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The Powertrain of the Future – Conifer’s Vision with Ankit Somani & Yateendra Deshpande
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- Munro Live Podcast
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- Jul 10, 2025
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- 3186
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Summary
In this episode of the Munro Live Podcast, host Paul Turnbull sits down with Conifer Co-Founders Ankit Somani and Yateendra Deshpande to explore how their startup is reimagining the EV powertrain from the ground up. Conifer is on a mission to simplify and streamline electric vehicle development through an integrated, modular powertrain system—aimed at reducing cost, improving efficiency, and accelerating electrification across multiple vehicle platforms. Tune in as Paul dives into the technical challenges of current powertrain architectures, how Conifer’s approach compares to traditional OEM strategies, and what this means for the future of EV design. https://www.conifer.io/ Munro Live is a YouTube channel that features Sandy Munro and other engineers from Munro & Associates. Munro is an engineering consulting firm and a world leader in reverse engineering, costing, and teardown benchmarking.Munro Home of Lean Designhttps://leandesign.com/