Arnaud Malrin (ANOD): an alternative to the lithium battery for e-bikes
Chapters (23)
- Teaser
- Can batteries be revolutionised?
- Differences between batteries and supercapacitors
- The “problem” with batteries
- Less capacity = less range?
- How he got into cycling
- His career as an art dealer
- Why start a company in cycling?
- Why supercapacitors?
- The state of the art in energy storage
- How Anod was born
- Energy recovery under braking
- Building the motor
- The battery capacity objection
- How to inspire trust as a startup
- Vanmoof’s biggest mistake
- The difficulty of raising funds after Vanmoof
- Anod, still here in 10 years?
- What we can wish him for the future
- A final word
- A next guest?
- My final word
- Thank you
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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.
