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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Sep 5, 2021 • 55min
Clare Jones explores the three words that can change transportation (Episode 113)
The chief operating officer of What3Words examines the shortcomings of traditional street addresses, the power of new microlocation tools and what's possible when the world is divided into three-meter squares.
Sep 1, 2021 • 41min
How 5G could make the car a 'phone on wheels' (Episode 112)
Hakan Ekmen and Navid Firouz of engineering and consulting company umlaut discuss the "impressive" strides being made in fifth-generation wireless, 5G's potential to improve safety and enhance the in-vehicle experience and the company's latest research into digital cockpits.
Aug 29, 2021 • 43min
Ouster’s Angus Pacala intends to put lidar on ‘every moving thing on earth’ (Episode 111)
The CEO discusses the wide range of market opportunities, from mining to robotrucks; taking the SPAC route to public trading, navigating the chip crisis, and why “it's better to be selling the pickaxes in the gold rush.”
Aug 22, 2021 • 54min
Zoox’s Mark Rosekind says safety and innovation go hand in hand (Episode 110)
Zoox chief safety innovation officer Mark Rosekind explains his curious job title, reflects on his work as NHTSA administrator and NTSB board member, and describes his efforts to curb traffic deaths nationwide.
Aug 15, 2021 • 44min
Mandy Bishop reflects on what Columbus learned from the Smart City Challenge (Episode 109)
Five years after Columbus, Ohio, won the $50 million Smart City Challenge, program manager Mandy Bishop details the successes and challenges in implementing next-generation transportation technology.
Aug 8, 2021 • 38min
U.S. DOE's Michael Berube on the quest for a clean-transportation future (Episode 108)
The deputy assistant secretary for sustainable transportation in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy discusses the need for better batteries, why automation can reduce pollution, the advent of zero-emission airplanes and a hydrogen energy 'Earthshot.'
Aug 1, 2021 • 46min
Lyft’s Jody Kelman on ride-hailing’s role in delivering the autonomous future (Episode 107)
Jody Kelman, head of Lyft’s autonomous division, details the company’s new deal with Ford and Argo AI, explains business insights gathered from driving data and recounts her first ride in a self-driving vehicle.
Jul 25, 2021 • 49min
Our Next Energy's Mujeeb Ijaz on doubling the range of electric vehicles (Episode 106)
The veteran engineer and scientist, now CEO of a battery startup, discusses why it's critical for EVs to go longer distances, the need for a cheaper, safer and more sustainable alternative to nickel-cobalt, and why two batteries are better than one.
Jul 18, 2021 • 46min
Trucks VC's Reilly Brennan on picking winners in the 'wild garden' of transportation (Episode 105)
The venture capital firm's founding general partner tells why he sees opportunities in "zero-emission entrepreneurship," a growing role for driver monitoring and industrial AV players becoming more attractive targets than robotaxis.
Jul 11, 2021 • 44min
Kodiak’s Don Burnette maps a ‘constrained’ path to self-driving success (Episode 104)
Don Burnette, CEO and co-founder of Kodiak Robotics, discusses fresh investments from Bridgestone and BMW iVentures, Kodiak’s unique mapping strategy and building a truck-specific self-driving system.
