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Bernardo Mota
Project Manager in Electrical Powertrains
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Bernardo Mota
Project Manager in Electrical Powertrains
Joined 06/20/2017
Level: LEVEL 01 (12 mo pts: 0 pts)
Lifetime points: 5 pts
Bernardo was born in Portugal in 1975, pursued his studies in electrical engineering in three continents before receiving his M.Sc. from INSA Lyon, France in 1999. He obtained his Ph.D. in microelectronics in 2003 from EPFL in Switzerland followed by a 2-year spell in research at CERN, developing the readout for particle physics detectors. Bernardo joined the BWM Group in 2005 in the powertrain division, developing sensors, actuators and water pumps, in some cases in cooperation with other European OEMs such as Daimler and PSA. In 2010 he took over the commodity energy storage systems in the purchase division, leading the supply chain management and quality assurance for components for EV batteries, while participating in the sourcing process and supplier selection. After assisting the start of series production and market introduction of the i3 and i8 EV models, Bernardo joined the technology research arm of the BWM Group, on the hydrogen fuel cell department, taking over the responsibility of the technology validation and vehicle maturity assessment, within the cooperation with Toyota. He is, otherwise, currently the BWM representative in European Affairs within the Fuel Cell Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, an EU agency, being the co-chair of the transportation pillar of Hydrogen Europe.
As of today, Bernardo is coordinating the definition of vehicle targets for future generations of Fuel Cell Electrical Vehicles and consolidating the market and customer expectations for both Lithium Ion Battery and Fuel Cell EVs, while exploring of business opportunities for FCEV fleet operators.
With more than 10 years experience in the automotive industry, Bernardo initiates and participates in events to leverage the power of the Portuguese Diaspora on behalf of technology SMEs in their country of origin. For this purpose he founded thribus in 2014.
As of today, Bernardo is coordinating the definition of vehicle targets for future generations of Fuel Cell Electrical Vehicles and consolidating the market and customer expectations for both Lithium Ion Battery and Fuel Cell EVs, while exploring of business opportunities for FCEV fleet operators.
With more than 10 years experience in the automotive industry, Bernardo initiates and participates in events to leverage the power of the Portuguese Diaspora on behalf of technology SMEs in their country of origin. For this purpose he founded thribus in 2014.
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