{"id":322342,"date":"2025-05-15T12:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/in-conversation-with-mike-bassett\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T12:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:06:07","slug":"in-conversation-with-mike-bassett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/in-conversation-with-mike-bassett\/","title":{"rendered":"In conversation with Mike Bassett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.emobility-engineering.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-WMC-300E-motorbike-concept-alongside-its-battery-pack-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.emobility-engineering.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-WMC-300E-motorbike-concept-alongside-its-battery-pack-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/in-conversation-with-mike-bassett.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/in-conversation-with-mike-bassett-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/in-conversation-with-mike-bassett-2.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.emobility-engineering.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-WMC-300E-motorbike-concept-alongside-its-battery-pack-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"  alt='E-Mobility Engineering'><br \/>Mike Bassett, Head of Engineering at MAHLE Powertrain, speaks to Will Gray about hybridisation, EV innovation and why the future of vehicle propulsion has many routes<br \/>\nMike Bassett leads approximately 180 engineers and technicians tasked with innovating the technology behind MAHLE Powertrain\u2019s advanced propulsion systems. Having initially been schooled in the thermodynamics of ICE engines, his route has followed a fascinating path as the world pivots from petrol, via hybridisation, to a currently EV-focused future. <a href=https:\/\/www.emobility-engineering.com\/mike-bassett-head-of-engineering-at-mahle-powertrain\/ target=blank>Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/in-conversation-with-mike-bassett\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":322343,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-322342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-mobility-engineering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}