Arnaud Malrin (ANOD) is the guest on En Roue Libre Podcast
Episode in French.
Arnaud Malrin is the co-founder of ANOD
When Arnaud discovered, thanks to his father, that there was a serious alternative to the traditional lithium battery for powering an e-bike, it didn’t take him long to leave his comfortable job as an art dealer and set up Anod with him to develop this technology and integrate it into bikes.
Because Arnaud is a bike enthusiast above all.
Having ridden dirt, mountain bikes and BMX, he is part of the inner circle of a certain Antoine Bizet and has, as they say, “worn out” the best spots in the world, such as Whistler, the mecca of mountain biking. Even though he has since stepped back from the aggressive disciplines to focus on Anod, and aims to rattle motor giants like Bosch, Arnaud has kept his ability to commit totally to his projects, and as an entrepreneur he is achieving something that many still consider far too ambitious.
In this episode, expect to discover:
– How Arnaud intends to challenge the motor heavyweights with the technology he has developed.
– The problem he identified with lithium batteries and his solution to reduce fire risks.
– The crucial but often misunderstood difference between battery capacity and range.
– Why he decided to develop his own motor on top of his batteries, and how he managed to increase its efficiency by 50% compared with the market references
– His solution for finally integrating an energy recovery system on a bike.
– The arguments he used to convince Xavier Niel’s fund to invest in his company.
– His analysis of Vanmoof’s failure and what he took from it to secure Anod’s future
– How he goes about inspiring buyers’ trust as a startup.
– And plenty of other things.
Video chapters:
00:00 Teaser
04:25 Can batteries be revolutionised?
05:20 Differences between batteries and supercapacitors
08:34 The “problem” with batteries
11:12 Less capacity = less range?
15:03 How he got into cycling
33:23 His career as an art dealer
52:30 Why start a company in cycling?
55:13 Why supercapacitors?
59:39 The state of the art in energy storage
01:01:59 How Anod was born
01:05:40 Energy recovery under braking
01:13:12 Building the motor
01:22:14 The battery capacity objection
01:37:35 How to inspire trust as a startup
01:42:47 Vanmoof’s biggest mistake
01:49:34 The difficulty of raising funds after Vanmoof
01:56:40 Anod, still here in 10 years?
02:01:28 What we can wish him for the future
02:03:11 A final word
02:03:50 A next guest?
02:05:40 My final word
02:09:33 Thank you
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