

Shift: A podcast about mobility
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.
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Jan 8, 2020 • 34min
CES Week Ep. 3 | Vehicle cybersecurity, Bosch AI and TomTom mapping
In this episode:-Upstream product chief Dan Sahar talks about automotive cybersecurity.-Bosch North America President Mike Mansuetti discusses AI developments.-TomTom’s George de Boer and Willem Strijbosch share what the navigation company is doing with advanced driver-assistance systems.

Jan 7, 2020 • 37min
CES Week Ep. 2 | Flying vehicles, EVs and AV sensor subscription
In this episode:-Robin Lineberger, global aerospace leader for Deloitte, talks autonomous flying cars.-Byton’s Dre Nitze-Nelson discusses the Chinese EV company’s digital focus.-Luminar CEO Austin Russell explains the lidar maker’s shift from “high-value component company to solutions company.”

Jan 6, 2020 • 29min
CES Week Ep. 1 | Intel’s Jack Weast and supplier preview
Jack Weast, senior principal engineer at Intel, talks about autonomous vehicle safety, CES memories and the China transportation market. Later, Alexa St. John shares what to expect from automotive suppliers at CES.

Dec 16, 2019 • 49min
CES preview with Gary Shapiro (Episode 23)
Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, talks about the upcoming CES and looks back at the electronics extravaganza through the years.

Dec 9, 2019 • 41min
Jay Rogers on 3D vehicle printing and autonomous shuttles (Episode 22)
Local Motors CEO and co-founder Jay Rogers talks about the company’s shuttle, transit equity and how his time in the Marines inspired him to create Local Motors.

Dec 2, 2019 • 43min
Nikola Motor’s Trevor Milton on electrification, Tesla and a beer delivery (Episode 21)
Trevor Milton, Nikola Motor Company CEO, discusses the company’s “battery breakthrough,” his thoughts on Tesla and what a successful delivery of Budweiser beer means for his business.

Nov 25, 2019 • 43min
LG Chem Power’s Denise Gray on everything batteries (Episode 20)
Denise Gray, CEO and president of LG Chem Power, talks about the status of battery tech, when EV adoption will reach its tipping point and her work on the Chevrolet Volt.

Nov 20, 2019 • 1min
ICYMI: Retail Realities, an Automotive News special podcast series
In this four-part series, our reporters were dispatched to dealerships across the U.S. to examine dealers’ challenges and progress from right inside their stores. To listen, subscribe to the Automotive News Special Reports podcast or check out the full special report at autonews.com/retailrealities.

Nov 18, 2019 • 45min
Midwest Mobility Testing (Episode 19)
Craig Hoff and Diane Peters from Kettering University in Flint, Mich., discuss the university’s Mobility Research Center and how a recent grant allows startup companies to use the center for testing. Later, Maryn Weimer, from the Transportation Research Center in East Liberty, Ohio, and Patrick Smith of DriveOhio talk about the state’s role in the smart mobility conversation.

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.


