Shift: A podcast about mobility
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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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Jan 1, 2023 • 46min
Virginia’s Madhur Behl pushes the envelope in robot race cars
The University of Virginia professor previews the upcoming Indy Autonomous Challenge at CES, discusses his work with the Cavalier Autonomous Racing team and explores how self-driving technology might migrate from racing to robotaxis.
Dec 11, 2022 • 34min
Aurora’s Kendra Phillips writes the playbook for self-driving truck service
The vice president of service delivery for self-driving tech company Aurora Innovation explains how autonomy can help double the utilization rates in trucking and what it takes behind the scenes to run a self-driving operation.
Dec 4, 2022 • 40min
Praveen Penmetsa drives EV and autonomous innovations into farming
The CEO and co-founder of Monarch Tractor explores the use of connected, autonomous and electric-vehicle technology in agriculture, details how a V2G-enabled Toyota Prius sparked a big idea, and highlights the start of production with Foxconn.
Nov 27, 2022 • 37min
JB Straubel on recycling’s role in fortifying the EV future
The Redwood Materials founder and CEO details a breakthrough battery-materials deal with Panasonic, explains how recycling bolsters a domestic electric-vehicle supply chain and reflects on his tenure as Tesla’s chief technology officer.
Nov 20, 2022 • 38min
Jan Becker accelerates the arrival of software-defined vehicles
The president, CEO and co-founder of startup Apex.Ai advises automakers in adapting to a software-dominated world, discusses his work helping to author the Levels of Automation and details his work on self-driving tech a decade before the DARPA challenges.
Nov 13, 2022 • 44min
From sea to space, GM stretches itself beyond cars
General Motors vice president Travis Hester details the plans behind GM Energy, a new business unit focused on energy storage and distribution. Then GM’s Bill Mack explains how the company uses its battery tech and components across transportation.
Nov 6, 2022 • 44min
Keith Phillips lays groundwork of America’s domestic EV supply chain
The Piedmont Lithium CEO discusses how a $141.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy helps accelerate a lithium project already underway, and how a shortage of raw materials for batteries may hamper the auto industry.
Oct 30, 2022 • 32min
Ellen Carey shines a spotlight on EV supply chain accountability
The vice president for global policy and public affairs at Circulor explains how new technology can precisely track emissions, prevent exploitative mining practices, and help automakers prove they meet Inflation Reduction Act requirements.
Oct 23, 2022 • 37min
Sara Baldwin provides a primer on the Inflation Reduction Act’s EV impact
The electrification director at nonprofit thinktank Energy Innovation charts the path forward for understanding how the far-reaching IRA affects electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, raw material production and U.S. power grid.
Oct 16, 2022 • 39min
Alex Mueller of IIHS explains how drivers use – and sometimes misuse – partially automated systems
The research scientist at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety delves into her new report on motorists’ habits involving three leading driver-assistance systems and discusses the complexities of human and machine collaboration behind the wheel.
