# #105 | Interview with Stephen Lambert, CTO Protean Electric In-Wheel Motors Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/etech-learning-ev-av-technology-69352/105-interview-with-stephen-lambert-cto-protean-electric-in-wheel-motors Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/etech-learning-ev-av-technology-69352/105-interview-with-stephen-lambert-cto-protean-electric-in-wheel-motors.md Podcast: [eTech Learning: EV & AV Technology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/etech-learning-ev-av-technology-69352) Published: 2025-07-02T09:38:49+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/105-interview-with-stephen-lambert-cto-protean-electric-in-wheel-motors--66225292 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/66225292/105_stephenlambert_edit02_mixdown.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/etech-learning-ev-av-technology-69352/episodes/105-interview-with-stephen-lambert-cto-protean-electric-in-wheel-motors Duration seconds: 3532 ## Resource In this episode of the eTech49 Podcast, Ryan Maughan is joined by Dr Steve Lambert, Chief Technology Officer at Protean Electric, a pioneer in in-wheel motor technology for electric vehicles. We start by disucssing Steve's career journey, how he became involved in engineering ultra high performance electric vehicle powertrain for in Formula 1 and some other great experiences leading up to his move to Protean developing and scaling the production of state-of-the-art in-wheel motor technology. Steve then shares his deep insights into the evolution of electric powertrains, the unique challenges of in-wheel motors and how Protean is helping to push the boundaries of vehicle architecture, efficiency and e-mobility and is now finding commercial success with major automotive OEM's. Steve Lambert on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-stephen-lambert/ Protean Electric corporate website: https://www.proteanelectric.com/ How to get in touch with Ryan: eTech49 website: https://etech49.com/ Ryan Maughan LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-maughan-a2893610/ Ryan Maughan on X: https://twitter.com/acexryan ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/etech-learning-ev-av-technology-69352/episodes/105-interview-with-stephen-lambert-cto-protean-electric-in-wheel-motors/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/etech-learning-ev-av-technology-69352/105-interview-with-stephen-lambert-cto-protean-electric-in-wheel-motors.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.