Shift: A podcast about mobility
Automotive News
On Shift: A podcast about mobility, Automotive News tech and innovation team leader Pete Bigelow takes an optimistic yet skeptical eye at the new tech and business models planned for the auto industry. Shift is a production of Automotive News, the leading publication covering the auto industry. Check out our reporting online at autonews.com/shift and follow us on Twitter @Automotive_News.
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May 5, 2024 • 46min
Gartner’s Mike Ramsey ponders Tesla’s strategy shift
The vice president of automotive, transportation and cross-manufacturing at research and advisory firm Gartner Inc. breaks down the disbanding of Tesla’s EV charging team, Elon Musk’s latest robotaxi promises and the company’s fresh “AI and robotics” focus.
Apr 28, 2024 • 48min
Amazon’s Wendy Bauer accelerates the auto industry’s AI push
The vice president of automotive and manufacturing at Amazon Web Services (AWS) talks about the proliferation of generative AI advances across different areas of the auto industry. Further, she details efforts to ensure women thrive in auto-tech careers.
Apr 21, 2024 • 49min
Megan Kimble probes the high price of America’s highways
The author of “City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality and The Future of America’s Highways” examines the financial, environmental and human costs of highway expansions, explains the way interstates are funded, and details prospects of highway removal.
Apr 14, 2024 • 52min
Greg McGuire explores Mcity’s next chapter
Greg McGuire, managing director of a connected-and-autonomous vehicle test track, discusses MCity's transformation into a makerspace for mobility innovation. Topics include the rise of hybrid vehicles in the automotive industry, China's lead in the hydrogen market, and MCity's role in shaping the future of transportation with AI and innovation.
Apr 7, 2024 • 44min
Shay Natarajan on confident mobility investing through uncertain times
The partner at investment firm Mobility Impact Partners explains how she looks beyond transportation-tech hype when investing and details a viable path for electrification through charging and infrastructure uncertainty.
Mar 31, 2024 • 43min
Jay Joseph sketches out Honda’s hydrogen strategy
Jay Joseph, VP at Honda, discusses Honda's hydrogen strategy with a focus on the new CR-V fuel-cell variant and a joint venture with GM. They explore the state of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in California, the need for infrastructure expansion, misconceptions about hydrogen safety, and Honda's global strategy for achieving net carbon neutrality by 2050.
Mar 24, 2024 • 41min
Justine Johnson touts Michigan as a hub for mobility
The podcast discusses consumer demands and safety concerns in the EV market, Michigan's role in driving mobility innovation, advancements in aerial mobility and sustainable transportation, and reflections on Michigan's mobility and natural resources.
Mar 17, 2024 • 38min
Energy Department’s Chelsea Sexton finances transportation’s future
Exploring the controversial Thacker Pass project in Nevada, evolving landscape of electric vehicles, strategic loans supporting clean energy projects, importance of domestic supply chains in transportation, impact of Biden administration's bills on the industry.
Mar 10, 2024 • 36min
Impact of the DARPA Grand Challenge reverberates 20 years later
March 13 marks the 20-year anniversary of the inaugural DARPA Grand Challenge race which catalyzed interest in self-driving technology. DARPA director Tony Tether, Carnegie Mellon University’s Red Whittaker, Waymo’s Melissa Dumas Grimm and Pronto’s Anthony Levandowski offer reflections on that race and how it steered the course of automated-driving development.
Mar 3, 2024 • 46min
BCG’s Augustin Wegscheider explores the nuances in AV, EV forecasts
The co-leader of Boston Consulting Group’s Center for Mobility Innovation discusses complications in deploying automated-driving technology and points to limited EV offerings a contributing factor behind a sales slowdown.
