10/08/2026
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Me: "Say no more."
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10/08/2026
"Fred, can we get a nice professional photo of you with your book?"
Me: "Say no more."
06/08/2026
Could you be the next guest on Future Engineering Bets?
When I launched Future Engineering Bets, I knew I wanted to create space for serious conversations about advanced engineering, innovation and where capital should be placed next.
What I didn’t expect was just how many brilliant conversations it would lead to in such a short space of time.
So far, I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with guests including Mark Preston, Daniel Fung, Iain Wight and Mark Grain, covering everything from motorsport and energy management to industrial strategy, battery technology, hydrogen and the future of mobility.
And we’re only just getting started, with more exciting conversations on the way from guests with experience inside Honda and Formula 1 👀
Now, I’m looking for more people to join me!
If you’re working in automotive, motorsport, electrification, hydrogen, energy transition, defence, aerospace or advanced engineering, and you have a perspective worth sharing, I’d love to hear from you.
If that sounds like someone you know, tag them in the comments below 👇
What would it take for hydrogen-powered vehicles to become the norm?
For Extreme H, the answer starts with racing: harsh terrain, real deadlines, and technology pushed under pressure.
In the latest episode of Future Engineering Bets, Mark Grain explains why motorsport is such an important testbed.
🎧 Stream it now on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts.
Links: https://band.link/FutureEngBetsE12
Hydrogen still has its critics.
But Extreme H is putting it to the test in the toughest way possible: racing.
I recently had the pleasure of speaking to Mark Grain of Extreme H about the world’s first FIA-sanctioned hydrogen-powered motorsport series, why motorsport is such a powerful testbed for new technology, and how hydrogen fuel cells are being proven in extreme terrain under real race conditions.
This was such a fascinating discussion about hydrogen, innovation, and where future mobility might go next.
🎧 Watch Future Engineering Bets now over on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts.
Links: https://band.link/FutureEngBetsE12
27/07/2026
Across conversations with founders and business owners, I've noticed a recurring pattern.
When delivery starts to slow or outcomes fall short of expectations, attention often turns to what's happening today.
In many cases, the source of the problem sits much further upstream.
Priorities have shifted, new opportunities have emerged, or scope has expanded, but the original plan was never fully reset.
Decisions made in response to those changes can gradually pull an initiative away from its intended direction.
By the time progress becomes a concern, the discussion focuses on ex*****on rather than whether everyone is still working towards the same goal.
Change is rarely the problem - the challenge comes when people respond to change without a shared understanding of the outcome they're working towards.
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If delivery feels harder than it should, let's have a conversation about what's driving it.
📩 Drop me a message and we'll help you identify where plans, priorities and ex*****on may have drifted apart.
McMurtry started with a simple but bold idea: high-performance cars had become too big, too heavy, and too compromised.
So they built something small, electric, and brutally fast - the Spéirling.
Having been shown around McMurtry while filming this episode, what really stood out was the sense of proper engineering creativity. Smart people solving difficult problems, making things work, and clearly having fun in the process.
🎧 Have a listen to this fascinating conversation with McMurtry's Iain Wight - now available to stream over on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts.
Links: https://band.link/FutureEngBetsE11
A car that can drive upside down sounds impossible.
Until McMurtry made it real.
I had the pleasure of speaking to Iain Wight of McMurtry Automotive about how they’re pushing electric performance far beyond the usual EV conversation - with fan downforce, high-performance batteries, lightweight motors and some genuinely exciting engineering.
🎧 Catch this fascinating conversation over on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts.
Links: https://band.link/FutureEngBetsE11
Cars aren’t just mechanical products anymore.
They’re becoming software-defined platforms - and that changes where the real value sits.
If OEMs don’t own the software, the battery, or the core tech… what are they really bringing to the table?
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🎧 Listen to Future Engineering Bets over on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts.
Links: https://band.link/FutureEngBetsE10
What if the future isn’t as binary as EV vs ICE?
This part of the conversation is still being underestimated - especially in the UK.
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Episode 9 of Future Engineering Bets, The Cost of Getting EV Policy Wrong, is out now.
Stream it on Spotify, YouTube & Apple Podcasts 🎧
Links 👉 https://band.link/FutureEngBetsE9
Have automotive OEMs lost control of their own market?
For decades, legacy carmakers held the power: brand, product, engineering, supply chain.
But if the value is now moving to batteries, software, tech and integration… where does that leave the OEM?
The full episode of the latest Future Engineering Bets is out now.
🎧 Listen on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts.
Links: https://band.link/FutureEngBetsE10