Shift: A podcast about mobility
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397 episodes
GM Energy’s Aseem Kapur on using EVs to power the grid, rising demand from AI data centers
Aseem Kapur, chief revenue officer at GM Energy, joins Hannah Lutz, assistant managing editor of content, on the “Shift” podcast. Kapur describes GM Energy’s strategy for home and public electric vehicle charging. Kapur also explain...
Sonatus’ John Heinlein: How open-source platforms could work for safety-critical applications
John Heinlein, CMO at Sonatus, joins Molly Boigon, Automotive News reporter, on the “Shift” podcast to discuss the new developments in open-source platforms for software-defined vehicles.Heinlein also explains how automakers can use vehi...
Qualcomm’s Nakul Duggal: Artificial intelligence agents will supercharge car features
Nakul Duggal, executive vice president and group general manager for automotive, industrial and robotics at Qualcomm, joins Automotive News reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to discuss how artificial intelligence agents in vehicles w...
TomTom's Manuela Locarno Ajayi: AI in navigation is the road to the future
Manuela Locarno Ajayi, senior vice president of product engineering at TomTom, joins Hannah Lutz, Automotive News assistant managing editor, on the “Shift” podcast to discuss how artificial intelligence is contributing to real-time mapping with...
Factorial’s Siyu Huang: Solid-state batteries could change EV game
Siyu Huang, CEO and founder of Factorial Energy, joins joins Automotive News reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to discuss solid-state batteries for electric vehicles. Huang explains why the batteries mak...
Chargenomics CEO Loren McDonald: Ford’s midsize electric pickup may be the Goldilocks solution
Loren McDonald, CEO of Chargenomics, joins Jerry Hirsch, Automotive News managing editor, content, on the “Shift” podcast to talk about why Ford’s F-150 Lightning underperformed expectations.He also explains why the automaker’s plans for...
Richard Ward: Vehicle owners should own vehicle data
Richard Ward, executive director of the American Vehicle Owners Alliance, joins Automotive News reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to talk about the debate in Congress over ownership of vehicle data.He also explains why a coali...
Nuro's Andrew Chapin: Only a few robotaxi companies will survive
Andrew Chapin, COO at Nuro, joins Automotive News reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to talk about why he thinks robotaxis won’t become a commodity.He also explains why Nuro is diversifying its business, including investments i...
Used EVs sales are booming, say Elena Ciccotelli and Stephanie Valdez Streaty
Elena Ciccotelli, host of the “EVs For Everyone” podcast, and Stephanie Valdez Streaty, director of industry insights at Cox Automotive, join Automotive News reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to talk about how April’s used electric v...
Volvo Cars' Anders Bell: Cultural changes enable SDVs more than architecture
Anders Bell, chief engineering and technology officer at Volvo Cars, joins Automotive News reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to talk about how organizational changes at Volvo have helped it accelerate its development of software-defi...
Alex Oyler: Starting fresh is easier than merging old and new on SDVs
Alex Oyler, consulting director at SBD Automotive, joins Automotive News reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to talk about whether traditional automakers can keep up with the pure-play electric vehicle manufacturers on software-defined...
BCG's Eric Jesse: Automakers have bailed on alternative powertrains too soon
Eric Jesse, managing director at Boston Consulting Group, joins Automotive News deputy editor and electric vehicles reporter Lindsay VanHulle on the “Shift” podcast to talk about how automakers can find “white space” to win in different powertr...
Stephan Keese: ADAS features at risk from helium shortage
Stephan Keese, senior partner at Roland Berger North America, joins Automotive News tech and innovation reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to talk about how the Iran war is constricting the supply of helium used to manufacture for...
NTSB's Kristin Poland: ADAS advertising does not reflect reality
Kristin Poland, deputy director of the National Transportation Safety Board’s Office of Highway Safety, joins Automotive News tech and innovation reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to talk about why the board began its investigation i...
John Bozzella: Kill the gas tax
John Bozzella, the CEO of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, joins Automotive News tech and innovation reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to talk about why the Alliance is calling for eliminating the government’s 18.4-cent-per-ga...
Aumovio's Dennis Fritsch: Braking innovations are key to safety
Dennis Fritsch, the executive vice president of the safety and motion division at Aumovio, joins Automotive News managing editor Jerry Hirsch on the “Shift” podcast to talk about how the company is eliminating the need for hydraulics with dry b...
Ali Kani: Nvidia’s multipronged automotive strategy
Ali Kani, vice president of automotive at Nvidia, joins Automotive News reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to talk about how automakers can pick and choose parts of Nvidia’s automotive business, including training and simulation tools...
Bosch's Mohammad Fatouraie: How suppliers adapt to lower-than-expected EV sales
Mohammad Fatouraie, director of the engineering and power solutions division at Bosch, joins Automotive News reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to talk about how suppliers plan for scenarios such as lower-than-expected sales volumes f...
Vehicle connectivity explained: How cars connect to the Internet
“Shift” podcast co-host Molly Boigon gets help from Mike Quinn, managing director and partner with Boston Consulting Group, to explain how vehicles connect to the Internet.She and Jake Neher, the executive producer of audio at Automotive...
Lei Xing: The Chinese vehicle threat is overblown
Lei Xing, an independent analyst and consultant on the Chinese auto industry, joins Automotive News reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to talk about how Chinese vehicles entering the U.S. would likely not initially compete in the most...
AlixPartners' Dan Hearsch: A whole new world for auto industry executives
Dan Hearsch, global co-leader of the automotive and industrial practice at AlixPartners, joins Automotive News reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to talk about how AlixPartners’ 2026 Disruption Index found the auto industry is the mos...
Elektrobit CEO Maria Anhalt: Auto industry timelines must get faster
Maria Anhalt, CEO of Elektrobit, joins Automotive News reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to talk about how the auto industry faces economic and technological pressure to deliver products and features faster. She also says...
TrueCar CEO Scott Painter discusses technology and the company’s reboot
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Vehicle architecture explained: How the building blocks of the car have changed
“Shift” podcast co-host Molly Boigon gets help from Alex Oyler, director of SBD Automotive, North America, to explain how the architecture of the vehicle has evolved over time.She and Jake Neher, the executive producer of audio at Automo...
AWS' Ozgur Tohumcu: Satellite connectivity will enable software-defined vehicles
Ozgur Tohumcu, general manager for automotive and manufacturing at Amazon Web Services, joins Automotive News reporter Molly Boigon on the “Shift” podcast to talk about how companies are using small language models on board the vehicle to enabl...