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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.

Shift: A podcast about mobility Automotive News

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    • 4.5 • 25 Ratings

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.

    Justine Johnson touts Michigan as a hub for mobility

    Justine Johnson touts Michigan as a hub for mobility

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

    • 40 min
    Energy Department’s Chelsea Sexton finances transportation’s future

    Energy Department’s Chelsea Sexton finances transportation’s future

    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.

    • 37 min
    Impact of the DARPA Grand Challenge reverberates 20 years later

    Impact of the DARPA Grand Challenge reverberates 20 years later

    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.

    • 36 min
    BCG’s Augustin Wegscheider explores the nuances in AV, EV forecasts

    BCG’s Augustin Wegscheider explores the nuances in AV, EV forecasts

    The co-leader of Boston Consulting Group’s Center for Mobility Innovation discusses complications in deploying automated-driving technology and points to limited EV offerings a contributing factor behind a sales slowdown.

    • 45 min
    Larry Burns identifies the biggest threat to the automotive future

    Larry Burns identifies the biggest threat to the automotive future

    The retired General Motors vice president of R&D and adviser to Google and Waymo believes the way digital technology is reshaping our lives will impact both vehicle development and whether we need vehicles at all.

    • 52 min
    Union of Concerned Scientists’ David Reichmuth unpacks the plug-in hybrid revival

    Union of Concerned Scientists’ David Reichmuth unpacks the plug-in hybrid revival

    Reichmuth, a senior engineer in the organization’s Clean Transportation Program, examines if plug-in hybrids will lead to reduced emissions amid renewed interest and calls out automakers with inefficient PHEV offerings.

    • 31 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
25 Ratings

25 Ratings

Jared App ,

Best insights on what’s driving mobility

I’m an avid podcast listener that works in the automotive industry. Shift is my favorite weekly listen to learn from experts on various aspects of the industry that are not always in the spotlight (but should be). The automotive industry’s change is profound. Pete Bigelow does an amazing job highlighting this on Shift.

EV Tech ,

From an EV Technician 👍🏼

I’ve been listening all year every Sunday love the podcast, great insights, great insider tech news and overall a great insight into the EV industry
I have 10 yrs industry EV Tech experience and 20 automotive experience

Harry Campbell ,

big fan of the show!

Just got turned onto this podcast but especially enjoyed the interview with David from Nuro. David seems to be at the forefront of every major mobility revolution in the past 10 years - not sure how he does it, but love to learn from him.

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