Hossein Hassani

VP, Charging & Energy, General Motors

MobilityOn TechTO stages since 2017

Hossein 'Hoss' Hassani is a General Motors executive who has worked across the company's Canadian operations, luxury brand and mobility ventures. In 2017 he led Cadillac Canada and headed GM's Maven car-sharing service, speaking at TechTO on urban mobility and self-driving cars. He later moved into GM's electric-vehicle commercialization and charging-and-energy leadership.

On the TechTO stage ×1

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Hossein Hassani of Maven Canada (GM) presents Polyamorous Autobots: Roll out!

TechTO · May 2017

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In their words

autonomous vehicles are much closer than any of us think

TechTO, May 2017 · watch at 08:01 ↗

the self-driving car will be better than anybody here no matter how great you think you are

TechTO, May 2017 · watch at 07:46 ↗

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Around the web ×1

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Maven's Hossein Hassani says self-driving cars are 'much closer than we think' at #TechTOBetaKit

2017

Quick answers

Who is Hossein Hassani?

A General Motors executive whose roles have spanned Cadillac Canada, GM's Maven mobility service, and EV charging and energy.

What did he speak about at TechTO?

Urban mobility, car-sharing and self-driving vehicles, drawing on GM's Maven program in 2017.

What is Maven?

GM's short-lived car-sharing service, which the company wound down in 2020.

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