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How McLaren’s Ella Podmore is Rewriting the Science and Engineering History Books
Dec 6, 2024
When it comes to the automotive industry, Ella Podmore has science and engineering in a chokehold. She’s carved out a crucial position as a materials engineer at one of the world’s best and most innovative car manufacturers, McLaren. She’s relishing the opportunity to apply her expertise and create cars like the 750S, Artura, and W1, and she’s doing all of this while being an inspiration to women and everyone she’s mentored through the STEM program. Simply put, she’s rewriting the engineering history books.
When I spent time behind the wheel of a McLaren 750S earlier this year, I was left speechless by its power, performance, and technology. I’m a journalist first and foremost, but what truly gets me excited is cutting-edge engineering that gives you a sensation that you haven’t felt before. It could be the power, the lightweight carbon-fibre monocoque, the next-level suspension system, or a combination of all these things in the McLaren 750S. However, I’m not an engineer, so I can only try my best to mansplain.
What I needed to do was go to the source, but instead of putting me in a room with a mechanical engineer, designer, or product specialist, McLaren went a step further. They told me that I HAD to speak with their materials engineer manager, Ella Podmore MBE, who is the person responsible for all material-related investigations across all projects of McLaren.
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