgin supplies. We talk about the way forward for battery know-how, together with find out how to get rid of the specter of hearth from e-bike batteries, together with eBliss’ plans to supply extremely customized electrical bikes, gentle autos and supply autos that mix human and electrical energy. Bill contends that moving past cars in local transportation will create a more healthy and extra affluent life-style, together with the daybreak of the three-bike storage. You can be taught extra about eBliss at ebliss.global and you’ll browse their bike choices at rideevoke.com and theridebikes.com.

This podcast initially aired on March 31, 2023.