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Shift: A podcast about mobility

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Dec 22, 2024 • 48min

Gary Shapiro outlines a ‘pivot or die’ strategy ahead of CES 2025 (Episode 281)

The CEO of the Consumer Technology Association spotlights transportation technology headlines from the upcoming CES show in Las Vegas. Further, he offers candid thoughts on growing trade tensions and what it will take for American companies to survive and thrive amid global uncertainty.
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Dec 15, 2024 • 42min

Gartner’s Mike Ramsey sorts through the Cruise rubble (episode 280)

The vice president at consulting firm Gartner, Inc. analyses General Motors’ decision to abandon robotaxi development and pivot its Cruise subsidiary toward personally owned vehicles. Further, he discusses the steep challenges legacy automakers like GM face in sustaining big technology bets.
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Dec 8, 2024 • 42min

How a ‘mobility czar’ could bolster transportation innovation

Mobility strategist Selika Josiah Talbott and Michigan chief mobility officer Justine Johnson detail the prospect of a ‘mobility czar’ overseeing policy for autonomous and electric vehicles. Further, they discuss the role states can play in fostering innovation amid a changing federal landscape.
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Dec 1, 2024 • 47min

Bot Auto’s Xiaodi Hou takes his second stab at self-driving trucks (episode 278)

The founder and CEO of Bot Auto showcases his new startup, recounts his fraught experience at TuSimple and explains what it really takes to ensure self-driving trucks are profitable. Bonus: He details his passion for music, from classical to Judas Priest.
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Nov 24, 2024 • 49min

Croft’s Roderick Blevins foments a ‘hydrogen rebellion’ (episode 277)

The co-founder and CEO of startup Croft unveils plans for a hydrogen-powered pickup truck, details new technology that circumvents an intractable infrastructure barrier, and explains how a hydrogen movement comprised of “gearheads, rednecks and mad scientists” can help sustain the legacy of the automobile.
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Nov 17, 2024 • 31min

GlobalData’s Jeff Schuster on potential EV incentive, tariff changes under Trump (episode 276)

Product planning will be difficult for automakers amid a changeover in the White House, said Jeff Schuster, global vice president of automotive research at GlobalData. He outlines the incoming Trump administration’s potential impact on electrification, affordability, automaker plant utilization and more.
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Nov 10, 2024 • 35min

LG Technology Ventures’ Sungkwon Kang warns of battery-investment headwinds (episode 275)

The investment director at the LG Group’s venture capital arm discusses the investment atmosphere for battery startups, the race to develop low-cost battery chemistries and promising stationary energy storage developments.
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Nov 3, 2024 • 50min

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

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.
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Oct 27, 2024 • 36min

ZEI’s John Motlow on solving hydrogen infrastructure challenges

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.
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Oct 20, 2024 • 43min

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

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.

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