Shift: A podcast about mobility

Nov 03 2024 310 ep. 38 mins 406
Shift: A podcast about mobility artwork

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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Bryant Walker Smith examines the state of the self-driving industry

Nov 03 2024 49 mins  
The University of South Carolina professor and autonomous-driving safety expert discusses Tesla’s Cybercab rollout, Waymo’s growing operations, and how self-driving rules, regulations and laws might be shaped by upcoming elections.

ZEI’s John Motlow on solving hydrogen infrastructure challenges

Oct 27 2024 35 mins  
The chief strategy officer at Zero Emission Industries details the startup’s work in developing a suitcase-sized device that functions as a portable hydrogen fueling station. Further, he discusses ZEI’s work in pioneering hydrogen fuel-cell systems for first-of-their-kind maritime applications.

Looking at how the election outcome might sway U.S. transportation policy

Oct 20 2024 43 mins  
Mobility expert Selika Josiah Talbott and SkillFusion CEO Elaina Farnsworth offer a pragmatic look at how the 2024 election results could bolster mobility innovation, affect the zero-emission transition and impact the American workforce of the future.

Sion Power’s Pam Fletcher | EV Adoption’s Loren McDonald

Oct 13 2024 37 mins  
Pam Fletcher, a former leader at General Motors and Delta Air Lines, discusses her move to the battery startup world as CEO of Sion Power. Then Loren McDonald, CEO of analyst firm EV Adoption, provides a status report on the rollout of federally backed EV chargers.

Here’s how a leading utility company has prepared for the EV transition

Oct 06 2024 44 mins  
Kristy Fleischmann Groncki and Stephanie Leach, both of the clean energy solutions team at Baltimore Gas and Electric, detail first-of-their-kind initiatives which allow EV owners and utilities to explore time-of-use charging cooperation and vehicle-to-home power used in parallel with the grid.

Navigating the path toward developing software-defined vehicles

Sep 29 2024 33 mins  
False starts and missteps define the auto industry’s initial attempts to build software-defined vehicles. In this panel discussion from Automotive News Congress, experts detailed the right way to prioritize software and unlock its transformative potential. The panel includes Bosch’s Stefan Buerkle, Intel Automotive’s Rebeca Delgado, Gentex CEO Steve Downing, General Motors’

Luminar CEO Austin Russell | Forth director Jeff Allen

Sep 22 2024 45 mins  
Shift brings two timely conversations this week. First, Austin Russell explores what it takes to industrialize lidar at a time of turbulence in the industry. Then, Jeff Allen, previews the Forth electric transportation conference as it moves to Detroit.

Tifani Sadek on keeping human drivers aboard ‘driverless’ cars

Sep 15 2024 43 mins  
The director of the University of Michigan’s Law and Mobility Program argues against removing humans from self-driving vehicles and suggests the autonomous-vehicle industry can learn a lot from aviation on building trust.

Ariel Wolf examines California’s tipping point on self-driving trucks

Sep 08 2024 45 mins  
The chair of the automated and connected vehicle practice at law firm Venable breaks down California’s new draft regulations regarding autonomous trucks. Further, he details the state of AV laws and regulations –- or absence thereof -- across the country.

Kameale Terry on what we don’t know about charging reliability

Sep 01 2024 32 mins  
The CEO of ChargerHelp weighs in on the industry’s inaccurate uptime calculation and what issues actually underlie charger unreliability.