Peter Mertens

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Vays door-to-door car rental service is live in central Las Vegas, Nevada! Experience the convenience of by-the-minute rental cars delivered driverlessly to your location. Download the "Vay Rent Cars by the Minute" app and take a ride today! https://vay.onelink.me/BXfV/3n0ectu7 Vay develops automotive-grade technology for remote driving. Through the Vay app, users can request an electric vehicle to be remotely delivered to their location. After the car has arrived, the user takes over and drives it like a regular car. At the end of the trip, the user exits the car, and a Remote Driver takes over, eliminating the time-consuming search for parking. This creates the most affordable door-to-door mobility service at half the ride-hailing price. Since its launch, users have taken thousands of rides and can hail a Vay car at a wide variety of locations throughout Las Vegas, including the busiest hotels on the Strip. Vay has recently expanded its offering to include B2B services, enabling remote driving for private cars, trucks, vans, and autonomous vehicles, among others. Apply to work for Vay in 30 seconds here: https://vayio.typeform.com/apply

We are DeepDrive, a high-tech company headquartered in Munich, Germany, offering revolutionary drive units for electric vehicles. Addressing the most pressing challenges of todays electric vehicles, our patented Dual Rotor motor topology does not only enable high-volume EVs with >800 km of range but also can save automakers more than €1 billion in costs when deployed at scale. Additionally, it enables EVs to drastically reduce carbon emissions, potentially saving multiple gigatonnes of CO2 emissions over the EV fleets lifetime. Versatile in design, our technology can be seamlessly integrated into the wheels or employed as a traditional central drive. Our experts with extensive experience in large-scale series production and the support of high-profile investors, including Leitmotif, BMW i Ventures, Continental‘s Corporate Venture Capital Unit, UVC Partners,, and Bayern Kapital make DeepDrive the motor of electric mobility. Additional investors include industry veteran Dr. Peter Mertens (former board member and CTO of Audi and Volvo) and top start-up executive Jonas Rieke (COO of Personio).

Pionix is dedicated to advancing the EV charging industry through open source technology. Founded in 2021, the company is headquartered in the Karlsruhe Metropolitan Area, Germany, and employs a team of 40 experts. With its vision to create the backbone for every EV charger worldwide, Pionix is recognized for its expertise in EV charging communication protocols and its commitment to innovation. Based on EVerest, an open source software stack for EV charging stations, Pionix provides enterprise-grade products and services tailored to the needs of the EV charging infrastructure, enabling reliable and scalable solutions. The company is driven by a shared goal: using open source technology to foster a cleaner, more sustainable future by making EV charging accessible, robust, and efficient for all stakeholders - drivers, businesses, and the environment.

V-HOLA Labs AI engine adeptly manages energy consumption, considering both the vehicle and driver. For vehicles, our innovative modeling technique ties together magnetic fields and vehicle systems, effectively tracking and rectifying power inefficiencies in EVs. For drivers, weve designed a pioneering virtual sensor strategy. This delivers real-time feedback on energy conservation methods, guiding drivers to consistently achieve superior energy efficiency scores on every journey.

Through predictive analytics and a B2B marketplace, Circunomics is challenging mobility OEMs, 2nd-life applications, and recyclers to embrace a more circular approach. Knowing that lifecycle planning is complex, we are here to help. We are the Battery Matchmakers

As an international venture studio we: 🔍 RESEARCH tech innovations for sustainable mobility worldwide. 🤝 PARTICIPATE as a co-founder with selected idea providers or as an early-stage investor. 🚀 SCALE start-ups into profitable companies together with the founders. A Snapshot of Our Portfolio Startups: www.circunomics.com www.getyourdrive.com www.pionix.com www.obsurver.com

Empowering the world’s brands and businesses to confidently navigate Web3 with the right insights with a Web3 Brand Intelligence platform.

Vays door-to-door car rental service is live in central Las Vegas, Nevada! Experience the convenience of by-the-minute rental cars delivered driverlessly to your location. Download the "Vay Rent Cars by the Minute" app and take a ride today! https://vay.onelink.me/BXfV/3n0ectu7 Vay develops automotive-grade technology for remote driving. Through the Vay app, users can request an electric vehicle to be remotely delivered to their location. After the car has arrived, the user takes over and drives it like a regular car. At the end of the trip, the user exits the car, and a Remote Driver takes over, eliminating the time-consuming search for parking. This creates the most affordable door-to-door mobility service at half the ride-hailing price. Since its launch, users have taken thousands of rides and can hail a Vay car at a wide variety of locations throughout Las Vegas, including the busiest hotels on the Strip. Vay has recently expanded its offering to include B2B services, enabling remote driving for private cars, trucks, vans, and autonomous vehicles, among others. Apply to work for Vay in 30 seconds here: https://vayio.typeform.com/apply

We are DeepDrive, a high-tech company headquartered in Munich, Germany, offering revolutionary drive units for electric vehicles. Addressing the most pressing challenges of todays electric vehicles, our patented Dual Rotor motor topology does not only enable high-volume EVs with >800 km of range but also can save automakers more than €1 billion in costs when deployed at scale. Additionally, it enables EVs to drastically reduce carbon emissions, potentially saving multiple gigatonnes of CO2 emissions over the EV fleets lifetime. Versatile in design, our technology can be seamlessly integrated into the wheels or employed as a traditional central drive. Our experts with extensive experience in large-scale series production and the support of high-profile investors, including Leitmotif, BMW i Ventures, Continental‘s Corporate Venture Capital Unit, UVC Partners,, and Bayern Kapital make DeepDrive the motor of electric mobility. Additional investors include industry veteran Dr. Peter Mertens (former board member and CTO of Audi and Volvo) and top start-up executive Jonas Rieke (COO of Personio).

Pionix is dedicated to advancing the EV charging industry through open source technology. Founded in 2021, the company is headquartered in the Karlsruhe Metropolitan Area, Germany, and employs a team of 40 experts. With its vision to create the backbone for every EV charger worldwide, Pionix is recognized for its expertise in EV charging communication protocols and its commitment to innovation. Based on EVerest, an open source software stack for EV charging stations, Pionix provides enterprise-grade products and services tailored to the needs of the EV charging infrastructure, enabling reliable and scalable solutions. The company is driven by a shared goal: using open source technology to foster a cleaner, more sustainable future by making EV charging accessible, robust, and efficient for all stakeholders - drivers, businesses, and the environment.