Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Phinia
Search every verified Todd Anderson interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Todd Anderson, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at PHINIA, has been discussing the company's role in automotive decarbonization. At the Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025, he stated that PHINIA supplies fuel systems, electrical systems, and aftermarket components, and described India as a large focus for the company. He advocated for global standards to minimize development costs and emphasized "co-creating" the future with customers and industry partners. At IAA Transportation 2024, Anderson and PHINIA President & CEO Brady Erikson presented the company's approach to transitioning from fossil fuels to carbon-neutral and carbon-free fuels, including hydrogen internal combustion engines. Anderson noted that the technology is ready but requires increased green hydrogen production, infrastructure, and cost moderation. He also announced the publication of a PHINIA emission standards guide covering global regulations. In interviews and podcasts, Anderson has discussed his leadership philosophy, stating that he aims to create an environment where it is safe to express opinions and that he is "not the smartest guy in the room." He described PHINIA's governance model as "Globally Optimized and Locally Driven" to minimize complexity and accelerate decision-making. Separately, Anderson has appeared in content related to sleep optimization, recommending a room temperature of around 65°F for deeper sleep cycles and stating that he prefers a colder room over a cold mattress for temperature regulation.
“Temperature is one of the main reasons we can't fall asleep. We have to drop our core body temperature in order to especially get in the deeper sleep cycle.”
“If you don't give your body the ability to cool off, you're going to have a tough time getting into that deep sleep.”
“Really, the temperature in the room is the only thing that's been thoroughly studied. 65° seems to be a pretty good ballpark.”
“I haven't experienced the cold mattresses as much. I actually don't use a cold mattress. I do a colder room because I feel like I have more control of my regulation of temperature with like covers on and off.”
“If you can handle in your combo with like a cold temperature, your body will definitely get into the deeper cycles throughout the”
“Finia supplies fuel systems, electrical systems and aftermarket components for anything from two-wheelers on up to heavy commercial vehicles. India is a large focus of ours and we are working closely with many of our OEM customers.”
“Having global standards is a really important step for us to be able to minimize custom bespoke designs and development costs while at the same time addressing specific regional needs.”
“India has a long history in the auto sector and is growing in its scope and weight and importance within the automotive sector. It is a critical region for us as Finia and for the automotive industry.”
“I love this idea of co-creating because it means that we're proactively approaching the future and in many ways we're not letting the future just happen, we're creating it together as we work in partnership.”
“Sustainable mobility solutions is really what everyone is here to talk about today. At Finia, we have a vision to improve efficiencies today while we're powering toward a cleaner tomorrow.”
“We're leveraging our deep knowledge base and adapting it for alternative fuels that are carbon free and carbon neutral including hydrogen. We have a hydrogen internal combustion engine that provides the same power and performance of a characteristic diesel engine but it does it with a zero CO2 fuel.”
“We're focused on very practical solutions and not letting best get in the way of better. We can take steps to be better even if it's not best, and if we do that in a practical solution-oriented way without letting maybe academic theories cloud our vision, then we're able to move forward quite effectively.”
“My personal vision is as we meet with our customers and understand their strategic roadmap, we're able to partner with them and lend our experience, and then together on a long-term basis we can plot out and co-create that future together.”
“At PHINIA, we see hydrogen as a robust and viable technology that can help us in the transport industry move toward decarbonization. It will require the best of every technology that we can use in the application that is most suited for this, from electrification to alternative fuels and hydrogen.”
“We have made significant strides from a carbon neutrality standpoint and delivering on our sustainability goals, spending nearly 80% of our R&D dollars on energy efficiency improvements as well as carbon reduction and alternative fuels.”
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