The one with Alstom

InnoTrans Podcast

Season 1 Episode 8 - Expert Talk with Henri Poupart-Lafarge, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Alstom Green, digital, connected - this is how Henri Poupart-Lafarge, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alstom, sees the future of mobility. One thing is clear: rail transport is the backbone of tomorrow's mobility, because only rail can transport large numbers of passengers and goods efficiently and, above all, in a climate-friendly way. In the InnoTrans podcast, he explains the goals of the "Alstom in Motion 2025" strategy and the technologies in which they will be investing in the future - from drive technologies such as batteries and hydrogen to autonomous trains. The first prototypes of autonomously running trains on open tracks will be available in 2023, Henri Poupart-Lafarge is confident. For the upcoming InnoTrans, Henri Poupart-Lafarge would like to see the same “wow effect“ as they did when the first fuel cell-powered regional passenger train made its world debut at InnoTrans 2018. InnoTrans Director Kerstin Schulz would also like to see this wow effect. But above all she is looking forward to the personal encounters at InnoTrans, for example at the Executive Tours on the last day of the event.