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Shift: A podcast about mobility

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Mar 9, 2025 • 42min

GM’s Adam Rodriguez talks Cruise, Super Cruise and the path forward

Adam Rodriguez, executive director of product and advanced driver-assistance systems at General Motors, shares the latest updates to the company’s Super Cruise feature.Further, he details how GM is integrating software from Cruise, the company’s abandoned robotaxi subsidiary, into blueprints for someday offering personally owned autonomous vehicles.
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Mar 2, 2025 • 42min

Dipti Vachani: Automakers’ survival relies on software smarts (Episode 290)

The senior vice president and general manager of automotive business at computing tech firm Arm underscores the importance of software-defined vehicles to the automotive future. Further, she explains how carmakers can keep up with the frenetic pace of industry innovation.
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Feb 23, 2025 • 41min

Sino Auto Insights’ Tu Le breaks down BYD’s big ‘God’s Eye’ ambitions (Episode 289)

The founder and managing director of consulting firm Sino Auto Insights discusses BYD’s new “God’s Eye” automated driving system and how it ratchets up competition with Tesla’s Full Self-Driving feature.Further, Le underscores the significance of BYD surpassing 4 million vehicles sold in 2024 and China’s broader automotive ascendance.
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Feb 16, 2025 • 40min

Raquel Urtasun explains how generative AI underpins Waabi’s self-driving tech (Episode 288)

Raquel Urtasun, Co-founder and CEO of Waabi, is an expert in AI and self-driving technology. She shares insights on Waabi's partnership with Volvo Autonomous Solutions and the innovative generative AI that powers their self-driving systems. Urtasun discusses the shift from traditional autonomous driving to a new paradigm, emphasizing safety, transparency, and accountability. The conversation also touches on the industry's evolving dynamics and Waabi's ambitious plans for robotaxis and warehouse robotics, highlighting their commitment to strategic independence.
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Feb 9, 2025 • 42min

Kodiak Robotics’ Don Burnette reaches a driverless milestone (Episode 287)

Self-driving trucks are expected to make substantial progress in 2025. Here, the Kodiak Robotics CEO and founder takes stock of the burgeoning industry while detailing how his company readied for driverless deployment with partner Atlas Energy in the Permian Basin area of Texas.
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Feb 2, 2025 • 37min

Dave Richardson on developing GM’s software ‘muscle’ (Episode 286)

The General Motors senior vice president of software and service engineering details efforts to build a software-oriented culture, explains why the company eschewed Apple CarPlay and examines similarities between Apple and GM’s product-first focus.
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Jan 26, 2025 • 42min

Bye-bye bots: Nuro concentrates on licensing its self-driving tech (Episode 285)

Nuro COO Andrew Chapin and Vice President of Engineering Tilo Schwarz explain the company’s pivot from developing bespoke delivery bots toward licensing automated driving tech to carmakers and others. Further, they detail testing efforts on private and public roads.
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Jan 19, 2025 • 37min

Avery Ash examines U.S. crackdown on Chinese connected-car tech (Episode 284)

The executive director of the Coalition for Reimagined Mobility, part of the Securing America’s Future Energy think tank, breaks down new Commerce Department rules that keep Chinese and Russian software and hardware out of the connected-vehicle supply chain.Further, he discusses the state of America’s competitiveness with China in commercializing new transportation technology at meaningful scale.
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Jan 12, 2025 • 35min

CES: BCG’s Augustin Wegscheider | Mobileye’s Shai Shalev-Shwartz (Episode 283)

Augustin Wegscheider, an analyst at Boston Consulting Group, shares insights on the latest auto-tech trends showcased at CES. He highlights the competitive landscape between U.S. and Chinese automakers and the hurdles they face in innovation. Shai Shalev-Shwartz, CTO of Mobileye, reveals the company's ambitious timeline for autonomous vehicles, discussing advancements in driver assistance and the ongoing evolution towards self-driving technology. Together, they navigate the complexities of safety standards and the exciting future of robotaxis.
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Jan 5, 2025 • 31min

EnCharge AI’s Naveen Verma pioneers chips that could upend vehicle computing architectures

Ahead of CES, the CEO of DARPA-backed startup details artificial-intelligence advances that prioritize energy efficiency and eliminate memory bottlenecks. Further, he explains the impact of such gains in vehicle computing architecture and the ability to add new AI features.

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