Today Oliver interviews Michael Dunne, founder of Zozogo, former VP of JDPower in China, GM of General Motors Indonesia and host of the Winning inAsia podcast which covers the auto sector in China. Mike has a huge depthof experience in China, which is an area that the team haven’t covered asmuch as we’d like on this show. The conversation gave rise to a lot ofdiscussions about the lay of the land in the Chinese auto sector, the roleof the Chinese auto sector in Micromobility and how micromobility will needto change to see adoption from those who are coming from poverty intowealth and are looking for highly performant and high status vehicles. It’sa great discussion and one that we think you’ll really enjoy.Specifically they dig into:- Mike’s background and how a kid from Detroit ended up in China in the1990s.- the Dynamics of the local Chinese car industry, including a breakdown oflocal vs joint ventures vs Tesla.- what (totally crazy!) excess capacity in the auto sector looks like andwhy that might matter for Micromobility- the top down vs bottom up nature of industry in China, and why theincentives matter.- infrastructure in China - roading vs existing Micromobility- the cultural enablers and disablers for Micromobility in China - and whyMicromobility will struggle in the quest for statusIn the meantime. The next Micromobility America conference is now scheduledfor the 23rd of September. It’ll be at the Craneway in Richmond, across thebay from San Francisco and have more than 50 top speakers from theindustry, more than 1000 global participants and 500+ startups and brandsrepresented. If you love this space and want to find your tribe here, headto micromobility.io to find out more details.