#214, Indigo wants to change ride share and delivery

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:33 — 39.2MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | More

Will Graylin is a tech entrepreneur who believes rideshare and delivery is the future of affordable, more efficient transportation.

The Chairman and CEO of Indigo Technologies, Graylin is our guest on this episode of The Weekly Driver Podcast.

Co-hosts Bruce Aldrich and James Raia talk with Graylin about his company’s new class of EVs and his vision for ride-hail and delivery and other essential services.

 

“We focus on the next generation of urban mobility, especially in ride-share and delivery,” says Graylin. “As you know, the world is changing. More and more miles are being put on the road big gig workers. They’re delivering our food, our meals our packages.”

Indigo’s motto: “Smoothest, Greenest Rides For Our Planet.”

The company debuted at the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas a van-like electric car in two versions.

The Indigo Flow is designed for ride-haring; the Indigo Flow Plus serves as a delivery van.

For both cars, the startup emphasizes what it calls robotic wheels, which hold a 22 kW electric motor each. They also combine transmission and active suspension in one module with the drive. The active suspension, in particular, is intended to compensate for the well-known disadvantage of wheel hub motors, namely the higher unsprung masses.

According to its literature:

Indigo is delivering radically more efficient, comfortable and affordable EVs that are purposely built for ride-hail, delivery by leveraging its patented electric robotic wheel suspension and propulsion system.

Indigo is also combining innovative fintech and insurtech from its partner OV Loop to make affordable transportation more accessible to everyone through advanced mobility as a service platform.”

“When you think about it, most vehicles carry one or two passengers, so why are they driving around in big SUVs and trucks,” says Graylin.

“We are being asked to supersize our cars. The OEMs make more money selling trucks and SUVs. We wanted to build a solution that is much lighter and much more efficient.”

Please join Bruce and me as we discuss with Graylin his company’s (www.indigotech.com) philosophy of the future of urban mobility.”

The Weekly Driver Podcast encourages and appreciates feedback from our listeners. Please forward episode links to family, friends and colleagues. And you are welcome to repost links from the podcast to your social media accounts. The idea of more eyeballs on more content works for us.

Support our podcast by shopping on Amazon.com. A graphic display at the bottom of the post links to automotive selections of the online retailer. But there’s also a search function for anything available directly from the site.

If you shop via this site, we receive a small commission. It helps us continue to produce independent content. The site began in 2004 and includes more than 700 reviews.

The podcast is in its fourth year, and we’ve had a diverse collection of guests — famous athletes, vintage car collectors, manufacturer CEOs, automotive book authors, industry analysts, a movie stuntman and episodes from auto shows and car auctions.

Please send comments and suggestions for new episodes to James Raia via email: [email protected].

All podcast episodes are archived on theweeklydriver.com/podcast

Every episode is also available on your preferred podcast platform. Several of the more prominent platforms are listed below.

Amazon.com
iheartradio
Spotify