Impact Debates: Recent Episodes

Steve Hellman

Mobility Impact Partners hosts a series of debates on the future of mobility to promote intellectual, public discourse around important issues associated with the revolution in transportation. Our format is an Oxford-style debate with protagonists who take opposing sides of an argument, and an expert panel that poses questions to clarify their positions. We seek to improve our collective understanding of topics critical to our future.

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In this Oxford style debate organized with Mobility Impact Partners, our debaters will discuss whether eVTOLs will remain a niche toy for the rich or add a new dimension to transportation for everyone.

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In this debate we will tackle the future of passenger vehicle ownership. Is society destined to pile more cars on the road, or might we be near a turning point?

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A debate on the future of trucking and the impact combustion, battery, and hydrogen power will have on the industry.

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Michael Cohen of BP and Robert McNally of Rapidan Energy Group are joined by a panel of experts, including Arjun Murti of Warburg Pincus and Bain's Ethan Phillips, to discuss whether global oil demand could peak by 2030.

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Mobility Impact Partners hosted a debate on the government’s role in promoting vehicle electrification, the first in a series on the future of mobility.