Shift: A podcast about mobility

by 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.

Episodes

Toyota Ventures’ Jim Adler finds fresh opportunity for mobility investments

49m · Published 12 May 11:00

The founder and general partner of the venture-capital firm details a new $300 million infusion from its namesake automaker, separates hype from reality in the AI boom, and discussions automotive’s convergence toward the energy realm.

Gartner’s Mike Ramsey ponders Tesla’s strategy shift

45m · Published 05 May 11:00

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.

Amazon’s Wendy Bauer accelerates the auto industry’s AI push

48m · Published 28 Apr 11:00

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.

Megan Kimble probes the high price of America’s highways

48m · Published 21 Apr 11:00

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.

Greg McGuire explores Mcity’s next chapter

51m · Published 14 Apr 11:00

The managing director of the connected-and-autonomous vehicle test track details the facility’s evolution into a makerspace for mobility innovation that encompasses a data engine and mixed-reality tech development.

Shay Natarajan on confident mobility investing through uncertain times

44m · Published 07 Apr 10:59

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.

Jay Joseph sketches out Honda’s hydrogen strategy

43m · Published 31 Mar 11:00

The vice president of sustainability and business development at American Honda Motor Inc. details the automaker’s new CR-V fuel-cell variant, an H2-focused joint venture with General Motors, and the state of hydrogen infrastructure.

Justine Johnson touts Michigan as a hub for mobility

40m · Published 24 Mar 11:00

Michigan’s chief mobility officer shares the state's efforts to ensure that transportation is equitable, clean and innovative across land, air and waterways.

Energy Department’s Chelsea Sexton finances transportation’s future

37m · Published 17 Mar 11:00

The program officer in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office explains how EV and energy policy gets implemented through billions in federal loans, and how that work underpins a clean-energy economy.

Impact of the DARPA Grand Challenge reverberates 20 years later

36m · Published 10 Mar 11:00

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.

Shift: A podcast about mobility has 285 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 183:18:03. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on October 28th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 18th, 2024 08:41.