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Shift: A podcast about mobility

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Nov 11, 2019 • 44min

Missy Cummings on AV testing and levels of autonomy (Episode 18)

Missy Cummings, a professor of engineering at Duke University, discusses her time as a fighter pilot, the role of safety drivers in AV testing and her thoughts on the levels of autonomous driving.
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Oct 28, 2019 • 36min

PSA’s Larry Dominique on car-sharing, Peugeot’s U.S. return (Episode 17)

PSA’s Larry Dominique talks about the company’s return to the U.S. after a two decade absence. He also discusses Free2Move, the company’s car sharing service which currently has operations in Washington, D.C.
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Oct 14, 2019 • 36min

AV sensors with WaveSense CEO Tarik Bolat (Episode 16)

WaveSense CEO Tarik Bolat talks about sensors needed for widespread autonomous vehicle adoption and the work his company is doing with ground-penetrating radar.
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Sep 30, 2019 • 40min

Motor City mobility with Mark de la Vergne (Episode 15)

Mark de la Vergne, chief mobility officer for the City of Detroit, discusses a recent grant the city received from the US Department of Transportation and city’s new mobility efforts, including scooters and e-bikes.
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Sep 16, 2019 • 38min

Ford’s Marcy Klevorn on transformation and transportation (Episode 14)

In her last interview before retirement, Ford chief transformation officer Marcy Klevorn discusses her career at Ford, along with the company’s past, present and future mobility efforts.
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Sep 2, 2019 • 31min

Anita Sengupta on air taxis and landing on Mars (Episode 13)

Airspace Experience Technologies co-founder and Chief Product Officer Anita Sengupta joins Pete and Leslie to talk about her past at NASA helping the Curiosity rover land on Mars and her current role in getting personal air transportation off the ground.
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Aug 19, 2019 • 39min

AV safety expert Robbie Miller on self-driving “science fiction“ (Episode 12)

In this episode, Leslie and Pete talk to Robbie Miller, chief safety officer at Pronto, a company developing advanced driver assistance systems for trucks. He discusses how he became a whistleblower at Uber, why miles driven may not be the best way of measuring safety, and what he’s up to now.
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Aug 5, 2019 • 53min

CAR’s Carla Bailo on mobility, union negotiations and what’s next for MBS (Episode 11)

In this episode, Pete and Leslie sit down with Carla Bailo, president and CEO of Center for Automotive Research, who previews this year ’s Management Briefing Seminars. She also talks about smart cities, industry trends and what’s next for MBS.
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Jul 22, 2019 • 42min

Argo AI’s Bryan Salesky on VW partnership, DARPA lessons and approach to AVs (Episode 10)

On this episode, Leslie and Pete speak to Bryan Salesky, co-founder of Argo AI about the company’s partnership with Volkswagen. He also discusses how lessons learned from the DARPA challenge and his work at Google helped form his approach to building a self-driving system.
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Jul 8, 2019 • 44min

Airless tires and upcoming AV deployments (Episode 9)

On this episode, Pete discusses V2X, the role of data in mobility and upcoming autonomous vehicle deployments with ITS America CEO Shailen Bhatt. Later, Leslie sits down with Michelin’s Cyrille Roget to examine the company’s recent airless tire announcement.

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