It was such an honour to moderate a panel “Beyond Fossil Fuels – Energy for Transportation” at South Summit 2023 in Madrid. We discussed alternative energy sources to power the transportation sector and reduce its dependence on fossil fuels. It was an invigorating and inspiring discussion focussed on the benefits and challenges of each solution, their commercial viability, and their potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality.

A backstage photo with our expert guests (L-R):
- Andrés de León, CEO at Hyperloop Transportation
- Nate Jaret, General Partner at Maniv Mobility
- Dr. Ulrich Ehmes, CEO at Theion
- Juan Melgarejo, President at Herko Trucks
Thanks so much to the team at South Summit for the opportunity to host this great discussion, and to co-host the Next Big Thing and playground stages over three days of this definitive tech ecosystem event!






About South Summit
South Summit is the best global showcase for the world’s leading companies, startups, investors and institutions that want to accelerate innovation, build lasting relationships, identify opportunities and generate business.
About Hyperloop Transportation
Founded in 2013, HyperloopTT has an established network of more than 800 highly skilled individuals across five continents. We’ve created powerful partnerships with universities and corporations. This passion-driven and unstoppable team works across countries, time-zones, and disciplines to fast-track the future.
About Maniv Mobility
Maniv Mobility is a venture capital firm investing globally from our offices in Tel Aviv and New York. Backed by industry-leading investors from across the automotive, transportation, energy, and logistics spaces, Maniv has made over thirty investments across five continents.
About Theion
Zero emission, quasi-solid state lithium/sulfur and silicon/sulfur batteries based on nano-crystalline monoliths.
About Herko Trucks
HERKO is a company born in 2021 in the Basque Country from the joint vision of two leading players in the motor industry: BeGas, a manufacturer of engines powered by alternative energies, and Leciñena, a company with more than 50 years of experience manufacturing trailers and semi-trailers.
We seek to make the world a more sustainable place, helping cities to face the climate challenges posed by the European Union. We reconcile profitability with efficiency and sustainability, generating economic value, creating qualified employment, and driving a new green industrialization from Biscay, in the Basque Country. We work to decarbonize transport, promoting the circular economy and accelerating the energy transition. For all these reasons, at HERKO we go the extra mile.