The past and future of clean transportation with Doreen Orishaba, Daniel Sperling, and Gil Tal

About this episode

The episode explores the history and future of clean transportation, focusing on electric vehicles and infrastructure challenges.

Electric vehicles have a surprisingly long history. Battery-powered cars have existed since 1881. So why did the world choose to spend over a century investing in fossil fuels? Sherrell explores this question with a talk from engineer Doreen Orishaba. Doreen built Africa's first electric vehicle and now runs 100+ electric buses across East Africa. Her success proves that the countries that did not inherit a broken infrastructure may be best positioned to build what comes next. Then digs deeper into the background of electric cars in a TED-ED lesson from Daniel Sperling and Gil Tal. Talks featured How to make transportation quieter, cleaner and cheaper | Doreen Orishaba TED-ED: The surprisingly long history of electric cars | Daniel Sperling and Gil Tal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: TED Tech

Guest: Doreen Orishaba

Topics covered

• clean transportation
• electric vehicles
• history of electric cars
• infrastructure
• sustainable technology

Keywords

• electric vehicles
• clean transportation
• Doreen Orishaba
• sustainable technology
• East Africa

Mentioned in this episode

Places: East Africa

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