In today’s episode, Oliver interviews Ties Carlier, the co-CEO andcofounder of Vanmoof to talk about the new Vanmoof V, which is one of themost beautiful ebikes at Micromobility Industries have ever seen and is dueto drop next year. It’s a lot faster and more powerful than anythingthey’ve done before, and this was a great chat about that design decisionand why Ties thinks we need to get more creative and lateral in how wethink about what micromobility vehicles can do and should be regulated.Ties is based in Taiwan, which manufactures most of the world’s ebikes, sothey also briefly touch base on that too. We’ve had his brother Taco(co-CEO of Vanmoof) on shows 53 and 74 so also check those out if you wantto hear more about the Vanmoof story.Specifically they dig into:- Ties’ background starting the company with his brother Taco and his moveto Taiwan.- the new V - what, why, when and why they chose to go for speed over otherpotential design opportunities- how the launch of the S3/X3 went and what Vanmoof learned in the process- hiring/building teams remotely for micromobility and how much Vanmoof hasgrown in the last year- what he’s excited about in the coming years in terms of product and techin micromobility